SB Nation User Blog: ppilot

Thoughts and Impressions from the Rosegarden - Wow!

ppilot — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:12:16 -0000

First off a disclaimer - This is the first game of preseason, meaning that many of the things we saw shouoldn't be extrapolated to the regular season....with that out of the way.....Wow!

First off Rip City was rocking from the second quarter on. I have never seen a preseason game with that croud noise. I personally almost lost my voice (I blame Rudy for that). Things were definitely bogged down in the first quarter as it was obvious we were trying to get used to playing in a real game setting. Then late im the second quarter.....all hell broke loose. We started making the extra pass, our defense tightened up, and there were no easy baskets for the kings the rest of the game. The 31 assists weren't bad either as this team showed how much fun sharing the ball can be.

Individual Player Thoughts

Roy - Roy was Roy and he definitely did not look like a player that had surgury not too long ago.

LMA - Couldn't score in the first half even if you left him at strip club with a stack of $100s. Things definitely got a lot better in the second half and his last second buzzer better in second quarter got the momentum going firmly in our favor. Again didn't need to take much from this game for him but I will mention this, he looks absolutely RIPPED.

Webster - Looked fairly decent on Defense, couldn't get his shot to fall from distance very well. You can definitely tell that he put in serious time in the gym during the year as some of his dunks were pretty ridiculous. He probably should take Rudy out to dinner for all the alley oops he got during the game.

Sergio - Not the same player we saw last year. He shot looks great and I mean really good. All three of the treys were all net. He actually played respectable defense and applied pressure the second the opposing PG got the ball over half court. He did let Udrih by him a couple times but his defense looks much better than last year. Oh he definitely likes playing with Rudy.

Oden - Probably could not have asked for better debut than this despite the fact you could tell that he looked a little tired at times. Missed a couple shorties, but then made Spencer Hawes look like Gumby. Poor hawes could not do a thing. Grabbed a couple offensive rebounds and had those putback we like so much. Oh and there is that defense thing. The Kings get could not score inside when Oden stalked the paint. It was completely obvious of the instant impact he has on the defensive side. That Block on Hawes was pretty nice as well. Oh and he free throw stroke looked damn good.

Rudy - Wow....just wow.....his court vision is absolutely amazing. He is personally responsible for me almost losing my voice. The alleyoops, the dunks, the layups....what is there not to like? He defense was not bad either but you could definitely tell that he likes to play the passing lanes. Overall he is the most dynamic player I have seen in a blazer uniform in years and here is the best part...He obviously loves to get his teamates involved and does not need a large amount of shots to be effective.

Bayless - Played good defense, hit a couple outside shots, attacked the rim with reckless abandon. Really did not too bad bringing the ball up the court either. He did have a couple possesions were he pounded the ball for a while though, but those were few and far between. Good first game for him

Outlaw - Don't really need to say much about him.

Pryzbilla - Man it sure is going to be nice having a legit defensive center with the second unit as there were no massive breakdowns that we often saw last year. Didn't fumble the ball away at any point and hit his free throws. Not much more you can ask for.

Diogu - Loves him some offense, reminds me a lot of ZBO in a lot ways, some good (good at attacking the rim) some not so good (ball had a tendency to move slower when he had the ball) overall a pretty solid game for him.

Batum - To me he was the surprise of the night. Played very good defense, got to rim fairly well, and actually looked like he belonged on an NBA court. A very fluid player and could be a good one a couple years years.

Hill - Played decently , got some boards, not much offensive game (nothing new there)

Randolph - Made a couple good offensive moves, not much memorable besides that.

I highly recommend that if you have a chance to see this team live in rosegarden this year. DO IT! The RG is going to rocking the entire season. Again probably couldn't have asked for anything else in your first preseason game

Blazer tickets for Luxury Box - Timberwolves - Sat $30

ppilot — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:47:08 -0000

So I apologize for having to do this again but we though we had a buyer that backed out on us at the last second. My buddy would rather keep his tickets than sell them at this point. As I am out of town on business, I have no use for them. So that means I have 11 tickets for sale and two parking passes. I am willing to take $30 per ticket, more if you want one of the parking passes. Price will be flexible if you buy more than 2.

This does not include food or drink. If you are interested let me know as if I have to get rid of them I would like the tickets to stay within the community.

Feedback is welcome

pmoore 83 at gmail dot com

Anybody want a luxury box suite?

ppilot — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:24:42 -0000

So I have a problem.....last summer a coworker and myself were working at a Charity Golf Tournament. One of the items available at the silent auction was a Blazer Executive Luxury box suite. It was not getting much love at the time, so we decided to put our names down to start the bidding. At the end of the day we looked down and noticed nobody else had bid.

Fast forward to today...my coworker moved to San Francisco for work and I have been really busy so the suite has been bigger problem than we anticipated. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in it. The following are the available games and dates. Note that this is only for one game

3/21 - Clippers
3/25 - Washington
3/29 - Charlotte
4/15 - Memphis

There are 22 tickets that come with the suite and all food/drink are included. The suite also comes with four parking passes. We got the suite half off FMV so that would be my starting price, but I would be willing negotiate if need be. Feel free to leave a message or e-mail me at pmoore83 at gmail dot com

Dave gets some exposure on NBA.com

ppilot — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:20:14 -0000

No not that kind of exposure.

In the PowerRankings, the give a brief blurb about Blazers Edge and provides a link to the site. You never can get enough good publicity.

http://www.nba.com/powerrankings/

For my Birthday I want a Brandon Roy leatherman and an IRoy. A little playoff action would not be bad as well.

If you could ask KP one question in person

ppilot — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:17:59 -0000

What would it be?

I brought this up because a fan happened to meet KP in the Airport and blogged about what he was thinking the entire time.

http://ripcityproject.blogspot.com/2008/01/kp-in-air.html

Pretty damn funny and definitely reinforces how likable the entire franchise has become from the ground up.

Good looking blog too.

List of the all-time Youngest teams?

ppilot — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:46:22 -0000

Hey I was wondering if anyone had seen a list of the youngest NBA teams of all time. I keep on hearing this stat of us being the youngest but I have never actually seen the list and wanted to see at what age the wins started to increase. I have found this for the youngest teams for the current year.

http://www.rpiratings.com/NBA.html

Hmmmm......after much deliberation I have concluded that Fruity Pebbles is better than Fruit Loops

Great Insight from KP today

ppilot — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:26:06 -0000

During the interview with the fan today. He said plan like crazy during the summer and make whatever moves you want before the season. Then let your team gel together during season which is something from the Spurs organization.

It sounds relatively simple but it is something that has worked wonders. Too often teams trying to reach that next step try to rush the development cycle and end up making a move that costs them in the long run (see Tyson Chandler). I think the Bulls had a great chance to become a long term contender in the East, but they got impatient and all of a sudden things don't look so hot.

It's a good day to be a blazer fan

The Blazer Home record Vs. the NBA!

ppilot — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:59:50 -0000

The blazers currently have the the 6th best home record in the entire NBA! We are currently behind the Celtics, Spurs, Mavericks, Jazz, and the Pistons. How is the for home cooking! Hopefully we can keep this intensity for the rest of the homestand

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New Update from Quicks Blog about Oden

ppilot — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:38:18 -0000

I don't know if any of you have seen the newest update from the Behind the Beat blog on Oregonlive but I highly recommend it. Here is the link

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/

Oden was faster than Durant in almost every drill and only .07 slower in the 3/4 court than Aaron Brooks. That stat alone completely blows me away. It seems that every single day something new comes out that makes Oden more and more of lock to be our future. All I gotta say is that I am going to be at the last two summer league games to take a look at this guy in action.