J.A. Adande's: The Blazer Fans deserve better

I've been around for all of it. We've had some really good times, and some close but no cigars. It's been mostly a pretty fun ride, in between the heartbreak.

 

If ESPN wanted Adande to write about a long-suffering fan-base for last night's game, he could have gone with the opposing team. The Clippers came into the league the same year as the Blazers (they were the Buffalo Braves back in 1970) and have never won a title. It took until 2013 for them to even get a division title. Most of the time of their existence they've been horribly mismanaged and a perennial doormat. About the only thing that was good about them was that it was an easy ticket to get in LA to watch one NBA-caliber team play. Through all of the Donald Sterling-induced crap, they've had some strong fans who have supported them no matter what. You could make a case that those fans are more "deserving" of something good happening for them than Blazers fans, who've at least been winners and contenders for many years of the team's existence. But we all know that "deserving" doesn't mean jack, and I hope the Clippers continue to be mired in futility for years to come.

 

Iv seen quiet a few articles about the Blazers on ESPN the last few years and if its not a piece talking about analytics it always seem to be written by Adande.

 

I don't have any problem with Adande. He's a good writer and I think he treats the Blazers fairly. I just don't like the poor, long-suffering fans angle with the Blazers. I think over the years we've had it pretty good.

That said, a championship would be mighty fine right now.

 

I guess its how you look at the angle. I dont like it when its talking about the history of the franchise in talking about how we have done but when talking about the injuries to supposed stars in the making iv got no problem phrasing it like that.
In the case of how he used it in this article ill agree that I didnt like how it was used since he combined the hard losses with the injuries.

 

Friggin Adande jinxed us!

 

You were saying... sigh

 

Man, and we thought that KingSpeed is a jinx. Adande is the Grand Poobah of jinxes. Next time he writes and article about "deserving Blazers fans" I vote to tar and feather the SOB.

 

The Blazers have a great owner and an even better organization. This town has never had been held hostage over a barrel for not building a sports arena. Merritt Paulson all but gave this town a MLS franchise and they barely past the funding to fix up Providence Park. Phil Knight makes the Oregon Ducks dreams come true. I love Portland and Oregon, but we are damn lucky to have our sports. We could easily have zero. And if we did have Zero, the owner of Zero would leave town.