Portland Trail Blazers

[howard_the_duck]

reminds me of the old* days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*sheed days

Edited December 26, 2007 by howard_the_duck

[rafer_alston]

nasa kanila pa ba si Darius Miles?? malas yang gagong yan eh, hehehehhe

 

kailangan ata nila yung defense minister ala Raja Bell, Bruce Bowen etc..

 

[howard_the_duck]

nasa blazers pa rin si darius miles

 

pero injured yata kaya hindi pa sila minamalas

[silver41surfer]

Magaling yang c D-Miles b4 xa na injured... he's versatile small forward

[_eRon_]

kudos to the young team of the Blazers, 11 straight wins, i hope they can keep it up

[Guest airmax]

I guess the point there was, Commish would not allow the JailBlazers to get a crack at a championship, giving the Lakers get ALL the calls and breaks to help them overcome a 15-point half-time deficit and take that deciding 7th game.

 

in my opinion thats crap. the lakers outplayed the more talented blazers in 2000. they deserved to be champs. kasi kung talagang may will to become champions ang blazers they would move and play like a team on a mission come the following year. kaso wala. mahirap kasi ang team na maraming superstars minsan. sayang lang they couldnt play together as a team.

[howard_the_duck]

i still find it hard to believe that LAL made like a 30-0 run in that game 7 4th qtr ON THEIR OWN

[gift_of_game]

in my opinion thats crap. the lakers outplayed the more talented blazers in 2000. they deserved to be champs. kasi kung talagang may will to become champions ang blazers they would move and play like a team on a mission come the following year. kaso wala. mahirap kasi ang team na maraming superstars minsan. sayang lang they couldnt play together as a team.

 

I'd like to agree and think that the NBA isn't tainted but with the referee scandal it's just tough to weed out doubt on a whole number of things since.

 

So yeah, IMHO, I still tend to think they got jacked right there.

 

Stern said it himself in 04: the dream championship match-up for him would be Lakers vs. Lakers, i.e. major market vs. major market.

He's overly conscious of his league's image and the TV ratings and makes no secret about his preference to see a marketable franchise be successful and make it all the way since it would evidently translate to more $ for the league.

 

I'm pretty sure he shudders each time Santonio makes it out of the West. I mean, they're good, play in a decent market and add a good chunk of revenue in the international market with TP and G-Man but they're just not the kind of team he wants the world to see balling in the summer.

 

Portland's a micromarket as it is (and they're the only pro team in their town), and they sure weren't short on talented "thugs" and miscreants then and that, IMHO, more than anything spelled the difference. Stern just wouldn't let them win and represent his league.

Edited January 7, 2008 by gift_of_game

[howard_the_duck]

stern must have been pissed off when sheed finally won one against his beloved lakers

 

hey at least that series had high TV ratings, at nakabawi naman 2 years later :grr:

[gift_of_game]

OT:

^that's why this season's scary.

Stern has a cash-cow going with the C's this year so if they make it out of the East, well, there you have it...

[howard_the_duck]

it's all about da money

 

except when the spurs are in the finals

[gift_of_game]

^yeah. Stern hasn't done anything about that yet. that's why they're gonna get jacked before they get there---it's the most effective way. :upside:

[howard_the_duck]

well they say SA is a small market but it's like in the top 15 largest cities in the U.S. they really don't have sizable suburbs, though

 

now portland is a really small metro area so it'll be tough for them to get some love from stern

same for like half of the NBA teams :grr:

[gift_of_game]

^it's in TX=football country.

Edited January 8, 2008 by gift_of_game

[howard_the_duck]

got that right the cowboys and the team formerly known as the oilers were big

 

portland isn't really hoop city isn't it? unlike indiana which has a solid basketball tradition (Indiana Hoosiers)