Just not feeling it

[THE HCP]

You guys aren't gonna' watch the preseason games! They are on TV! C'Mon, you aren't interested in how your so called favorite team looks?

 

[KingSpeed]

Yeah I agree, I had moved on from the NBA this year, was happy to have a break. Also pissed at both greedy sides and wanted to see them have some pain so they realized just how good they both used to have it.

The whole Roy/Oden injuries over the last two years is pretty damn depressing. If if if if..... I seriously expected us to be a contender by now when we won the 2007 lottery and I expected this roster to win multiple championships in the next decade. Now I feel that is more of a pipe dream. The elite players will always want to play in NY/LA/Miami/Dallas areas so regardless of new CBA changes the odds are against us having titles in my lifetime. Yes I'm only 30.

Hold on though. We have elite players in Aldridge and Oden who do want to play here. And it seems Roy desperately wants to play for us. I also thought we'd be winning multiple championships by now but I still don't think one is out of the question.

As of today we have one borderline franchise player (LMA) and 13 role players.

You have GOT to be kidding me. Gerald Wallace is WAY more than just a role player (Do you forget how he destroyed Durant on both sides of the court?). He's two years removed from being an All Star and first team all defensive. You're also selling Felton short who, in the first half of the season last year before being traded, was playing like a top six point guard in this league.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

I am read for the season to start.

Agree with KS that Wallace is being sold short and Felton had a great first half of the season. Cannot wait for Friday in hopes of us shoring up our front court depth and to see us playing again.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Interesting article on ESPN by Howard Bryant.

While he is talking about the NFL, his underlying point applies to all sports: too many fans act as if accountability begins and ends with the players. They turn a blind eye when coaches and front offices give a half-hearted effort.

His comments about how the Colts failed to deal with the loss of Manning could just as easily have been an essay on the Blazers. (particularly the part about a coach who won't change his gameplan to reflect personnel changes.) It is a very good explanation as to why some of us are approaching a state of despair. (and why we are so frustrated with fans who shrug and pretend everything is just grand)

 

[mook]

I started a thread just like this a few months ago. But I have to admit that old feeling is starting to creep back in for me. Here's why:
1. Aldridge showed that he could be a top 5 NBA player for a month last year. Can he do it for a full season now that he knows what it takes?
2. Gerald Wallace hasn't really done his thing yet, and he still looked good last year. Our spacing sucked and so he took too many perimeter shots. I really expect that to change now.
3. Felton seems like a better fit with our current talent than Miller.
4. Batum really matured playing in Europe. He added a post game and a pick-and-roll.
5. Oden. The ever-tantalizing what-if of Oden. It's not tantalizing enough anymore to make you drink the Kool Aid, but it's enough to still make you lick your lips afterward.
6. Roy should be on a very short leash. We won't have a 2-8 stretch due to our idiot coach trying to fit him in. I think he becomes the new Rudy Fernandez--if he's killing it, leave him in. If not, you let him sit.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Damn . . . I'm getting sucked in.

I used to come to this site once a day, if that. Now when I drink my coffee and start my day, this is one of the first sites I come to to see if there is any new Blazer developments.

That didn't take long. The NBA has me by the balls.

Go Blazers!

 

[magnifier661]

Damn . . . I'm getting sucked in.

I used to come to this site once a day, if that. Now when I drink my coffee and start my day, this is one of the first sites I come to to see if there is any new Blazer developments.

That didn't take long. The NBA has me by the balls.

Go Blazers!

Justs means you are a true fan. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I realize now how little TV I watch during basketball season when the Blazers aren't playing. I've watched more "goodnight show" on Sprout trying to get my little girl to sleep than even Sportscenter the last few months.

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

As I mentioned, I figure once practices, etc. start and we get to see what is really happening, I will get interested. It is just now, all the pre-startup humdrub has me rather humbug.

Gramps...