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THE NBA EXPERIENCE WITH PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

March 15, 2017 by

    Top shelf athletics, like the NBA and Portland Trail Blazers, are a study in marketing. More than wins and losses, the NBA Experience draws the crowd. Except the crowd doesn’t know this at first. True fans show up and buy tickets to watch a game played better than anywhere in the world they’ve […]

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BLAZERS MAKE A PORTLAND BOO BOO ON YOGI FERRELL

February 4, 2017 by

  It ain’t over ’til it’s over for the Blazers? Yogi says it’s over.   How does a six foot tall player on a ten day contract light up the Blazers for thirty two? The numbers add up to Yogi Ferrell. No longer a cup of coffee player with a quick look at the big […]

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PUSH YOUR ENVELOPE FOR PROOF

July 12, 2016 by

Go outside the box and push your envelope. Push it real good. Too often baby boomers take the good advice of slowing down, like take time to smell the roses. It’s good advice because we’re not the proverbial spring chicken anymore, but it doesn’t mean crawl into a hole and die. When is the last […]

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GOODBYE PORTLAND IT’S BEEN FUN

June 27, 2016 by

If you leave, just say goodbye Portland. That’s all. Portland visitor’s say goodbye Portland when they leave. Maybe they’ll be back, maybe not. Saying goodbye Portland says it all. You came, you saw, you didn’t stay. If you did stay, if you decided Portland was the only place in the world for you, then you […]

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PORTLAND’S LEBRON? CLYDE DREXLER

June 26, 2016 by

Soon to be Damian Lillard as Portland’s LeBron? Every team has it’s guy, it’s face, it’s go to player. When you say their name you know their team. Will LeBron James ever sound like Miami? Dwyane Wade carries that one. Cleveland? They’ve got LeBron for eternity. He’s the Chosen One, The King, and he’ll wear […]

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LEBRON OR LEBRAWN, MAN’S GAME

June 17, 2016 by

Game of the year or MAN’S GAME OF THE YEAR? The Cavs needed their biggest star to stop being LeBron the facilitator and become LeBrawn the hammer. Then I googled LeBrawn. Not exactly the idea I was aiming for, but still within the metaphor. The Game Six outcome was foretold in the beginning when a […]

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OLD MAN LEBRON STILL GOT GAME

June 16, 2016 by

Old man LeBron not old enough to be old. If you watch sports for life lessons, then watching LeBron is a graduate course. He’s been in the finals for six straight years and two different teams. So we think we know him. And we’re wrong. The only reason LeBron seems old is by the dewy […]

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NBA PLAYERS RETURN TO OREGON ROOTS

May 29, 2016 by

Would the Blazers be better with local NBA players on the roster? Sometimes it works out when the guys come back home to play, sometimes not, but who wouldn’t want Klay Thompson and Kevin Love on the Blazers? Minnesota and Cleveland see Love close up. Oakland gets their fair share of Klay. In Portland they’d […]

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LOVE LESSON MEANS KEVIN LOVE

May 27, 2016 by

The perfect Kevin Love sequence: Rips the rebound away from Biyombo, runs the court, drills a three, gets back on D. This is Kevin Love, Oregon kid, son of Stan Love, Oregon Duck. He’s related to Mike Love, Beach Boy, and Stan Love’s brother. That’s old news. The new news is he’s a part of […]

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BLAZER FAN AT HALFTIME?

May 10, 2016 by

In bed asleep after Livingston ejection for this Blazer fan. It was chance to see Blazer fan history, of a team evening the NBA second round series 2-2 instead of facing elimination in the next game at 3-1. Then Shaun Livingston got tossed. Was it a fair call? Not for Blazer fan. Not saying it […]

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