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December 02, 2003
The Oregonian's Blazer coverage: is slowly getting better. They've kept it interesting with the "Blazers Blog (a weblog)," and the ongoing tension between "the critic:"
I have yet to make this point, and I promise I'll only make it once. For now. Cops pull over black people. ... That does not mean Zach was not intoxicated.and "the fan:"
Character is not so much a Blazer problem as it is an NBA problem. I keep trying to hammer this point home. Kidd beat his wife. Marbury drove drunk. Kobe is on trial for rape. Etc. Oh yea...... Tim Duncan shoved a ref to the floor the other night at Golden State.
posted by djacobs to basketball at 06:11 PM - 9 comments
We're just one big walking cancer right now. Wonderful. Blazers2007
sigh.
posted by forksclovetofu at 10:57 PM on December 02, 2003
I had a dream last night that the Blazers' player's all accepted their roles and won 26 games in a row. No kidding!
posted by djacobs at 10:01 AM on December 03, 2003
Can you guys trade Rasheed Wallace to the Raptors, like now? That'd be sweet.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 11:25 AM on December 03, 2003
The Blazers need Jason Kidd. I know that *everyone* needs Jason Kidd, but the Blazers need a pass-first guard without a personality disorder.
posted by djacobs at 11:37 AM on December 03, 2003
Wait, you think Kidd doesn't have a personality disorder? Have you seen his smile?
posted by dusted at 12:50 PM on December 03, 2003
Weedy, you just want Sheed cause you KNOW dude's got line to the best smoke. Werd.
posted by wfrazerjr at 01:02 PM on December 03, 2003
Well, I guess someone had to go, but I feel like Bonzi may have been the player with the most potential on the team.
posted by djacobs at 04:25 PM on December 03, 2003
Make me GM of the Blazers and I'll run that organization like a business.
I'll burn it down and collect the insurance money.
posted by lilnemo at 01:54 PM on December 04, 2003
But there are a few major shortcomings of the Blog, namely that you have to constantly hunt around the site for new posts. They should have links to all the blazers coverage, in reverse chronological order. The fan and the critic are basically bloggers masquerading as reporters. The Oregonian is taking their cues from the changing face of publishing on the Internet, but they could make the process of reading simpler still.