Most Underrated Blazer Of All Time

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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, but who knows what he'll say tomorrow.
     
    Rastapopoulos, Apr 11, 2017
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    He was my favorite player of the post-Bonzi, pre-Roy era. I loved his Poor Man's Detlef Schrempf game. Plus he got us the LMA draft pick that set our path to Nurkic, CJ, and Dame.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Khryapa was also really fun to talk to. Super nice guy.
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Eccentric? Seriously? Wow.
     
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    Reep Well-Known Member

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    Rick Adelman?
     
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    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Huh - I just saw on ESPN how Brook Lopez has just become the top scoring Net of all time - replacing... Buck Williams!
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    I'm going to toss one out there that will probably get shit all over: Danny Ainge.

    Like most, I absolutely detested Ainge before he came here, and after he left, but he was a huge part of that 63-win team in 1990-91 and without his heroics in the finals in 1992, we probably would have been swept by the Bulls in 4 games.

    With Drexler, Porter and Ainge, we probably had the best guard rotation in the league for those two years. With Ainge and Cliff Robinson coming off the bench, we had SEVEN players that averaged over 11 ppg in 1990-91. Not even the stacked, two-to-three deep at every position 1999-2000 team could match that kind of quality depth. They had five starters average in double figures, but no one coming off the bench averaged more than 9 ppg. The only other Blazers team with seven players who averaged in double figures was the 1977-78 team that started the season 50-10 before Walton went down.

    Sure, as a Celtic and Sun, fuck that whiny little bitch with a face you'd love to punch, but as a Blazer Danny Ainge is underrated and underappreciated.

    BNM
     
    Boob-No-More, Apr 11, 2017
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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    Still liked him.
     
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    Dontonio Wingfield or Walt Williams
     
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    I happen to have Gross' game-worn jersey from game 6 - the game that Portland won a title!!
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I don't think you understand what the word "underrated" means. Or at best, you don't understand humor.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Buck was the 3rd pick in the draft, not 1st. Also, I think you could argue that he was underrated and overrated at the same time.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I knocked at his house when we did our food drive in High School. He was pretty nice and gave us some canned goods. So your stories are now invalid.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Maybe he liked young Asian boys?
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Probably.
     
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    winner!
     
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    I'd go with Rod Strickland, Andre Miller, Jermaine O'neal and a personal fav...Drazen Petrovic
     
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    He was an alcoholic....struggled all his life with it..ended up coaching in Russia...but on the court he was one of the most talented pt guards I've ever seen..him and Sabonis were made to play together
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Drazen underrated? By whom? I mean, other than the coach, I thought pretty much everyone thought he should play more. I sure did.
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Plus Rod Strickland's a wu tang lyric (not like u crackaz will know what that is doe)
     
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