Pelton's drinking some of our Zeroes Kool Aid!

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I was a Bulls fan when they had Bob Boozer. You can look him up. Until the Bulls fired Thibs and smeared him on the way out. I never liked Reinsdorf or Paxson or how they chased away Jordan, Pippen, and PJax. Or that they broke up a team that was defending champs, only to start decades of mediocrity and worse. They fired Skiles on Christmas Eve, a douchebag move.

I never felt the team was committed to winning.

I do feel this organization is. If it fails, it is not for lack of trying. I can live with that.

Go Blazers.

I was a junior in high school during the Blazers' first season and saw them play the Bulls at least twice that year. Boozer had already left but those Bulls were so good and so much fun to watch. Dick Motta was the coach. Their starters were Chet "the Jet" Walker, Bobby "StringBean" Love, Norm "dirty bastard" Van Lier, Jerry "dirtier bastard" Sloan and Tom "it takes 3 days to get around him" Boerwinkle. Petrie would get into 40 plus point shootouts back and forth with Love and Walker while getting the shit totally kicked out of him by Sloan. God, Sloan and Van Lier were dirty. Great stuff! When they let Motta go was when I lost interest.

 

[Denny Crane]

I was a junior in high school during the Blazers' first season and saw them play the Bulls at least twice that year. Boozer had already left but those Bulls were so good and so much fun to watch. Dick Motta was the coach. Their starters were Chet "the Jet" Walker, Bobby "StringBean" Love, Norm "dirty bastard" Van Lier, Jerry "dirtier bastard" Sloan and Tom "it takes 3 days to get around him" Boerwinkle. Petrie would get into 40 plus point shootouts back and forth with Love and Walker while getting the shit totally kicked out of him by Sloan. God, Sloan and Van Lier were dirty. Great stuff! When they let Motta go was when I lost interest.

I used to fall asleep listening to Jim Durham call the games on the radio. He was amazing. Those were the Motta era Bulls...

They were in the Western Conference back then. One season, they were favored to win the championship. I remember listening to the Warriors/Bulls playoff games. Durham kept saying, "Rick Berry from the twighlight zone!" The Bulls lost the series, the Warriors won the title.

The Blazers won their title two years later.

I remember Kareem as a high school player. He was THE once in a century kind of player. He dominated in college, then in the pros.

Then there was this guy who also went to UCLA and also dominated. Walton. The expectations were that the two would have long careers and they'd be the consummate match up to watch.

If my memory serves me right, the Blazers joined the Warriors, Bullets, and SuperSonics as teams that didn't have the best record but won a championship, AND the following season they looked dominant and failed to repeat. I liked all those teams.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I used to fall asleep listening to Jim Durham call the games on the radio. He was amazing. Those were the Motta era Bulls...

They were in the Western Conference back then. One season, they were favored to win the championship. I remember listening to the Warriors/Bulls playoff games. Durham kept saying, "Rick Berry from the twighlight zone!" The Bulls lost the series, the Warriors won the title.

The Blazers won their title two years later.

I remember Kareem as a high school player. He was THE once in a century kind of player. He dominated in college, then in the pros.

Then there was this guy who also went to UCLA and also dominated. Walton. The expectations were that the two would have long careers and they'd be the consummate match up to watch.

If my memory serves me right, the Blazers joined the Warriors, Bullets, and SuperSonics as teams that didn't have the best record but won a championship, AND the following season they looked dominant and failed to repeat. I liked all those teams.

Yep. Every one of those teams caught lightning in a bottle and then it all slipped away for whatever reasons. But they were great damn teams, each and everyone. And by way of near nothing.....I was at a function the other night and got my picture taken with Walton. But by far and away...and I'm not kidding...the most deja vu moment was seeing an older gentleman in the crowd whose face I couldn't place. But I was sure I knew who he was. I found out a bit later it was Downtown Freddy Brown. I was so tickled. I didn't like the Sonics but Downtown was the coolest. And he lived up to his name. Made a great night even better. Inane I know, but for a second I was a kid again.....

 

[Denny Crane]

Freddie Brown used to practice shots from the bleachers.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

And hit 'em

 

[Wizard Mentor]

great job, blazers! Up big at the half against the world champs playing their stars.

 

[PCmor7]

I was a junior in high school during the Blazers' first season and saw them play the Bulls at least twice that year. Boozer had already left but those Bulls were so good and so much fun to watch. Dick Motta was the coach. Their starters were Chet "the Jet" Walker, Bobby "StringBean" Love, Norm "dirty bastard" Van Lier, Jerry "dirtier bastard" Sloan and Tom "it takes 3 days to get around him" Boerwinkle. Petrie would get into 40 plus point shootouts back and forth with Love and Walker while getting the shit totally kicked out of him by Sloan. God, Sloan and Van Lier were dirty. Great stuff! When they let Motta go was when I lost interest.

Norm Van Lier ... he went to my college alma mater. Early in my career I got to spend the day with him when he came back for a camp to write a feature story. Great experience and one of the most fun stories I ever did.