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Rip City Current, Part 1: Paddling Upstream

This season’s Blazers are setting sail on that 82 game journey and in the brutal Western Conference, it’s paddling upstream against a strong current.
With so many returning, yet unproven bench players there is no rookie hype, no blank page to fill in with script. From summer league and preseason we saw glimpses of improvement and got a taste of what Kaman and Blake bring to the mix. According to the coaching staff, starters and vets, everyone got better. The focus has been on becoming a better defensive team and resting the starters more. After 3 games we were ranked 9th in the league defensively and 19th in the league offensively. It seems after a somewhat disappointing start that we are treading water and maybe even losing some ground on offense after being a top ranked offense last season. Next comes the inevitable fan panic that follows a couple of ugly losses. I’ve compiled a list that I hope fans have some fun with entering this season. riverman

Choices when the current gets rough:

1. Be patient. Let them develop and adapt just like all the other 29 teams
2. Cheer the team on and hope for the best
3. Melt down. Vent. Start half a dozen angry threads. Hang out in a Spurs forum for a while and contemplate buying a Duncan jersey
4. Really feel good about Lamarcus and Meyers shooting more 3’s
5. Feel really sorry for Victor Claver. Just when he was becoming fluent in English comprehension
6. Believe the Blazers are an elite team and can contend for a title
7. See us missing the playoffs altogether
8. Think Paul Allen will move the team to Seattle complete with several “I told you so” conspiracy theories
9. Just enjoy drinking beer, eating snacks and watching the dancers at halftime
10. Consider yourself a fair weather Meyers Leonard fan and find yourself hoping Stotts brings him back into the game but not admitting it
11. Want to see all our tallest guys on the court at the same time….just once
12. Post a scathing, controversial thread just to see it go for at least 50 pages
13. Take the season one game at a time and enjoy the games even if we lose
14. Wait until New Year’s Eve to evaluate the team or make any predictions
15. Believe we have a bona-fide 6th man in the making
16. (blazer wookie's, see post #9)
17. Let numbers and charts or graphs determine every member of the organizations value and then watch Moneyball over and over and over
18. After beating the Cavs soundly, think Lillard should go back on twitter and make some new snarky comments

Feel free to chime in and Go Blazers!
 
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1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17. Especially 12. I love 12. Better if it involves 11 and 4.
 
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I think #9 was written with Wookee in mind.
 
Repped for being the first to continue the list. @wookie
 
magnifier661 said:
I want 11 so badly! Btw, great write up bro!
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Me too! My tallest team in the NBA would have Nic at the pt guard , Meyers at the 2, LA at the 3, Kaman at the 4 and Rolo at the 5. Thanks for the props mags!
 
Props for the list!

I usually go with #13 in all sports.

#5 - Easy money sitting in a suit. I'm willing to do that for him if he really wants to go back to Spain!
 
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magnifier661 said:
Yeah. Rolo at point, Leonard at guard, LMA at SF, Freeland at PF and Kaman at center
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It wouldn't be the 5 tallest but swap Freeland for Batum and put him at point and you could almost talk me into that for real just to see what happens for fun.
 
Hobbesarable said:
Props for the list!

I usually go with #13 in all sports.

#5 - Easy money sitting in a suit. I'm willing to do that for him if he really wants to go back to Spain!
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Or the desert, Rubio would probably love to be in the desert as well. Portland is too damp for most some of these guys.Rudy ditched it in a mad dash too
 
Just updated the original list..up to 18 now.
 
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I was so glued to the game last night that my Guinness went flat and that NEVER happened before
 
oh, damn...you added 17! Post edited.
 
BrianFromWA said:
oh, damn...you added 17! Post edited.
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Sorry man, I'm probably getting carried away here. The Dame at 18 was an afterthought but the analytics at 17 was on the original draft and I had forgotten it.
 
Thanks to all of you guys who came to play! My son brought home a 12 lb Coho Salmon after fishing for 9 hours today. His first! Spin reel catch. Going to be a fish fest tonight!
 
riverman said:
Me too! My tallest team in the NBA would have Nic at the pt guard , Meyers at the 2, LA at the 3, Kaman at the 4 and Rolo at the 5. Thanks for the props mags!
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Including Freeland I was unhappy not having a 3 point shooter at SF, or a good ball handler. This is not our 5 tallest players, but this is better, giving us 3 threats from deep. Plus, it might work. ;)
 
BBert said:
Including Freeland I was unhappy not having a 3 point shooter at SF, or a good ball handler. This is not our 5 tallest players, but this is better, giving us 3 threats from deep. Plus, it might work. ;)[/QU

Nico at 6'8 would be about Magic Johnson's height giving us a tall pt guard. I'd love to see it and if you sprung it on a team, they'd have no game plan for it. Nic dishes, Meyers shoots 3's, LA shoots long jumpers, Kaman shoots hooks and 12 footers, Rolo dunks and gets the chippies. This lineup would be really hard to inbounds pass against or pass on period.
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riverman said:
Nico at 6'8 would be about Magic Johnson's height giving us a tall pt guard. I'd love to see it and if you sprung it on a team, they'd have no game plan for it. Nic dishes, Meyers shoots 3's, LA shoots long jumpers, Kaman shoots hooks and 12 footers, Rolo dunks and gets the chippies
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I would so love to see the Blazers run this on an offensive possession out of a time out. At home of course. No one could contest any jump shot, or 3 point shot, and they crash the boards in case of a miss.
 
BBert said:
I would so love to see the Blazers run this on an offensive possession out of a time out. At home of course. No one could contest any jump shot, or 3 point shot, and they crash the boards in case of a miss.
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My biggest stipulation with this lineup is that Leonard inbounds the ball instead of Nic
 
No nned to paddle today, we just caught a big tailwind and let the sail take over.
 
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