Corporations are a large percentage of sold tickets. Very possibly that the numbers of attendance verse sold tickets could be in the thousands.
Also all the people that buy season tickets to resell them. Yes there were thousands of tickets sold for every game of those jail Blazers era where people didnt attend. This catches up to the team eventually though - in future season they will have less of those speculative season tickets.
I’m with Stren. It’s been a fun year. I like the players so I always tune in but when they lose, I’m slightly irritated and then I’m fine. The future is clear. We are where OKC was two seasons ago. Be patient. The talent is there and more is coming.
Actually, Neil’s goal was always to put us in the playoffs every year and he did that. But people still bitched. Now we’re trying it a different way and people are upset.
ZBo actually had a good year WITH Roy. Also, the true end of jailblazers was 2003 and that was hella fun. Came back from 0-3 deficit to force game 7. And ZBo being put in the starting lineup was the impetus. The Rose Garden was ROCKIN in Game 6.
Exactly right. Neil made safe moves to add second tier vets so that the Blazers would make the playoffs. He never did build around Dame with guys who could push the Blazers into contention. And, thus, the best years of Dame’s career were wasted.
This year has been pretty much as I expected, one thing I am irritated/bummer about is injuries to guys I wanted to see play a LOT like SS and Scoot
yup, though as a silver lining I'd point to is that player improvement doesn't only happen with NBA playing time. I expect that next year we'll see some steps forward from our youngins just from the NBA exposure they've received in games, practice and just generally being immersed in NBA life. Of course they should be better physically too. I actually enjoy seeing these struggling games as (maybe foolishly) I believe they'll be very good players. This year was baby steps mixed in with plenty of face plants STOMP
Rockets are 20-9 at home, while sporting the worst road record in Western Conference (5-22). I think this is why Cronin mentioned Houston as the team he wants the Blazers to resemble. Make a jump in home victories, bring excitement to the Rose Quarter. Losing all the road games is no big deal. Half the fans quit watch Portland on TV, and the Blazers can still draft a good rookie.
