Guessing Game: Who does The Sporting News say is Portland's All-Time Favorite Player?

[Wizard Mentor]

vote for who you think they put, then comment on who you think they should have put.

Note: Don't vote if you know the answer!

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Who should it be? Clyde Drexler.
Who is it? I'm not telling.

Link: http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/sto...he-most-beloved-player-ever-for-each-nba-team

It's kinda sad looking at the Toronto Raptors list.

 

[Eastoff]

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Ouch! no Sonics!

 

[jlprk]

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Favorite? Walton has political foes. Wallace has outright enemies.

Sabonis was quiet, no personality. Porter can't talk. He hung around for a year after Phoenix fired him and got not one peep in favor of the Blazers employing him to do anything. So he's less popular than I thought.

That leaves Drexler, the obvious winner, but you're acting like it wasn't him. That leaves my guess, the dead one. I voted Lucas.

 

[santeesioux]

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Ouch! no Sonics!

It still pisses me off seeing Sonics players and stuff with the Blunder, and i didn't even like the Sonics.

 

[jlprk]

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I hate political polls that ask individuals which outcome they expect will win the majority of votes. The results look like the majority polled in favor of that outcome.

That's what we're doing here.

 

[Reep]

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I would guess it would be Drexler, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was Sabas. He was a class act.

 

[mgb]

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Walton

 

[Boob-No-More]

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Shitty poll. It asked who is the favorite Blazer, not who was the best. If it's really supposed to be favorite, why isn't Brian Grant on the list? He was always a fan favorite while playing for the team, and has done a ton of charity work in the community. I still remember that for years after he left for Miami, his foundation was still sponsoring children's programming on OPB. Great guy, and would probably be my personal vote for "favorite" Blazer.

BNM

 

[tlongII]

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I voted Luke. He moved to PDX after he finished playing. He was one of us.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

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Favorite? Walton has political foes. Wallace has outright enemies.

Sabonis was quiet, no personality. Porter can't talk. He hung around for a year after Phoenix fired him and got not one peep in favor of the Blazers employing him to do anything. So he's less popular than I thought.

That leaves Drexler, the obvious winner, but you're acting like it wasn't him. That leaves my guess, the dead one. I voted Lucas.

Aren't you forgetting J.J. Hickson, the greatest Blazer ever?

 

[magnifier661]

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It's gotta be kemp

 

[Rhal]

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Should be Maurice Lucas. Not only was he a beloved member of the championship team but he loved the city and unlike two other stars (Drexler/Walton) He didn't leave and forget about us.

 

[speeds]

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It's kinda sad looking at the Toronto Raptors list.

Alvin & Jerome Williams are both all-time fan favourites. The AD selection is a little bizarre especially since he really embarrassed himself on the way out.

 

[BrianFromWA]

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Drexler "considered" for Rockets? He was there for what, 3 years at the end?

Blake Griffin for the Clips? Wow.

Durant is not nearly as loved in OKC as Glove is in Seattle.

Damon as "considered" for the Raptors? Those two years he played?

I would've thought Wes Unseld for the Bullets.

 

[oldmangrouch]

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Should have been Clyde. F' Walton!

 

[Boob-No-More]

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Can't believe Sheed is on this list and Brian Grant isn't. Most polarizing, yes. All-time favorite, no fucking way.

BNM

 

[Wizard Mentor]

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Thank you for your support. /greenfont

I just copied the players that were considered by them and I put them in alphabetical order. That's why I asked you to mention who your favorite blazer was in words, and what ESPN thinks we think in the poll.

Sorry you thought my poll was "Shitty" but if you can think of a better way to do it, I'm all ears.

Shitty poll. It asked who is the favorite Blazer, not who was the best. If it's really supposed to be favorite, why isn't Brian Grant on the list? He was always a fan favorite while playing for the team, and has done a ton of charity work in the community. I still remember that for years after he left for Miami, his foundation was still sponsoring children's programming on OPB. Great guy, and would probably be my personal vote for "favorite" Blazer.

BNM

Can't believe Sheed is on this list and Brian Grant isn't. Most polarizing, yes. All-time favorite, no fucking way.

BNM

 

[BBert]

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My favorite Blazers were Geoff Petrie then Bobby Gross. Followed by Walton then Sabonis. Had a soft spot for Lloyd Neal and Maurice Lucas.

I'm too old to have new favorites.

I'm sorry, what was the question?

 

[Eastoff]

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Thank you for your support. /greenfont

I just copied the players that were considered by them and I put them in alphabetical order. That's why I asked you to mention who your favorite blazer was in words, and what ESPN thinks we think in the poll.

Sorry you thought my poll was "Shitty" but if you can think of a better way to do it, I'm all ears.

It's simple, take another poll saying "who is YOUR all time favorite, not necessarily the best"

 

[BBert]

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Thank you for your support. /greenfont

I just copied the players that were considered by them and I put them in alphabetical order. That's why I asked you to mention who your favorite blazer was in words, and what ESPN thinks we think in the poll.

Sorry you thought my poll was "Shitty" but if you can think of a better way to do it, I'm all ears.

Boob is better at speaking for Boob than I am, and better at speaking in general for that matter, but I thought he was criticizing the original Sporting News poll, not yours. I don't like their poll either. They apparently asked who was the favorite Blazer, when they had no real clue who should be on the list and who shouldn't.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

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Hopefully you're right, but the Sporting News doesn't call their thing a poll, but I'm sure you're right that it is.

Boob is better at speaking for Boob than I am, and better at speaking in general for that matter, but I thought he was criticizing the original Sporting News poll, not yours. I don't like their poll either. They apparently asked who was the favorite Blazer, when they had no real clue who should be on the list and who shouldn't.

 

[Boob-No-More]

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Hopefully you're right, but the Sporting News doesn't call their thing a poll, but I'm sure you're right that it is.

Sorry, wasn't trying to shoot the messenger. I was criticizing the Sporting News poll, survey, whatever they want to call it for leaving off one of the most loved Blazers ever and including one of the most divisive.

I actually did answer your question, in words, that my all-time favorite Blazer is Brian Grant.

BNM

 

[Wizard Mentor]

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Sorry, wasn't trying to shoot the messenger. I was criticizing the Sporting News poll, survey, whatever they want to call it for leaving off one of the most loved Blazers ever and including one of the most divisive.

I actually did answer your question, in words, that my all-time favorite Blazer is Brian Grant.

BNM

I like Drexler because he gives the team credibility. My favorite in the past has been Jerome, but now my favorite is Brian Grant. I really love the work he's doing.

 

[Natebishop3]

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Antonio Davis for the Raps? Vince Carter? Tracy McGrady?

Mourning beats out Wade for Miami?

 

[PHXBlazer1]

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I've always enjoyed how Wizard Mentor responds to a post and then quotes the post below his/her response. He broke that pattern in his last post in this thread, and I'm very sad. And it's Ruben Patterson.

 

[mgb]

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Should have been Clyde. F' Walton!

I'll take the one that was a big part in winning us our only championship. Were you a fan then. From many comments it sounds like they were not around when we won it all.

 

[StumptownHoliday]

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My favorite Blazer is Billy Ray Bates. I just love cocaine that much.

 

[Denny Crane]

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Dr J wins for two teams.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

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I'll take the one that was a big part in winning us our only championship. Were you a fan then. From many comments it sounds like they were not around when we won it all.

Well, then you remember Walton threatening to sue the Blazers for years. That left a bad taste in people's mouths.

 

[BBert]

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I give up. Who does the Sporting News think is the Blazers all-time favorite player?