SB Nation User Blog: OCBlazerFan1

Cavs reach for Frye

OCBlazerFan1 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:25:52 -0000

Cavs reach for Frye

Cavs want a four that can shoot from the outside to clear space for Shaq. Sounds like the perfect home for the Buffet.

Interpreting the pre-draft measurements.

OCBlazerFan1 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:39:38 -0000

Interpreting the pre-draft measurements.

I found this on "Blog A Bull". It is VERY nicely put together with spread sheets of current NBA starters measurements, and Pre-Draft measurements. The author even made a nice summary of the first round guys.

Blazers Invade Hollywood (Bust A Bucket)

OCBlazerFan1 — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:06:42 -0000

Blazers Invade Hollywood (Bust A Bucket)

Bust A Bucket does a great job with these movie posters. The Rudy one is a little disturbing however. The KP one is GOLD.

Dirk's fiance arrested & pregnant.

OCBlazerFan1 — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:21:08 -0000

Dirk's fiance arrested & pregnant.

Saw this on Mavs Money Ball. It goes without saying, this is one of the last things Dirk needs to be thinking about in the playoffs! What was he thinking?

10 Reasons to despise the Lakers.

OCBlazerFan1 — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:46:49 -0000

10 Reasons to despise the Lakers.

This is from "The Dream Shake". Very funny, has some PG-13ish language. They do a great job over there.

Remember when we used to check this site daily?

OCBlazerFan1 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:22:33 -0000

Remember when we used to check this site daily?

ESPN has their new mock draft site up and running. I love these new Blazer days. I don't even know when the draft is, and it feels so good!

Top Ten Most Hated Players

OCBlazerFan1 — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:14:46 -0000

Top Ten Most Hated Players

This is a great link from Bust A Bucket. VERY clever photoshopping.

Hindsight is 20/20

OCBlazerFan1 — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:21:46 -0000

You can always look back, and think about what could have been. I was perusing the web site http://www.nbahoopsonline.com/History/Leagues/NBA/drafts/index.html and looking at our draft picks since we entered the league and wondered what could have been. Now don’t get me wrong. I love our team, and have enjoyed the many years of NBA ball that they have given us. And I know that the reason that we did not pick some of these guys is because we already had guys at their position, or no one knew just how good they would turn out to be. And some were just a whiff, swing and a miss. A lot were great picks, and the people after them would not have necessarily been better, they were just available. I have made a list of “What could have been”. This is just who we picked, and who was still available when we picked them, it does not include trades (example: we picked Ty Thomas, traded for L-Train). This goes all the way back, so if I missed someone that was good, please list them.

Year/ Player(s) Picked (players that were still available)

1972/ LaRue Martin/ Dave Twardzik (Bob McAdoo, Julius Erving)

1973/ Barry Parkhill (Caldwell Jones)

1974/ Bill Walton (Maurice Lucas)

1975/ Lionel Holins (Lloyd Free)

1976/ Wally Walker/ John Davis (Adrian Dantley, Robert Parish, Alex English)

1977/ Rich Laurel (T.R. Dunn, James Edwards)

1978/ Mychal Thompson (Larry Bird)

1979/ Jim Paxon (Good choice)

1980/ Ronnie Lester (Kiki Vandeweghe, Rick Mahorn)

1981/ Jeff Lamp/ Darnell Valentine (Larry Nance, Danny Ainge)

1982/ Lafayette Lever (Sleepy Floyd)

1983/ Clyde Drexler

1984/ Sam Bowie (The guy from “Space Jam”, Sam Perkins, Sir Charles Barkley, Otis Thorpe, Kevin Willis, Michael Cage, John Stockton, ouch…)

1985/ Terry Porter

1986/ Walter Berry/ Arvidas Sabonis/ Drazen Petrovic (Scott Skyles, Mark Price, Dennis Rodman, Nate McMillan, Kevin Duckworth, Jeff Hornacek)

1987/ Ronnie Murphat (Mark Jackson)

1988/ Mark Bryant (Steve Kerr)

1989/ Byron Irvin/ Cliff Robinson ( “Sir Flop” Vlade Divak)

1990/ Alaa Abdelnaby (Elden Campbell, Toni Kukoc, Kevin Pritchard, Antonio Davis, Cedric Ceballos)

1991/ 2nd round Keith Hughes (Isaac Austin)

1992/ Tracy Murray (Latrell “Feed Your Family” Spreewell, P. J. Brown, Popey Jones)

1993/ James “Hollywood” Robinson (Sam Cassell, Nick VanExel, Bryon Russell)

1994/ Aaron Mckie (Wes Person, Voshon Lenard)

1995/ Shawn Respert (Kurt Thomas, Brent Barry, Theo Ratliff, Michael Finley, Donny Marshal)

1996/ Jermaine O’Neal (Z. Ilgauskas, Derek Fisher, Travis Knight)

1997/ Chris Anstey/Alvin Williams (Stephen Jackson)

1998/ No Picks

1999/ Roberto Bergerseen (Manu Ginobili)

2000/ Erick Barkley (Mark Madsen, Eduardo Najera, Michael Redd)

2001/ Zach Randolph (Tony Parker, Gilbert Arenas, Mehmet Okur)

2002/ Quintell Woods (Tayshaun Prince, John Salmons, Carlos Boozer, Matt Barnes, Luis Scola)

2003/ Travis Outlaw (L. Barbosa, Josh Howard, Jason Kapono, Luke Walton, Steve Blake, James Jones, Kyle Korver)

2004/ Sebastian Telfair/ Viktor Khryapa/ Sergi Monia/ Ha Seung-Jin (Al Jefferson, Josh Smith, Jameer Nelson, Kevin Martin, Anderson Varejao, Chris Duhon)

2005/ Martell Webster (Deron Williams, Chris Paul, Raymond Felton, Andrew Bynum, Danny Granger, Nate Robinson, David Lee, Brandon Bass, Monta “Moped” Ellis)

2006/ Tyrus Thomas (Brandon Roy, Rudy Gay, Rajon Rondo, Daniel Gibson, Paul Millsap, Leon Powe)

2007/ Greg Oden (Kevin Durant, Al Horford, Rodney Stuckey)

2008 Brandon Rush (Too early to tell)

Junk Drawer 2/18 Junky Links.

OCBlazerFan1 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:11:58 -0000

I thought I’d give this whole junk drawer thing a try. So I decided to find some links for your junky pleasure. Some Blazer related, and others are just for fun. Enjoy! Go Blazers! Have a Junky Wednesday.

Evidently we have given up on getting Amare. Who would have guessed!

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/13535220

This is a link to Blog-a-Bull that gave a trade idea that would get us Captain Kirk, and Deng.

http://www.blogabull.com/2009/2/11/755846/amare-tyrus-and-portland

Here is one that is from the Celtics Blog. Someone thinks our very own Rudy F. belongs in a line up with R. Evans, Bowen, and Zaza for a team of “Most Hated Players”. Why??

http://www.celticsblog.com/2009/2/7/752866/most-hated-players-startin

I guess if you are going to grow pot, you shouldn’t install a security alarm. Who would have thought?

http://www.indystar.com/article/20090212/NEWS02/902120477/1001/NEWS

Here’s one that tells you what a woman’s eyebrows tell you about her.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1142686/LIZ-JONES-What-womans-eyebrows-reveal-her.html

Cow urine sold as a soft drink? Not my idea of refreshment! Brings new meaning to “Obey your thirst”.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article5707554.ece

If you are going to rob a gas station, fill the tank first.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29148944/

For the true geeks (like me). How much would it cost to make the Death Star?

http://i.gizmodo.com/5146010/death-star-costs-156-septillion-14-trillion-times-the-us-debt

Our very own Damon Stoudamire is in the Wikipedia NBA Record books. 21 threes attempted in one game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_records

And finally, I love strange, random facts.

http://www.strangefacts.com/facts1.html

Any junky links from you all? Or junk? Let’s get this win tonight Blazers!

Luftman replacement?

OCBlazerFan1 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:44:41 -0000

Luftman replacement?

The Tony Luftman fanshot got me to thinking. Who would you like to see replace him? Yes there is MUCH worse than Tony. But this is Portland! We can upgrade! Here are some guys that I would like to see doing the halftime show (if they'd do it, or are available). Mychael Thompson, Jerome Kersey, Kenny Vance, Dave Akamian (sp?), any other ideas??