The Kings will have to defend our All Star Brandon Roy. Delonte West here in the process of being beaten to the hoop.
I will be attending both 2nights game against SAC and Thursday's game also. THU game is VS Seattle and I hear the seats are gonna be awesome. My companion is a hottie too, lucky me. Who says girls don't like b ball?
I'm also excited as the Blazers resume play tonight against the Kings of SAC. Yeah, you heard that right. SAC town. I reiterate every year that I saw the biggest back snapping cockroach ever in the SAC town Amtrak bathroom. And it came OUT of the urinal I was peeing in! It was as big as a gerbil. It actually cast a shadow. Hey, I know it's an Amtrak bathroom, but 1st impression means a lot. Sacramento? I'll take Portland any day.
Bibby is out of the Kings picture. Unfortunately for them they still have Abdur Rahim and Brad Miller.
The slow O. Like these jerseys though, nice. But Kings is on the front and that equates to SAC.
My other Kings story, it's kinda funny. I once attended an NBA exhibition game in Bellingham, WA in about 1989 or so. It was the Sonics/Kings at a small college gym, the Western Washington University Vikings. This gym had the pull out wooden stands, pretty big ones. I was kind of drunk and attended with a friend. I was sitting like 4 rows from the floor watching Vinny Del Negro and Dale Ellis warm up. Also a very oily Michael Cage. Jeri curled rebounding machine. Anyway. Entering into the building like some kind of royalty, old and grey grizzled royalty, comes Bill Russell. I think he was the coach or something. He also was noticed because he had on a powder blue satin Kings warm up suit. Too much. Nobody approached him as he walked to the other side of the gym. But I did. I stepped from my seat walked down to the floor, stepped right in front of him in his path, with my hand out of course, like I knew him. Today in the NBA, 7 footers are standard issue. Bill is 6'9" and he towered over me. He shook my hand no problem and I said to him, "Good seeing you again Bill, good times...have a good game!" And I went back to my seat. I swear he walked away scratching his head and shrugging his shoulders talking to some owner type dude in a suit and tie. The NBA is a high school gym, and as I remember all the name players were there. Think the tickets were $12. I was in the 4th row center. Nice for the price even though it was a meaningless exhibition, I'll never forget it.
I give us a B+ for the 1st half of the season. The surprise of the NBA for sure and everybody sees the future and we all hope to be wearin' shades! I live in Portland and they aren't quite back to the Rip city days in fandom, but there is a definite buzz here in town. People are paying attention. We can start a nice little streak starting tonight with the Bibby less Kings. Abdur-Rahim , the boring playoff cursed former Blazer will be back in town for another underwhelming evening hopefully. We can get back that feeling and groove. Team has to believe in itself. James Jones being out hurts. Sergio needs to play his way on to the team, it seems him and Jarrett Jack are battling not to be trade bait. I like Sergio. I've seen Jack win a few games. Both inconsistent but Sergio is flashy and is the Spanish Pistol!
Sergio hopes for more minutes and consistency in the
2nd half of the season.
So remember this was A Sonics blog turned Blazer blog and I weighed in why? Picked 3rd best Sonic blog in 2006 by Deadspin.com? David Stern, NBA commish just said himself the Sonics are as good as gone. I don't root for lame ducks. I don't root for a Championship won in Seattle hanging from the rafters in Oklahoma City. Thanks for making my decision an easy one. Bennett sucks ass. Salud! To a great 2nd half for YOUR PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS!!!
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