Observations from press row by Kerry Eggers

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I just hope next year, assuming the roster is pretty much the same, that it doesn't take 40+ games for the team to play defense.

They should've started off the year playing this defense and then improved the offense. But like a lot of things with this franchise, they do things back asswards.
 
julius said:
I just hope next year, assuming the roster is pretty much the same, that it doesn't take 40+ games for the team to play defense.

They should've started off the year playing this defense and then improved the offense. But like a lot of things with this franchise, they do things back asswards.
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It still just (mostly) boils down to personnel; they don't have enough of the right kinds of guys around Damian and CJ to ever be a good defensive team, and they may never be a "good" defensive team as long as those two are the Blazers' starting backcourt.
 
Again and again we're seeing that at the end of games against good defensive squads....Plumlee, Turner and Aminu are left open....how many games Plumlee has to shoot because of this with the game on the line...that's what all teams are doing now. If he can make them....we can win if any of those 3 can't we lose...Aminu got hot and saved us in the playoffs because they didn't guard him at all.....this is our biggest weakness as we stand.
 
blue9 said:
Yeah, that's worst case scenario IMO - I couldn't imagine a worse way to end the season.
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I could and thats getting the 13-14th pick. If you tank you tank hard you don't tank for a late round lottery pick.
 
roroyo said:
This Stots' bow-tie.. How the fuck players would take him seriously? It's small things. After last season this team got drunk so hard, they went for neverending holidays. They don't even tank seriously. Fun mode all night long.
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All NBA coaches are wearing them to pay respects for a gentleman who passed away who created the Coaches Association. Check your facts before you start blasting people!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/sports/basketball/michael-goldberg-death-nba-general-counsel.html

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BlazerWookee said:
That's like saying Carl's Junior has the best fast food burgers in Portland. Not a very high bar to clear.
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Bro what are you talking about? I could show you a few GREAT places to get a burger.
 
I once ate at the Rose Garden Club Level buffet with Wookee.

It was an amazing demonstration of gluttony.
 
I always thought Kerry Eggers and Terry Frei were a cut above. But they started during a different time. When columnists were actually journalists who valued sources and not interested in breaking every sleazy angle on a potential story. Eggers is still a damn good writer though.
 
Eggers writes like most NBA beat writers--just the facts, ma'am. Quick writes like he's reciting a Sunday sermon--the theme is always religious, like character, chemistry, body language, or some other subjective nonsense.

Eggers' writing style isn't talented enough for the big time like the Los Angeles Times, but it's such a relief to read his articles after reading Quick, that Eggers seems like an egghead Einstein. Do I like Eggers or just hate Quick? Does A cause B, or does B cause A? Which came first, the Chicken or the Egg?
 
HCP said:
All NBA coaches are wearing them to pay respects for a gentleman who passed away who created the Coaches Association.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/sports/basketball/michael-goldberg-death-nba-general-counsel.html
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In the days before his death, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Mr. Goldberg had been chosen for a lifetime achievement award, and the coaches’ association said it had named a new Coach of the Year Award for him.
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There will now be 2 Coach of the Year awards?
 
jlprk said:
Eggers writes like most NBA beat writers--just the facts, ma'am. Quick writes like he's reciting a Sunday sermon--the theme is always religious, like character, chemistry, body language, or some other subjective nonsense.

Eggers' writing style isn't talented enough for the big time like the Los Angeles Times, but it's such a relief to read his articles after reading Quick, that Eggers seems like an egghead Einstein. Do I like Eggers or just hate Quick? Does A cause B, or does B cause A? Which came first, the Chicken or the Egg?
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I would like to see some of your writing, other than the normal forum material. I can't be alone in this.

Maybe you could do a summary of the next WC Bulls game, based only on the box score, a technique developed by some of our own beloved posters.

If you start laying the groundwork now, you may be able to get a post-game phone interview with The Snake.
 
HomerLovesKoolAid said:
I would like to see some of your writing, other than the normal forum material. I can't be alone in this.

Maybe you could do a summary of the next WC Bulls game, based only on the box score, a technique developed by some of our own beloved posters.

If you start laying the groundwork now, you may be able to get a post-game phone interview with The Snake.
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You just saw some of my writing. It was 20 times as creative as anything in the local Blazer media. Of course, I don't have to meet deadlines, write in volume, and discuss less-interesting games. It's like volume 3-point shooting--when quantity goes up, quality goes down. K = XY. Indirectly proportional.
 
jlprk said:
You just saw some of my writing. It was 20 times as creative as anything in the local Blazer media. Of course, I don't have to meet deadlines, write in volume, and discuss less-interesting games. It's like volume 3-point shooting--when quantity goes up, quality goes down. K = XY. Indirectly proportional.
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Weird. Sly told me KY=X.

I might try a game thread Wednesday. I didn't feel like I was ready for last Friday or Saturday prime time. Plus, I still need to borrow HCP's graphics files. It's hard to scan crayon.
 
jlprk said:
K = XY. Indirectly proportional.
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An example of my writing...the Reciprocal Function.

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