Merged: Did anyone read Canzano's hit piece today?

[tlongII]

Okay I know the answer to that. It was pretty funny. He actually intimated that the problem with the Blazers is that they don't have a good relationship with the media. Like that is why they aren't a premiere team.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

He's such a clueless douche bag. I avoid everything with him like the plague. If I see him on KGW, I turn the channel. If I hear him on the radio, I turn the station. I never click on and read any of his crap online. I dont follow him on social media.

 

[Chris Craig]

No. Last thing I want now is to read anything written by Clownzano

 

[Minstrel]

Canzano is the guy who tells his girlfriend, "The reason you're having so many anxieties at work is because you don't give me enough blow jobs."

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Here's the article.

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/or...exit_interviews_should.html#incart_river_home

Curry and Durant shake hands with Blazer employees. Then Warriors win. Warriors good. Somehow this means the Blazers are bad.

Also Olshey has nice hair but it's not nice for Portland rain. Somehow this also means the Blazers are bad.

Nurkic, nice trade, not nice player. Not part of any future big 3. This means fans are bad.

 

[BBert]

Okay I know the answer to that. It was pretty funny. He actually intimated that the problem with the Blazers is that they don't have a good relationship with the media. Like that is why they aren't a premiere team.

 

[BBert]

Canzano is the guy who tells his girlfriend, "The reason you're having so many anxieties at work is because you don't give me enough blow jobs."

Thanks. I'm gonna use that.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Thanks. I'm gonna use that.

I thought you were married?

 

[BBert]

Here's the article.

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/or...exit_interviews_should.html#incart_river_home

Curry and Durant shake hands with Blazer employees. Then Warriors win. Warriors good. Somehow this means the Blazers are bad.

Also Olshey has nice hair but it's not nice for Portland rain. Somehow this also means the Blazers are bad.

Nurkic, nice trade, not nice player. Not part of any future big 3. This means fans are bad.

A morality play?

You don't say.

 

[BBert]

I thought you were married?

Exactly

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Sly should be banned for a week for posting the link.

 

[BBert]

Sly should be banned for a week for posting the link.

And forced to transcribe the article onto a chalk board, then clean the chalk board with his tongue.

 

[santeesioux]

I'm surprised this dude is still in this market, how many years has it been? He also has something like 59(!) thousand Twitter followers, wtf?

 

[Natebishop3]

I would actually pay good money to be able to punch him in the nuts.

 

[Sedatedfork]

I would actually pay good money to be able to punch him in the nuts.

They should have a bid for that at a charity auction.

 

[BBert]

I would actually pay good money to be able to punch him in the nuts.

I'm picturing a charity event. Strap Canzano to a big board, like one of those knife throwing acts, with his legs spread, and a big target painted on his crotch. Maybe protect the rest of his body with some kind of plexiglass, so you can see his face, but leave an opening like in those baseball pitching arcades. Charge $5 for three balls. Line up for pitching practice. Hey, it's for a good cause.

 

[BBert]

They should have a bid for that at a charity auction.

Haha. I got interrupted in the middle of my post or I would have beaten you to it.

 

[Natebishop3]

Why does anyone actually read his shit? Like...... for instance.... why did Tlong read it and then decide to make this thread?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Whatever. Dude is spot on in most of what he says in this article

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[Bob Dobalina]

Whatever. Dude is spot on in most of what he says in this article

Give us the details on what he's right about. As I'm curious. I appreciate those who take one for the team so the rest of us don't have to endure his garbage.

 

[tlongII]

Whatever. Dude is spot on in most of what he says in this article

Some of it is true. There is no doubt in my mind that the Blazers are a dysfunctional organization for example.

 

[Reep]

I would actually pay good money to be able to punch him in the nuts.

The most difficult part would be finding them.

 

[Natebishop3]

Whatever. Dude is spot on in most of what he says in this article

Come on maaaaaaan.... this is EXACTLY the kind of situational feel-good crap that he always writes.

Then, the guy making $26.5 million a year did the most interesting thing -- he slid the headphones off his ears and he walked around shaking hands with each of the half dozen ball boys and staffers who had chased balls down for him.

"Thank you, I appreciate it," the eight-time NBA All-Star said to each of them.

Curry walked by each of them on Monday night, stopping to shake their hands and thank them. Charlie, a long-time Moda Center staffer who works the spot just beyond the darkness of the tunnel opening, held up his hand and examined it after Curry passed. He announced, "This is the hand that Steph Curry shook."

That's great. I'm glad that Durant and Curry are stand up guys. I find it absurd to somehow circle back around and connect that to our team being a poor culture.

Did Lillard put up shots for an hour and then flip the ball boy the finger?

Did CJ go to shake the usher's hands and then punk them?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Come on maaaaaaan.... this is EXACTLY the kind of situational feel-good crap that he always writes.





That's great. I'm glad that Durant and Curry are stand up guys. I find it absurd to somehow circle back around and connect that to our team being a poor culture.

Did Lillard put up shots for an hour and then flip the ball boy the finger?

Did CJ go to shake the usher's hands and then punk them?

He's right in that the top of the organization isn't very fan friendly. Or employee friendly. A culture change would not be the worst thing

 

[Natebishop3]

He's right in that the top of the organization isn't very fan friendly. Or employee friendly. A culture change would not be the worst thing

This isn't just Blazer related. This is sports related. Pro sports is being run like a corporation now.... not a community past time. Not a symbol of a city. The NFL is a PERFECT example of that. Nobody gives a shit what the fans want. And I'm pretty sure that I was saying a year or two ago that the team is distancing itself from Portland. Trying to become inclusive for the entire NW. That's why they fired the Mikes. Portland is small potatoes when you factor in all of Oregon, Washington, etc. I can't blame them for wanting more money........ but it sucks for us.

 

[illmatic99]

How does he still have a job? Figured the O would be defunct by now.

 

[Natebishop3]

How does he still have a job? Figured the O would be defunct by now.

If you go through his post history, the dude spends most of his time plugging his shitty radio show.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

I don't mind reading Canzano's critical pieces to ground myself from an alternate perspective sometimes. Occasionally, his articles spotlight uncomfortable truths that need to be expressed, although he sensationalizes to maximize readers/ad clicks, which I understand is part of the business.

That being said, he released that article when the corpse of the season wasn't even cold. Getting swept by a team that arguably may be the best put together in the last 10-15 years isn't a shame, especially since this year's squad was generally a disappointment until the very end.

There will be plenty of time to dissect what went wrong with this past year's team and how to fix it, but too soon, bro, too soon.

 

[Duckhook]

I got through about 10 reader comments and had to click the screen off. I just don't get how some people swing from Clownzano's nuts. I'm guessing misery loves company and his self loathing is palpable/contagious...