SB Nation User Blog: Yawnie

2009 NBA All Rookie Team

Yawnie — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:03:11 -0000

With the season in its last 20 games or so for most teams, i feel our 4 rookies have done extremely well so far, some great highs and a few lows.........

Gregs rebounding and monster dunks, rudys 3s and slam dunk parcipation, jerryds determination and unstoppable drives, nicholas' defense and block shots.........

All in all some great memories in the 2008-09 season!

Which of our rookies will make either the first or second all rookie team?

Please vote or leave your opinions!

Poll

Which of our rookies will make either the first or second all rookie team?

Rudy Fernandez

215 votes

Greg Oden

9 votes

Nicholas Batum

77 votes

Jerryd Bayless

1 votes

All of the above

26 votes

None of the above

25 votes

353 votes | Poll has closed

BlazersEdge Facebook Group?

Yawnie — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:42:34 -0000

Blazers Edge Facebook Group suggestion.......

anyone interested in starting one? please post if this interests you, i know we have the numbers for a 100+ member group, also would help some members be more familiar with each other i guess =)

Im assuming a fair number of BlazersEdge members have facebook, considering how popular it is worldwide hehe.

Also please post any other suggestions, im not sure of the procedures in getting one set up.

Thanks!

Quick question about Joel

Yawnie — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:24:33 -0000

http://www.ballineurope.com/us-basketball/nba/joel-przybilla-for-germany-or-poland/

http://www.basket.de/news_details.html?id=8

Not sure if this has been posted before, but from these articles i suspect if either Germany or Poland wanted to, they could apply for Joel to play for them, how would u guys/gals feel about Joel playing for a country other than the US?

also i think the second article punked joel, although i cant read german :P

Poll

How would you feel if Joel played for a country other than the United States?

I think its a mistake

7 votes

Ok if its Germany

1 votes

Ok if its Poland

3 votes

Ok since the next olympics will mean hes over 30 and no chance for the US team

13 votes

Dont care, as long as he plays well for the blazers thats all that matters

63 votes

I think this poll is stupid

30 votes

117 votes | Poll has closed

Do the Blazers have the best logo in the NBA?

Yawnie — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:14:49 -0000

i was perusing the available gear on NBA.com and it had a list of all the team logos.

considering the blazers have had the pinwheel logo for many, many years, i would consider it to be the best logo in the NBA.

i say this because although i dont know the history of the logo, i know it was present from when the team first played in 1970, and it has stood the test of time while still looking modern to this day.

your thoughts?

Why the Blazers will win the NW

Yawnie — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:03:24 -0000

Despite all the trade talk etc. i think we should be discussing more important stuff like.............

Why the Blazers will win the NW

* We have possibly the deepest team in the NBA (although the L*kers will argue that)

* We arent relying on 2 or 3 guys playing heavy minutes, apart from broy everyone plays about 30 mins or less, meaning if we have injuries it is easier to cover, and our main rotation guys dont get too tired at the backend of the season

* Our +/- is significantly better despite playing a huge number of road games against quality opposition, last year we ended with -3 points per game or something like that. At the moment we are +5, which normally you could translate into a 50 win season

* We have positive assist to TO, rebounding, blocks, steals, practically every major category except FT%.

This is posted at midnight, please feel free to add some points that i have missed, but i really think we can win the NW this season, team chemistry and balance is looking great so far

Rose Garden description

Yawnie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:44:56 -0000

Unfortunately i do not live in Oregon (or the US for that matter) so i do not have the opportunity as some of you do, of catching a blazers game live in person.

I have seen pics of the place, just want a more personal idea of what games are like there, i know sellouts are the norm these days :)

Videos and pics do not always do the place justice, especially during pre game introductions