ESPN Article on Portland "rapid rebuild"

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  1. julius

    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yeah, but he mentions how the Columbia flows west to the ocean. It just seems like he had no idea what he was saying.
     
  2. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Only if we can also undue the the Andre Miller and Kenneth Faried for Fat Ass Felton and Nolan Smith trade.

    BNM
     
  3. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Right, it's like he thinks the Columbia splits and half of it flows south and the other half west. Again he was probably just looking at a 2D map and made an assumption that doesn't make sense in the real world.

    BNM
     
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    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    Sounds like he is in the wrong profession. He would be better suited to politics.
     
  5. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Hope not! Stop going after average players. The Blazers need to make a big splash this summer and Barton is not a big splash.
     
  7. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Nice article. I didn't realize we're the youngest team in the playoffs.
     
  8. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    We were... and then people remembered that Kaman is on our team, and Kaman is over 75 years old.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Duncan, Parker and Manu have a combined age of 314yrs.
     
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  10. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Sure, but they're not on our team :devilwink:
     
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    Except he used "confluence" correctly, which nullifies the idea of the Willamette splitting off from the Columbia. It's just bad writing.
     
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  12. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    They mentioned it multiple times on the national broadcast of Sunday's game. Our team's average is age 24.something years old. BTW, I believe that was also our team's average age when we won the title in 1977. That was also a very young team.

    BNM
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    And we went down 0-2, then won game 3.

    Believe harder! :)
     
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    We could use Barton right now, in these playoffs. Crabbe seems to have lost his confidence and that is one thing Barton will never lose.
     
  15. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Is "urban waterway" his nice way of relating the Willamette as the rotten cess pool of waste it is
     
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    Ah, good times. "Rapid rebuild" - lol.
     
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    It's still a rapid rebuild; it just isn't a finished rebuild at this point.
     
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  18. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Like a payday loan at RapidCash.
     
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    16-23....SUCCESS!!!!
     
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    yawn.........wake me up when we make a move
     
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