Definition of a Real Blazer Fan?

Dunno who my next jersey will be. Maybe a Matthews or Batum...maybe Batum. I like the jersey shirts, you don't have to spend the money for a jersey and can wear them around town without looking like such a douchebag.

 

You guys might laugh at the jerseys I own......... Sheed and Bonzi!! Just keepin' it real!

 

I can't wear jerseys anymore. There was a time, but now they're just way too out of style. Especially football jerseys. How many fat bald guys wearing Cowboys or Steelers jerseys are there?

I actually have some pretty cool jerseys put away though. I have an Iverson jersey from Georgetown. I have a Grant Hill jersey with the original Pistons colors. Penny Hardaway, home Magic jersey. Sam Cassell with the Rockets. I've got about six Duck jerseys. I can't even remember all the players. I have a couple Jerry Rice jerseys, and a Steve Young. There's a bunch more. I've thought about selling some of them. Wonder how much I'd get...

 

not much. just save them. I think my best is a signed Drexler USA Basketball jersey. I don't wear jerseys either, but I like to buy them.

I came across some Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlin jerseys from the 80s a while back, all L*kers. I was too lazy to sell them so I just gave them away to some of my friends.

 

I have 3 Roy jerseys, LaMarcus Aldridge, Greg Oden and Damon Stoudemire.

I try to only buy jersey's of players I'm pretty sure will be resigned. Haha.

Because almost immediately after I got my Damon jersey, he left the team. >_<

 

Owning a Stoudamire and Anderson jersey, but not a Pippen jersey, pretty much disqualifies you from true fandom.

Seriously, Derek Anderson? The Derek Anderson era felt it was like 10 minutes long and he had a toothache for at least half of it.

 

Well, I got Damon when we first traded for him..... and regretted it.

I got Anderson when the red jerseys first came out. I think that was the year he hit that game winner (against Seattle?). I don't know... I guess I hoped he would be the player he was for San Antonio, but he never was.

I still think the Augmon jersey is sweet.

 

I agree with you. Poor man's Pippen. Well, homeless man's Pippen. Okay, nothing like Pippen. But I loved his defense.

And I can understand the optimism when Portland acquired Stoudamire and Anderson. Both seemed like exciting players at the time.

 

Then I suggest you immediately go out and buy an Oden jersey. Double curses don't exist and you may very well reverse something.

Double-rainbows, however, do exist.

 

Somebody who jumps on the bandwagon when a team starts winning..

 

already have one + the Jersey shirt.

 

You wouldn't happen to have any old McMillan jerseys laying around would you?

 

Shit, that's more than half the Blazer fanbase. Not everyone can claim to have stuck with the team through the low points of the early-to-mid 2000's. I was in that arena. I saw how empty that place was during the Telfair/ZBO/Ha era.

 

Did you actually just say "Ha era"?

 

I would say the Ha era was definitely a lowpoint, wouldn't you?

Wheels, I can honestly say that the mid-90s were some of my favorite years BECAUSE they were so unpopular, yet they weren't that bad. I loved the team when they had Kenny Anderson, JR Rider, Brian Grant, Sheed, etc. That team had so much potential that hadn't been realized yet. I can pretty much pinpoint when the fans started jumping on the bandwagon after that. When we traded for Damon the team started being acceptable.

I don't know if anyone else remembers this or experienced this, but when I was in middle school/high school from like 93-97 it was completely uncool to wear anything Blazers related. I actually have a shooting shirt from that era and whenever I wore it people would say "the Blazers suck!"

I miss those two-fer Tuesdays. Two tickets for the price of one. Sooooooo awesome.

 

LOL indeed. Ha's time was so important that is transcends "era" - it should be refereed to as the "Ha Age".

 

I actually STARTED rooting for them in that era, which is even harder. I had just moved to Portland, and wanted to be able to actually root for the team in my city, so though they sucked, and I didn't like any of the players, I became a fan of the team.

 

+1

I loved that team. Having a team of goody two shoes is boring as fuck.