So why are people crying about "getting no respect?" EDIT: For what it's worth, I think national people are hedging, because the Blazers were have shown little flashes like this before, but have always found a way to falter. Of course they are going to be cautious about putting all of their credibility on the line for this team until they actually show something beyond a hot start; that means advancing out of the first round.
To a degree, he is. I'm actually a Bill supporter, I think he's one of the more fun reads, even if his analysis is suspect. I love that fact that he is an unabashed Fan of a team. He admits it, gets giddy when his teams win, pouts when his teams lose, and makes every mock trade favor his teams. But he is funny, original, and a hell of a writer. But regardless of the soccer momness of our fanbase, it is true that we get routinely overlooked and after a while that gets under my skin. And guess what, it would also get under Bills, with his Celtic/Redsocks/Pats-centric view of the world if he couldn't ever hear any discussions on his team with regards to their respective sports. I'm actually fine with the Starters in my original post not buying in, or any analyst being less than effusive about the Blazers, but I do really like hearing discussions from national analysts about the Blazers, especially when they are proving to at least matter this season. In NBA Lockdown, a huge chunk of time was devoted to the Knicks. The Knicks suck. The Kinicks have no relevance. This is the part that get's under my skin. How a team that has no chance of doing anything important, and has no cap room to change, no rookies or injured players who might come back to save the day. There is nothing interesting about them. But they still get discussed while not even a mention of the Blazers with the third best record in the NBA who just beat two good teams in a row after that was the big complaint, that all the wins were against featherweights.
I remember when we talked about the on court actions of the Portland TrailBlazers together... Just getting nostalgic for an era that's apparently over.
No one talks about that anymore. No one talks about the incredible defense adjustments that have been made at halftime. No one talks about overcoming poor shooting, etc. Someone posts it and then everyone starts arguing.
All proven winners with long histories (and almost all of them storied) so he'd be somewhat justified in feeling slighted if they didn't get covered. The Knicks are always relevant because 20 million people pay attention to them no matter how badly they do. Let's face it, small market teams in backwater cities like Portland (and Salt Lake, Sacramento, San Antonio, Charlotte, etc.) are never going to be as relevant as the major market teams, because national media outlets are primarily interested in ratings and making money at their enterprise and the only way they can make money covering these small city teams is when they have won championships. If any fan base should feel slighted, it's probably the Spurs. That team is criminally under covered by the national media and they've been good for decades.
Nik, I completely agree with your reasoning. It just still bugs me. I am not a fan of a large market team, which means I am already rooting for a team that has a much more difficult time keeping players and signing new ones. And I never expect a bad small market team to get any play, but the Blazers are playing awesome, and if they can't get coverage now, than they just can't get coverage. Especially since they are playing such an exciting brand of basketball, and have two stars that could be focused on, Lillard and Aldridge. I mean Aldridge just had a 30/21 game, and not one mention. Aldridge just won player of the week, and not one mention. I understand why, it just sucks.
If this team is for real, then they'll get to show it in the playoffs. If they play well in the playoffs and advance then you'll see an increased amount of coverage. For most of the rest of the country, this little win-streak is a pretty small story.
I can respect that POV. I hope that the team both understands that they've earned nothing big yet, and are angry about it, because they seem to react well to perceived slights.
I am pretty sure you can say fucker on here, or FUCKER, in your case. it's ****** that you aren't allowed to type
Exactly. Counting the number of mentions the Blazers get in some obscure podcast in November doesn't really seem all that important. The NBA has teams that start hot and fizzle all the time, so if you weren't sold on the Blazers after 12 games I don't know why you would be after 14. Lets just hope the team keeps playing well, that's all that matters.
