Alright this loss made me sick for various reasons but I am trying to stay positive for Various reasons.

First things First LMA showed a lot tonight! He looked Awesome and even if had not caught fire with his long range jumper I would still be saying this, because of his D and offensive rebounding. He attacked the basket early and I loved it. I know we ragged on the guys for being soft at boston but tonight Lamarcus was anything but. If He can play with this attidute every night even when his mid range game isn't working this team will be so much more successful. So major props to LMA!

SERGIO! What a game he played! I think even know that stats probably don't suppourt it, he could have been MVP of the game for the blazers. He gave the team such a lift with his abilty to get in the lane and he really got the ball movement started. He was even effective at the rim! Even on his misses he was kind of setting up our bigs. By that I mean he was drawin all the attention and getting there bigs out of position by trying to block his shot. His high arching floaters had so much touch and were soft on the rim, it like they were just begging to be put back in by our bigs who thanks to sergio had positon. I honestly think there for a while he was what was keeping us in the game by drawing fouls and then hitting his free throws. Great Game for Sergio! 

Lastly Rudy came out cold, but then got things going. He did a lot of things tonight like usual but I don't really care about the 3 or the two awesome allyoops. That is to be expected by now. What really got me excited was to see that he is getting better with the drive and sure he has a long ways to go but it is nice to see him slowly expanding his offensive game. I thikn once he gets more effective driving to the rim everything will come much easier for him and will really open up his 3 more. Rudys passing espically off the drive was also nice to see! He has shown the ability to make such great passes, but tonight I think he really showed what he is capable of.

These are just a few of the positive things that got me excited tonight! I know there were probably more but this is what really stuck out to me. I think these guys really showed another level to their respective games and even though we had a hard loss there are positives to be taken from it.  I would like people to share their thoughts. Mostly keep it positive and don't turn it into a "Sergio should start bench blake" " Trade Travis" "nate game management sucks" theard. There are plently of those already out there.  Not saying there is anything wrong with some of those just keep this one positive.Oh and please don't correct my typo's I know There are a lot. English and grammer weren't my best subjects ;)

Hey everybody this is my first post and I hate to start out like this but I was Curious if anyone had herd colin's 6 minute take on Oden.  I will leave a link where you can go and listen.... Its probably not what a lot of you want to hear but I suppose he is entitiled to his own opinion. I tend to agree with a few of his points as I was a little dissapointed with Greg last night. I think he will be a great inside presence (rebounding and D) but I don't see him reaching the ranks of the elite big Men at least on offense. I see him as more like a mutombo/Ben Wallace (the pistons days) type guy. I think if he could get more agressive, get better movement on the long boards, and stop letting other players knock the ball out of his hands on rebounds we will be in great shape on the inside. Blazers have a ton of scorers and the occassional put back dunk would just be a bonus. Sorry if I sound like i'm a greg basher. The truth is I like him a lot I think if he can do what  a mentioned above he will be a key player in making the blazers a serious contender in the future.I Just think there was too much hype and a notion that Greg actually had a real post game besides the dunk. anyway just wanted to hear if anyone herd the "heard" radio show today and what they thought? Here is the site http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=theherd   look to the left hand side under show in review and click this section( You can hide flaws in hockey and the NFL -- but in basketball, you can't hide. There are only ten guys on the floor at once. No hiding allowed. Greg Oden will never been an offensive star in the NBA. Rudy Fernandez is the star in Portland -- not Greg Oden. Not a star)