To think these guys make millions and millions of dollars and they still fail to compete. This is actually embarrassing to be a portland trailblazer fan its almost like watching your favorite pet die..... GO BLAZERS RIP CITY
This team is decimated by injuries! I was shocked and blown away by our win in game 1! I didn't think sweep, but I thought we'd lose in 5 or 6. Never embarrassed by my boys!
Oh I don't know.... That Game 5 against Utah in the mid-90s where the Blazers lost something like 115 to 60 was pretty embarrassing. Game 7 against the Lakers. 'Nuff said. That all being said... this is one of those times that really questions your ability to root for this team.
This is fucking pathetic. The 3-time All-Star Roy and the #1 pick Oden are both out, and this is the type of shit I have to read by so-called fans. Find a new fucking team.
+1 Gotta be a fan threw the good times and the bad times otherwise you should just be rooting for cleveland or LA or w/e team is hot that year.
Game 7 was a fix, read Donoughy's book, or simply watch the game again. It was pretty obvious to see as it happened.
Who's stopped being a fan?? Not me. Not anybody on this board that I know of. I can be a fan, and still be embarrassed by my team.
It was definitely a pathetic, embarrassing display. They're my team and I love them, but that was ridiculous. They weren't ready to compete and that's on the players and coaches. They better step it up Saturday!
So I guess I can ask you guys who claim that injuries had no effect on this game....... Do we lose with a starting line up of Greg/LA/Nic/Brandon/Dre? A bench of JB/Martell/Rudy/Camby/Pryz? What do you think? Would this squad embarrass you? There is a fine line of using injuries as an excuse and injuries being the god damn reason you got your ass whipped! I have said before on here that with a depleted roster you can win one game against any team in the league on any given night, but in a 7 game series, talent usually wins out. Quit having wacked out expectations just because we stole game 1. I have loved and supported this team my whole life and to answer some of your questions, NO I have never been "embarrassed" of my team or to be a Blazer fan. I was rockin' Blazer gear all around this country even when we were only winning 20 games. A true fan supports their team through thick and thin, good times and bad.
Well said ... and for what it's worth, even with a healthy GO, Brandon, Nic and Joel, this would be a tough out; Phoenix is balling out of their damn minds since March.
Oh, I understand talent winning out - but you can't tell me you thought there was a reasonable effort put forth tonight. Overall we may be lacking talent, but I can think of one power forward in particular who is simply not giving us a return on his talent level and injuries to others don't excuse that.
