Oh god... I said that?

[Natebishop3]

For years I've fantasized about Allen fighting back, like this: If he encouraged a boycott and put it on posters in the Rose and bus ads, it would have some effect. It wouldn't put the paper out of business, but they'd notice some decrease in sales. They'd retaliate with less Blazer coverage, but it wouldn't hurt ticket sales and they'd get many complaints, until they returned to full coverage.

He did fight back. The Blazers pulled all their advertising from the Oregonian for a while after they felt that the negativism got out of hand.

 

[PapaG]

He did fight back. The Blazers pulled all their advertising from the Oregonian for a while after they felt that the negativism got out of hand.

Remember how well that worked out? Allen and PAM ended up putting the team and arena up for sale in 2006 after the 2004 bankruptcy filing. Shortly thereafter, Brandon Roy came along, the arena starting selling out, Paul Allen got excited again, and the rest is history.

That people bitch about Brandon Roy makes me question their memory about this franchise and what was happening in the mid-2000s. Either that, or they are ignorant to it all and didn't know that Allen wanted to sell the team because it was so messed up.

 

[PapaG]

For those who don't remember or weren't fans 5-10 years ago.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=sheridan_chris&id=2666051

ESPN.com asked Allen to explain why he decided not to sell.

He replied: "Well, obviously we undertook a rebuilding process a couple years ago, and I thought we had a really great draft with LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy, and that was one of the reasons I decided not to go through with the sale. Draft day, all the trades we made, it was just a real positive development for the franchise, and the fact that Seattle sold for quite a bit of money, too, and given the structure of what we were looking at, and the sales process -- and it was never a commitment to definitively sell the team, it was a process -- and for those two reasons, and for other reasons, I decided I was not going to sell."

The sad part is that it only took Allen 4 years to turn on the guy who basically made the moves that helped keep the Blazers in Portland.

 

[jlprk]

it was never a commitment to definitively sell the team, it was a process

Allen never intended to sell. He was testing the waters, under advice from his post-Whitsitt Vulcan management.

 

[PapaG]

Allen never intended to sell. He was testing the waters, under advice from his post-Whitsitt Vulcan management.

I disagree, but it still would have sent a bad message to Portland.

Paul stopped going to games for an extended period of time. On second thought, maybe he did have a temper tantrum, though. Who knows?

 

[Natebishop3]

For those who don't remember or weren't fans 5-10 years ago.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=sheridan_chris&id=2666051



The sad part is that it only took Allen 4 years to turn on the guy who basically made the moves that helped keep the Blazers in Portland.

The sad part is that we don't REALLY know what happened with KP and the Blazers. I would love to hear the Blazers side of things.

 

[PapaG]

Oh, and jlprk, you misquoted me in your signature.

http://sportstwo.com/threads/177662...Post-Surgery?p=2519391&viewfull=1#post2519391

 

[jlprk]

You can thank me for making you appear to be smart. Do I hear a thank you for making you appear to be smart or what? I edit almost all of the unfunny, supra-verbose sentences I find into concise, sharp, intelligent lines worthy of TV, solely to my own public glory, since the evil media hasn't discovered my talents yet. I always have about 10 new ones, but I'm too lazy to change it more than weekly.

 

[hasoos]

Everybody makes mistakes man. Hell i know I have made enough.

 

[Minstrel]

I still like See-pass-tian Telflair.

He had a promising sophomore season...a 13 PER at age 20. Not a brilliant performance, but pretty nice for a point guard who was only 20. But then he regressed and stagnated after that. If he had been a little taller or had a better shot...well, then, i guess he'd have been drafted before Portland's pick.

 

[PapaG]

I still like See-pass-tian Telflair.

He had a promising sophomore season...a 13 PER at age 20. Not a brilliant performance, but pretty nice for a point guard who was only 20. But then he regressed and stagnated after that. If he had been a little taller or had a better shot...well, then, i guess he'd have been drafted before Portland's pick.

He also had a Usg/PER of 1.7, a TS% of 49, an Ortg of 99, and a Drtg of 114.

He was terrible, IMO. I thought so at the time, and time has only cemented my opinion on how bad he was/is.

 

[MickZagger]

My brother was the Blazers writer on Hoopsworld before Nate. It was a problem that he lived in seattle though and didn't have time to cover the team.

I remember reading hoopsworld message board vaguely and your old handle of xericx stands out, so does Discovery69. What was your brothers handle?

 

[MickZagger]

I still like See-pass-tian Telflair.

He had a promising sophomore season...a 13 PER at age 20. Not a brilliant performance, but pretty nice for a point guard who was only 20. But then he regressed and stagnated after that. If he had been a little taller or had a better shot...well, then, i guess he'd have been drafted before Portland's pick.

The thing I remember most about the Telfair daze, was tlong constantly reminding us that we should have drafted Al Jefferson over him because Telfair was way too undersized. That pissed everybody off. Especially Hap.

 

[Ed O]

The thing I remember most about the Telfair daze, was tlong constantly reminding us that we should have drafted Al Jefferson over him because Telfair was way too undersized. That pissed everybody off. Especially Hap.

Yes. Telfair definitely divided us like few players have...

Ed O.