The Asterisk

[Eastoff]

Golden state only won the championship because Cleveland had two injured all stars. See, nobody mentioned that anymore.

 

[DaLong]

Most championships in sports involve asterisks, no one cares, get it and try to repeat next year.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

They barely squeaked by last night. Dame stinking up the joint for three quarters on both ends of the floor wont fly against Golden State. If he continues this play this will be a quick series.

Dame is still getting lit up by scrubs but man I love seeing Plumlee explode into this assist machine from the high-post.

 

[julius]

Assuming the Blazers hold on and win game 6, the Warriors will still be odds on favorites to win the (potential) series against the Blazers, even WITH Curry missing time.

Cart before horse. Counting chickens before they hatch.

To quote Strenuus, the only thing the fans and the team should be thinking of is winning game 6.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Who gives a shit? we weren't even supposed to win 30 games

This

 

[DaLong]

Assuming the Blazers hold on and win game 6, the Warriors will still be odds on favorites to win the (potential) series against the Blazers, even WITH Curry missing time.

Cart before horse. Counting chickens before they hatch.

To quote Strenuus, the only thing the fans and the team should be thinking of is winning game 6.

Yeah that's what the team should be thinking but as fans we can extrapolate our obsession to any point we so pleasure.

 

[andalusian]

How about a thread about colons.

All of them together, or do we have one for the small intestine, one for the large intestine and even one for the stomach?

 

[crandc]

Take this asterisk and shove it.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

DE FAULT DE FAULT, THE TWO GREATEST WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

(Homer Simpson)

 

[BlazerBeav]

An asterisk is just flair attached to victory - I'll take every one we can get!

 

[oldfisherman]

 

[maxiep]

Luckily the Portland Trail Blazers history has never been marred by injury when we were on the cusp of greatness.

Also, regardless of what happened with them, we were supposed to suck ass this year. We lost four fucking starters, including a better PF than Blake Griffin. They can kiss my grits.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Just curious? What are these doping rumors I'm hearing about. I don't believe them. I'm glad Leister City is winning the league. But you guys have had like zero injuries. Which is odd.

I wrote that funny, I'm not in England or a Leister supporter. I don't know about the doping rumors. I haven't followed the story too closely, but I knew it was a big deal that little old Leister was top of the league.

 

[The Professional Fan]

The more games we get to play in the playoffs the better, period. Invaluable experience no matter what the perception is or what the outcome is. Just keep chugging out games and learn. We're literally swimming in gravy right now.

 

[Natebishop3]

The more games we get to play in the playoffs the better, period. Invaluable experience no matter what the perception is or what the outcome is. Just keep chugging out games and learn. We're literally swimming in gravy right now.

I think we need to get past the Paul-less clips to get back to playing with house money.

NOBODY is going to give us even a slight chance of beating golden state.

 

[BBert]

Anyone who wants to discredit the Blazers accomplishments this season or in this year's playoffs because some other team had some injuries can kiss my asterisk.

Fuck asterisks. Every team that goes all the way benefits from some "luck" or the bad luck of others along the way. The Warriors last season, for example. The Blazers franchise has had way more than it's fair share of bad luck that allowed other teams to be successful. No one ever puts asterisks next to those teams because of our bad luck.

I swear to god if the Blazers make it to the finals and some fucktards "asterisk" theBlazers accomplishment I'm going to go fucking medieval.

 

[BBert]

I think we need to get past the Paul-less clips to get back to playing with house money.

NOBODY is going to give us even a slight chance of beating golden state.

Honestly, the way the Blazers are playing in this series, even without Curry GS should be favored over the Blazers.

We'll still win, but they'll be favored.

 

[blue9]

Who gives a shit? we weren't even supposed to win 30 games

 

[Hobbesarable]

Anyone who wants to discredit the Blazers accomplishments this season or in this year's playoffs because some other team had some injuries can kiss my asterisk.

Fuck asterisks. Every team that goes all the way benefits from some "luck" or the bad luck of others along the way. The Warriors last season, for example. The Blazers franchise has had way more than it's fair share of bad luck that allowed other teams to be successful. No one ever puts asterisks next to those teams because of our bad luck.

I swear to god if the Blazers make it to the finals and some fucktards "asterisk" theBlazers accomplishment I'm going to go fucking medieval.

Anybody thinking we need an asterisk didn't watch our team go from massive starter turnover to contender throughout the season. It's movie quality theme material, baby!

 

[e_blazer]

Anyone who wants to discredit the Blazers accomplishments this season or in this year's playoffs because some other team had some injuries can kiss my asterisk.

Fuck asterisks. Every team that goes all the way benefits from some "luck" or the bad luck of others along the way. The Warriors last season, for example. The Blazers franchise has had way more than it's fair share of bad luck that allowed other teams to be successful. No one ever puts asterisks next to those teams because of our bad luck.

I swear to god if the Blazers make it to the finals and some fucktards "asterisk" theBlazers accomplishment I'm going to go fucking medieval.

Just curious, do you prefer mace, battle-axe or broadsword?

 

[blue9]

Just curious, do you prefer mace, battle-axe or broadsword?

I like the mattlesword.

 

[Boise Blazer]

 

[Sedatedfork]

tbh - it does feel like less of an accomplishment to beat the Clips w/o Blake and Paul, BUT, you still can not undervalue the experience our guys are getting. If they win game 6 (please do!), and move on to face the W's, maybe they can build that momentum into something. I would love to dream, but alas heartbreak is all I know. Signed 40 year old blazer fan.

 

[Boise Blazer]

tbh - it does feel like less of an accomplishment to beat the Clips w/o Blake and Paul, BUT, you still can not undervalue the experience our guys are getting. If they win game 6 (please do!), and move on to face the W's, maybe they can build that momentum into something. I would love to dream, but alas heartbreak is all I know. Signed 40 year old blazer fan.

DING!DING!DING!

For this team to get 2nd round experience.... would be huge, HHHUUUUUGGGGEEE! It would almost put us 2 years ahead of the projected schedule some had. AND even more time for evaluating players and possibly even have another player breakout like CJ did last year. Not saying its going to happen but it sure is nice to have the opportunity. And imagine how much it would motivate Dame. I could probably keep going but in and of itself is plenty.

And for a 35 year Blazer fan this is blissful to even be competitive for the first time in YEARS.

 

[blue9]

We beat them twice at full strength - that's better than what GSW can say about MEM/CLE.

 

[BBert]

Just curious, do you prefer mace, battle-axe or broadsword?

I like the mace. It's cool and it leaves a nasty mark.

Plus, the broadsword aggravates my elbow tendonitis.

 

[BBert]

DING!DING!DING!

For this team to get 2nd round experience.... would be huge, HHHUUUUUGGGGEEE! It would almost put us 2 years ahead of the projected schedule some had. AND even more time for evaluating players and possibly even have another player breakout like CJ did last year. Not saying its going to happen but it sure is nice to have the opportunity. And imagine how much it would motivate Dame. I could probably keep going but in and of itself is plenty.

And for a 35 year Blazer fan this is blissful to even be competitive for the first time in YEARS.

Maurice Harkless gets better every game.

Let's get him more games in which to get better.

 

[e_blazer]

Dame getting the chance to play his hometown Warriors in round 2 of the playoffs has to be a dream of his. Beat the Clips in Game 6 and then unleash the beast from Oakland on the unsuspecting Warriors. Anything can happen with the proper motivation and opportunity.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Dame getting the chance to play his hometown Warriors in round 2 of the playoffs has to be a dream of his. Beat the Clips in Game 6 and then unleash the beast from Oakland on the unsuspecting Warriors. Anything can happen with the proper motivation and opportunity.

10/10, would fap again

 

[Boise Blazer]

Dame getting the chance to play his hometown Warriors in round 2 of the playoffs has to be a dream of his. Beat the Clips in Game 6 and then unleash the beast from Oakland on the unsuspecting Warriors. Anything can happen with the proper motivation and opportunity.

Oh wow somehow that totally slipped my mind. Nice, that would be fun to see. Well hopefully that is enough motivation for him to take care of business tomorrow night