Late Summer Kool-Aid Drinking

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  1. chris_in_pdx

    chris_in_pdx OLD SCHOOL

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    It's like clockwork. We haven't had Blazer basketball in a few months, Summer League just whets the appetite of long-suffering Blazer fans that the abuse-ee starts to rationalize in their head "Well, MAYBE Billups is the right choice? Maybe the team WILL discover how to defense!" and "Carmelo and Kanter were the real pieces holding the Blazers back!" and "McLemore and Zeller will make the difference off the bench!".

    And every year nothing changes, still a middling-level team whose ceiling is the WCF if everything falls into place.

    If I was Lillard, I'd be shipping for homes in New York or Philly.
     
  2. RR7

    RR7 Well-Known Member

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    I was HOPING for a new thread to rehash old arguments and discussions in!
     
  3. tykendo

    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    Well Thank God you're not! I think Dame should be negotiating to become a part of Future Blazer Ownership. "F" New York & Philly.
     
  4. Shaboid

    Shaboid Well-Known Member

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    You forgot "Our young guys are going to make a big jump!".
     
  5. Ripcity4life77

    Ripcity4life77 Well-Known Member

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    I told myself on this forum I was going to TRY and not be as in posters face when I read something that really annoys me but I will make ONE exception before I decide to follow my own advice:

    @SlyPokerDog -- Your a complete TOOL and why did you not post this in the Dame requesting a trade thread ? this is where it belongs but you wanted to try and get a reaction out of people and not have your post be lost well gratz you got a reaction but i am done cause i could rip you more but dealing with a complete FOOL like you takes more effort then your post is worth.

    Go Blazers and Keep Dame in PDX 4 LIFE !!!
     
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  6. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    1. Yes, I am a tool.
    2. It's you're a complete tool, not your a complete tool.
    3. You need to stop with the personal insults.
     
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  7. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Exactly the kind of thing a complete tool would say.
     
  8. Wizard Mentor

    Wizard Mentor Wizard Mentor

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    Norm/RoCo >>> Aminu/Harkless

    /end thread
     
  9. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    We have no control over what the front office does. We can either go into the season miserable and expecting the worst (as you appear to be), or accept the current status of the team and hope for the best. Does it hurt you in any way for other people to think positively about the team? Why are the kool-aid drinkers a problem for you?
     
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  10. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I’ll be honest, after this summer’s draft and summer league and off season acquisitions…… How can you NOT think we are going to make a HUGE jump!?!? I mean, maybe even 45 wins and a first round exit if we’re lucky……wait a sec……. Seems like we’ve been here before.
     
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  11. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    It hurts me to have a lot on here predict 60 wins and a WCF trip and then BITCH EVERY SINGLE NIGHT about how much we have failed. That’s a problem for me.
     
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  12. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Yet you also complain about the people who are in here complaining that replacing Stotts with Chauncey wasn't enough, and that the roster needs upgrades to compete.

    Is there anyone who isn't a problem for you?
     
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  13. riverman

    riverman Writing Team

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    Stotts coached 170 different players for the Blazers over 9 years...I disagree that every year nothing changes...and I look forward to every season without having ever suffered by doing so....I also don't think Billups maybe the right choice...I think he is the right choice...Melo, Kanter, Blevins and a broken Zach Collins opens up room for a better bench...we'll see if they click or not. If I were Lillard I'd be figuring out how to build a group that could buy the Blazers from Jody and say..fuck NY and Philly
     
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  14. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    literally no one has done that.

    Sounds like a made up problem from you.
     
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  15. riverman

    riverman Writing Team

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    me...
     
  16. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I have never complained. I’ve simply stated that I was under the impression from everybody on here that the roster “wasn’t the problem” it was Stotts. I have never “complained” about anything like that.
     
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  17. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Oh yeah, my bad…..that NEVER happens around here. Wonder why I thought it would this year. Just wait…..give it a few weeks.
     
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  18. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Seems like another made up impression.
     
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  19. riverman

    riverman Writing Team

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    I was going to say that made up problems are pretty much thread themes across the board.
     
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  20. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    I predict 82 wins and a championship.
     
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