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NBA CHAMPION CROWNED, AGAIN

Becoming an NBA champion is a lifelong goal for every basketball player in the world. The best want to play the best, beat the best, to tell themselves they’re good enough. It’s that along with contracts and money and fame. All of that goes along the wayside when you stop playing in ninth grade like […]

OPENING NIGHT AT THE ROSE GARDEN

I watched the Rose Garden, home to your Portland Trail Blazers, rise up on the Northeast bank of the mighty Willamette River. From opening night until now it’s been . . . thirty-one years? As long as the Memorial Coliseum stands, the Rose Garden will always be the new kid on the block. And now […]

DAME TIME DONE IN PORTLAND

Dame time ran on a fast clock in Portland. This was a player the Trail Blazers couldn’t figure out. Even when he got paid, they couldn’t figure out what to do with the team. They had a leader who did what leaders do. Now what? Find a way to honor Dame Time.

QUITTING LOSERS FOR BAD PLAYOFF MOOD

Quitting Losers is the worst show on television. Last night’s episode was the Phoenix Suns quitting on the Denver Nuggets. I’m not a fan of either team, but I am an NBA fan. Why is it especially hurtful to watch professional players quit on a game?

TRAIL BLAZERS? WHY NBA PLAYERS SHOULD LOVE PORTLAND

Portland Trail Blazers talk gets louder during a team in transition, which is where they are in 2022. Is it a reload or a rebuild? Will Dame stay or will he go? Answer those questions and you may be a General Manager candidate. But there’s still one over-arching question that needs an answer: Why does […]

ADVERSITY TRAINING ONE BLOG POST AFTER ANOTHER

Adversity training comes from two sources: Those who have faced adversity, and those who will face adversity. Pro Tip: We all face adversity. How we deal with it tells others who we are. While I’m not an adversity trainer, or in adversity training, I am a man and therefore qualified to add senseless context to […]

BLAZER SMILES AFTER STONE FACED WIN

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.

TRAIL BLAZERS ADDED TO PELICAN STEW

Could Portland Trail Blazers fans smell what Jrue Holiday was cooking? Since his dish was in New Orleans there was competition, just not from the Blazers. The other chef in the kitchen? The Brow, AD, Anthony Davis. What they dished up was a spicy gumbo of ‘Get Out Of Here And […]

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS IMPROVE MEMORY

Memory problems? Let the Portland Trail Blazers help. This Easter a sign kept popping up: “At my age I can hide my own eggs and half an hour later won’t know where they are.” Ha. Ha. Ha? What’s so funny? I forget. Except memory loss is no laughing matter. You want to remember important things, […]

THE NBA EXPERIENCE WITH PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

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 […]

NBA CHAMPION CROWNED, AGAIN

OPENING NIGHT AT THE ROSE GARDEN

DAME TIME DONE IN PORTLAND

QUITTING LOSERS FOR BAD PLAYOFF MOOD

TRAIL BLAZERS? WHY NBA PLAYERS SHOULD LOVE PORTLAND

ADVERSITY TRAINING ONE BLOG POST AFTER ANOTHER

BLAZER SMILES AFTER STONE FACED WIN

TRAIL BLAZERS ADDED TO PELICAN STEW

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS IMPROVE MEMORY

THE NBA EXPERIENCE WITH PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

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