BRoy on the game right now!

Very true. I suppose it could be said that the anyone who buys a ticket views it as a luxury, though. The Blazers have merely chosen to offer Paul Allen's luxury to higher income buyers.

 

I paid $12 each for my playoff tickets, I think clearly there is a problem. That is just too low for a professional sports team, and I sit front row 300 level in the end zone.

 

As a pretentious sounding linguist and *tries to hold back laughter* thinker, I approve of this spelling of pumped. Seriously, I find it charming, and even if it's just a typo, I hope it gains popularity.

Also, good about Roy. I think he goes down as Best Blazer Ever when everything is said and done.

dude take your fucking Ritalin.

 

Although I agree with Dwight that Roy isn't the greatest Blazers player ever at this moment, it will be unavoidable that he will be considered as such once he has won multiple championships as a Blazer. That is, unless Oden turns into the next Shaq. Then we'd all have something to argue about into old age. As if we need more things to argue about.

 

If B-Roy leads the team to a ring he is at the level of Walton. Right now my top five Blazers of all-time goes like this:

1. Bill Walton
2. Clyde Drexler
3. Terry Porter
4. Brandon Roy
5. Sabonis (People will not like this, but look at the numbers)

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Rk            Player  Season Age  Tm  Lg    G   MP   FG  FGA   3P  3PA   FT  FTA  ORB  DRB  TRB  AST  STL  BLK  TOV   PF  PTS  FG%  3P%  FT%  PER
1      Clyde Drexler 1987-88  25 POR NBA   81 3060  849 1679   11   52  476  587  261  272  533  467  203   52  236  250 2185 .506 .212 .811 24.1
2      Clyde Drexler 1988-89  26 POR NBA   78 3064  829 1672   27  104  438  548  289  326  615  450  213   54  250  269 2123 .496 .260 .799 23.6
3       Sidney Wicks 1972-73  23 POR NBA   80 3152  761 1684            384  531            870  440                 253 1906 .452      .723 20.3
4      Clyde Drexler 1991-92  29 POR NBA   76 2751  694 1476  114  338  401  505  166  334  500  512  138   70  240  229 1903 .470 .337 .794 23.6
5      Clyde Drexler 1986-87  24 POR NBA   82 3114  707 1408   11   47  357  470  227  291  518  566  204   71  253  281 1782 .502 .234 .760 20.2
6      Clyde Drexler 1990-91  28 POR NBA   82 2852  645 1338   61  191  416  524  212  334  546  493  144   60  232  226 1767 .482 .319 .794 22.1
7        Brandon Roy 2008-09  24 POR NBA   78 2903  633 1318   83  220  416  505  104  266  370  400   88   22  153  127 1765 .480 .377 .824 24.0
8         Jim Paxson 1982-83  25 POR NBA   81 2740  682 1323    4   25  388  478   68  106  174  231  140   17  156  160 1756 .515 .160 .812 20.1
9      Clyde Drexler 1989-90  27 POR NBA   73 2683  670 1357   30  106  333  430  208  299  507  432  145   51  191  222 1703 .494 .283 .774 22.2
10     Zach Randolph 2006-07  25 POR NBA   68 2425  600 1286   14   48  394  481  199  489  688  147   53   15  215  184 1608 .467 .292 .819 22.8
11   Rasheed Wallace 2000-01  26 POR NBA   77 2940  590 1178   52  162  245  320  147  455  602  212   90  135  158  206 1477 .501 .321 .766 20.9
12      Terry Porter 1989-90  26 POR NBA   80 2781  448  969   89  238  421  472   59  213  272  726  151    4  245  150 1406 .462 .374 .892 20.0
13      Terry Porter 1990-91  27 POR NBA   81 2665  486  944  130  313  279  339   52  230  282  649  158   12  189  151 1381 .515 .415 .823 21.7
14    Rod Strickland 1994-95  28 POR NBA   64 2267  441  946   46  123  283  380   73  244  317  562  123    9  209  118 1211 .466 .374 .745 21.6
15       Bill Walton 1976-77  24 POR NBA   65 2264  491  930            228  327  211  723  934  245   66  211       174 1210 .528      .697 22.9
16   Arvydas Sabonis 1997-98  33 POR NBA   73 2333  407  826   30  115  323  405  149  580  729  218   65   80  190  267 1167 .493 .261 .798 20.9
17   Arvydas Sabonis 1995-96  31 POR NBA   73 1735  394  723   39  104  231  305  147  441  588  130   64   78  154  211 1058 .545 .375 .757 24.7
18   Arvydas Sabonis 1996-97  32 POR NBA   69 1762  328  658   49  132  223  287  114  433  547  146   63   84  151  203  928 .498 .371 .777 21.8
19   Arvydas Sabonis 1999-00  35 POR NBA   66 1688  302  598    7   19  167  198   97  416  513  118   43   78   97  184  778 .505 .368 .843 20.3
20   Arvydas Sabonis 2002-03  38 POR NBA   78 1209  172  361    3    6  129  164   88  247  335  142   61   49   75  141  476 .476 .500 .787 20.5

 

I'd put Roy ahead of Porter. Porter has, of course, the longer career...but that doesn't worry me very much for a young superstar who still has his career ahead of him. If Roy's career ended now, he wouldn't belong so high up the rankings but I don't expect that, obviously. His talent level is near the level of Drexler, IMO, and I consider Drexler to be somewhere in the best 20-25 players ever.

Sabonis could be top-five. I think Rasheed Wallace and Maurice Lucas are also contenders for the 5 spot. I expect Aldridge to surpass all three, though. And, hopefully, Oden will surpass all three and Aldridge (and maybe even Roy, but that will be harder).

 

Sheed was a tough one, he would be 6th on my list right now. I agree with you that Aldridge will pass Sheed as a Blazer. Oden is still a mystery in my book, but I am happy with what he did last year.

 

His comments on Andre Miller got me pretty excited, hopefully it meshes well on the floor.