Ball Don't Lie: Neil Olshey laughs off odd criticisms of the Trail Blazers' 'failed culture'

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  1. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    https://sports.yahoo.com/news/portl...s-trail-blazers-failed-culture-190652953.html
    Kelly Dwyer has a pretty good article about the situation the Blazers find themselves in. (Bonus points for his well-stated repudiation of Clownzano's absurd hit piece.)

     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    And Canzano wins again, because people are talking about him and he's getting more exposure.

    The dude doesn't care if it's good press or bad press. He just wants attention, and he got it.
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    I've got dibs on starting tomorrow's Canzano thread.
     
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    Not sure he wins on this since it's discrediting him
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Canzano is mostly tangential to the thesis of the article.
     
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    Does he write his columns in front of a full length mirror so he can admire all of himself?
     
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    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    Tangential :related to or relation to subject. Very nifty sentence. Instead of thesis could you substitute "basis"?
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Other definition of Tangential: Hardly touching a matter; peripheral.
    Thesis: a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.

    EDIT: Anything else you'd like to learn today?
     
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    No but Thanks really appreciate the intel +++
     
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    "and a sportswriter column complaining about a sportswriter’s inability to sit in the same seat Neil Olshey does before a game. (Seriously.)"

    :lol:
     
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    Hard to discredit that which has no credit to begin with.
     
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    I don't know if his full length mirror would really qualify as "full length."
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    What a twat.
     
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    What a douche. He wrote that article to try and save face.
     
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    I wonder if he really met with a Blazers player or if he's just trying to stir shit up
     
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    I don't feel like reading it, what is he trying to imply?
     
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    That was a few minutes of my time well spent.
     
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    I still think Canzano is treated unfairly by most here. Assuming everything he wrote is true, and I can't remeber when he's lied, then the Blazers are the problem.

    I still have a couple of connections, and they speak about the organization the same way Canzano does.
     
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