Just ran into Joel Freeland at the Sellwood dog park

He was there with his girlfriend. I yelled out ripcity babayyyy!!!!! He smiled and said Rip city back with a fist pound.

Hellz to tha mothfuckin yeaz !!!!

 

Sweeet!

 

dog park? like where you park your dogs?

 

fucking dope! i was rocking my lillard shirt in LA. No daps though! blah!

 

my buddy texted me last night right as dame hit the shot, "dude you better be watching this, holy shit"

hes a dirty celtics fan

 

Does he have a dog?

 

This is one of the things I love about Portland. It's small enough, and friendly enough, to have these sorts of encounters with local "celebrities". Back in the early 1990s, I used to regularly run into Chris Dudley on late night trips to the local grocery store. Dude always had a shopping cart full of milk. Evidently loading up on the calcium after he broke his ankle. I used to also run into Jermaine O'Neal a lot when he was here. I remember one time I held the door for him at the local Mail Boxes, Etc. as he was carrying in all his Christmas presents to ship to his family back home. At the time, he was just a teenager (a VERY rich teenager) and was very friendly and polite. Every time I watch the Portlandia "Spirit of the 90s" video, I spot someone else I know. I think I'm up to 6 now.

Love Portland, love my Blazers!!!

BNM

 

I just can't imagine...if we go any further the bootleg t-shirt vendors start popping up errywhere.

 

Dats Awesome, Joel is the man. Talked with him at a Timbers game before the season started, told him it's going to be a great year!!!

What park, riverfront?

 

Did he foul you?

 

He was exercising Leonard.

 

The one right under the Sellwood Bridge.

 

I didn't see a dog with him. But, its a no leash dog park so he might of had one running around somewhere. I was on my way to my car.

 

Yea i was out last night and the whole team (lma, lillard, cj, barton) all came out to fifth avenue...and then i see that weak ass lin come in with matejunas....well, i kinda felt sorry for them,...

Got some snaps with the lillard and lma too

 

Hope it was a pitbull!

 

His girlfriend was walking HIM. He's the British Bulldog!

BNM

 

lol!

 

I only have a few encounters with the Blazers as a fan before I started covering the team. One such encounter was immediately after we traded for Damon. The Blazers used to practice at Sports Nation, which is now Club Sport. I had a membership, so the day of his first practice with the team I went down there just to get a glimpse. I found Jermaine and Kelvin Cato in the weight area just hanging out. I think I was like 15 or 16 at the time. I asked them for an autograph, which they did, but Jermaine flat out said in front me, "why are all these damn kids here?" This stung a little bit because Jermaine was only a couple years older than me at the time. Just seemed kind of dickish, but I imagine they were annoyed that people were bugging them during practice.

Another example was also at Sports Nation. Brian Grant was coming back from an injury and he wasn't with the team. I was there late at night one day and Brian was on one of the courts working with a member of the Blazers staff. I waited until he was done and leaving the locker room. He was the nicest guy I've ever met.

 

On a plane to the ATL as I type. Wearing a Blazer hoodie...... Had 5 or 6 people yell out ,"RIPCITY" as I walked by!


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