I was on Twitter yesterday and Alderidge was recruiting players to play here in Portland. Not many details out there except what you can determine from him playing in KD's game and recruiting some of those players on twitter. Also Jamall Crawford is doing a Seattle game. Will the game be in the Memorial? or the Convention center? Do we have any other big arenas? Its too cold for a outdoor game. aldridge_12 Lamarcus Aldridge I will have all the info in the next few days. “@Josao_503: @aldridge_12 How much will it cost to go and where will it be?” aldridge_12 Lamarcus Aldridge* “@bklynn: @aldridge_12 oh man, just read its in Dallas! Don't forget us here in PDX!!!”. No its in Portland!
Oops, not at Stars Cabaret. Location to be announced but it is on Nov. 6th and it will start at 7:30pm.
The players will get 2k or so to attend this and will lose money off of it. What is the charity? That's the only thing that might make me pay to watch a scrimmage of players who don't care about the actual game.
I wonder how temporary a nonprofit organization can be to qualify for the players to write off their donated travel expenses. Game proceeds would have to fund some good cause. To get around the temporal nature, maybe the union could form a separate organization to coordinate these charity games to optimize tax consequences.
LA publicly rooting for Jamal Crawford to come sign with us....... @aldridge_12: Rip City when @JCrossover come play in my game we need to make him feel at home so he will sign with us!
Would really rather not have an over the hill SG sign with us when we already have to many people at the Guard spot.
Wonder how Brandon would feel about that. Friendly with fellow Seattlian, but got to think he'd be his replacement. This would also depend on the size of the mid-level. And given that we have a boatload of shoot-first combo guards and are very thin in the frontcourt, it doesn't seem all that wise. Can't we see what Elliot Williams can do first?
He's between contracts. He'd be moderately helpful, but would have to take a 50% pay cut from last season's $10M. Rudy and Elliot Williams are a lot cheaper. injury history http://www.prosportstransactions.co...BeginDate=&EndDate=&ILChkBx=yes&submit=Search
I'll be shocked if this game actually takes place on 11/6 at the Chiles Center. I love me some LMA, but what's the point of this game? He and other players could donate more money to charity than they can raise by filling the Chiles Center for what I would guess would be $15/ticket, and that doesn't even include expenses incurred by the players for the venue.
blazersedge Ben Golliver UP releases roster for 11/6 charity game: "Aldridge, Roy, Pendergraph, Felton, Matthews, Blake, Durant, Howard, TJ Ford, Crawford & more"
No Oden? On a side note, it will be interesting to see a Blazers team run a fast break. Score prediction 154-147 A night of boring as hell basketball. Another prediction. The lockout gets solved tomorrow or later this week and Portland fans scream how the NBA screwed them out of the closest thing to an all-star game they will ever see.
