Pick and Scroll: Blazer Dancers and Tricycles Edition.
Nathan Begley | Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 9:54AM Your daily (Mon-Fri) roundup of links from around the blogosphere, typically Trail Blazers related.
• Ken Berger reports that Chris Paul wants out of New Orleans. Portland has been floated by commentators like Matt Moore (and 70% of the Portland fan base) as an option for Paul if he wants to win titles. Which makes sense because Portland has a rich owner, some cap-friendly contracts, and a collection of young talent. However, I haven’t heard any solid information about Portland being part of a “wish list” or anything of that sort. I do think that if Greg Oden is healthy this season and can produce at the level he was playing at prior to his latest injury, Portland would become a more attractive destination.
• Casey Holdahl makes the case that you can’t overpay for a championship. I agree. However, if Wesley Matthews turns out to be the piece that leads the Portland Trail Blazers to their first Championship since 1977, I will be completely floored and the Mike Born/Chad Buchannan duo should get a shiny medal. Is there a Nobel Prize for scouting? If Matthews leads Portland to a championship, I will lead the charge to create one.
• Over at BlazersEdge, Ben Golliver catches up with the “third wheel of the basketball operations tricycle” Blazer Scout/ Basketball Information Manager Joe Cronin in the last of a three part series of “Brain-Dumps” regarding Portland’s summer league team.
• Sophia Brugato is asking some hard questions about the Blazer Dancers. Now, I’d like us all to be adults about this conversation. I realize that scantily clad cheerleaders are firmly ingrained in the institution of basketball itself, to the point where at one recent basketball event I attended, there were pre-pubescent girls gyrating and hip-thrusting to the latest top 40 hit during half time. I was incredibly uncomfortable and thought to myself that half time at a basketball game is one of the only instances where middle aged men viewing such things would not only be considered appropriate, but applause is expected.
• Kerry Eggers of The Portland Tribune has a great piece on recent Blazer signee Wesley Matthews. However Matthews shakes out on the court, Portland seems to have definitely gotten a high-character guy that will make the franchise proud of him.
• Over at Basketball Reference Neil Paine has identified some of the top individual offensive performances of last season. Can you guess the top 40+ minute offensive performance? I bet you’ll be surprised. The Blazers make a good showing with several great performances from Andre Miller, Nic Batum, and Brandon Roy.
Reader Comments (20)
We live in Portland. If we want to see girls with Daddy issues gyrating, we have but to enter any of 100s of strip clubs. I don't get the Blazer Dancers, and I never will. PS, if my daughter ever becomes a stripper or a member of a dance team, I will have failed to instill self esteem to her and I should be shunned.
I really appreciate the b.dancers link and your comments. I'm not opposed to cheerleading or dancers performing at sporting events provided that its done in good taste, but the sexualization of it all is completely out of control. I don't have many feminist friends, but on this point I can't agree more with Brugato: Portland fans care about the team and the game, we don't want the BDs sexing it up. Out of all NBA cities, you'd think Portland wouldn't tolerate this status quo...
Through my rose tinted glasses, it looks like Portland has a lot of good trade assets. I would hate to see Joel go, but for CP3 I could get over it. I wonder if teams really care who a player wants to be traded to. I would think that they would take the best deal no matter who the player wants to be traded to.
My daughter is 6. I would love to take her to more games. Geography presents the biggest obstacle, but the Blazers Dancers are number 2. I am all for cheerleaders - but can't we stick to enthusiasm, cheerfulness and acrobatics and leave the hyper-sexuality out of it?
I have been reading your site since its inception and have hoped that your site would do well. The things that I consider to be most important are content/subject matter and format. Other local websites are too conservative and controlling--you have an opportunity in this market! My hope is that you'll continue to improve this site rather than let it become stale. All the best to you and good luck.
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Thanks for the kind words. We have some ideas for expansion when the season finally rolls around.
Andrew,
That is really good news. I'm sure there are quite a few of us who will now be looking forward to the changes and improvements. I, for one, would be very encouraged by an increased level of input in the comment section. Any way that the comments section can become more visible and possibly even take on a more central role for this website, would be great. User participation is a key to making the website, “look,” viable.
Hopefully I'm not speaking out of turn or am way off base, but I really do think that the Trailblazers need another website that allows more open communication (yet still not out of control) than what the most popular website for the Trailblazers allows. I see the frustration level on that site -- with all of the excess censorship -- and believe that with the benefit of better and more equitable judgments, there is a currently plenty of room for another top-notch website for the Blazers.
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Eric
Hey Eric, thanks for the replies. To enhance the visibility of the comment section, one thing that is necessary is thoughtful comments that engender discussion. Anytime you want to drop your thoughts or ask a question, feel free.
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