With so many players and fan favorites that we've invested so much time in for years now on other teams, will any of you follow their season if the Blazers aren't playing and they are? Last time that happened I followed the Pistons to watch Sheed play. This season if there's not a Blazer game on, I'll probably watch Dallas, San Antonio, Charlotte and the Knicks for the same reason. Which ex Blazer will you tune in to see play? For me it'll be Dallas more than the others.
LMA doesn't exist, so SA is not happening. I'll always be a fan of Wes. So, I'd watch some Dallas games for sure.
#1 Wes, mainly just to see if he is healthy #2 Nic #3 Mr. Bandwagon Honestly, I will probably be more interested in watching some of the other teams and rising stars than this group.
Not any ex-players, but I will watch Jazz games just because I really like Gobert, and their tv crew is top notch.
Agreed w/ this & Den. & Nets (mostly for the same reasons as you, although w/ Den. I also want to see how well Mudiay will play/develop). I would also add to my list the Bucks & Orlando; they'll both be fun to watch too!
Honestly, I've been watching old Blazers highlights and I can't stand the sight of LMA even when Lillard hit his .9 game winner, so not gonna be watching SA games. Honestly, I could care less how beautiful the offense will be, but I officially hate that team more than the Lakers and I never thought that would happen. Aldridge makes me sick to my fucking stomach. I think Batum will be the most interesting to watch next to Kemba. Knicks would be interesting to see Porzingis and Rolo. Interested to see Mo Williams in Cleavland. Not really interested to see Wes in Dallas, I know he's not going to be the same and it'll be painful.
I enjoy watching most any NBA team.....except for NY and LA.....unless I can watch them get their asses kicked...so I guess I've enjoyed watching most any NBA team the past couple of years....
Over the last 3 seasons I've only watched the Blazers. This season I'm probably going to watch other teams on off nights for the good guys
Yeah, I'll probably only really watch Portland. I think they'll be excited to watch develop. I'll check the highlights for other players probably. I'm still bitter about the NBA as a whole. Fuck the league.
BTW, the NBA removed its 5 team option for LPBB. It's either single team or the full league. But I'm mostly gonna stick with POR this year and our development. Gonna pay slight attention to UTA, MIL, and MIN as well as Nic and Wes.
I'm still a fan but I've thought for years that the NBA had become a second cousin of the WWF. Sometimes it almost feels "fixed", with the small market teams playing the part of the Washinton Generals to the big media market teams. And for all the billions both the owners and the players are getting, there's never any trickle down to the fans in terms of consistent (and genuine) ticket affordability. But it's the only game in town and, as already noted by others, it's interesting to watch the player development. I just wish there was more parity across the league.
It could actually . be fun to watch Lamarcus ruin the Spurs and get yelled at by Pops for 4 qtrs every once in awhile. Take shots that Leonard, Diaw, Parker, Ginobli, Green and Duncan usually spread around. Brick some clutch shots and start missing free throws.
I'll do what I normally do, watch the Blazers. After that, if LeBron is playing I'll watch... Basically any "big" game on national TV I'll try to watch. The NBA is getting harder to watch.
My now wife and I were actually two of the 6000 or so fans that sat in a game long downpour to watch the very first Timbers game in 1975. We made every single home game that year and attended the first Soccer Bowl. After that we had season tickets for 3-4 years and then kids and other priorities intervened. Sadly, I couldn't name a single player on the current Timbers team and the game just doesn't excite me like it used to. I'm glad it's a success though. But give me a baseball game if I can't have basketball.
I wish Portland had a baseball team more than anything. I'm tired of the Mariners never making the playoffs. If Portland got a hockey team Id become an NHL fan for sure, but since they don't I pay no attention.
Portland would be perfect for baseball if they did it right (I doubt they would). Smaller classic style Stadium right on the waterfront, with the outfield by the water (for out of the park homeruns in the water). Still, I'm not sure it would attract many fans after the first season or two of 60-70 win ball. Plus, how many season tickets will be sold? We don't exactly have a lot of corporations to buy big chunks here in Oregon. Who will pay for the stadium to be built? You know Portlanders wont wanna foot the bill.
