1) Blazer Trumpets ring tone. I'm in sales and it rings all day/everyday, but I NEVER get tired of hearing that song. 2) Only time I was ever arrested for anything was June 4th, 2000. After Game 7 of WCF vs LA, arrested/charged with Tresspassing 2 for refusing to leave establishment that asked me to leave for my reaction following melt-down after blowing 18 pt lead. It started when Brian Shaw banked 40'er in at the end of the 3rd. Such a lucky shot . . . 3) My wife plans our social schedule around the games. And absolutely no "date nights" when there's a game. UNLESS, I agree to not check the score (which means I have to give her my phone) 4) I actually watch Talking Ball, not because it's a quality show . . . I just like any post game analysis, discussion about potential of bench players, and the post game interviews. 5) Sometimes I can't sleep after a tough loss. I'll toss & turn worrying about psyche, confidence, & moral of the team. 6) Friends tell me I'm not fun to watch a game with. Even when we win big, there's probably a moment I get stressed out. (Ie, last night after leading by 36, Nugs cut the lead to 18 halfway through the 3rd & I started pacing in front of TV. Logically, the lead is still 18, but mentally the fear of what blowing a 36 pt lead would do to team confidence) I have to remind myself it's just a game. Like many of you, I could go on and on.
If my daughter identifies her second-favorite basketball team as "whoever is playing the Lakers," I might be a real Blazers fan. If I root for UAB during March Madness solely because of their team name, I might be a real Blazers fan. If I'm currently in the process of teaching my kids the chorus to Bustabucket, I might be a real Blazers fan.
When my son was little he bought me a pair of L*kers underwear for my birthday and said "I thought you should wear these close to your butt".
Oh, also, my niece who lives in Washington made me a rubber band bracelet last year, and made it all red and black because she KNEW I would want Blazers colors. The first day I wore it was for the Miami game last year that basically ended our hot start. I wouldn't touch it after that.
Now superstition is a whole other topic. But for example due to multiple incidents of bad luck I will NOT wear Blazers gear or even their colors on game day and it kills me to not wear it. I wont even wear the opposing teams colors on game day.
There are a few "superstitions" I have: I don't DVR games, unless they are from the opposing broadcast. Anytime I record Blazer Broadcast, they lose. I don't bet on any games because they lose I make sure I am extra nice to people that day because it brings good luck I never like going to games because they lose most the time
If I don't rub my old brandon Roy Jersey we don't win. I forgot to rub the jersey for game 3 of the Rockets game in the playoffs... We lost.
Haha true! Each game that I've paid for someone else to go has won, regardless who the other team was
If you go swimming and put on your Three Goggles, you might be a real Blazers fan. That, or you hate Brazilians.
While teaching english at a medical college overseas, I assigned english names to students every semester and now there are a whole lot of chinese doctors, biotechs, nurses, etc named Porter, Sheed, Sabo, Clyde, Buck, etc...also increased Blazer jersey sales and insisted no student took the name Kobe
