Who's your backup team until the Blazers become relevant again?

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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    In Europe, the home of my people, Football teams are grouped in ranked divisions, and there is no tanking because (a) there is no draft, but (b) because the bottom teams get relegated to a crappier division for the next season. This makes for great excitement for the bad teams at the end of the season, which is awesome. However, it also means that your fave team can go from playing Chelsea and Man Utd. one season to playing Scunthorpe the next. When this happens, you have to have a backup team to root for so that you can actually watch some entertaining football, along with dutifully watching your actual team slog through a dreary season.

    Well, the Blazers just got relegated. Who's your team-on-the-side that you can cheat on the Blazers for every game they're not actually playing each other?

    Mine's the Wolves. They have an actual shot to make the playoffs, and will be fun to watch, especially if Rubio can stay healthy. I also like Utah, who actually had a better record than us in the second half of last season (you know, after they unloaded Kanter).
     
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    blue9 Well-Known Member

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    Probably Sacramento.
     
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    No backup plan. I will enjoy watching POR retool (yes I think it is a retool more than a true rebuild).
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Are you implying Aldridge is a tool?
     
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    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Congratulations on evolving on Teh Gays, then.
     
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    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    That's like watching Hockey for the fights. Or NASCAR for the crashes. (Which is the ONLY reason to watch it, right?)
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Was GS before they won. No one likes to root for the favorites.

    I've got UTA and SAC right now.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    This and only this.

    Fuck backup teams.
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    LOL fuck that! Chicago is always the EC team I root for. They are gonna suck to. I think I'm gonna follow Charlotte to support Batum
     
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    No offense man, but I think you.might be best to back away from the computer, maybe smoke some weed and come back refreshed and recharged in October. The continual meltdown is exhausting and I am concerned for your health.
     
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    I'll stick with the Blazers, hope we win the lottery, and pray we don't use the #1 pick to select a center.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I'll probably read more books.
     
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    You must be content with a 1st round and out every year. Changes had to be made.

    Back up teams???

    Fuck.

    Off.
     
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    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    I might hate-watch San Antonio, and root for the other three prodigal brothers to succeed, but I have no great love for the NBA outside the Trail Blazers. Maybe I'll use the extra time during blowout losses to write my novel.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Pacers are my team outside of Portland.
     
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    Coming from the same guy who wrote the stay classy portland thread LOL
     
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  18. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    A Scunthorpe reference. Amazing.

    Also the only team name to be caught in S2's old curse filter.
     
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    adrenalize74 I cant hear you over the sound of how awesome I am

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    I pull for the Grizz as my #2.

    However, i truly believe the Blazers are gonna be better than most think.
     
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    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    No offense man, but don't you know how to use "ignore"? Also, the word "meltdown"?

    I kind of wonder at somebody who claims to be a Blazer fan who can maintain a sunny outlook (actually I could end the sentence there, given the history of this franchise) after the past two or three weeks.
     
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