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I enjoyed the article.

Seriously, I'm not seeing what the problem is in JQ asking LMA that. Best case scenario, LMA says he wants to stay and JQ has a huge scoop of the season. Players being asked what their intentions are when a season is over or a contract is up is normal. I also thought the question leads into a nice article about the long strange history that LMA and the fans have had since he was first drafted by the Blazers. For a long time LMA was viewed as the short leg of the next great big 3. He has taken a lot of abuse by fans up until just last season. LMA ain't forgetting that, neither should we.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I enjoyed the article.

Seriously, I'm not seeing what the problem is in JQ asking LMA that. Best case scenario, LMA says he wants to stay and JQ has a huge scoop of the season. Players being asked what their intentions are when a season is over or a contract is up is normal. I also thought the question leads into a nice article about the long strange history that LMA and the fans have had since he was first drafted by the Blazers. For a long time LMA was viewed as the short leg of the next great big 3. He has taken a lot of abuse by fans up until just last season. LMA ain't forgetting that, neither should we.
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Ok maybe i get a little fired up with Quick and my vision is a bit clouded by past offenses. But really why start that right now? The Blazers have won 12 of their last 13 and are in great shape going into a road trip. Again. Why now and why that question when he knows he ain't getting an answer?
 
kjironman1 said:
Ok maybe i get a little fired up with Quick and my vision is a bit clouded by past offenses. But really why start that right now? The Blazers have won 12 of their last 13 and are in great shape going into a road trip. Again. Why now and why that question when he knows he ain't getting an answer?
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Better to ask the question when we're winning vs losing.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I enjoyed the article.

Seriously, I'm not seeing what the problem is in JQ asking LMA that. Best case scenario, LMA says he wants to stay and JQ has a huge scoop of the season. Players being asked what their intentions are when a season is over or a contract is up is normal. I also thought the question leads into a nice article about the long strange history that LMA and the fans have had since he was first drafted by the Blazers. For a long time LMA was viewed as the short leg of the next great big 3. He has taken a lot of abuse by fans up until just last season. LMA ain't forgetting that, neither should we.
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Sure... A house looks great repainted after the killer splattered it with the blood of his victims
 
When a player says in the pre-season I'm going to address this now and then I'm done talking about it what good did Quick really expect to come from it. He knew what he was doing and it was uncalled for. Unfortunately he also got exactly what he wanted, people like us talking about it. Pisses me off.
 
Boise Blazer said:
When a player says in the pre-season I'm going to address this now and then I'm done talking about it what good did Quick really expect to come from it. He knew what he was doing and it was uncalled for. Unfortunately he also got exactly what he wanted, people like us talking about it. Pisses me off.
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That's why i call it "Click bait"
 
Boise Blazer said:
When a player says in the pre-season I'm going to address this now and then I'm done talking about it what good did Quick really expect to come from it. He knew what he was doing and it was uncalled for. Unfortunately he also got exactly what he wanted, people like us talking about it. Pisses me off.
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I dont mind talking about it if it doesnt give him any clicks. he doesn't deserve it.
 
Strenuus said:
I dont mind talking about it if it doesnt give him any clicks. he doesn't deserve it.
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It's not that I even mind talking about. I'm just not sure what could have changed especially this early in the season that justifies discussing it. And I agree that I refuse to click
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I enjoyed the article.

Seriously, I'm not seeing what the problem is in JQ asking LMA that. Best case scenario, LMA says he wants to stay and JQ has a huge scoop of the season. Players being asked what their intentions are when a season is over or a contract is up is normal. I also thought the question leads into a nice article about the long strange history that LMA and the fans have had since he was first drafted by the Blazers. For a long time LMA was viewed as the short leg of the next great big 3. He has taken a lot of abuse by fans up until just last season. LMA ain't forgetting that, neither should we.
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The problem is not the question it's the answer that was given. Unless your not a Blazers fan that is. I mean nobody in this forum would give a flying fuck if a Cleveland reporter asked LeBron James if he's planning to pick up his player option at the end of his contract.
 
BigGameDamian said:
The problem is not the question it's the answer that was given. Unless your not a Blazers fan that is. I mean nobody in this forum would give a flying fuck if a Cleveland reporter asked LeBron James if he's planning to pick up his player option at the end of his contract.
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How is the answer an issue? he said he wouldn't talk about it during the season. So when asked, he said he wasn't going to talk about it during the season. Seems straight forward.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I enjoyed the article.

Seriously, I'm not seeing what the problem is in JQ asking LMA that. Best case scenario, LMA says he wants to stay and JQ has a huge scoop of the season. Players being asked what their intentions are when a season is over or a contract is up is normal. I also thought the question leads into a nice article about the long strange history that LMA and the fans have had since he was first drafted by the Blazers. For a long time LMA was viewed as the short leg of the next great big 3. He has taken a lot of abuse by fans up until just last season. LMA ain't forgetting that, neither should we.
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Yeah, it's not that big of a deal.
 
BigGameDamian said:
The problem is not the question it's the answer that was given. Unless your not a Blazers fan that is. I mean nobody in this forum would give a flying fuck if a Cleveland reporter asked LeBron James if he's planning to pick up his player option at the end of his contract.
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yes they would. you just live in a fantasy land where common sense doesn't exist.
 
Strenuus said:
yes they would. you just live in a fantasy land where common sense doesn't exist.
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What?!? There is no way I want him as my neighbor! BGD, you get the hell out of my Fantasy Land!
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Seriously, I'm not seeing what the problem is in JQ asking LMA that.
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The problem was exactly as Boise Blazer explained. The purposeof asking a question is to get an answer to that question. Since LA has already stated that he won't talk about it during the season, Quick knew before he askedthat hewouldn't get an answer. Therefore, the question was clearly not being asked in good faith. The whole intent of the question was to lead into the implication/speculation that Aldridge may be leaving.

A reporter is supposed to obtain information, and then use that information to formulate a story. Quick entered with an already predetermined agenda, and asked questions intended to feed into said agenda. That's not nothing more than tabloid journalism, and the Oregonian is theoretically supposed to be above that. Permitting this kind of garbage shows that they're not.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
The problem was exactly as Boise Blazer explained. The purposeof asking a question is to get an answer to that question. Since LA has already stated that he won't talk about it during the season, Quick knew before he askedthat hewouldn't get an answer. Therefore, the question was clearly not being asked in good faith. The whole intent of the question was to lead into the implication/speculation that Aldridge may be leaving.

A reporter is supposed to obtain information, and then use that information to formulate a story. Quick entered with an already predetermined agenda, and asked questions intended to feed into said agenda. That's not nothing more than tabloid journalism, and the Oregonian is theoretically supposed to be above that. Permitting this kind of garbage shows that they're not.
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Hear hear!
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Quick entered with an already predetermined agenda, and asked questions intended to feed into said agenda. That's not nothing more than tabloid journalism, and the Oregonian is theoretically supposed to be above that.
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Did you read the article? It was a pretty good read. Went over his history with the team and fans. Most stuff I already knew but I thought LMA came off looking great! Most "tabloid journalism" goes out of their way to make the subject look bad. This piece did not.

But that is my opinion and I don't tend to not get upset as much as some of you do.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Did you read the article? It was a pretty good read. Went over his history with the team and fans. Most stuff I already knew but I thought LMA came off looking great! Most "tabloid journalism" goes out of their way to make the subject look bad. This piece did not.

But that is my opinion and I don't tend to not get upset as much as some of you do.
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I wouldn't be to upset reading Quick being fired either.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Did you read the article? It was a pretty good read. Went over his history with the team and fans. Most stuff I already knew but I thought LMA came off looking great! Most "tabloid journalism" goes out of their way to make the subject look bad. This piece did not.

But that is my opinion and I don't tend to not get upset as much as some of you do.
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That's not the point. You know the phrase, "The ends don't justify the means." If he wants to write an article about Aldridge, that's great. A competent reporter should be able to do so without resorting to disingenuous inquiries.

It suggests that he's been operating in this tabloid methodology for so long that he doesn't know how not to.
 
Frankly, while I'm interested in the answer, there were a few different ways to go if you really wanted to get to the bottom of the question and were going to be a dick and do it mid-season:

"I understand not taking a max extension 2 years ago with cap space that would've increased your salary for the last two years and taken you up to the new TV deal (because of the flux in the roster), but did the Blazers even offer the 'using cap space' max to increase your salary for last year, this year and maxs in 2015-16/16-17?"

"I understand that you don't want to negotiate in the media, but can you give fans any thoughts about 'hometown discounts' or 'taking less so we can keep the core together'? What do you think about K*be's contract extension?"

or if he really wanted to be racy:

"The Blazers offered you 3 years of max extension (through 2017-18)--more than anyone in the league could pay you. You said you wanted to wait so that you could get more guaranteed this summer (the 5-year max). But it's not more than possible, because you're still a 30% max player (instead of 35% for 10+ years' service players). You could have had a 3/55M extension (or 2/36, for that matter) and then became a UFA again a) when you can get 35% max and b) the cap is much higher, so the % is of a bigger pie, while still being a prime All-Star. The only reason you wouldn't would be for major injury. If you're not betting on yourself, why should the Blazers, especially if you say you want to stay here and they want to give you the maximum amount they possibly can?"
 
BrianFromWA said:
Frankly, while I'm interested in the answer, there were a few different ways to go if you really wanted to get to the bottom of the question and were going to be a dick and do it mid-season:

"I understand not taking a max extension 2 years ago with cap space that would've increased your salary for the last two years and taken you up to the new TV deal (because of the flux in the roster), but did the Blazers even offer the 'using cap space' max to increase your salary for last year, this year and maxs in 2015-16/16-17?"

"I understand that you don't want to negotiate in the media, but can you give fans any thoughts about 'hometown discounts' or 'taking less so we can keep the core together'? What do you think about K*be's contract extension?"

or if he really wanted to be racy:

"The Blazers offered you 3 years of max extension (through 2017-18)--more than anyone in the league could pay you. You said you wanted to wait so that you could get more guaranteed this summer (the 5-year max). But it's not more than possible, because you're still a 30% max player (instead of 35% for 10+ years' service players). You could have had a 3/55M extension (or 2/36, for that matter) and then became a UFA again a) when you can get 35% max and b) the cap is much higher, so the % is of a bigger pie, while still being a prime All-Star. The only reason you wouldn't would be for major injury. If you're not betting on yourself, why should the Blazers, especially if you say you want to stay here and they want to give you the maximum amount they possibly can?"
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Quick barely knows how to write an article. this is way over his head.
 
Strenuus said:
Quick barely knows how to write an article. this is way over his head.
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I agree that is way too much thought into a question than i have ever heard out of Quick or any other O-live reporter for that matter.
 
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