Canzano: Damian Lillard should not get a free pass after Game 1 flop

I absolutely refuse to click on the link. I refuse to give that muck raking, rumor mongering coward a single page view. But, based on what I've seen quoted here, I don't get the connection between Damian Lillard, flopping and Spaniards.

Not that it rally matters, Rule No. 1, with respect to the local media, should always be:

Don't left a shit stirring fool like Canzano anywhere near the locker room without first erasing all white boards.

Because if you do, he will wait until the exact moment when he can cause the most damage and do everything in his power to create controversy out of nothing. Anyone who's followed the Blazers for more than 6 days knows this truth to be self-evident.

I'm 99.99% certain BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 is right, that the comment about losing to the Spanish came from Batum. The French beat the Spanish for the European Championship last summer and there is a long standing rivalry between the two national teams. There is no such natural rivalry between any other Blazer and the Spaniards. If so, Batum should just come out and admit it was him and shrug it off as a glib comment between friendly rivals, not a team wide hatred of all things Spanish - which is how Canzano would like it portrayed.

Besides, until the Grizzlies eliminate us, he's technically right - at least as far as the playoffs are concerned. We lost to the Spurs last year, and they had one Virgin Islander, two Frenchies, an Argentinean, an Italian, a Brazilian, a Canadian, an Aussie and a Kiwi, but not a single Spaniard on their roster.

BNM

 

Yep, the two biggest muck raking, shit stirring sports writers in the country and we get stuck with both of them here in Portland. Rather than clicking on their links, we should start contacting companies that advertise in the Oregonian and threaten to boycott their products until the Oregonian fires them and hires some sportswriters more in tune with the sentiments of the local sports fans. You know, somebody who actually LIKES the team they are paid to cover.

BNM

 

My opinion of Stotts sinks lower, and lower...
What an idiot for allowing that to be printed. It doesn't help motivate the team in any way, but now that it's leaked does EVERYTHING to motivate the other team's best player. What a fucking idiot.

 

I wasn't aware that there was anything lower than negative infinity.

BNM

 

In a one sports town that loves the Blazers as much as Portland, it really is odd to have the largest paper in the city (I think?) clearly, actively working and rooting against the franchise and attempting to undermine them any chance they get. Odd that their shitty paper do it in the first place, odd that people read their shit at all, and odd that the Blazers still let them around the team.

Patterson was right, it's some erroneous subterfuge.

 

Negative infinity +1, duh!
In all seriousness, I do not think he's the worst coach by any means. I just don't think we should waste anymore time on him because he clearly (to me) isn't good enough.

 

So, who is giving Dame a free pass? Certainly not the posters on this board, not even his biggest fans (like me). He had a really bad game from the opening tip off. We all saw it, we all acknowledge it, and we all hope it doesn't happen again. I for one think he's going for 40 next game!

 

Please name his replacement, and show work. I'm willing to be swayed by a good case, but I can't think of anyone.

 

I used the read the Oregonian sports section every day during the season, leading up to the draft, during summer league, and during training camp and preseason. I haven't read it nearly 6 years, and not just because so much information is available online. I stopped reading specifically because of all the negative reporting by Quick and especially Canzano. The Blazers are my one, and only, favorite team. I refuse to support a publication that intentionally works to destroy anything and everything positive about that team.

I'm sure Canzano HATED last year. The 54-win, second round Blazers were one of the feel good stories of the entire NBA season - great guys who played hard and connected with the local community. Now, with all the injuries, at the first sign of adversity, the muck raking, rumor mongering, unnamed source, negative bullshit is back, like clock work.

Fuck Canzano! Fuck Quick! And fuck the Oregonian for giving them a paycheck and a platform for their self-serving negativity!!!

BNM

 

I think you meant negative infinity -1.

negative infinity +1 > negative infinity

BNM

 

Perhaps in the off-season. I don't know who's out there, and more are likely to be available this summer. In another thread I stated that the Blazers need to find someone new this summer, but if they can't find someone better then roll with Stotts until a better option is available. I'm open to keeping Stotts until December and dumping him mid-season if that's the best route. But there's absolutely no way we should continue with Stotts any longer than we have to.

 

Indeed!

 

Yea let's bring on Thibs so we can run our players further into the ground.

 

At least they'd know how to play defense?

 

It was a mistranslation from the French saying, "We will punch Spanish players in the balls."

 

I don't need a columnist to give me their opinion about my Blazers.

 

For the 25 games they're uninjured, yes.

 

But max, they're doing more than sharing their opinion. They're trying to cause controversy where there is none and it's being picked up by other news sources.