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6/23 - Junk Drawer (It's always sunny in Portland) ...so Recipes?

broyposse — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:20:34 -0000

i'm not a chef, a sous chef, a cook, or someone that even routinely makes a good dinner BUT i have one killer dish that my family dies for.

Everyone has a killer dish...for dates, for love ones, for friends, for special occasions...etc.

so please share your recipe!!!

also, i have a gas grill and not a bbq grill...any good grill or bbq methods and recipes?

here's my killer easy recipe. every time i make this, my wife basically throws herself at me...for more reasons than one

Seafood Pasta (Clams are best)

For the Linguine:

1. buy a couple packs of linguine. boil it. add a spoon of olive oil. once tender, drain with cold water a leave it on the side. (cold water so it won't stick)

2. Chop up / mince about 3 garlic gloves, put it on the side

3. Chop up/mince a batch of basil, put it on the side

4. cut up some lime, put it on the side.

5. open a bottle of white wine (the better the wine, the better the outcome)...drink a quarter of it while cooking

Cooking the Clams:

1. get a big pot. add a chunk of butter to the bottom. add the first set of minced garlic clove to the pot. add about 4 spoons of oil then cook it on high. add about a cup of wine. add the clams. make sure you have the lid close on the pot to keep the juices

2. when the clams start opening, add some more garlic and then i would take a pack of those pizza crush red pepper, add them to the mix to get a kick. add a dash of salt a pepper. add basil (you don't want to add this too early) toss the pot around a few times.

3. let it cook about ten minutes or until all the clams open up.

Finishing touch:

You can mix the pasta and clams in a giant pot but for a nice dinner, i usually toss each plate. so i'll grab some pasta, get some clams, make sure you get some juice, and toss it in a separate pan. (this is why you need the extra garlic clove, olive oil and extra butter...and the more butter, the richer the texture)

this takes less than 30 minutes...Add mussel, shrimp, and scallops for more flavor. (if you had shrimp, cook some of it first outside the main pot)

there you go...you will look like a chef and it will be 5 star tasty. use the rest of the bottle of wine at dinner, and maybe some french bread, with vinaigrette salad to finish the meal package.

this is 100% guaranteed to impress ANYONE, especially your tummy. (just don't let them in the kitchen to see how easy it is...)

So that's mine...what's yours?

also, since TiH asked, is this draft worth watching for all four hours? or just round 1, round 2?...

it's always sunny in Portland so get junking.

peace. stay cool. forever.

BRP

June 17th - B-S4E-B Junk Drawer

broyposse — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:14:16 -0000

Sabonis4Ever (aka the Ad-Hominizer aka Mr. Roybot) is banned to oubliette, indefinitely. His name is forever linked with Pete Rose and Rene Monteagudo.

Today's junk is not dedicated to him or anyone else...it's about my favorite question: How?

1. How was he banned? (No need for explanations from Dave or the Mods here...we know the rules and I side with S4E;)

2. How is everyone doing?

3. How is it that we are still here?

4. How do we get him back?

5. How do you get her back?

6. How would you love thee? Count the ways...

7. How would you junk in person?

8. How is summer?

9. How is your current courtship?

10. How would you celebrate the ultimate celebration?

11. How is your favorite how question?

Cue the music (P.Diddy and Faith Evans, "Missing You")

OE40 at lunch for S4E. Chill. Pour. Swivel. Drank.

See you in the far side S4E...

Peace. Stay Cool. Forever.

BRP

Poll

Should S4E be banned?

Yes, he got served

13 votes

Yes, but I miss him

8 votes

No, bring him back with full site access

18 votes

No, bring him back to at least the JD

10 votes

49 votes | Poll has closed

Bedge BBall Open Scrimmage - RECAP

broyposse — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:14:43 -0000

Bedge BBall Open Scrimmage - RECAP

real.ballers

Greg Oden's Red Bracelet UPDATED & Thank you

broyposse — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:41:08 -0000

I've been thinking about sharing this story for the longest time. You guys know me as just a happy go lucky, irrational optimist for our Blazers with really nothing ever serious coming out of my post except light-hearted banter. Woooot wooot;)

As I continue to be accepted into this wonderful, intelligent, respectful, and kind-hearted community, I felt this is a good time to share the story behind Greg Oden's Red Bracelet, the same one you've seen me wear for those who've met me. I know that the BEdge community would really appreciate knowing the background of how it got to GO.

Greg wears two bracelets during every Blazer game. The white bracelet is for his best friend Travis Smith, you may recall, who was killed in an automobile accident in May 2007.

The red bracelet he wears is for my niece Vina, who passed away last January. She's also the niece of graphic/video extraordinaire BEdger Lazytrail.

The story of the Red Bracelet sheds light on not only Greg, but the whole Blazer's organization. The journal entries below is what I wrote to keep family and friends up to date during our battle, and have recapped it here for you to get some background on the story. (Please remember this was written during the hardest time of my life, and some items might not have been properly explain since I'm not Doogie Howser)

Vina's Story

Her battle started Friday, January 4th, 2008:

She had a cold and fever for a week and then a fever of 105 for a couple days, was really lethargic but didn't tell anyone and took some Tylenol.

It didn't help her too much and she went into seizures Friday morning and was rushed to ER at St. Vincents. The seizures didn't stop so she went to OHSU Doernbecher's Pediatric ICU. They gave her 24 hours to live.

The doctors told us she had Encephalitis - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/encephalitis/DS00226/DSECTION=2

It's an inflammation of the brain that is caused by a viral disease. The doctors said it's a high chance that the viral disease that caused Encephalitis was just a regular flu or viral meningitis. Along with that, she had a pulmonary virus. They said in rare cases, these 3 viral diseases coincide and attacks the brain to create a severe case of Encephalitis. In her case, it was a 1 in 17 million chance. She had a pretty rough weekend that included her body shutting down for a brief moment.

The doctors said that Encephalitis itself is not contagious but any viral disease such as the flu, meningitis can be transfer through the typical methods of fluid transfer through sneezing, coughing, etc. The good thing is that she doesn't have bacterial meningitis, which is the worst case. It's rare that any of these viruses causes Encephalitis in anyone other than newborns and over 55 yrs old. No one knows how this happen because viral infections are common, it's just uncommon that it would attack the brain.

To quote him, it was really "lightning in a bottle." He also said he's seen a lot of people just wake up after a few days and walk out of the hospital but it typically takes a good two weeks.

The week of January 7th, 2008:

They thought Vina wouldn't last through the weekend but she kept fighting and the Doctors were amazed at her strength. She was getting better but also had relapses for the whole week. Her body is now fighting potentially other infections such as influenza, mono, and most importantly, low blood pressure, and heart infections because of the anti seizure medication.

So the Doctors are working extremely hard to walk this balancing act of which area they focus on: the heart, brain, or lungs. The gameplan is to get her through the medication and control any infections before trying to get her out of sedation.

She has fought through the 24 hour diagnosis, then the hourly watch diagnosis, so we have great hopes that she will fight completely through this.

Saturday, January 12th:

Because of all her medications, the Doctors were afraid of it becoming toxic. Because the seizures didn't completely go away, they had to take the next step which is to shut her body down so the seizures can stop. Basically, put her in a 48 hour coma. For the first 4 hours of the wee morning, she was doing great, and then she had a relapse and the seizures came back.

At this point, her parents, and our family had to make a decision. They can't provide anymore anti-seizure medication because it was becoming toxic. It was to the point where the seizures were damaging all her brain tissues. If she remained in the coma, the encephalitis was so bad that her brain was starting to have secretion and the pain for her would be unbearable. Basically, the Doctors gave her Mom the choice of having Vina convulse to death, or provide her medication to help her go peacefully. She opted to having Vina slowly taking off life support. We were angry, mad, confused, sad, and any other emotions you can imagine.

At 2:25 pm, she went peacefully to Heaven. She's our angel.

Vina grew up most of her life with her Mom and her Grandma. Her parents separated at a young age and she visited her Dad multiple times a year. She was Daddy's girl for sure but her Mom and sister were her soulmates. Her Mom went through great ordeals to raise both of them to be great young ladies who would make an impact in this world.

Her Grandma took care of her and all of her cousins. Grandma was so sick on Saturday. She fainted when the Doctors said Vina will not make it. She screamed, kicked, pulled her hair, hit herself in complete delirium.

After Vina past, I asked her Mom to allow Grandma one more chance to see Vina. With her eyes so puffy, her ankle sprain, and her heart completely crushed, she saw Vina one last time in PICU. In a split second of seeing Vina, she went hysterical, and I carried her out with the help of the nurses and Doctors. As we rushed out, tears went down all our faces, and those of the nearing patients, families and doctor. Grandma had to be restrained from hurting herself. With our family members repeating to her that Vina is in Heaven, following a higher path graced to her.

We took turns watching over Vina throughout the week. It was so sad and unfortunate she did not get to see her birth Father. He wasn't unable to make it in time to see her. He never had the chance to see her again. She loved her Dad so much and was a mimic of him.

Our family continues to struggle with the passing of Vina. But we all want to let you know how strong she was in this battle. The Doctors at OHSU has never seen anyone fought this hard, let alone a 12 year old child. Her diagnosis was 24 hours and she fought for a week. She loved everyone so much and everyone loved her. She was so kind hearted. She never said a bad word, never had a grudge and always said Thank You, Please, and Love you.

The one thing that Grandma, her Dad, and all our extended family share was the love for our Blazers. We immigrated here in '76 from SE Asia and caught Rip City at the right time.

We prepared a walk-a-thon for her on March 15th, 2008 to help other children fight Mengineaolcephalitis, since there is no cure. We eventually raised over $15,000 and sent all the money to Doernbecher's Hospital on Vina's behalf to help other children in the Pediatric ICU.

She loved her family, friends, the Blazers, her Nike kicks, and the color red.

As part of the Walk-a-Thon, we created Red Bracelets that had Vina's Victory of Virus charity and her favorite saying before playing basketball, "Pound the Pavement!!!" She was a baller too.

The Blazers Organization

Vina was the biggest fan of the Blazers and never ever wavered on her support. We all knew it would have lifted her spirits to hear some of the players visiting because she was still able to comprehend when we spoke to her.

We also knew it was unrealistic but took a shot to see if some of the players would visit the whole OHSU PICU. We knew they come quite often and just hoped that they showed up during her stay. Unfortunately, they had a road trip that week or were somehow tied up, and weren't able to re-arrange their hospital visit/tour.

I use to work for Traci Rose, the VP of Community Relations for the Portland Trailblazers a long time ago. Traci is the most kind-hearted person I've ever met. I reached out to her to see if there was anything that they could do (maybe even Blaze) and of course, she said she would do whatever she can and try to arrange something when the team is back and make sure the team hears her story. This is how her WHOLE TEAM operates, no questions ask, just "how can we help?"

Some of us also knew the players directly. We heard that some of the team members, Martell/Travis/Sergio/GO were gonna drop by OHSU but by the time they got back, Vina had already left us for heaven. I heard they came by anyways to lift the spirits of all the kids in PICU. They do that quite often but most fans will never hear about it.

A few weeks after Vina's passing, her cousins saw Martell at an autograph session. After the session was done, they went up to Martell to tell him the story of Vina.

He said he already knew and have been trying to reach out to us. They gave Martell shirts and bracelets from Vina's charity. Martell shared the story with the rest of the team.

Martell went out of his way to find our email to thank us for allowing him to hear Vina's story. He said every Blazer listened to Vina's story, especially Greg, who asked to wear the bracelets. From that day on, we have always seen Greg with the red bracelet in every game. Totally classy from both of them.

Greg has invited us to his birthday, community events, and has been a great role model for all of Vina's cousins and the hundreds of kids in Portland. This also goes for Martell, and the rest of the Blazers. Words have been spreading and you can see the Jabbawokeez and many others wear her bracelet. It all started from Martell and Greg.

It breaks my heart to hear people say he doesn't care about basketball. He cares about people. He's the most genuine 21 year old we have ever encountered. I sometime sense that he gets down on himself because he knows so many kids look up to him. He will not let any of them down and us down. I can just see it in his eyes. He has that rare mindset where he thinks about the greater good than just himself. In my mind, he doesn't need to do anything else and I hope they never change. He's been a gift to us.

You will see Lebron wear King James Bracelets, Dwight Howard wear Superman Bracelets, Joe Johnson and a crew of others wear Jordan bracelets. G.O. is wearing Travis Smith and Vina's bracelet. I'm not saying those other players don't care about the kids or community, I'm just saying Greg has a different approach, and it's never seems to be about him.

We are definitely blessed as fans to have these guys on our team. They will make some mistakes as they grow, but it would be foolish for us to not recognize right now that we have a VERY special group of players. Everything about these guys are 100% real.

So the next time you are at a game, and see Greg wearing the red bracelet, I hope it brings a smile to your face. Vina is definitely smiling upon us and the Blazers organization for what they have brought to this community.

As the team continues to lift our spirit, let's make sure we lift theirs in the best and worst of times.

As we left OHSU that day over a year ago, a FULL rainbow appeared over the skyline breaking through the thunderous clouds that had rain all day. My niece is definitely smiling at what the Blazers have accomplished both on and off the court.

I still believe that rainbow is watching over our beloved city.

As tears rolled down to my laptop, I hope everyone can feel my gratitude toward our Blazer community (BEdge included for the amazing charitable things we've done) and sharing Vina's story can give everyone a small peak into the selflessness of Martell/Greg, the strength of Vina, and the beauty of our extended community.

Peace. Stay Cool. Forever.

- BRP & LazyTrail

Here's a small video of Vina a few months prior to her passing:

Video of Vina Singing

**Update**

I've been away from the computer today (traveling) and because I couldn't bear getting more emotional... I knew the comments would melt my heart. When I logged backed on, there were over 100 recs and many people were touched by the story. My wife and I cried reading them. We just want to say THANK YOU. This is definitely not about me or Lazytrail, it's about the Blazers and our niece Vina.

I just re-read what I wrote and forgot to mention in more detail about Vina's mom and sister, Nina and Tiffany Trinh. Nina is the rock in the family. She raised two beautiful daughters and was Vina's soul. With the strength of Nina and Joe, she turn Vina's battle into a lesson of spiritual triumph and hope through Vina's foundation. It's impossible to comprehend what LazyTrail and myself went through, but my heart hurts more when I think about it for Nina and Tiffany. I love them both so much and am blessed that they allow me to be the fun uncle hanging out with Vina. Nina is one of the strongest person I know, and we all cope differently, but the lessons we learned about Vina, came about because of the great qualities of her Mom, Nina who never ever once gave up. She raised two of the most kind human beings to grace us.

We honor her family by loving a bit more, sharing our time with each other, taking that extra effort to smile, finding happiness in quiet times, finding laughter in life, apologize a bit more, heal past arguments, and find joy in family and friends. And above all, protect and love our children...

Was there any doubt our Blazers were gonna pull of the victory tonight;)? WOOOOT WOOT!. I have a couple hundred bracelets left and would like to give them out FREE to BEdge members for the playoff run. I think it would be very cool if many of us wear them during the games. I know both Vina and Greg would appreciate it. Just email me your address and I'll send them out. Yes, I'll send all 200 individually wherever you are. And please, don't try to send any money, although greatly appreciated, that is not the purpose here. Spreading her story means more to us. If you like to learn more, go to the foundation's site here:

Thank you again and GO BLAZERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Real Reason I LOVE Jerryd Bayless

broyposse — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:47:32 -0000

The Real Reason I LOVE Jerryd Bayless

He was asked along with other Blazers, "Who would you pay to watch play?" His answer, "I can't say. They're my opponents." LOVE IT!!!!

Rip City Culture - Blazers answer Questions

Section 320 4th Quarter Mayhem....

broyposse — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:38:48 -0000

I seriously can't believe what happened to us tonight. Not the Blazers, but me and my parents.

So in the last minute, we decided to take my parents to the first game this year. They are older and don't know too much about the Blazers but wanted to check out why we invest so much time in this "hobby."

We were sitting in 320 about 5 rows up. With about 30 seconds to go during a timeout, a drunk guy fell two rows above us. He landed hard on 3 college girls behind us with two of them getting knocked over to me and my Mom. Hysteria ensued.

Everyone on that row started screaming and yelling and the gals started kicking and punching the guy cuz he was still on top of the 2 gals until he fell on top of my parents. I thought somebody was body surfing as a joke.

My parents are about 65 years old and smaller than 5 feet tall. The guy was about 6 foot 225lbs. I started pushing him off and yelling for security/ushers. Eventually, the guy in front help me pull him off my parents. He couldn't even stand up straight he was sooooo wasted.

I told him to leave and ask security/ushers to take him out. They were no where to be seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He couldn't even put two words together. His gf two rows up started crying and his friend just sat there shaking his head. The whole section was just gasping and shaking their heads. The three gals behind me kept on yelling at him, etc.

The guys in front of me jumped up and was about to punch this guy right in the face.

If I wasn't such a peaceful dude, I would have seriously Jet Li his azz. But at the time, I was worried about my Mom's neck and my Dad's back.

Needless to say, it ruined their experience at the RG. They now have a perception that it's a toilet bowl full of drunks.

We basically didn't get to see the last 30 seconds.

So three things:

1. What do security/ushers do if they can't even come to the help and kick this guy out?

2. How does someone get that wasted at a game. Yes, Minnesota has something to do with it but so bad that you fall off your seats.

3. Does someone have a contact at the Blazers where I can submit a complaint?????

In a way, I actually laughed about it afterwards when I knew my parents were ok. But now, I'm totally disgusted thinking of that guy's behavior and the non-help by Blazer security/ushers.

Thanks for listening. I hope this never happens to anyone's parents, much less any fan.

Peace. Stay Cool. Forever. Except that turd that ruined my parent's night.

Unofficial BlazersEdge Night @ The Agency Media Row Report and Recap with PICs!!!

broyposse — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:55:51 -0000

Since I'm a BE rookie and first time meeting everyone in person, I thought I do everyone a favor and do a recap/media row report from the Agency!!!

Dave and Ben were running around mingling so I'm gonna do their job for them...unofficially.

Recap:

We sucked.

If our players wanted to be part of the mile high club, they definitely didn't score.

Don't go to the Denver Blog.

Media Row Report:

This picture with my new $99 Canon point and pray lens describes it all.

- There was at least 200 people there. All having a GREAT time.

- The old dude to the left was Dwight Jaynes thinking "uh...why is my head bald?" to the left of him is Outlaw the Rejector wondering why on earth he's standing next to Dwight Jaynes.

- Still.i.rise behind Josh mingling with some other BEdger...so many I couldn't keep track.

- Me, trying to do Ben's job taking pictures but I suck.

- Everyone getting pissed off and starting drinking cuz we were losing

- AND then everyone started mingling and having a good ole time because we have a common bond at BlazersEdge: passion for our Trailblazers.

Ok, this pic doesn't describe everything but whatevers...we drank, we had fun, we are a community, and we ARE RIP CITY!!!

ere are some more pics:

1. Us clowning around

Far left is Outlaw the Rejector (aka Brian) btw Brian, i was searching for you for like 30 minutes to give you a ride home...Dwight Jaynes is next to OutlawtheRejector giving him a dirty grin. Our favorite host Gavin Dawson in the middle. Me giving him a face, and PrezofDeath to my right giving him the bunny ears. Btw, GD is a real Blazer fan..he's was really bum he had so much hatred. Here's an exchange I had with him:

me: "you hurting huh?"

gavin: "yeah bro, Sophia really gave it to me...man...you know, i want to keep it real, i have a job to do. i still bleed red and black bro."

me: "well, sophia is our Przy...she's standing up for all BEdger. now buy me a beer!!!"

good job Sophia!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. Ben, me and Sophia. Ben is really not 8 feet tall, i'm just 4 feet tall. Sophia has that pose down. Sophia took a shot for all you clowns who didn't show up!!

3. The BE Hall of Fame: to your left, Prez of Death...Tom in Hawaii (btw, if Tom can make it, what's everyone elses excuse) Tom giving Twiggs the TIH yummy yum look, Twiggs (uh, she had the flu but she made it...she man up like Pryz...again, what's everyone elses excuse?!?!?!?) Outlaw the Rejector, and Josh...Batum's BFF.

4. BlazerManiacAndy...Dude, the guy is everywhere...he's like a picture magnet...and of course, there's Sophia totally disgusted at our Defense with her frenchie french shirt. yeah, she brought her A game.

5. still.i.rise (i didn't mean to call you a prostitute...seriously...i love you!!!), twiggs, and megan...soon to be Bedger

6. My two single lady friends oon to be Bedger Bree and Linda I brought for RoodieeeFurrnandez

Prez taking a pic of me and Edger's favorite writer and Ben's bff: john canzano:

via i24.photobucket.com

Dave's shoes...Yes, he walked here from Idaho or wherever...

Ben's kicks...funny story: i was trying to take his shoes...and he was like "what are you doing man?" i was like "uh, ur job." hahahah

PrezofDeaths:

tominhawii:(he said he bought it for 7 bucks...dang, that's a great deal...)

outlawtherejector: sick!!

RoodieFirnandez (sp?):

my kicks: air jordan dunks limited. that's right, be jealous!!

it was a REALLY fun night...i hope to see more Edgers next time... THANK YOU DAVE AND BEN!!!!

Go Blazers!!!! BE gathering during the Playoffs FTW!!!!!!!!!!!

Peace. Stay Cool. Forever!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers for Jarrett Jack!!!! with Poll

broyposse — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:21:44 -0000

Our old pal Jarrett Jack is back in town!!!

I will definitely be cheering for him when he is introduce tonight.

Hopefully, everyone else will do the same at the RG. I don't expect us to give him the Detroit Chauncey treatment or our treatment of D Miles, but somewhere in the middle would be nice. Just please don't boo the guy!!!

I appreciated everything about Jarrett when he was a Blazer: Work ethic, passion, emotion, intensity, attacking the hoop and the never back down attitude during the games (reminds you of someone?). Jarrett was Jerryd before there was Jerryd. You can argue that Jarrett's play right now (last two months) is what we can hope for out of Rex next year.

Like everyone else, I didn't like the turnovers and that's one thing I would like to see reenact tonight to bring back some fond memories.

He wore his emotions on his sleeves and gave great interviews. He's a class act and knew his roles/responsibilities (though his execution was not always flawless).

Give him the cheers he deserve! See you all tonight then mañana at the Agency!!!

Talk about your favorite good and bad memories of JJ here.

Peace. Stay Cool. Forever!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU7u4YxKnTI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxMOGDyS92Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNrpNF1rVVQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4ZN2KOaN30

Poll

Tonight I will...

Stand and cheer for JJ when he's announced

292 votes

Golf Clap

65 votes

Cheer only when he makes a mistake

8 votes

Boo him everytime he touches the ball for sucking

10 votes

Chant "Jerryd" when Bayless comes in

17 votes

392 votes | Poll has closed

Blazers Issue Threat to the League!!!!!!!!

broyposse — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:44:41 -0000

blazerhopeful just reported in a fanshot link that the Blazers issue a league wide warning (i used the word "threat") to GMs and Presidents of NBA teams trying to sign Miles:

Here's some juicy excerpts:

"The Portland Trail Blazers will take all necessary steps to safeguard its rights, including, without limitation, litigation,'' wrote Blazers president Larry Miller in an e-mail addressed late Thursday night to all NBA team presidents and general managers. SI.com was provided access to the memo by an NBA team executive.

"Team Presidents and General Managers,

"The Portland Trail Blazers are aware that certain teams may be contemplating signing Darius Miles to a contract for the purpose of adversely impacting the Portland Trail Blazers Salary Cap and tax positions. Such conduct from a team would violate its fiduciary duty as an NBA joint venturer. In addition, persons or entities involved in such conduct may be individually liable to the Portland Trail Blazers for tortuously interfering with the Portland Trail Blazers' contract rights and perspective economic opportunities.

"Please be aware that if a team engages in such conduct, the Portland Trail Blazers will take all necessary steps to safeguard its rights, including, without limitation, litigation.''

A team executive said it was "unprecedented'' for an NBA team to threaten a lawsuit against a rival for signing a player who is a free agent.

Full Link:

Full Article from Sports Illustrated

I personally think this is intense ~~but it will backfire...~~

~~GMs and Presidents have egos...they don't like to be threaten~~
~~KP will have a harder time trading players because some GMs will find this insulting.~~
~~Miles will sue~~
~~David Stern might get mad since he likes to be in control.~~

Why didn't the BLazers just wait and take it up with the League and Stern?

I guess Mile's cap space is a BIG DEAL. I don't know why, but this makes things sooo much more exciting before the trade deadline.

Edit: after much discussion and paranoia, seems to me the Blazers will be fine...thanks again BEdge members for a fun night.

SB Nation User Blog: broyposse

6/23 - Junk Drawer (It's always sunny in Portland) ...so Recipes?

June 17th - B-S4E-B Junk Drawer

Should S4E be banned?

Yes, he got served

Yes, but I miss him

No, bring him back with full site access

No, bring him back to at least the JD

Bedge BBall Open Scrimmage - RECAP

Bedge BBall Open Scrimmage - RECAP

Greg Oden's Red Bracelet *UPDATED* & Thank you

The Real Reason I LOVE Jerryd Bayless

The Real Reason I LOVE Jerryd Bayless

Section 320 4th Quarter Mayhem....

Unofficial BlazersEdge Night @ The Agency Media Row Report and Recap with PICs!!!

Cheers for Jarrett Jack!!!! with Poll

Tonight I will...

Stand and cheer for JJ when he's announced

Golf Clap

Cheer only when he makes a mistake

Boo him everytime he touches the ball for sucking

Chant "Jerryd" when Bayless comes in

Blazers Issue Threat to the League!!!!!!!!

Greg Oden's Red Bracelet UPDATED & Thank you