2024 Blazers Fan Fest

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This team has become pathetic and Grant and Simons are what you call “save face” players for an inept management.

Wish it weren’t true, but I’m just sayin…
 
julius said:
Are they going to post any highlights? The stuff I found on IG was pretty bland.
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Game wasn’t broadcast FAMS! You got some interns and part time TV guys shooting the games with a kid in charge of doing replays….you ain’t getting any highlights bro.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Wonder what attendence will be? Can't think of a year I'd expect less over the last few decades.
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Strenuus said:
There's literally no reason to go to these if the team is gonna suck.
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You know who will win a Blazer vs. Blazer game...the Blazers. You don't go to see your team try to win; it doesn't matter which side loses.

You go to sit in the rich seats, feel optimistic, and scout players who won't get minutes in the regular season.

To answer your question, pictures show that the attendance was sparse.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
In the halftime shooting competition, Devontae Graham goes 2-5 in his first rack, 3-5 in the next two.
Rupert does the same, actually hitting 3-4 in his final track before time ran out.

Fan "Allie" makes 1-15, and fan "Anthony" gets none.

Banton has 2 2-4 racks, then hits 4-5 to finish. Reath hits 4-5 in his middle rack, but only 3 total from the side racks.

Fan "John" also puts up an 0-fer, and "Veronica" is unable to even come close to the rim. Black wins 17-15.
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Did I interpret this right: There were 3 racks of 5 balls each, 1 middle rack and 2 corner racks. I assume these were 3-point shots, and no money balls counting double. If you run out of time, you don't take all 15 shots.

Graham made 8 for 15 (2/5 + 3/5 + 3/5).
Rupert made 8 for 14 (2/5 + 3/5 + 3/4).
Banton made 8 for 13 (2/4 + 2/4 + 4/5).
Reath made 7 for 15 (4/5 + 3/10).

"Black wins 17-15." That would be 8+8, +1 from Allie, vs. 8+7.

If they shot that well, the shooting contest was almost as entertaining as the game. I already knew that Graham is good; I hoped to see more of him this season. If he weren't 9 inches shorter than Clanton, he'd give Clanton a run for the money.
 
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PtldPlatypus said:
Is this 4-on-4, rotating player or after every possession the normal process for a fanfest scrimmage?
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That's funny. You might have added: "It appears this Fan Fest will follow HORSE rules. Why is one guy pitching like it's baseball and the other guy is squatting like a catcher?"

PtldPlatypus said:
Oh, apparently that was just a warmup. Weird. The actual scrimmage is about to start.
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GriLtCheeZ said:
I was wondering about that too.
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That reminds me of when the Beatles popularized Indian music. At a Ravi Shankar concert around 1969-70, the musicians played for 10-15 boring minutes of chaotic sounds, just like Indian music on the radio, and stopped. The curious British audience politely applauded, after seeing sitars for the first time. Without missing a beat, Shankar came to the microphone, smiled kind of embarrassed, and in his foreign accent said with grace, "Thank you for enjoying our warmup, and I'm sure you will enjoy it even more when we play."
 
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jlprk said:
That's funny. You might have added: "It appears this Fan Fest will follow HORSE rules. Why is one guy pitching like it's baseball and the other guy is squatting like a catcher?"





That reminds me of when the Beatles popularized Indian music. At a Ravi Shankar concert around 1969-70, the musicians played for 10-15 boring minutes of chaotic sounds, just like Indian music on the radio, and stopped. The curious British audience politely applauded, after seeing sitars for the first time. Without missing a beat, Shankar came to the microphone, smiled kind of embarrassed, and in his foreign accent said with grace, "Thank you for enjoying our warmup, and I'm sure you will enjoy it even more when we play."
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Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
 
THE HCP said:
Game wasn’t broadcast FAMS! You got some interns and part time TV guys shooting the games with a kid in charge of doing replays….you ain’t getting any highlights bro.
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Um, hate to break it to you, but the blazers IG account did post some stuff from it.
 
julius said:
Um, hate to break it to you, but the blazers IG account did post some stuff from it.
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That was from their own social media shooters. Glad they got some highlights…..weren’t going to get any from the BIGSCREEN show, that’s for sure. They have those fantastic cameras and can’t get certain angles we can’t. Haven’t seen them, but those guys do a great job. All the angles people on here bitch about actually….HA!
 
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Hoopguru said:
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
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Back in '69 there was a guy in my dorm who had a shrine in his room. He put offerings like a candy bar on it, while he chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. He said it was okay to eat the offering after a few hours. I copied him and started saying Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to students, to bug them.

The Buddha must have smiled on me for that, because now I get to post here and say things to bug people.
 
jlprk said:
Back in '69 there was a guy in my dorm who had a shrine in his room. He put offerings like a candy bar on it, while he chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. He said it was okay to eat the offering after a few hours. I copied him and started saying Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to students, to bug them.

The Buddha must have smiled on me for that, because now I get to post here and say things to bug people.
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NINETEEN- 69!!!!?? Holy shit….was everything in black and white back then? #BAM
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
This really beautiful young woman recruited me and a friend and we actually went to a couple meetings and chanted!
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Thats how I learned about it, back in 66 I met a chick (thats what they were back then) that would chant it once in a while.
 
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