Sympathies From A Blazer Fan

by cavejunctionblazer on Dec 16, 2010 8:24 PM CST

Dear Rockets Fans,

I just heard the terrible news about Yao Ming. It seems that we as Blazers fans should feel compelled to comisserate with you. With Oden gone for yet another season, we truly know what your loss feels like. No fan deserves this. No player like Yao deserves. No one at all deserves this. Injuries are the natural black eye all sports fans have endured as long as there have been sports and fans.

My team is about to be blown to pieces I fear. Just like yours. Our teams are hurtiling towards some unkown future. I am truly trying to remain positive about the Blazers just like you with your Rockets. Both of our teams are in similar positions--new directions are on the horizon. All the hopes you had with these players on the court, are seemingly dashed before you eyes.

In the end, the Rockets and Blazers both will still be there. Hold your head up, im still trying to with my Blazers. Maybe if we do it together, we can make good things happen.

So, Heres one for Yao. Heres one for all the future players who suffer the same fate.

We love you. Thanks for fighting for your team and thanks for giving the fans something worth rooting for. Yao was and is an ass kicker. And he surely had a heck of a shot for a bigman! And he carried more fans on his back than any player ever. He truly broke the bonds...

Thanks Yao and Rockets fans, Blazers fans are sorry for your loss.

Peace,

Cavejunctionblazer

PS-The playoffs between our teams last year was really cool. I went to one playoff game in Portland last year. Your team lost(but won the series!!) but was really fun to watch. They just played ball like it shoulda been played. After we lost, I rooted for them to win it all. Anything is better than the L*kers winning again!! Oh and -Luis Scola is the freaking man! And so is Aaron Brooks! CYA!

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Thanks man, its nice of you folks to come here and give us your condolences

As a former Sonics fan, I still can’t root for the Blazers, but Brandon Roy was one of my favorite players (another Seattle born player out of Washington) so I hate to see him become T-Mac 2.0

If you're a fan of basketball, watch a movie called Sonicsgate. It's free, just google it.

by .Bonzo on Dec 16, 2010 8:30 PM CST reply actions

We appreciate the empathy

Except for Bonzo apparently, lots of people at TDS are huge Blazers fans, including myself. Good luck moving forward and down the stretch.

How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!

by ak2themax on Dec 16, 2010 8:37 PM CST reply actions

Thanks to you and all the classy Blazers fans that have come here

I really starting rooting for you guys after our series because I saw how great your fans were when interacting with us. I wish the best of luck to you guys and to our team and hopefully we can meet in the WCF sooner rather than later.

by Rockets4LIFE on Dec 16, 2010 8:37 PM CST reply actions

That was a very good article.

Kevin Martin is so ninja....
I know right.....

by iNinja on Dec 16, 2010 8:44 PM CST reply actions

I too am a Blazer fan. I am so sorry for your loss and well as mine.

I truely loved Yao’s game and watched every chance I got. Even though you eliminated us from the playoffs two years ago, I hold no grudge. I hope the best for Yao and your team.

by blazinagain on Dec 16, 2010 9:01 PM CST reply actions

Portland and Houston will always be the two "What-if" teams I'm afraid

That 2009 West 1st Round series was supposed to be a preview of future West Finals matches I felt. Roy, Oden, Aldridge and company were supposed to compete with Yao, T-Mac, Brooks and the rest of our up-and coming squad, but it just never happened.

I feel more pain for Portland though because Roy was a player I wish who could have fallen to 8 when we were in the lottery a couple of years ago (we got stuck with Rudy Gay, who we parlayed into Shane Battier), but Brandon Roy is one of my favorite guys to watch because his game is just so smooth.

Here’s hoping that Roy recovers and both teams can build on their successes.

B^2

Organic Chemist PhD Student by day...Houston sports fan by night!

by Nitroberg on Dec 16, 2010 9:19 PM CST reply actions

T-Mac???

"it just goes to show ya: People look like famous people sometimes! "
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by ClutchFanSince94 on Dec 22, 2010 6:24 PM CST up reply actions

Why is it that our two teams are the most injury-plagued teams every fucking year?

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close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.

by bone31crusher on Dec 16, 2010 9:49 PM CST reply actions

It sucks.

And my sympathies to you guys too. I fell in love your team and super classy fans after our series a few years ago.
I had portland as the number 2 team pre-season.

May you guys return to prominence soon.

by AlDe2356 on Dec 16, 2010 10:43 PM CST reply actions

Maybe David Stern...

would let us combine teams….. just for the rest of this season…..

Yao was a great representative of the game.

RoadBlazer

by Roadblazer on Dec 17, 2010 12:18 AM CST reply actions

Surprised nobody has mentioned Walton yet.

Blazers fans have had it just as rough, if not worse. Especially the long-lasting ones.

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by Tom Martin on Dec 17, 2010 2:18 AM CST reply actions

Great post.

Ever since Deke went out with his knee injury during the 2009 playoffs in Portland and y’all gave him a standing ovation as he was carried out, I’ve maintained that Portland has the classiest fans in the NBA. It showed that you really love the game and the people who play it. Thanks for stopping by, and I’ll keep my fingers crossed for Oden, Roy and the gang too.

by GetRed on Dec 17, 2010 12:14 PM CST reply actions

Thanks for all your comments-

You are true fans—good heart good soul!

by cavejunctionblazer on Dec 17, 2010 12:20 PM CST reply actions

I feel bad Rockets fans...

our two franchises were destined to battle for WC supremacy through the early part of the next decade…and now all of this….best of luck….we feel your pain :(

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by clinchmobb on Dec 17, 2010 12:44 PM CST reply actions

Another Blazers' fan empathizing

I feel bad for the Houston fans (but worse for Yao since this may end his career). Hang tough.

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by DonkeyShins on Dec 17, 2010 12:52 PM CST reply actions

At least he's upbeat...

link

Drinking beer and eating fried chicken….sounds good to me!

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by clinchmobb on Dec 17, 2010 1:03 PM CST reply actions

Another Blazer fan here. My condolences. Blazer fans can sympathize with losing your franchise center two seasons in a row. Sucks. I love watching Yao play and hope he can come back.

Y’all got Morey though, a proven GM who will get it done for you guys. Good luck and we’ll see you on the court!

Always intense.

by dario argento on Dec 17, 2010 1:32 PM CST reply actions

And you guys have Paul Allen

In my opinion, the best owner in the NBA

If you're a fan of basketball, watch a movie called Sonicsgate. It's free, just google it.

by .Bonzo on Dec 17, 2010 1:49 PM CST up reply actions

After reading all these comments--

I am so stoaked I posted this.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

The Rockets should be stoaked, they have some of the most CLASSY fans in the NBA!

by cavejunctionblazer on Dec 17, 2010 2:50 PM CST reply actions

Hey houston fans

AGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

I don’t know how you guys feel, but I can honestly say I can imagine.

Injuries like this suck and I wish you guys and Yao the best of luck.

Well… mostly the best. After all I still want my team to come out on top if we end up crossing championship destined paths.

"The game was delayed for over 15 minutes with 5:07 left in the second quarter after France's Nicolas Batum, who plays for the Portland Trail Blazers, dunked and twisted the rim. Volunteers and officials scrambled to put a new rim on the basket and reattach a net."

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/olybb/news/story?id=5509394

by ratbastird on Dec 17, 2010 3:20 PM CST reply actions

Yao will always be a legend

I am a huge Blazer fan and I am glad we don’t have to go through injuries alone! Thanks rockets fans!

And can we please get Brooks?? I want him back in Oregon!

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by davemike on Dec 17, 2010 3:31 PM CST reply actions

Thanks for kind thoughts.

I wish the Blazers well, and am sorry that Oden never has gotten to play as much as Yao.

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by Xiane on Dec 17, 2010 7:01 PM CST reply actions

Classy post.

Thanks for the kind thoughts. Yao has done nothing more or less than bust his tail since he got here. Sucks that it has to end this way.

by RedRyan on Dec 17, 2010 11:00 PM CST reply actions

This is why I've always had love for Portland

Just a wonderful fan base. Daryl Morey’s press conference about Yao’s injury was very much relevant when he said that Portland/Houston series was a battle of two teams on the rise who just managed to somehow get snakebitten.

I hope both of our teams turn around and it pans out. My sympathies go to Portland with that fluke knee problem turning Brandon Roy’s once stunning career onto the skids (Seriously, I want a supremely talented Brandon in the NBA so I can relate!) and Greg Oden’s knees for acting the way he looks (ancient).

The upshot is that club has been run intelligently and can piece together any trade it needs or let money fall off the books. It’s a city I think a lot of people love, I certainly want to hit up Portland some time in life, considered moving there after law school even.

I don't usually plan out my days because the word "premeditation" gets thrown around a lot in courts today.

by BD34 on Dec 18, 2010 8:19 AM CST reply actions

ditto.

Portland. You are a class act in every way…if only there were more jobs there that I wanted to take, otherwise I would move there in a hearbeat…but of course would still have to only not chear for the Blazers when the Rockets were in town.

May the rose garden always grow strong.

by John P on Dec 19, 2010 10:43 PM CST up reply actions

I'm actually considering

heading out West after I finish up my graduate degree. Portland just seethes of a classy city.

I don't usually plan out my days because the word "premeditation" gets thrown around a lot in courts today.

by BD34 on Dec 19, 2010 11:00 PM CST up reply actions

from what I hear its just a really tough job market in Portland...

Seattle is much better but Portland is the more enjoyable city…in my humble opinion. Depending on your law school name and class ranking you could end up somewhere decent in Portland but generally their economy has struggled and their biggest employer, I think, is an Intel plant and Nike. Good luck with landing a position though. It is a dream city to live in.

by John P on Dec 19, 2010 11:21 PM CST up reply actions