Easy to lose sight of this. Nice post. If Portland was still on that streak and was fielding the same lineup we have now, we'd all be mad as hell. We're not mad because of severely crushed expectations. That's what 12 years of Patternash, Stoudamire, Cheeks, Miles, Bonzi, Outlaw, Crawchuck, Sergio, DA, Webster, Ratliff, Rahim, Oden, Randolph and Rudy can do to you. So much time, energy and enthusiasm wasted on such a long list of never-weres, has-beens and what-the-fucks. They drowned out what little our few good players over those years did for us. I don't hate any of those disappointing players. Except Damon Stoudamire. I will always hate that guy. I do hate Patternash and Mo Cheeks for their debilitating incompetence. I started hating McMillan toward the end, but I've cooled on that. This current squad is an easy team to like. I just wish I was more excited about it.
Hate is a strong word. You have spent a lot of time and energy being negative about Meyers Leonard, to the point where at times I thought you had morphed into a spam bot. Reading your posts, it is apparent you have spent a lot of time "not liking" Leonard.
Leonard is awesome. Goofy, affable, all kinds of fun to watch on the floor. I simply don't think he will be a very good player
With center Hickson setting the example as an Energy Bunny, even statue Aldridge is shamed into moving faster. Why not condense it to, the post-Whitsitt years. We were rolling till he left.
Blanky's not here (which probably also led to a decrease in Quick's fart reportage), but iirc he kicked over a chair (after taking some MMA training over the summer).
