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BLAZER SEASON WRAP FOR DAME TIME

June 4, 2021 by

Another Blazer season, another year, and another view of Damian Lillard. The best teammate award and a first round exit. Who doesn’t get caught up in the whirlwind of the NBA Playoffs without noticing Lillard? I’m not asking who thinks they know what he should do next. It’s been another year, a primetime season, but […]

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PRICELESS ARTIFACTS OR LEFTOVERS LIKE GONZAGA

April 6, 2021 by

Priceless artifacts cast a spell. But it’s a good spell, not some doomsday end of the world sort of spell. The feeling is more about sharing a world with the most amazing things ever made, invented, or found. I’m not saying “Sharing with the world,” but sharing a world, like being alive at a time […]

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BLAZER SMILES AFTER STONE FACED WIN

March 29, 2021 by

Blazer smiles came out after a win over Toronto, a game played in Florida. Enes Kanter may have started early when he posted this on twitter with a caption of “Focus on the Jersey.” He’s got a great smile, but more on that later.

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PORTLAND MAN: PAST AND FUTURE OF A CITY ON THE EDGE

August 19, 2020 by

Portland man met another man and flipped a coin to name this place. We know who won since it’s not called Boston. From a distance it’s easy to see why people fall in love with a city growing in the woods. It’s a terrific strip of urban life in the western wilderness. You don’t have […]

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LILLARD TIME? CHECK THE CLOCK

August 12, 2020 by

Lillard time happens when you join Wilt Chamberlain as the only other NBA player to log three sixty point games in one season. It’s happened enough for Kobe Bryant competitiveness comparisons. And he’s the best thing to happen to the Portland Trail Blazers in every way. Is that saying too much? Not for Blazer fans.

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MICHAEL JORDAN WORKED PORTLAND ONE LAST TIME

May 18, 2020 by

Michael Jordan and the Portland Trail Blazers will always be linked. Every sports fan knows the story of Jordan in the ’84 NBA Draft. But no crying over spilled milk here. No, I’m crying over the time I saw him play in Portland toward the end of his time with the Bulls. Where’s my hankie?

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PORTLAND NBA DREAMS IN DUST BIN AFTER WC FINALS

May 21, 2019 by

Who loses to the World Champions in sport? Everyone. The Portland Trail Blazers were taken out in four games. In three they had a good lead in the third quarter. Fan comment runs from quitting to choking, leaving out the part where the Warriors made them quit and choked them out. One fan keeps a […]

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PORTLAND PANSIES ON A GOOD DAY

May 20, 2019 by

Or How To Help The Blazers Tonight The first rule of Portland pansies is you don’t talk about Portland pansies. No one wants to be compared to pansies past or future, especially the Portland Trail Blazers in an elimination game in the Western Conference Finals. To put them over the top I fulfilled the necessary […]

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BLAZER DIFFERENCE IN THE WEST? CHARACTER

May 14, 2019 by

Blazer fan or sports fan, this Portland Trail Blazer team has something for everyone. In the bigger world of NBA cities and stars, Portland is an after thought. Was anyone disappointed LeBron decided to go Laker instead of Blazer? Will anyone be shocked if Kevin Durant decides to go somewhere else besides Portland? Those two […]

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If Winners Rule By Winning, Everyone Else Is A Loser?

May 9, 2019 by

The safe answer for winners is, “Maybe.” Don’t we all consider ourselves winners at some point? We might say we don’t keep score, but we know the score. Like rec soccer for toddlers, they knew the score of their games even if the parents pretended not to. So why not just say, “screw it,” and […]

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