Blazers Fans Always Need a Scapegoat. We Examined Most Disliked Players In Franchise History.

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  1. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    the dog is earning his keep today.
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    I don't remember people hating Strickland in his first shift with us but then there was no internet. It was when Strickland returned in 2001 when everything fell apart and he got blamed. Why aren't Sheed, ZBo, and Aldridge on this list? Great PFs but constantly hated on in Portland.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    J.R. Rider deserves to be on that list.

    BNM
     
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    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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

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    Actually, I don't remember Rod getting blamed when the 2001 team nosedived. That was totally on Whitsitt. Rod actually tried to fit in and didn't cause any problems (he wasn't even here two months).

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    Strick behaved really well, he bonded with Coach Adelman, but did not get along with PJ Carlesimo at all.

    The list - well, IMHO there is a big difference between:
    1) A draft pick who turned out to just be not that good
    2) A highly paid free agent showing up out of shape
    3) A guy fighting dogs

    #1, he just isn't that talented, bummer, but not done anything wrong.
    #2, wasting money and hope, taking a roster spot that could have gone to a productive player.
    #3, go to hell, go directly to hell, do not pass go, do not collect $2 million
     
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    I definitely hate as passionately as I love. My list of most-hated:

    Turner
    Aminu
    Aldridge
    Outlaw
    Anderson
    Abdur-Rahim

    Prior to SAR I was less jaded, and can't really pick out any players I particularly hated.
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Wallace? Wells? Fernandez? Anderson? Rider? Patterson? Randolph? Telfair? Kemp? Bowie? Walton?

    EDIT: Oh, yeah. "Willamette Week," lol...
     
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    I think LMA was hated more after he left, not really as much while he was still here (except for blue9, of course).
     
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    Damn, Wook...you should've included Fatty McDonut and I could've called it "the Wookie's Dozen." (TM)
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Lol, Mr. Sandbag was included in the article, I was just listing names they missed...
     
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    Rod didn't do anything specifically wrong but the team was playing great (1 seed) before he got there and then plummeted to 7 seed.

    "LaMarshmallow" started long before he left. People were extremely "critical" of him while he played here.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    I'm well aware of that, but that was Bob "I'm Not a Chemisrty Major" Whitsitt's fault. Adding yet another guy who had been a starter his whole career to a roster that was already bursting with playing time issues was the straw that broke the camel's back. I don't remember anyone blaming Rod, or hating him for it. There were no "Trade Strickland" signs in the crowd at the Rose Garden that April.

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    What the fuck is the WW's sudden interest in sports? Isn't their readership rock hard for the next Reed College expose? Nah. I think I'll pass on this one.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    They were bought by Fansided.

    BNM
     
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    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    I thought outside Oregon the moniker Jail blazers was created.. Where did it come from?
     
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    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    I could see Wallace for wasting everyone's time with his fetish for collecting technicals.
     

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