Who is your favorite Blazer that kinda got shafted by the Franchise for one reason or another?

Wow, can't believe no one has said Brian Grant. That guy was the heart and soul of the team and when he wanted to get paid, that dipshit Whitsitt said, no thanks, we'd rather give the money to an over-the-hill 350 lb. coke addict that will quit on the team before finishing his first season here.

BGrant's battles with The Mailman in the playoffs were epic. The only memorable battles Shawn Kemp fought in a Blazers XXXXL uniform were with his weight and his drug addiction.

BNM

 

I made this thread to specifically throw shade on you since I knew you'd post this. Every poster in this thread was in on it.

:MARIS61:

 

Up next, the resident Whitsitt apologists revisionist explanation of how the Grant/Kemp sign-and-trade was a stroke of pure genius.

BNM

 

So, who had 20 in the pool for number of posts before BNM jumps in with the BGrant for SKemp bomb?

BNM

 

It's easy to pick Drazen but I got to go with Jermaine O'Neill. Loved his game and knew he was going to be around a long time. He got traded into a good situation but it still hurt.

 

The Grant/Kemp sign-and-trade was a stroke of pure genius.

 

I addressed this in the other thread, but he signed a 7 year, 86 million dollar contract with the Heat.

That was fucking absurd considering the actual stats he put up during that contract. Sorry, but as much as I love BG, the guy was a backup and you don't max out a backup. We only had Kemp for two years., so as bad as he was, he was a significantly shorter bust.

It ended up as a roll of the dice for Whitsitt that did not turn out well. In the long run he should have just let Grant walk, or dealt him for a draft pick, but we were in "win now" mode and he was hoping that a winning team would turn Kemp around.

 

Walton

 

Petro. Not because he got traded, but because he didnt get the burn he deserved while he was here. Trading him was doing him a favor at that point.

 

wonder if Drexler had a bias against Euros. Drazen and Sabonis, probably two of the greatest international players of all time tossed to the side.

 

I don't think so. I've read both "Long Hot Summer" and "Us Against The World" which chronicled the 91 and 92 seasons and remember him being quoted as being pro-Drazen. He knew we gave up a stud for an aging vet in Walter Davis.

 

ah, i have Us against the world at my parents house, gotta read that next time im in town

 

My choices:
Drazen Petrovic - We probably make another deep playoff run in 93 with Petro on the roster
Brian Grant - Still not sure why we moved him for Shawn Kemp. He was the heart and soul of that 2000 team.
Rasheed Wallace - He was made the scapegoat after everything went downhill. I still don't think he's appreciated enough by the fans here.

 

Blazers fans LOVE Sheed.

 

Moses Malone got traded before he put on blazer. But was drafted by the blazer from the ABA when they folded.

 

Sabas.

 

SO mistreated.............

 

Final answer: me.

The Franchise doesn't appreciate me.

 

Don't despair. There is still the Crabbe Brotherhood.

 

He wasn't the scapegoat. Much of what happened truly was his fault. He shafted the franchise SO much harder than he was shafted by the franchise.