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krollb

joined Jun 26, 2008 last login Dec 06, 2009 posts 15 comments 33

Long time Blazer and NBA fan in my late 30's. I was a bit too young to truly enjoy the '77 championship team, but I spent a lot of paper route money on standing room only tickets at the MC in the early 80s. I had great fun watching the Drexler/Porter teams develop and thrive. Probably my most memorable game I saw in person (from the rafters) was the double overtime game 5 thriller against the Spurs in the 1990 Conference Semis. I was fortunate enough to see the 1992 original dream team twice during the tournament of the Americas, an absolutely amazing and unforgettable experience!

I fell out of love with both the team and the league during the Jail Blazer years and when they made people like Iverson the face of the league. I didn't care if they were winning when they were doing it with a cast of characters like that! With the arrival of KP and his rookie class of 2006 we started going to games as a family again. For 2007/08 we moved up to 1/2 season tickets and 08/09 will be our first year with full season tickets. I am fortunate enough to sit on the Trail Blazers Fan Advisory Board for 2008. My wife and infant daughter attend most games with me, my teenage son comes about half the time.

I enjoy photography and have an active flickr site as well.

website: My Flickr Site

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A bittersweet night in Rip City.

Our scrappy, gutsy Blazers led by our fearless, take no prisoners B-Roy were back. They came together as a team and pulled out a thrilling one point win... but... Our hearts sank and we shed a tear for our young warrior of a center as we witnessed his likely season ending injury. He has worked so hard to rediscover the joy in the game he can dominate only to find misfortune in his path yet again. It is a setback to be sure, but this kid has incredible heart. He will be back, and he will be the centerpiece of a team that is winning championships in the next decade. We need look no further than too our worthy advisary from tonight's game to see that an NBA team can compete without great size and despite key injuries. The Blazers can still take another step down the path towards the ultimate goal this season. It seams that injury, illness, and growing pains will be the lasting memory from the 2009 portion of this season. That said, I still have faith that the 2010 portion of the season will bring us an exciting divisional race,a hard working and together team, and a deaper run into the playoffs. Go Blazers!

8 days ago krollb 0 comments 1 recs

A Must See for all Blazer Fans!

I had the pleasure of seeing Don Zavin's long lost classic about the Blazer's Championship: FAST BREAK. It is playing for just a few days at the Clinton Street Theater, a Portland landmark in itself. During Saturday's Screening author Matt Love was the guest speaker and had some great stories about the team and the film. His book "Red Hot and Rollin'
A Retrospection of the Portland Trail Blazers' 1976-77 Championship Season " includes a DVD copy of the film that he was largely responsible for bringing back to the public eye, I picked up a copy and look forward to reading it!

Filmmaker Don Zavin passed away in 1998, I had the pleasure of knowing him and having many basketball conversations with him. The film's run continues through Thursday, do yourself a favor and go see it! On Sunday, October 25th, FAST BREAK Co-Director Mike McLeod and sports writer Larry Colton (featured in the film - he interviews the team for the book IDOL TIME) will be on hand for Q&A and will bring their best anecdotes about the film.

about 1 month ago krollb 6 comments 0 recs

Blazer Season Ticket Holder packages arrive today! Here is this year's gift, a nice sling style bag and a desk calendar. I have both season and half season tickets, the half season's arrived this morning and this was what was in the package. Expecting the full season booklets today as well! Here is a link to some additonal Blazer related photos: http://gallery.krollimages.com/trailblazers

2 months ago krollb 6 comments 0 recs

Kevin Pritchard on Wheels at Work

KP spent about 15 minutes with Brian Wheeler and the gang on 95.5 the Game about noon today. Here is an enhanced podcast of the segment for iTunes or your iPod. He touches on Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, Andre Miller, Martell Webster, Greg Oden, and life as a GM. File is 7.5MB and about 15 minutes long...

4 months ago krollb 4 comments 2 recs

Brandon Roy Deal Done! Canzano breaks into programming to confirm a verbal deal is done. It is a Max deal and BRoy will be a Blazer for a long time to come!

http://www.955thegame.com/

4 months ago krollb 29 comments 2 recs

Player introductions from Game 2! Check out related photos from Game 2 and the Blazers on my site.

7 months ago krollb 5 comments 2 recs

Images from Section 305 Game 2: The Wife's turn with Her Camera! The Blazers get a hard fought win lead by Brandon and LaMarcus and head to Houston tied 1-1. My lovely wife was with me tonight and took over photographer duties for Game 2! The evening was not all good news however as we saw Dikembe Mutombo sufer what is very likely a career ending injury.

Game 2 Image Gallery

7 months ago krollb 0 comments 1 recs

Images from Section 305: Game 1

Rough night in Rip City last night. The energy leading into the game was unreal. The RG was louder than ever before the lineups were even announced! Yao & Brooks had huge nights, the officiating was questionable early, Brandon & Greg were the only Blazers that showed up. Our Blazers looked like a young and intimidated team last night, but that won't happen again on Tuesday! Blazers win games 2 & 3, then series in 7!

Image Gallery
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7 months ago krollb 5 comments 3 recs