No insight whatsoever from any Portland beatwriter. National media are going to continue to insist that Miami has what it takes to get a deal done. This has been the most annoying day of my Blazer fandom ffs!
It's actually shocking how little journalism exists in Portland. For a city its size and sophistication, I would have assumed better.
Yeah, I know he’s not well thought of around here by many, and with some good reason. It’s still a good column though.
I was definitely making a haha funny but this brings up a good point: columns aren’t journalism the way we think of it. Quick hasn’t been much of a journalist since the behind the blinds thing but at least that was actual journalism. Investigative stuff rather than pontification (even if he’s well sourced) and all that.
I was shocked not to find one of the local sports radio stations going live with the Dame news. Instead it was all Nat'l stuff , which doesn't do either side justice.
The "best" reporters are Highkin and Freeman, and that's mostly just because the others are awful. Chad, Godfather, Marang, Quick are all awful...
Every single bit of Nat'l sports news was tainted with elation of Dame getting out of Portland. And of what compensation was coming Portland's way. Nothing of the heartbreak for Dame fans. Or the fact the GM did nothing to bring in any sort of quality veteran talent to at least try. Just, it's good he's getting the heck outta Portland. Hate that crap. They'll be saying the same thing when the youngsters get good too. Time to move on. This isn't the same era like back in the Drexler days where player movement , especially the greats , moved very often, if at all. This is the era of move once you get an itch. Media has been trying to pry Dame out of Portland for years. Looks like they're gonna get their wish. And the wish of many on S2 as well.
