Blazermania: Portland Falls Back In Love With Trail Blazers (Seattle Times)

[ABM]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2009076872_blazers18.html

 

[Stevenson]

Thanks for posting all of these, ABM!

 

[Shooter]

These Blazers, led by coach Nate McMillan and Roy, are the anti-Jail Blazers, their alter-ego in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Those teams disregarded the league's soft salary cap and adopted a win-at-all costs mentality that nearly killed Blazermania after a series of player arrests and run-ins with law enforcement.

The "anti-Jail Blazers." I love it. Rip City lives again!!!

 

[julius]

I love this quote/part.

(Brandon) Roy's heart belongs to Seattle, but the longer he remains in Oregon, the former Garfield High and Washington Huskies star is becoming entrenched in this community that adores him.

"It really hit me my rookie year when I went to an Oregon State game," Roy said. "Just the year before I was a Husky and they booed me. I mean they were cussing at me and everything.

"A year later, I walk into the gym and they went crazy. They chanted my name. And I'm like, 'Man that's crazy.' And that let me know these people couldn't care less about what happened in college. All they cared about was I was doing good for the Blazers and they loved me for it. That connection between this team and this city, it's incredible."

He could've played for Satan's all stars, and I'd still love the fact he's a Blazer.

As much as I like the Beavers, my first and best love is the Trail Blazers. And I think that Blazer fans are the same way. The Ducks could suck, the Beavers could suck..and if the Blazers won the title? I'd be happier than anything (sports wise).

In fact, if the alternative was Blazers good (title winners) and Ducks/Beavers in the shitter? I'd take the Blazers winning titles.

 

[OddEnormous]

I love this quote/part.



He could've played for Satan's all stars, and I'd still love the fact he's a Blazer.

As much as I like the Beavers, my first and best love is the Trail Blazers. And I think that Blazer fans are the same way. The Ducks could suck, the Beavers could suck..and if the Blazers won the title? I'd be happier than anything (sports wise).

In fact, if the alternative was Blazers good (title winners) and Ducks/Beavers in the shitter? I'd take the Blazers winning titles.

It's not where you're from, It's where you're at.

 

[julius]

It's not where you're from, It's where you're at.

Did you finally drop the spelling gimmick?

And you're right, it's where you're at that matters to me. If you're a Bruin, and now a Blazer..I love the fact you're a Blazer.

 

[Minstrel]

Did you finally drop the spelling gimmick?

And you're right, it's where you're at that matters to me. If you're a Bruin, and now a Blazer..I love the fact you're a Blazer.

What if you were a Bruin, were a Laker and your name is Trevor Ariza and then you become a Blazer?

 

[number 10]

never stopped loving my Blazers....

 

[julius]

What if you were a Bruin, were a Laker and your name is Trevor Ariza and then you become a Blazer?

As long as he publicly denounces the Lakers.

 

[BIG Q]

"I was a part of the Washington turnaround and that was great, but it was not like this," Roy said. "Man, these people are really into it. They love the Blazers. They feel like they are a part of it, like they are really on this team. Like they got numbers and lockers and everything."

I will take number 81507, my sons birthdate!

 

[oldmangrouch]

The name on the front of the jersey trumps the name on the back.

BTW, I got a chuckle out of that quote in post #3. The Blazers were evil because they spent money and had a "win at all costs" attitude???? Did it ever cross your feeble little reporters' brain that if the Sonics had tried a little harder to win, they might have gotten a better arena and not been sold to Bennett and his robber barons! Sometimes, you try your hardest and it just doesn't work out. If you don't try, if you refuse to take chances, then failure is guaranteed.