A load of new Blazer news at O-live

[B-Roy]

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/

Go check it out, there's some really nice stuff there.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

Tonight will be a special moment for Batum, who said he feels he is constantly being watched by his late father, Henry, who died of a heart attack on a basketball court when Batum was three. It is said that Henry's dream was for little Nicolas to make the NBA one day.

"I'm very, very excited," Batum said. "Although it is 16 years after, I think he is very proud of me. I don't remember much about my father - maybe two or three things - but I feel like he watches me every day."

good to hear about him making it. AND starting on opening night on the biggest stage. wow.

 

[B-Roy]

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2008/10/blazers_banking_on_a_highyield.html

^That story is especially awesome.

 

[Pinwheel1]

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2008/10/blazers_banking_on_a_highyield.html

This article got my attention. I have been wondering about how Nate would address this for months now. When I started to read it and began to understand what it was about, I got real excited to the point that I closed my office door so I would not be disturbed. I would have loved to be a fly on that wall. It was a huge dinner for these guys. Sounds like Nate planned it perfectly.

 

[PapaG]

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2008/10/blazers_banking_on_a_highyield.html

This article got my attention. I have been wondering about how Nate would address this for months now. When I started to read it and began to understand what it was about, I got real excited to the point that I closed my office door so I would not be disturbed. I would have loved to be a fly on that wall. It was a huge dinner for these guys. Sounds like Nate planned it perfectly.

I wish this dinner had stayed private. Some things don't need to be known outside of the huddle.

Read the rest and realize the Oden is a bit submissive. Perhaps a good thing, but the man has talent and he needs to assert himself.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

It's getting really hard to go to sleep all of a sudden. Why can't it be 6:29 p.m. already?

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

6:29?

 

[SheedSoNasty]

6:29?

Doesn't coverage begin at 6:30?

 

[THE HCP]

They probably won't tip off until 7:45 at the earliest.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

double header....MVP ceremony? try 8ish. yuck.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I wish this dinner had stayed private. Some things don't need to be known outside of the huddle.

Read the rest and realize the Oden is a bit submissive. Perhaps a good thing, but the man has talent and he needs to assert himself.

They did not give out that much detail. What was important is that Management is very aware of problems that can arise from jealousness. They have seen it with other teams. It was good to see they are addressing it early on. These three guys are all intellegent, and with the right support cast they will hopefully stay grounded. Do not let their friends, family, and agents get in their heads. This is their team.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

double header....MVP ceremony? try 8ish. yuck.

Either way, I'm not staying at work one second later than I have to.