...and so it begins....the Blazers scrimmage in Seattle, WA

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Monday's scrimmage was the first NBA event in Seattle since the Sonics' departure in July 2008 and represented a meaningful step in the Blazers' efforts to reach out to their neighbor to the North. Already, all of Portland's games are televised throughout Western Washington, and Blazers broadcasting specifically targeted Seattleites with a commercial that featured head coach Nate McMillan, who was known as "Mr. Sonic" during his days as a player and coach in Seattle.

The ties between the Blazers and Seattle run deep. Besides McMillan, there is star guard Brandon Roy, a Seattle native who starred at Garfield before attending the University of Washington. New general manager Rich Cho grew up just south of Seattle before beginning his career in the Sonics' front office. The original connection is owner Paul Allen, a Seattleite whose other pro sports teams (the NFL Seahawks and MLS Sounders) call Seattle home.
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Roy is so selfish. How come we couldn't practice at any of the other Blazers' high school?

Trade the bum!
 
Utilizing their ties to gain a broader audience of fans across the NW. Look at how many people in the Portland/Vancouver area who follow the Mariners and Seahawks. I won't be surprised at all to start seeing the obnoxious group of Blazer fans start declaring we are moving to Seattle.
 
It would be nice if the Blazers held a scrimmage in Portland.

Oh wait, they already did.
 
Keep in mind this trip north is done at the expense of Central Oregon fans who saw the traditional preseason scrimmage down here cancelled last year and this year specificallly to court Seattle fans. Last year's attempt to play there brought protests and was re-scheduled in Portland.

Through the comcast fiasco and a deliberate snub by Blazers management in recent years, The Blazers have completely alienated rural Oregon fans.

It won't be long now...
 
MARIS61 said:
Keep in mind this trip north is done at the expense of Central Oregon fans who saw the traditional preseason scrimmage down here cancelled last year and this year specificallly to court Seattle fans. Last year's attempt to play there brought protests and was re-scheduled in Portland.
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Thank god. I'd much rather have to go to Seattle to watch Blazers games than Prineville!
 
the protest was b/c the NBA wanted to charge admission and have it be a regular preseason game. Most seattle fans don't want a penny to go to Stern for whatever reason. This was a pretty packed (small) house for a scrimmage...a couple of guys were touting this as more of a "neighborhood" feel to a game than a "NBA's back in Seattle!" feel. And I agree.

I live and work here, and called in 3 times this week to the various radio shows to get Mike Salk (who didn't even live here then), Steve Sandmeier and Gastineau to realize that it's not a bad thing that Brandon Roy's doing a charity scrimmage in Seattle. It's not like they're trying to move in on Sonics' turf. Everyone interviewed said something like "we cherished our rivalry with the Sonics and wish they were still here".

The least classy people about this fiasco are the media types trying to stir up trouble. Out of a misplaced hate for Stern and Bennett and the Seattle Council.
 
BGrantFan said:
I wouldn't, and wasn't that game typically in Redmond?
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Maybe, I don't remember. I always thought of Redmond as a little place you didn't stop at on the way to Prineville (which you only stopped at if it was the only place you could get a motel before going to climb Smiths rock).
 
MARIS61 said:
Keep in mind this trip north is done at the expense of Central Oregon fans who saw the traditional preseason scrimmage down here cancelled last year and this year specificallly to court Seattle fans. Last year's attempt to play there brought protests and was re-scheduled in Portland.

Through the comcast fiasco and a deliberate snub by Blazers management in recent years, The Blazers have completely alienated rural Oregon fans.

It won't be long now...
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Bend is a City.
Redmond's a town.
Prineville is just a hole in the ground!
 
andalusian said:
Maybe, I don't remember. I always thought of Redmond as a little place you didn't stop at on the way to Prineville (which you only stopped at if it was the only place you could get a motel before going to climb Smiths rock).
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Eh. OK. Not sure why you're bashing Central Oregon, but I like it over there.
 
BGrantFan said:
Eh. OK. Not sure why you're bashing Central Oregon, but I like it over there.
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I like it too, but not for basketball reasons. Central Oregon is a fine place to go hiking, for me, basketball is an urban sport - the kind of thing you do and go out to a bar later, hook up with friends and the like.

I repeat what I said - if the options were going to see the Blazers in Seattle or Redmond/Prineville, I would rather go to Seattle. If the issue is to enjoy nature - I would rather be in Central Oregon.

Anyway, this was also meant as a joke based on the premise of the thread "... and so it begins..." - where the suggestion was that this was step one of the Blazers moving to Seattle, vs. the Blazers moving to central Oregon.

Nothing to serious, honest. I do not care one bit about pre-season games anyway...
 
Just like last season against Amare', Dante gets tea-bagged again ...

"Deez nuts!!"

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andalusian said:
Maybe, I don't remember. I always thought of Redmond as a little place you didn't stop at on the way to Prineville (which you only stopped at if it was the only place you could get a motel before going to climb Smiths rock).
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Yep maybe you don't remember, why am I not surprised. Great area, tons of fun outdoors things to do, great restaurants and brew pubs in Bend. But you'd probably sit at your computer on your azz 24/7, open your mind a little and get out.
 
Blazinaway said:
Bend is a very nice place, get a clue
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Yeah, Bend is a very nice place. But I like Seattle better as a city. I think I got a pretty good clue what I like and what not - but thanks for the note, I will file it under "things other people believe they know about what I like".
 
Blazinaway said:
Yep maybe you don't remember, why am I not surprised. Great area, tons of fun outdoors things to do, great restaurants and brew pubs in Bend. But you'd probably sit at your computer on your azz 24/7, open your mind a little and get out.
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Right. And Seattle does not have great restaurants and brew pubs? Get over your assumption that you know better than me which area I like better for what purposes.

You like Central Oregon better - good for you. I only wrote what I like better, thank you very much.
 
andalusian said:
Right. And Seattle does not have great restaurants and brew pubs? Get over your assumption that you know better than me which area I like better for what purposes.

You like Central Oregon better - good for you. I only wrote what I like better, thank you very much.
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There both great places, you made a dumb joke and were corrected, deal with it.
 
Blazinaway said:
no, you are too much of an azzhole to admit it, no problem
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Thanks for the note. Not only do you know more about what I like than I do, but you are also a comic critic and can't admit that you do not know shit about what I like or not.

In order to make it clear, I also want to notice that I like San Diego, San Francisco, Boise more than Bend, but if the options were between Bend and Los Angeles or Bend and Sacramento - I would go for Bend.

Geez, talk about getting one's panties in a bunch about stuff that you shouldn't...
 
andalusian said:
Thanks for the note. Not only do you know more about what I like than I do, but you are also a comic critic and can't admit that you do not know shit about what I like or not.

In order to make it clear, I also want to notice that I like San Diego, San Francisco, Boise more than Bend, but if the options were between Bend and Los Angeles or Bend and Sacramento - I would go for Bend.

Geez, talk about getting one's panties in a bunch about stuff that you shouldn't...
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Okay, I've tried to stay out of your little spat but...BOISE IDAHO? :ohmy:

C'mon, that's a really cheap shot there.
 
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