Working For The Blazers......

[e_blazer]

I worked for the Blazers for one season when I was 14yrs old.

I saw an article in Popular Mechanics magazine, it was about a guy who made a remote control blimp. Tracked him down and bought a 6ft helium filled blimp for him. Flew it in the lobby of the old Blazer offices by Lloyd Center. Got hired on the spot. $50 a game, two tickets, and a tiny dressing room in the Memorial Coliseum. Would fly it across the court during a timeout during the 4th quarter while the organist played the theme to the Lone Ranger. Cool gig, got to bring all my friends to games. Looking back I feel sorry for my parents, always having to drop off and pick me myself, friend, blimp, and a giant tank of helium to games, lol.

Anyway, the Blazers decided it was cheaper to buy their own blimp and because of a few times I lost control of the thing the NBA put in rules that blimps couldn't be flown during the game.

So I was the first person to fly a blimp at an indoor sporting event.

Should have figured it would be you that crashed the blimp.

Great story.

 

[blue9]

I worked for the Blazers for one season when I was 14yrs old.

I saw an article in Popular Mechanics magazine, it was about a guy who made a remote control blimp. Tracked him down and bought a 6ft helium filled blimp for him. Flew it in the lobby of the old Blazer offices by Lloyd Center. Got hired on the spot. $50 a game, two tickets, and a tiny dressing room in the Memorial Coliseum. Would fly it across the court during a timeout during the 4th quarter while the organist played the theme to the Lone Ranger. Cool gig, got to bring all my friends to games. Looking back I feel sorry for my parents, always having to drop off and pick me myself, friend, blimp, and a giant tank of helium to games, lol.

Anyway, the Blazers decided it was cheaper to buy their own blimp and because of a few times I lost control of the thing the NBA put in rules that blimps couldn't be flown during the game.

So I was the first person to fly a blimp at an indoor sporting event.

That's really cool!

 

[42N8Bounce]

Stats analyst for the college draft! Love trying to predict NBA success based off of college stats and trends.
http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/a-statistical-look-at-the-2017-nba-draft.315263/
Before the draft this year I had Swanigan at #3, and Z Collins at #14. My player comp for Swanigan was Zach Randolph, and for Z Collins it was Todd MacCulloch. These prediction models will never be 100% spot on (drugs, injuries...), but it's fun to continue to refine the results and look for trends.

 

[dviss1]

The Portland Trail Blazers opening night was the largest audience ever to witness an NBA basketball game, PERIOD, both in person and around the globe!!!1!!

"Believe me"

 

[Haakzilla]

https://www.blazersland.com/

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Butters' sports psychologist.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Can't wait to hear how BeerBoy's years as a Taco Bell drive thru window employee will transfer over.

Taco Tuesday Manager! on the road, after practice, always ready to serve yummy taco's!

 

[Elton]

ftfy

Already taken.

By Ben Golliver.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I would run their twitter account.

 

[Propagandist]

A Vulcan.

 

[Elton]

Team Window Licker.

 

[dviss1]

I worked for the Blazers for one season when I was 14yrs old.

I saw an article in Popular Mechanics magazine, it was about a guy who made a remote control blimp. Tracked him down and bought a 6ft helium filled blimp for him. Flew it in the lobby of the old Blazer offices by Lloyd Center. Got hired on the spot. $50 a game, two tickets, and a tiny dressing room in the Memorial Coliseum. Would fly it across the court during a timeout during the 4th quarter while the organist played the theme to the Lone Ranger. Cool gig, got to bring all my friends to games. Looking back I feel sorry for my parents, always having to drop off and pick me myself, friend, blimp, and a giant tank of helium to games, lol.

Anyway, the Blazers decided it was cheaper to buy their own blimp and because of a few times I lost control of the thing the NBA put in rules that blimps couldn't be flown during the game.

So I was the first person to fly a blimp at an indoor sporting event.

I remember this story.

 

[dviss1]

Butters' sports psychologist.

You'd get carpal tunnel from all the ball massaging you'd have to do.

 

[dviss1]

Stats analyst for the college draft! Love trying to predict NBA success based off of college stats and trends.
http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/a-statistical-look-at-the-2017-nba-draft.315263/
Before the draft this year I had Swanigan at #3, and Z Collins at #14. My player comp for Swanigan was Zach Randolph, and for Z Collins it was Todd MacCulloch. These prediction models will never be 100% spot on (drugs, injuries...), but it's fun to continue to refine the results and look for trends.

Todd MacCulloch?

Your fired.

 

[trailblazer18]

I worked for the Blazers for one season when I was 14yrs old.

I saw an article in Popular Mechanics magazine, it was about a guy who made a remote control blimp. Tracked him down and bought a 6ft helium filled blimp for him. Flew it in the lobby of the old Blazer offices by Lloyd Center. Got hired on the spot. $50 a game, two tickets, and a tiny dressing room in the Memorial Coliseum. Would fly it across the court during a timeout during the 4th quarter while the organist played the theme to the Lone Ranger. Cool gig, got to bring all my friends to games. Looking back I feel sorry for my parents, always having to drop off and pick me myself, friend, blimp, and a giant tank of helium to games, lol.

Anyway, the Blazers decided it was cheaper to buy their own blimp and because of a few times I lost control of the thing the NBA put in rules that blimps couldn't be flown during the game.

So I was the first person to fly a blimp at an indoor sporting event.

That is an awesome story!

 

[trailblazer18]

Team Chinese Social Media Coordinator.

For individual players, Business Manager.

 

[42N8Bounce]

Todd MacCulloch?

Your fired.

Lets all hope he proves me wrong.

 

[dviss1]

Lets all hope he proves me wrong.

Todd MacCulloch could't shoot 3s bro...

 

[Wizard Mentor]

I'd be part of Caleb's Posse.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Todd MacCulloch could't shoot 3s bro...

I'm sticking with my Denver-Raef-Lafrentz comp. Best combo of shot-blocking and 3-point-shooting I can think of.

 

[dviss1]

I'm sticking with my Denver-Raef-Lafrentz comp. Best combo of shot-blocking and 3-point-shooting I can think of.

This.

 

[THE HCP]

I would run their twitter account.

With your fancy clothes

 

[andalusian]

I am surprised no-one is interested in being the highlights guy for the instant replays.

 

[santeesioux]

I would run their twitter account.

I would run it like Trump does and shit all over the other teams.

 

[BBert]

"Believe me"

Oh, I believe

 

[Storyteller2]

Special Consultant to Joe Cronin

 

[BrianFromWA]

In all seriousness, I'd love to be part of a team like this, where a few non-industry people can provide an outside-the-box voice to the GM during a couple of different times: stood up during the couple of weeks before the trade deadline, and then a couple of weeks before the draft through the moratorium and the first couple of days of free agency.

The times when all 30 teams are active, and a few hundred players' worth of agents are passing out info, and the times when there's misinformation in the air, are the chaotic times when either a) data can be lost/missed leading to poor conclusions or b) because franchise-changing decisions need to be made quickly, there are times when groupthink can be involved.

 

[Voodoo]

I will volunteer for the strenuous job of selecting Blazer dancers, and helping to pick their outfits, and their routines. Hard job, but someone's got to do it.

On a serious note I bet that job actually is hard, sexism aside.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

With your fancy clothes

I'm nothing compared to Casey Holdahl

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I would run it like Trump does and shit all over the other teams.

"Why does the blazers twitter guy just post pics of his lunch and RTs a bunch of pro-Trump tweets by some guy named Magnifier?"