LMA's charity game

[SlyPokerDog]

LaMarcus Aldridge finishes the game with 42 points (19-36) and 13 rebounds. Kevin Durant leads all scorers with 47 points (19-35) and 9 rebounds. Wesley Matthews has 30 points (12-20) and seven rebounds.

 

[PapaG]

Looked like a full house. Kudos to PDX fans for showing up for this scrimmage, and kudos for LMA for putting it on for the fans! I was wrong. I thought it wouldn't even happen, yet the top row of the Chiles Center was full, small as it is.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

aldridge_12 Lamarcus Aldridge

Thank you Rip City my game couldn't of been any better! Best fans in the league

 

[SlyPokerDog]

wessywes2 Wesley Matthews

Real good work pdx! that was too fun. Thanks @aldridge_12

 

[SlyPokerDog]

aldridge_12 Lamarcus Aldridge

What y'all think of Ray Felton? We are going to be good right

 

[HailBlazers]

aldridge_12 Lamarcus Aldridge

What y'all think of Ray Felton? We are going to be good right[/QUOTE]


I don't know but I think I love you.

LMA is exactly everything that Sheed could never be. The evolution of the position. I look forward to LMA putting together a run of his own.

 

[Nikolokolus]

That was a pretty entertaining "game." -- felt a lot like an all-star game, minus a lot of all-stars. Matthews looks a lot more comfortable handling the rock and it was kind of funny watching him play tonight; he was literally the only guy who actually played any defense at all for more than just the last five minutes in the fourth quarter, when everyone suddenly started trying to play to win. Plus Felton looks like he's been laying off the McRibs too, so that's encouraging.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

 

[THE HCP]

Fuck I miss hoops!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Felton is fucking huge!

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Both sides played hard.

 

[illmatic99]

Canzano:

The Blazers front office was working its magic behind the scenes. They forbid employees from being around the event. They even pressured sponsors of the charity event into pulling support, sources said. The Blazers even squashed the original DJ -- "DJ OG1" -- and forced the people at UP to make a last-minute change.

"They did not like this being here at all," an executive at UP said.

Seriously? They wanted to block a charity event where LA dropped 100k during the night from happening?

Not a good look for the Blazers.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Canzano:


Seriously? They wanted to block a charity event where LA dropped 100k during the night from happening?

Not a good look for the Blazers.

You do understand that the Blazers are a shitty run organization, right?

 

[Nikolokolus]

Canzano:


Seriously? They wanted to block a charity event where LA dropped 100k during the night from happening?

Not a good look for the Blazers.

You do understand that the Blazers are a shitty run organization, right?

You and I (and others) can keep saying it, but most people either don't care, don't believe it or will put it back on us saying we're "just being trolls"

Now did I expect the Blazers to fully endorse this? Hell no, but to try and actively squash it is so fucking bush league I don't have words to adequately express my disgust.

Way to go Paul, you clueless tonedeaf fuckwit

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Typical Crapzano, does no research on the rules of the lockout. It's an NBA rule, the teams dont have a choice.
Same thing happened in Memphis.
http://www.slamonline.com/online/nb...not-allowed-to-attend-rudy-gays-charity-game/

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I heard that Larry Miller put a dead puppy on the windshield of the car of any season ticket holder who went to the game.

 

[Further]

With the lockout going on, and me souring on this whole fucking mess, I was down on basketball. But just reading all the tweets about an actual basketball game got me missing the game. I really hope this lockout ends soon.

 

[PapaG]

Typical Crapzano, does no research on the rules of the lockout. It's an NBA rule, the teams dont have a choice.
Same thing happened in Memphis.
http://www.slamonline.com/online/nb...not-allowed-to-attend-rudy-gays-charity-game/

It's an NBA rule to actively try and place obstacles in front of a charity event? I know that NBA employees are under a gag order, but it seems douchey to meddle in an event that ended up raising $100k for charity. What events have the Blazers held during the lockout to help out the local communty.

I've been on the owners' side during this lockout, but bullshit backdealings by organizations like Portland do them no favors at all.

Of course, Canzano could simply be making it up, too. I wouldn't put it past him.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

What events have the Blazers held during the lockout to help out the local communty.

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http://www.nba.com/blazers/makeitbetter/

 

[Nikolokolus]

It's an NBA rule to actively try and place obstacles in front of a charity event? I know that NBA employees are under a gag order, but it seems douchey to meddle in an event that ended up raising $100k for charity. What events have the Blazers held during the lockout to help out the local communty.

I've been on the owners' side during this lockout, but bullshit backdealings by organizations like Portland do them no favors at all.

Of course, Canzano could simply be making it up, too. I wouldn't put it past him.

It's worth considering, but he made it pretty clear that it was something conveyed to him by UP officials ... and let's face it, it's completely inline with the sort of thing we'd expect from PA or the Vulcans.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

You and I (and others) can keep saying it, but most people either don't care, don't believe it or will put it back on us saying we're "just being trolls"

Now did I expect the Blazers to fully endorse this? Hell no, but to try and actively squash it is so fucking bush league I don't have words to adequately express my disgust.

Way to go Paul, you clueless tonedeaf fuckwit

Go figure Nik. I don't get it . . . if you keep saying it, why won't people believe you. I mean MM keeps say the same messages and he is always right.

But I understand where you are coming from, once the Blazers get a new owner, a new coach, new management and new players, they will be on the right track.

 

[Pinwheel1]

It's worth considering, but he made it pretty clear that it was something conveyed to him by UP officials ... and let's face it, it's completely inline with the sort of thing we'd expect from PA or the Vulcans.

It would be nice if once in a while he actually named his source. I mean what do sponsors or officials at UP have to lose by telling the truth on record.

Has anyone else wrote about this? Because pressuring the sponsors is pretty bad....... if true.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Go figure Nik. I don't get it . . . if you keep saying it, why won't people believe you. I mean MM keeps say the same messages and he is always right.

But I understand where you are coming from, once the Blazers get a new owner, a new coach, new management and new players, they will be on the right track.

People like to be told what they already believe to be true (confirmation bias) when something contrary is presented most people will instinctively reject it. In this case most people want to believe a couple of things, that A. The Blazers are really, really really close to being a contender and B. that Paul Allen being extraordinarily wealthy and a free spender equates to him being a "good owner." Any other narrative tends to get shouted down around here, but I don't mind.

 

[Nikolokolus]

It would be nice if once in a while he actually named his source. I mean what do sponsors or officials at UP have to lose by telling the truth on record.

Has anyone else wrote about this? Because pressuring the sponsors is pretty bad....... if true.

Reporters/columnists rarely name their sources by name ... if they did, they'd quickly run out of sources. The fact that he even went so far as to call them UP official is a lot more specific than I'd usually expect. Furthermore there's no reason for the person who said it to go on the record -- there might be nothing to lose, but there's certainly nothing to gain.

 

[PapaG]

People like to be told what they already believe to be true (confirmation bias) when something contrary is presented most people will instinctively reject it. In this case most people want to believe a couple of things, that A. The Blazers are really, really really close to being a contender and B. that Paul Allen being extraordinarily wealthy and a free spender equates to him being a "good owner." Any other narrative tends to get shouted down around here, but I don't mind.

C. Andre Miller is an elite PG who has just had bad luck with teams

 

[Nikolokolus]

C. Andre Miller is an elite PG who has just had bad luck with teams

Sure that too. He was however a very above average point guard with a terrible shot and he was on a lot of mediocre teams.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

People like to be told what they already believe to be true (confirmation bias) when something contrary is presented most people will instinctively reject it. In this case most people want to believe a couple of things, that A. The Blazers are really, really really close to being a contender and B. that Paul Allen being extraordinarily wealthy and a free spender equates to him being a "good owner." Any other narrative tends to get shouted down around here, but I don't mind.

Nik, although I have respected your posts in the past, it's this idea that there is only one right answer and if you don't agree with your take, then posters are in denial and ignore all other suggestions.

Isn't it possible that posters understand as much as you where the Blazers are and understand that you just can't throw money out and get a title, have thought about these things and still believe PA has a better chance of bringing a title to Ptd than bringing in a random owner of a small market team.

To dismiss posters thoughts as "they just say that to instinctly reject it" really cheapens the whole idea of this board. Could I not say the same thing about you. That you are convinced that PA is bad for the team that any suggestion or indication he is not, you shout and and ignore because you instinctely will reject any idea to the contrary of what you believe.

I would like to think that you have thought things out and with your own independent thought and firmly beleive PA is bad for this team. But the fact that you think there is no issue and there is no other way to see it unless you are in denial, makes me wonder if you gone off the deep end.

PA has come very close to bringing a championship to Ptd. He also assembled a completely different roster that many professional analyst thought was the team of the future. Why is it so hard to understand that some poster logically, and looking at both sides, believe that PA gives a better chance at a title vs. (what many fear) a cheap small market owner.

Anyways we have gone round and round on this, it is frustrating on my side because your posts use to have a lot of anaylsis and open to all arguments out there. Now it just seems that you people disagree with you then they aren't thinking logically (we already have one MM on this )

 

[Pinwheel1]

Reporters/columnists rarely name their sources by name ... if they did, they'd quickly run out of sources. The fact that he even went so far as to call them UP official is a lot more specific than I'd usually expect. Furthermore there's no reason for the person who said it to go on the record -- there might be nothing to lose, but there's certainly nothing to gain.

How convenient for him.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Nik, although I have respected your posts in the past, it's this idea that there is only one right answer and if you don't agree with your take, then posters are in denial and ignore all other suggestions.

Isn't it possible that posters understand as much as you where the Blazers are and understand that you just can't throw money out and get a title, have thought about these things and still believe PA has a better chance of bringing a title to Ptd than bringing in a random owner of a small market team.

To dismiss posters thoughts as "they just say that to instinctly reject it" really cheapens the whole idea of this board. Could I not say the same thing about you. That you are convinced that PA is bad for the team that any suggestion or indication he is not, you shout and and ignore because you instinctely will reject any idea to the contrary of what you believe.

I would like to think that you have thought things out and with your own independent thought and firmly beleive PA is bad for this team. But the fact that you think there is no issue and there is no other way to see it unless you are in denial, makes me wonder if you gone off the deep end.

PA has come very close to bringing a championship to Ptd. He also assembled a completely different roster that many professional analyst thought was the team of the future. Why is it so hard to understand that some poster logically, and looking at both sides, believe that PA gives a better chance at a title vs. (what many fear) a cheap small market owner.

Anyways we have gone round and round on this, it is frustrating on my side because your posts use to have a lot of anaylsis and open to all arguments out there. Now it just seems that you people disagree with you then they aren't thinking logically (we already have one MM on this )

Nice post.

 

[Further]

Add me to the list of people who has thought about Allen as an owner, and am overall happy that he owns the Blazers. I understand he has done a lot of boneheaded things and often makes decisions based on his gut, and not on the expertise of a qualified management team. But what has that done?

First, in the Sheed era, he came very close to actually getting the Blazers a championship. It did not work out, but for several years the Blazers were true competitors.

Second, The team he recently assembeled, if it were not for a ton of injuries, would be a contender. If the Blazers had the benefit of a healthy Oden and a healthy Roy over the past 4 season and into today, do you really believe that the Blazers would not be one of the top 4 teams in the NBA? Bad luck in the injury department as dashed our current hope, but at least Allen gave us a chance to have a top competitor.

Lastly, although this might be naive on my part, it makes me happy to know that our owner is truly a fan of the game. Everyone makes mistakes, but I am perhaps less tough on Allens mistakes because he is not making those mistakes because he is trying to earn an extra buck, but because he, like many Blazer fans, falls in love with his players.

I know the last point is me admitting that he is not a great owner, but I do believe that he is an average owner with a much greater love of the game, and willingness to spend then other owners. If I could select the perfect owner, I would want one that never makes mistakes and has a brilliant Bball IQ, even if he weren't as rich, but the fact is that an average owner with deep pockets beats the heck out of a roll of the dice owner. We would have no say in who the next owner is, and I think he would need to be SIGNIFICANTLY better than Allen to make up for Allen's money and love of the sport.

Just my two cents.