SB Nation User Blog: Shribby

Martel webster

Shribby — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:01:40 -0000

Dear Martel, I just want to tell you how sorry I am that blazer fans don't cut you enough slack. I'm sure that it is hard not being a fan favorite anymore, but I am sorry people don't give you as much slack for being off for a year like Greg was. I mean I do understand that Greg was a #1 pick and all and you are just Martel Webster, but I do want to apologize for that. Also I would like to apologize for how people made excuses for Sergio's uneffective play because of the head coach yanking him everytime he made a mistake and how fans would still make excuses for him and even talk about how much more he would thrive in another system and with a coach who believes in him, but they won't give the same excuse for you. Because after all, he was Sergio rodriguez and your just Martel Webster? I guess we are all human and don't get it right all the time eh? Anyways man, here's to hoping you find your groove soon! Shribs

A few questions

Shribby — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:28:59 -0000

Really I am not a person to go crazy after a few losses, and I am not one to really criticize the manner in which a coach chooses to run his team. I also do not find it flattering when someone gets on BE after tough losses and calls for the coaches head. However, after what has been a pretty inconsistent start to the season and a wretched game against Atlanta last night, I have a few questions that I would like to ask the Coaching staff so I wrote them down here (With a little bit of ranting underneath.) Feel free to put your questions in the comment section if you feel inclined to do so.

Question #1 Is, why in the Fourth Quarter did Nate wait so long before putting in either Greg or Joel?

Given how well Greg was playing I couldn't understand for the life of me why he wouldn't just let him play through it 5 fouls. Joel had 4 I believe so we wouldn't be at a complete loss. But even after he yanked Oden, he waited another 6 minutes to put him back in? The Hawks went on a complete tear with nobody to patrol the inside.I don't understand this constant need to play small ball. Our size really is our strength, why aren't we utilizing it all the time?

Question #2 Why do the coaching staff believe that Travis can legitimatly play Power Forward with LMA playing center while there is at least an above average Power Forward out there, or anyone with a little size for that matter?

And for all of the Travis Outlaw Apologists out there who think that he's so effective; do you Really believe that Travis can guard any decent Power Forward? Or even effectively get low post presence (Only 2 of his 15 shots were 8ft or closer, and one was a dunk) I'm sorry, but for as many of you who praise his scoring prowess (When he makes them) Do you really want him out there making mental blunders, jacking up contested shots at bad times, instead of a Oden, LMA, Webster, Roy (Blake or Miller) lineup out there? I like Travis, I just feel that the novelty of him started wearing off sometime around the middle of last year.

Question #3 With how Martell seemed to turn a light on offensively, why did the Coaching staff think in the slightest it was acceptable to pull Him?

This to me seems to be one of my biggest questions. Why is it that Martell seems to get pulled at what feels like the most inopportune times? He is playing so well this year (As I predicted he would :D ) At OKC he seemed to turn a light on and he got pulled shortly thereafter as well. This constantly confuses me. Martell seems more intent on finding a person to hit a shot first, or pulls the trigger on a 3 at the right time. I just don't understand the unwillingness to give the ball to the hot hand, weather it be Martell, Greg, Blake, Miller, whoever.... Greg had it going in OKC, and had it going tonight, but both Martell, and Greg got pulled when they were most needed.

That is all, I don't believe the sky is falling, the world won't end in 2012 and I still love my Blazers. Feel free to comment..

About Ricky Rubio

Shribby — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:52:15 -0000

I have not made a comment or a Fanpost in sometime, but I had just got done reading about how getting Ricky Rubio would be a good player to get for the Blazers. I am just writing this with 1 simple thought in mind of why he would not. So many comments have been made about him now, and rightly so, but so many of them are how Ricky Rubio is someone who "Get's everyone involved" and a "Team Player" but I'm almost certainly sure that he is not.So I'm coming out of the woodworks to give you my thoughts on the matter.

He has made comments through his agent about not wanting to play in a small market. Now I'm not going to rag on the guy for wanting to improve on the situation where he plays, but if you wanted to just play ball on a good team with other talented players, would you Really be concerned with where you go? Your in the NBA bro, the best of the best!

Shawn Marion doesn't care where he plays just as long as he's the man and gets paid. Joe Johnson doesn't care where he plays just as long as he has good teamates. Ricky Rubio doesnt care where he goes to just as long as there's lots of people and He gets noticed. To me, that is an issue, and it most likley speaks to his immaturity more than anything else.

I know it's a very simple but it was something that was on my mind. Thoughts?

Go Blazers!

Did Pau Refuse to play after the foul?

Shribby — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:11:54 -0000

I was wondering if anyone noticed that Gasol was not in after the Rudy foul. It almost seemed to me that he didnt want to go in after that play. I don't think Phil shut him down for the night because Kobe was still in there Jacking up triples to try to come back (Unless he was just letting him pad his stats.) But I'm wondering if anyone else noticed this? Is there a website that shows quarter boxscores?

Blazers' injury-prone Oden to miss two more games

Shribby — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:08:17 -0000

This is the headline on NBA dot com in the latest news section on the home page. I am really, really, really *Expletive* irritated with how everyone thinks Oden is "Injury prone" Even the league thinks he's injury prone...... The thing I think that bothers me the most about this is I have people who are L@k*r fans who say he's injury prone, but fail to remember that Andrew Bynum missed the playoffs and the last half of last season. Most likley this one too, but Oden is more "Injury Prone" I am outraged the league would put this on their site..... GRRRR

Anybody find a site to watch old games yet? http://www.onenation.dox4.com/ isnt working anymore,...

Shribby — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:59:40 -0000

Anybody find a site to watch old games yet?

http://www.onenation.dox4.com/ isnt working anymore, would like to watch some older games.

My Try at a Realistic Trade.

Shribby — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:13:24 -0000

So this is my first and last trade post. This involves Portland and Phoenix.

Portland sends

RLEC ($12,722,500)
LMA ($4,631,400)

Phoenix sends:

Amar'e Stoudamire ($15,070,550) 3yrs

Now, before you jump to conclusions, I have to say that I absolutely adore LaMarcus. In fact, I would hate this trade for quite some time because I love his character. But, in order to get someone on a elite level you have to give something of worth up in return. I am looking at this as something that can realistically happen. We get rid of someone we love with great upside for someone that we all know can

#1. Get you a bucket anytime they will it

#2. Give you an inside rebounder, shot blocker, and defender

#3. Bring a level of toughness on the inside that we have been lacking.

#4. Bring playoff level experience.

Here are the stats as follows:

LMA: PTS: 16.8 REB: 6.7 AST: 1.5 SPG: 0.9 PER: 18.23 BPG: 1.2

Amar'e: PTS: 22.3 REB: 8.6 AST: 1.9 SPG: 1.2 PER: 22.49 BPG: 1.1

I know Amar'e has expressed his feelings about wanting to be the "Man" and we all know it's the BRoy show here, but, having someone who is willing to take a big portion of the scoring load will take a huge load off of our main Star, give us more national recognition, and help make our front court one of the most feared in the NBA. Just as an F.Y.I., I do feel guilty writing this, I don't want to see LaMarcus go, and I want him to develop into 10x's the player Stoud is, and I want him to do it here in Portland. I guess I just was bored of all the ridiculous trades going on here and I wanted to put out a realistic one.

Blazers #4 on Steins PowerRanking

Shribby — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:57:30 -0000

Long time Blazers fan (18+ yrs) been reading here for a couple of months and finally decided to get an account and post! My first one is of Marc Stein ranking the Blazers at #4 on his power rankings! #4!!! He also had nice things to say about the Blazers

"When they lost Oden and looked so shaky on the opening-night stage against the Lakers, how many of you had these kids closing November with a road win in Detroit and one of the last two unbeaten home records?"

Link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking

Can't wait to sharing this season with you all!

Shribby