Haha. I'm a Blazer fan who is not blinded by Laker hatred. I love the game of basketball more than the Blazers.
So if, somehow, it were determined that the Blazers winning a title was bad for the game of basketball (such as making Roy-iso-ball-style play even more prevalent amongst other teams), would you root against the Blazers?
To be honest I only hate Pierce, he should have the nickname "Big Baby." If I'm blinded by anything it's probably my bias that the Western conference is 1,000,000,000 times better than the Eastern conference.
How is that bad for the game of basketball? If it became prevalent that owners would send threatening letters to other teams GM's if they signed a former player of theirs, yes, I would root against the Blazers.
well like my take in that thread of yours, I don't think it really matters much in what will transpire... but if the Lakers lose game 6 I suppose it is possible that Jackson is publically perceived as even more of an ass then he already is STOMP
btw, even though the FTs were 26-9 Lakers before LA started intentionally fouling, I still think that was the best officiated game of the series.
Well, it's unimaginative and ugly. Better "for instance" might be if we replaced Nate with JVG, and a Blazer title meant a resurgence of '90s Knicks-style clutch-and-grab defense and average leaguewide scoring in the low '90s. Would you root against the Blazers in such a hypothetical scenario? By the way, this isn't an attempt to challenge your fanhood or anything; I just found the statement you made curious, so I wanted to probe it a little more deeply.
Agreed, but it's not necessarily bad for the game of basketball. I don't think a team could ever win a championship playing an "ISO" offense. Not even if you have Jordan, LeBron, Kobe, or Roy would a team be able to win a championship playing an "ISO offense. And if they did? Then it would be a great thing for the game of basketball because that player would be the greatest ever. No, I certainly would be all for that. The only thing that would cause me to root against the Blazers is if they did something that would ruin the game of basketball. I rooted for the Blazers in the bad years (when they sucked), I rooted for them when they were the Jail Blazers (cause they were damn good), but I wouldn't root for them if they did something were they were known more for their off the court antics than their on the court play. The Darius Miles letter is the closest I have been to hanging up my Blazers jersey, because they were more concerned about cap space, then they were about their on the court play. You found my statement, "I love the game of basketball more than the Blazers" curious? If I didn't like Basketball I wouldn't be a Blazers fan. You can't say that the other way around: "I like the Blazer's but I don't like Basketball"?
