Portland has alot to offer! Is this being Marketed and how do we help?

To get back, maybe winning really does cure all

 

But are you a big enough boy to discuss this?

 

Absolutely it does. Memphis was the better team than Portland last season until they lost Gasol and Conley for the year.

 

Sigh. Its a difference but not as big as suggested. Again its not as easy as that. There are credits and such for "mutually taxed income"

 

I'm still trying to figure out what Portland has to offer to the millenial millionaire ball player.

 

I couldn't get it to post from my phone thanks for getting it up here!

 

A lot of guys in the league from inner city backgrounds fall in love with Portland for reasons other than the discos. Ed Davis loves it here and last time I looked, he's an NBA vet. Jerome Kersey loved it here. Steve Blake loves it here. It's not that weird for basketball players to enjoy Oregon....rain is nothing!!! Florida...where anything made out of wood will end up in the ocean every other year..hurricane central...Oklahoma..horrible weather..twister alley...Boston...better like snow shovels and the snow is usually black after a day...I don't buy the weather spin at all.

 

Players play in every major city in the country multiple times...they party in New York and Miami....Portland is a great place to come off the road and charge your batteries ...breath some fresh air and drink some drinkable water for a change.

 

I think here is the gray area of the definition of winning. Winning it all? Being an above .500 team? Being a consistent playoff team? Being a consistent championship contender? The definition may vary for us, but it doesn't really matter. Whats the definition for the FA's? And for them it will vary as well. We need to find the ones who prefer this culture like River said. Guys who, if they want the big city to party , plan responsibly and they have the money to do it anywhere in the world. Portland is great place for a responsible kid to stay honed and focus on priorities after taking a weekend bender in Vegas or LA or NY, or the Bahamas or whatever.

Plus, like I pointed out in the OP that some of you seem to have missed, the teams nailing the FA's don't have much better weather than us!. Boston? Anyone lived in the NE in winter? Fuck, Ill take the rain every time man. Plus any educated person knows the rain is what makes this place beautiful the rest of the year like Bones pointed out.

The weather cant be a major factor.

I think its the organization, and we just came off of a major change. As good as our organization is, it doesn't provide the stability of an SA or GS ... YET.

Another year or two though with consistent play and low caliber moves that inches us closer, we might just turn the corner yet and build the confidence in these top tiers that we are in it for the long term and winning isn't a momentary thing for us. That's what NY is doing and it is going to fail miserably. It almost always does. Teams like GS and SA think about the long term and we are doing that too. We just need to keep doing it and I think eyes will open up to it.

Patience and persistence, like most things, will prevail.

 

I think it's the rain. It's depressing to many people. Cold and snowy in one thing, but damp and cold for months on end is another.

GS & SA were able to get two of the best players in the world out of the draft.

Patience....Really?

 

Yeah, but I hate to say it but SlyPokerDog is a depressing person. I think more than the average, so I can see how some rain might ruin his parade. Puget Sound gets more rain but people flock there.

Just not buying it and this is from someone who has lived in most climates.

Yes. Patience. As you see the organization is trying to take a next step in national marketing. This is just now taking place though. Needs time to take effect.

The City of Portland could help the Blazers with some national promo of their own.

 

Stop turning this into a me thing (mods? Anyone? I guess what he says is ok? I'm still learning the rules I guess) I love the rain

But you hear from opposing players that they don't like it here (Portland) because it rains all the time. Like it or not, it's a thing.

Oregon is always ranked very high for suicide, and most believe it's because of the lack of sunny days.

As for patience, I'm out. I've been a rabid fan for over 40 years. I've heard all this shit before. Then in 2026 we will land a FA and people like you will say "see, patience"

 

You're a great mod. I expect the best from you because I know you can deliver it.

 

I'm the seventh friend. I'll be there for you