He's attended one game since he left Minnesota....and if you've heard Brandon talk, he's not a public speaker by any stretch of the imagination. Lamar Hurd has skills in my view.
been reported that the team has reached out multiple times to bring him, at least to a game, and he's not interested.
Paul Allen offered Brandon a job with the organization when he medically retired, then he refused and signed a two year deal with the Wolves...that broke him and he came to one game right after retiring and never returned.....I don't see BRoy as a guy who has any loyalty to the franchise at all.
and a Huskie!
If your job is to do color commentary for a game you should at least be prepared enough to pronounce players names properly.....Rice has an incredible BBIQ but he was not a great color guy....he would have been better suited to a talkin' ball or courtside job, etc....toward the end he was slipping even worse with names....he always called Gasol....Kuh Saul.......example....I loved to hear Rice interviewed though by Casey or someone...he knew his hoops. Really glad I got to meet him and talk to him. Seems like a great guy.
EUGENE!!!!! Mathew Knight Arena rocks!
Wheels has a great interview with the Mike's.....Barrett said he hasn't really paid any attention to basketball since....he's steerheading the major league baseball project for Portland now...I think he's more interested in seeing that through than bailing out the team that fired him...Rice was cool with it but Barrett sounds like he's still salty about getting fired
I don't blame him.
A lot of Portland locals work in Seattle and are still Blazer fans....I met el presidente's brother at the meet and greet at Moda and he lives and works up there....
That means little. Of course they have NBA fans. Driving to Portland to watch a game is great, that doesn't mean they are here to watch the Blazers. I have multiple friends who grew up with the Sonics, they literally gave no shits about Calabro and still paid attention to OKC over the Blazers because of Durant.
everybody I know from Seattle hates OKC with a passion for stealing their team...Portland picked up a lot of fans when the Sonics moved. There are as I mentioned...a lot of Oregonians who live in Seattle for work as well. I also know a lot of Oregonians who are Mariners and Seahawks fans...I grew up in Iowa....everyone had different teams they rooted for...we only got to see the Globetrotters when they came through the state.
Of course many seattle fans hate okc. But many loved following them and Durant because they got a taste of him for one year. Oregonians that move to seattle should love getting tk watch games. But they won't be attached to Calabro like people think seattlites are.
I'm not a Laker fan or an MB fan really....MB was ok, I don't miss him at all really...as I said, I grew up in a state with no pro sports.....I became a Blazer fan when I lived in San Diego so I don't think California has any say in my choices...I was a Bill Walton fan ...that's how I ended up a Blazer fan....used to play pickup games on the same courts in San Diego Bill was famous for playing at....one of my buddies played high school ball with him
I get it. I'm just saying, not everyone loves Calabro from Seattle and they don't like the Blazers. We had the I-5 rivalry for a long time. You can't just kill that just because. I would never root for the Lakers even if they were shoved down my throat and they hired MB (someone I do love).
I follow a lot of Seahawks fans on Twitter that are now Blazers fans
My dad doesn't like basketball at all, and then I watched Game 5 with him. He's completely on board the Lillard train.
