Blazers make a bid for the All-Star game

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  1. BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94

    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 AWOL

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    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94, Aug 14, 2014
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    KRS One, I like it!

    I doubt we win it though
     
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    The allstar game is long overdue. The NBA needs to reward Portland and their fans for their dedication to the game of basketball
     
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    MLS All-Star week was quite the success here recently, Portland will definitely need a legit hotel for the NBA AS weekend and it sounds like it's finally underway. Great news!
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Portland: You can buy shoes, go somewhere else, or get drunk.

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    Smart, hold the ASG right when the convention center hotel opens because it will be closed within 3yrs after that.
     
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    The All Star Weekend experience blows. I went to the weekend twice. First time around 2002 in LA at the Staples, it was still ghetto. The only way I was able to swing tickets was through some corporate sponsor for the dunk contest night. Resellers and people were selling them for shitloads and it was pretty boring.

    I think it was back here in 2012. I went to the fan experience which was overcrowded and lame. Some laker fan talked shit about me wearing blazers gear, as an NBA fan. Too crowded and long lines. Went to the Rookie/Sophmore game, I think Wes Matthews was in it. That was pretty good, I got pretty sweet tickets, but then again, the NBA gave most of the tickets to some boys and girls clubs or something.

    Midlevel seats in the 200 level will cost $300 unless you're hooked up at Nike or Adidas for the ASG it self. That, along with the fact that its boring as fuck and the players are hungover...yeah.




    Basically, the NBA All Star Weekend is also colloquially called "Black Thanksgiving". Trains and planes of hoes and their pimps come to the host city. Rappers throw big, expensive parties at the hottest clubs (which portland has none of) where you too can buy $600 bottles of Vodka and $1500 bottles of champagne (although this practice is banned in Portland).

    See how Vegas liked it. Basically killed an interest in the city to have an NBA franchise.
     
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    http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/18/nba.allstar.black.thanksgiving/

     
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  9. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    So... We stole a crappy WNBA slogan as a theme for our bid for an All-Star game?

    Sigh...
     
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    Oklahoma will get one of these lame weekends before we do.
     
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    Portland in February . . . why don't we just piss on NBA fans and call it good.
     
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    If they get pissed at us for having the AS game here imagine how lissed they will be when we win the title.
     
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    Toronto can't be much better, right?
     
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    Would save nba money in travel expenses since by 2017 our whole starting line up will be on the all star team.
     
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    It held meaning long before the WNBA
     
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    In other news.....


    Blazers soon to be told no regarding all-star game
     
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  18. illmatic99

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    Climate wise, prolly not. But Toronto is an amazing city with so much diversity. And tons of clubs/venues to host parties, with sights to see and places to visit. I grew up in Beaverton, so my perception of Portland metro is pretty vanilla. I like Toronto a lot better...... don't hate me. hehe
     
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    I'll believe it when I see it.
     
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    Portland has all of those strip clubs that famous rappers and celebrities will love tho!
     
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