35 DAYS!

[THE HCP]

til the first preseason game!

 

[hasoos]

til the first preseason game!

Blazers doing a summer slam this year?

 

[THE HCP]

Summer Slam?

 

[hasoos]

Summer Slam?

Yea you know where they bring in the new guys and have an intrasquad scrimmage for the fans?

 

[Wheels]

 

[XXPrimusXX]

til the first preseason game!

Me and HCP don't see eye to eye on much. But there is one thing we can agree on...


GO BLAZERS!

 

[THE HCP]

Yea you know where they bring in the new guys and have an intrasquad scrimmage for the fans?

Ya, it's the Wells Fargo scrimmage thing!

 

[THE HCP]

The Wells Fargo Fan Fest, a free scrimmage played at the Rose Garden, is scheduled for Oct. 1.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Any word on the cultural informal practices that have taken place each of the last several years? Seems to me they usually get started up now?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

And the roster is still 1/2 SG and SF's.

Nicely balanced!

 

[THE HCP]

Any word on the cultural informal practices that have taken place each of the last several years? Seems to me they usually get started up now?

I guess Brandon wanted everybody back on August 30th to start runnin!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

And the roster is still 1/2 SG and SF's.

Nicely balanced!

On a 15-man roster, 2 of 5 spots being half the roster is about 1 guy too many. So our roster is one move away from being balanced.

 

[XXPrimusXX]

On a 15-man roster, 2 of 5 spots being half the roster is about 1 guy too many. So our roster is one move away from being balanced.

No. This is Clown Town.

No room for balance.

 

[hasoos]

No. This is Clown Town.

No room for balance.

I think there is a difference between having balance and having a happy team. Portlands problem is more of having a happy team. On good teams, sometimes some good players have to sit. The question is, do they buy in to try and get a ring, or do they cause problems?

 

[Mediocre Man]

I think there is a difference between having balance and having a happy team. Portlands problem is more of having a happy team. On good teams, sometimes some good players have to sit. The question is, do they buy in to try and get a ring, or do they cause problems?

My guess is the ones with a brain would not buy into the ring option. They see a team that has been crushed several times in the playoffs the last two years, and hasn't been close to advancing to the second round. While injuries played a part in that last year, they still didn't come close to sniffing the second round. It would be hard to convince someone to buy into the ring option when the players know they haven't been close.

 

[HailBlazers]

While injuries played a part in that last year, they still didn't come close to sniffing the second round.

If we had our centers we would have crushed PHX.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I guess Brandon wanted everybody back on August 30th to start runnin!

Don't you mean to start walking cauciously? Or did you mean runnin to the corner?

 

[Mediocre Man]

If we had our centers we would have crushed PHX.

That's what I keep hearing from some people. I know they swept the Spurs? I don't think they were small up front?

 

[XXPrimusXX]

That's what I keep hearing from some people. I know they swept the Spurs? I don't think they were small up front?

You do realize we took Phoenix to 6 games? Yeah they swept the Spurs, we would have done the same thing (Considering we swept them in the regular season). You honestly think with a healthy Roy, Oden, Joel and Batum we would have lost?

*facepalm.*

 

[Mediocre Man]

You do realize we took Phoenix to 6 games? Yeah they swept the Spurs, we would have done the same thing (Considering we swept them in the regular season). You honestly think with a healthy Roy, Oden, Joel and Batum we would have lost?

*facepalm.*

Not only do I think they would have won, but had everyone been healthy all year we would have went undefeated.

 

[Rhal]

I'm pretty stoked for the regular season but as for preseason... its something thats gonna be fun to watch but I wont' kick myself if I can't catch one of the streams (if there are any)

 

[THE HCP]

How can you be a fan of this team and not be excited for the preseason to start?

 

[Rhal]

How can you be a fan of this team and not be excited for the preseason to start?

Because its like the appetizer coming three weeks before the main course. Its gonna tide you over but while eating it your looking forward to the real meal.

I'd be more excited if I thought Williams/Johnson/Babbit would get a lot of play time.

 

[THE HCP]

WOW! I'd love to sit in on those scrimmages at the PF if I could! Maybe I'm just a hoop junkie!

 

[VanillaGorilla]

WOW! I'd love to sit in on those scrimmages at the PF if I could! Maybe I'm just a hoop junkie!

I would love that as well. I went to 5 full days of the Las Vegas Summer League for fucks sakes.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Not only do I think they would have won, but had everyone been healthy all year we would have went undefeated.

well, we'd have at least started 18-0.