The blazer players need to know that in Portland we dont tolerate marijuana smoking. Camby needs to be gone. SEND THE MESSAGE TO THE TEAM. If you smoke pot or vaporize you will be banned. When Camby first showed up he was recording double doubles every game, then he started smoking marijuana and his game went down and got injured. If championships are to be won there will be no marijuana. We have a lot of injuries on the team and there is no doubt a lot of the players would qualify for medical marijuana but you dont see roy or oden going that route. Camby is better than that but he now doesn't have a chance and must go. I'm worried that this could rub off on Nolan Smith and he could start up.  Lets go blazers, clear heads, nobody has ever won a championship and been on marijuana.

Sac may want to dump cousins.. Blazers could use the agro muscle... I think Cousins will settle down over time and mature. Who knows, but for Babbitt and Williams.. I'd do it as a portland fan.. Cousins is a dark horse and I think SAC will grow tired of him. I hated the Jail Blazers era as much as anyone but I'd like to have one guy on the roster who can intimidate and Cousins is mean as they get.

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Never have I seen a beast like Oden since 1993 O'neal

Oden is flushing everything. Like none other since Big Diesel. He makes Dwight Howard look like Bootney Farnsworth.

Although as Oden as a rookie has more power than Shaq had as a rookie this take is not about comparing Oden to Shaq... Oden will be more than Shaq. Oden has a nice inside touch and the baby hook will prove to be unstopable. What other right handed 7 foot center has knocked down freethrows with the left hand at 70 percent?

I'm looking forward to seeing him throwing down in the face of:

Bynum - scrawny lite work, bynum is going to get injured again

Chandler - Chandler thinks hes the boss in the west.. Always lookin salty.. Watch Chandler get ejected first Rose Garden game after getting GO-checked.

Ming - Ming's just going to piss himself when he sees Oden.

Martin - Old ganster has lost his heart. Won't get dunked on because he wont attempt to block any dunks.

Shaq - Shaq will play defense because he knows the spotlight will be on the Oden vs Shaq match up. Shaq will try to intimidate Oden and throw elbows huff and puff. Nate brings in Pryzbilla for some revenge/dirt work and Odens slides to PF.

K.G. - yap yap he talks so much trash he talks trash to himself. Oden is too big and too strong, is he mean enough, I dont know but I know nobody wants him in their face He matches up well with Boston and I hate Boston more than L.A.

I'm looking forward to watching encounters with Z-Bo, Wallace and a few others but these guys don't mean anything. They won't do anything. They won't  battle.

Oden is the baddest center in the NBA and this will be proven soon. Some may run the floor better or have a softer touch, but Oden is the baddest. He is the game changer. He changes the vibe of the team. Last year Pryzbilla (and jack) was the only guy who wanted to hang their balls out there and get in somebodys face if need be. Oden allows the blazers to push back.

Portland is two questions from a dynasty..

1. Oden can back anybody down but will he back down from somebody? (na I dont think but again Pryz needs to play the thug role)

2. Will Oden get injured again and turn into Arthritus Sabonis? (naaaaaaaa)

GO PORTLAND