Who's your backup team until the Blazers become relevant again?

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RR7 said:
Can we just sticky one thread for rasta to do all his whining in? Instead of multiple threads daily basically saying the same shit.
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If you really objected, you'd have me on ignore. Either you don't know how to work it, or you tacitly acknowledge that I actually have a fascinating variety of shit.
 
I root for one NBA team and one team only. In the playoffs if the Blazers are out, I then root for the team who is playing the team...... I hate more.

And there is always college ball. The Ducks should be competitive next year.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
(Assuming you're not joking - which is almost certainly a bad assumption) they're going to have some... interesting lineups. What has Hinkie got against guards of any kind?
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I'm just a Noel fanboy I guess, and Im hoping embiid will play eventually this year. Not sure what they are gonna do, but lose on purpose is probably a good guess.

But I really don't actively watch any other teams, Blayzors 4 Lyfe!
 
PtldPlatypus said:
And I kind of wonder at someone who presumably follows sports for the enjoyment thereof yet chooses to continually look at the negative side of a situation rather than make even a little effort to see the good or find something they can appreciate.
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?? Isn't it sort of obvious that it's the desire to get enjoyment out of watching sports that led to the question of the thread?

It's funny: the types of responses in this thread clearly reveal the Types of Fans.
1. The Fundamentalists: their team is not really about sports, it's a religion. Loyalty to this team is a mark of character - any perceived deviance from loyalty must be punished or silenced. Lack of loyalty is a moral failing. Pointing out flaws is lack of loyalty.

2. The committed realists: they will never quit their team, and they aren't really interested in the sport outside of their team, but they will recognize flaws in their team and adjust their hopes according to how good the team is likely to be. The don't necessarily like to be reminded of how shitty their team is, though. Kind of like decent Southerners, who acknowledge the racism, but will get pissy if you keep pointing it out.

3. The NBA fan: they have the Blazers as their favorite team, because you've got to root for someone, but they like basketball and can get caught up in other teams if they play in an appealing way.

4. The total bandwaggoner: only like the team when they're likely to be good.

Currently, the Blazers have none of type 4. However, type 1s think all other fans are type 4s.
 
Don't argue with me on what my feelings are Rasta. I'm taking the advice you gave to schilly. See you next summer.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
?? Isn't it sort of obvious that it's the desire to get enjoyment out of watching sports that led to the question of the thread?

It's funny: the types of responses in this thread clearly reveal the Types of Fans.
1. The Fundamentalists: their team is not really about sports, it's a religion. Loyalty to this team is a mark of character - any perceived deviance from loyalty must be punished or silenced. Lack of loyalty is a moral failing. Pointing out flaws is lack of loyalty.

2. The committed realists: they will never quit their team, and they aren't really interested in the sport outside of their team, but they will recognize flaws in their team and adjust their hopes according to how good the team is likely to be. The don't necessarily like to be reminded of how shitty their team is, though. Kind of like decent Southerners, who acknowledge the racism, but will get pissy if you keep pointing it out.

3. The NBA fan: they have the Blazers as their favorite team, because you've got to root for someone, but they like basketball and can get caught up in other teams if they play in an appealing way.

4. The total bandwaggoner: only like the team when they're likely to be good.

Currently, the Blazers have none of type 4. However, type 1s think all other fans are type 4s.
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This is completely wrong. I have met many type 4 fans in Portland. They don't know much about the team. They don't follow the news. Many of them probably don't even know that Aldridge is gone. This city is full of front runners who only want to watch the team/go to games when they're winning. After the 0-2 start against the Spurs last year, the market was FLOODED with tickets for the two home games. A sure sign of good fans.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
?? Isn't it sort of obvious that it's the desire to get enjoyment out of watching sports that led to the question of the thread?

It's funny: the types of responses in this thread clearly reveal the Types of Fans.
1. The Fundamentalists: their team is not really about sports, it's a religion. Loyalty to this team is a mark of character - any perceived deviance from loyalty must be punished or silenced. Lack of loyalty is a moral failing. Pointing out flaws is lack of loyalty.

2. The committed realists: they will never quit their team, and they aren't really interested in the sport outside of their team, but they will recognize flaws in their team and adjust their hopes according to how good the team is likely to be. The don't necessarily like to be reminded of how shitty their team is, though. Kind of like decent Southerners, who acknowledge the racism, but will get pissy if you keep pointing it out.

3. The NBA fan: they have the Blazers as their favorite team, because you've got to root for someone, but they like basketball and can get caught up in other teams if they play in an appealing way.

4. The total bandwaggoner: only like the team when they're likely to be good.

Currently, the Blazers have none of type 4. However, type 1s think all other fans are type 4s.
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Oh, the overwhelming arrogance. Clearly, you fancy yourself as type 3, and view those of us whom you classify as type 1 as fans of the Blazers, but not of basketball, and therefore beneath to you.

Some of us "type 1's" don't root for the Blazers because "you have to root for someone", but because they actually have an emotional connection to the team, often deep-rooted in core childhood memories. Speaking for myself, while I love the game, and appreciate teams and players that play a respectable and/or enjoyable style, I cannot actively "root" for any other team. Now, that doesn't mean that I view those of you who lack the same emotional connection as lesser fans, just simply different.

My point in my previous post had nothing to do with what level or quality of fan you are; it was more a commentary on a perspective of life in general. I have always told my kids, "You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can always control how you respond to it." Similarly, we can't control what our favorite basketball team does, but we can decide how we respond to the changes. My choice is to stay focused on my team, and look for positive aspects about which I can be pleased. Your choice, conversely, appears to be to complain about what's wrong, and find someone else to root for until the team returns to a standard you deem acceptable. And when I see that dichotomy, I wonder how that style of response to a sports team compares to other changes or difficulties in other arenas. No conclusions, no assumptions, no judgments; I just...wonder...
 
Im routing for the twolves the have built a solid team and with towns coming in they will be so fun to watch i bet lebron is sad he dident put faith in wiggens guys going to be great
 
The Warriors, I guess. They're local and a blast to watch play.
 
magnifier661 said:
I never thought Rasta could be even saltier than a week ago. Bravo sir, you have achieved greatness in the epic game of salt!

May the Salt be with you....
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I was in the Dominican Republic last summer and the ocean was so salty that it hurt your eyes if you dunked your head.

Rasta is saltier.
 
magnifier661 said:
I never thought Rasta could be even saltier than a week ago. Bravo sir, you have achieved greatness in the epic game of salt!

May the Salt be with you....
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Agreed, but I'll play along any way.

Bucks, Jazz.
The bucks had an uncharacteristically bad season 2 years ago and everyone wrote them off. They got a little better and made the playoffs. This season they add a big FA and get their high lotto FA back from injury. Don't like their coach though.

My son spent a year in SLC for school, and the Jazz have grown on me a bit. They're a small market that doesn't try to be anything but what they are. They have a great young coach in Quinn Snyder who makes their players play hard. He benched their lotto PG for the season because he doesn't play defense well enough. Their center started bitching, and they just jettisoned him for flotsam - dude didn't play defense, too.
 
ooh bucks is a good answer, forgot about them
 
fuck the jazz though, karl malones elbow ruined any chance of me not hating them
 
WTF is this thread? There is no #2. I can't even fathom rooting for another team, at any level, for any reason, ever. This is all blasphemous. I will root for the Blazers, and only the Blazers, like I have for the last 30 years. Fuck outta here with this nonsense.
 
My backup team would be Los Angeles Clippers but i think Blazers gonna do fine this season like about #10th place.We have money and cap space so we could get some good free agents during the next few years plus we already got allstar Damian Lillard for 6 more years.
 
It was going to be Dallas for me because I'm a huge Wes fan. But now I think we will be better than them.

I'll root for Robin and Nic. Still think we might sign Nic next summer. Utah could be a fun young team to root for.

I'll root against the Spurs and Rockets. Hate them more than I care for any other team. Watching the Lakers suck will be fun as well. Hope they suck enough to get the #4 pick and it goes to Philly.
 
I do not watch much basketball, unfortunately, and that includes the Blazers - but when I do get to and I can not watch a Portland game, I like the Warriors and the Spurs. I know that this is not a popular opinion right here, but I always liked LMA and I still like him - he had the right to think of himself first, I have no problems with that - so will enjoy seeing how good he can be under Pop and Duncan.
 
None. If the Blazers suck then I hope every other team sucks too. I hope their chemistry is bad, I hope they have injuries and I hope their coaches are bad. I am Ahab and the league is a whale.
 
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