People we've been DUPED!!!

[Ghost Pepper]

Next year looks like a lockout and so I know owners are trying to make money any way they can now. It seems almost to convenient the way this season has gone for our Blazers.Tight lipped information on our players health,status and returns to a level that would make the pentagon envious. To understand the level of smoke and mirrors perpetrated on our loyal fans with non refundable season tickets, let's think what we "THOUGHT" we had going into this year?

A healthy fit in shape allstar B ROY with rest and bounce in his step, Oden and Joel coming back around the corner and LA in the best shape of his life! Can you feel it people? A real run for the WCF's, battling the Lakers and championships in the next two years for sure! I'm buying jerseys, getting excited, thinking about RIP CITY! Who wasn't?

That was one freakin month ago people!!!

Now we have Oden out again for another year, ROY our max face of franchise player with no meniscus in either knee and every Dr. saying even microfracture surgery wont help his cause done too! Is this surreal or what?

What!!

I don't believe Paul Allen and crew can be this much in the dark about their team, NOT POSSIBLE! I know for sure that B Roy knew his knees were garbage since college, but that didn't stop him from signing a 90 million dollar contract did it? Wether his greed got the best of him or not, the bottom line is he death punched this franchise for the next 5 years because he can't deliver to the level he was paid for. Further we can't get close trade value for him either! The same is true for Oden!

The more I think about this the more dishonest it seems. I think the Loyal Fans of Blazer Nation have been handled by our franchise player and the ownership. When all is said and done I think a bad taste will linger for years especially if B Roy turns into a broken down version of Steve Smith and Oden into a poor mans Olowokandi.

I feel sorry for Cho cause he's truly got his work cut out for him!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Why do you think they had ticket promos before all this news came out? coincidence, I think not.

 

[craigehlo]

Why do you think they had ticket promos before all this news came out? coincidence, I think not.

Because the Blazers were already playing like crap.

 

[Ghost Pepper]

I think the bet should now be.... how long will it take for the Blazers to announce Roy is done for the year too?

 

[MIXUM]

no i thinking goin in to season.... they realized rebuild was on way. thats why we traded bayless. a team hoping to contend would never go with aarmon johnson as backup pg

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Now we have Oden out again for another year, ROY our max face of franchise player with no meniscus in either knee and every Dr. saying even microfracture surgery wont help his cause done too! Is this surreal or what?

You understand why doctors are saying that microfracture surgery won't fix Roy's meniscus problem right?

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I think the bet should now be.... how long will it take for the Blazers to announce Roy is done for the year too?

Plan B: sit Roy down for the year, develop the younger players, get a high draft pick, re-sign Oden for next year and take the high draft pick along with NO draft pick to contend next year.

 

[Ed O]

You understand why doctors are saying that microfracture surgery won't fix Roy's meniscus problem right?

I heard he's also not getting a root canal!

OUTRAGEOUS!

Ed O.

 

[andalusian]

no i thinking goin in to season.... they realized rebuild was on way. thats why we traded bayless. a team hoping to contend would never go with aarmon johnson as backup pg

You realize that Armon played much better than Bayless this year and probably better as a PG than JB ever did play, right?

 

[Enzo Aix]

If this is how you feel then go away. I sure you can find some other team that will tell you every thing you need to know. How can you blame Roy for taking the money there is no one on this board that wouldn't do the same thing. You proable blame Greg for his injuries, that he knew going into the draft that he would need two microfature opps. When the lockout happens it will give Roy, Greg and Marcus time to rest. Then we all can just watch college ball and euroleague ball and wait. Thats what I plane on doing it should save me some money because I won't have to buy LP for a year.

 

[Ghost Pepper]

Pretty sure you can't regrow what ya don't have is what I've heard the reason surgery wont be effective.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Pretty sure you can't regrow what ya don't have is what I've heard the reason surgery wont be effective.

Maybe this will help you.

 

[Wheels]

You understand why doctors are saying that microfracture surgery won't fix Roy's meniscus problem right?

I havent heard anything.. whats the news?

 

[MIXUM]

gonna be a looooooooooooong season

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I havent heard anything.. whats the news?

LOL!

Wheels, mf surgery fixes cartilage defects not missing meniscus.

 

[oldguy]

gonna be a looooooooooooong season

How can you predict no playoffs for a third straight year, and also predict a long season. A season is 82 games. A long season would include playoffs.

Go Blazers

 

[tlongII]

Mike Barrett!

 

[Wheels]

LOL!

Wheels, mf surgery fixes cartilage defects not missing meniscus.

oh thought I missed some big news or something lol.. this not having a computer at home is killing me.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

You mean YOU'VE been duped. The Blazers' sent me a letter before the start of the season that revealed all that was to transpire and were totally upfront about it. They said Brandon planned to shut it down after sucking in the preseason, Elliot had a preexisting condition that was going to be "discovered" and lead to season-ending surgery, and that Greg would never play again. I should tell you that you should expect LaMarcus to spontaneously combust in the next month or so - that was in the letter too.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Plan B: sit Roy down for the year, develop the younger players, get a high draft pick, re-sign Oden for next year and take the high draft pick along with NO draft pick to contend next year.

I actually like this plan.

 

[yenniedn]

LOL @ Rasta - that's the spirit. Repped.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

You mean YOU'VE been duped. The Blazers' sent me a letter before the start of the season that revealed all that was to transpire and were totally upfront about it. They said Brandon planned to shut it down after sucking in the preseason, Elliot had a preexisting condition that was going to be "discovered" and lead to season-ending surgery, and that Greg would never play again. I should tell you that you should expect LaMarcus to spontaneously combust in the next month or so - that was in the letter too.

Shhhh...

#1 - The first rule of The Blazers Secret Memo Club is, you do not talk about The Blazers Secret Memo Club.

#2 - The second rule of The Blazers Secret Memo Club is, you DO NOT talk about The Blazers Secret Memo Club.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Ooooh a conspiracy theory. I like it ... I have no idea if it's even remotely true or even plausible, but two thumbs up.

 

[KingSpeed]

a) Oden on one leg is better than Olowokandi ever was.

b) Trading Roy won't lead to us getting a high draft pick. We'd still have the talent to contend for the 6th seed and you can't tell players like Aldridge, Miller, Camby, Matthews, and Batum to simply not try.

 

[MARIS61]

no i thinking goin in to season.... they realized rebuild was on way. thats why we traded bayless. a team hoping to contend would never go with aarmon johnson as backup pg

Unless the alternative was to go with Bayless again.

Oh wait, that was the alternative.

 

[BGrantFan]

Wether his greed got the best of him or not, the bottom line is he death punched this franchise for the next 5 years because he can't deliver to the level he was paid for. Further we can't get close trade value for him either! The same is true for Oden!

The more I think about this the more dishonest it seems. I think the Loyal Fans of Blazer Nation have been handled by our franchise player and the ownership.

Wait. Roy is to blame for signing a contract that the team offered him while negotiating with his agent?

Another stupid S2 thread, another day.

 

[TripTango]

This will go down as one of the greatest swindles in American history, right behind Milli Vanilli and the Louisiana Purchase:
"LOCAL TEAM BAMBOOZLES FANS WITH UNFOUNDED PRESEASON OPTIMISM".

 

[Minstrel]

This will go down as one of the greatest swindles in American history, right behind Milli Vanilli and the Louisiana Purchase:
"LOCAL TEAM BAMBOOZLES FANS WITH UNFOUNDED PRESEASON OPTIMISM".

Chance for the Supreme Court to establish precedent about sports franchise sunshine-pumping.

Landmark case of "MIXUM v. Mike Barrett"

 

[Spud147]

You mean YOU'VE been duped. The Blazers' sent me a letter before the start of the season that revealed all that was to transpire and were totally upfront about it. They said Brandon planned to shut it down after sucking in the preseason, Elliot had a preexisting condition that was going to be "discovered" and lead to season-ending surgery, and that Greg would never play again. I should tell you that you should expect LaMarcus to spontaneously combust in the next month or so - that was in the letter too.

Oh you've just hit the tip of the iceberg. The conspiracy is so much bigger than that.

The Blazers are going to go on to shatter the record for least games won in a season and stack the odds in their favor to grab the number one pick. We're basically getting the lottery equivalent of a Mulligan. We'll take another center, perform pro-active bilateral MF surgeries and use the extended lock out time to rehab secretly. When the season finally starts we'll have forgotten all their lies. They'll pass new guy off as the same center we always had (although he looks different and you have this nagging feeling his name wasn't Carl before the lock out).

The Vulcans are gambling that under the new CBA they will be paying players less and/or have non-guaranteed contracts so the new Greg will be a fraction of the cost of the old Greg. They can still charge the fans full ticket price while they're putting a cheap or faux GO out on the floor. They'll send Greg to dental school in return for his silence.

 

[jlprk]

Oden's not bright enough to be an M.D., but he could get into Costco sales and be a floss demonstrator.