Every RoY gets mad publicity before the start of next season, especially when that player had as good of a season as Lillard.
They know where the West Coast is, they just have trouble finding Portland. To them, it's flyover country between SF and Seattle.
I think they give us more respect than that. It's also a place to land if your plane is having problems.
If you drew a map of what the country looked like in the eyes of the media, there would only be two states listed, scratch that... three cities listed. I'm sure you can guess what they are.
Every time some stupid commentator says that the Blazers don't get a lot of attention because they are on Pacific Coast Time, I want to shout, "So are the Lakers, you moron!!"