Yeah I went to the game, was expecting it to be more dead than it was after this thread but had a solid crowd. I've been to a few college football games lately, and it just kind of shocked me how calm and quiet NBA crowds are compared to football.
Lopez at center and Mo off the bench definitely is! The better this team gets the more fans will show up. Bottom Line. Maturing Trail Blazers defeat Detroit Pistons with big night from Robin Lopez, bench
I think with this team, it's not so much the points production that makes the bench good, it's the fact it actually consists of players who actually have talent.
Yeah I agree. Fans care #1 and #2 about winning. The character crap and anti Jail Blazer attitude is phony. Fans would much rather see asshole thugs win than losers with great character and perfect attitudes. People complain about Rasheed Wallace but his teams sold out the Garden.
This is the first game where I have seen what I was hoping the bench would do, give the starters less minutes. Starters consistently playing 35-40 minutes will wear this team down by all star break. For Matthews to play less than 30 mins might mean he can keep his intense energy play and withstand the 82 game schedule . . . . or is has Wes lost it.
Why are 100 level fans sooooo stuffy? The times I go, people are telling me to sit down when I want to stand up. I know that old peeps can't stand so long, but it's for the best interest of the team. Get involved and be a true 6th man!
They tell you to sit down because you stand up on the seat with your back to the court! Ive never had issues in the 100s
I agree. I've never really liked the fans in the 100 level that much. The 300 level fans are so much better.
I've always had a liking to the 200 level crowd. Many get food with their tickets and seem so much more peaceful and easy going than the other fans.
You really should. I'm thinking that from now on I might just go 200 level and 300 level only. I always feel like i'm "inhibiting" the experience of the 100 level fans the few times I save up to go to a game.
Had tickets to the 200's (original BlazerManiac) and the 100's. In the 2s there was better "ambiance", but from the 1s my wife could see jarrett jack cry.
This was a long thread and my attention faded about page 2, but I want pipe in on some of the comments raised here. I am a season ticket holder. This is my 18th year. In addition, I have been managing the season tickets for the company where I work. I have a pretty good idea how the casual NBA fan approaches the NBA. It's been the same for the past 15 years since I started handling my company's season tickets. The casual fan doesn't even think about the Blazers until after Christmas. Too much competition from college football and NFL, and now MLS. If they do think about NBA, it is never for games against the Eastern Conference (Detroit) or teams with no stars (Sacramento). So, it is too soon to make judgments about sell-outs and waning fan bases. They will be back. Comments about the Moda Center and the new management taking the fun out of the experience. The games have changed some this year in that there is more emphasis on basketball and less on noise and glitz and filler. This is because you asked for it. They did research. This is what you wanted. So, there's that. Personally, I don't know if I have it in me to invest all the time and energy it takes to follow this team. I survived the dark years of dysfunction. And then Oden happened. That opened a big sore, then Roy happened and that picked at that sore, and the lock out ... oh the lock out just killed any joy I had following the Blazers. That sore caused by the lock out is still festering. I don't imagine I am alone in treading cautiously.
The trend of stars ditching small markets for big markets will only get worse. Superfriends/teams are killing the NBA. I'll admit, the Oden fiasco took a hit on my fandom.
