Comments on: Ford: Blazers offseason a C- http://ripcityproject.com/2010/09/15/ford-blazers-offseason-a-c/ A Portland Trailblazers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:30:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: SJ http://ripcityproject.com/2010/09/15/ford-blazers-offseason-a-c/comment-page-1/#comment-4832 SJ Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:18:13 +0000 http://ripcityproject.com/?p=5045#comment-4832 I'm glad you see my point on the ranking not having much of a strong base against it. Minnesota threw a bunch of money at Euro-bigs and signed Luke Ridnour to big money...to be a backup...as Ricky Rubio is still overseas. They handed Al Jefferson over for next to nothing, passed on DeMarcus Cousins and did nothing to move themselves up the Western Conference ladder. Not to mention the Blazers got the better end of that Babbitt/Webster deal. Portland may also have done nothing to move themselves up the ladder, but they shouldn't get penalized a) because they're better and b) the move Ford complained about (KP) he actually praised the replacement. I think teams who stood pat ended up penalized because they didn't do anything, look at the Spurs and Rockets both getting lower grades. I don't have too many problems with OKC being #1, because this is their summer of hype and to a point it's well deserved. Remember, it was only a year or two ago the Blazers has a 'media darling' vibe to them in the off-season. The media loves to latch on to a team, build them up, and break them down. I’m glad you see my point on the ranking not having much of a strong base against it. Minnesota threw a bunch of money at Euro-bigs and signed Luke Ridnour to big money…to be a backup…as Ricky Rubio is still overseas. They handed Al Jefferson over for next to nothing, passed on DeMarcus Cousins and did nothing to move themselves up the Western Conference ladder. Not to mention the Blazers got the better end of that Babbitt/Webster deal. Portland may also have done nothing to move themselves up the ladder, but they shouldn’t get penalized a) because they’re better and b) the move Ford complained about (KP) he actually praised the replacement. I think teams who stood pat ended up penalized because they didn’t do anything, look at the Spurs and Rockets both getting lower grades.

I don’t have too many problems with OKC being #1, because this is their summer of hype and to a point it’s well deserved. Remember, it was only a year or two ago the Blazers has a ‘media darling’ vibe to them in the off-season. The media loves to latch on to a team, build them up, and break them down.

]]> By: STROBELIGHT http://ripcityproject.com/2010/09/15/ford-blazers-offseason-a-c/comment-page-1/#comment-4829 STROBELIGHT Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:43:38 +0000 http://ripcityproject.com/?p=5045#comment-4829 I agree a C or a C- is accurate but the reasoning behind it didn't make sense. Also, Minnesota did nothing special except draft a lottery pick (like usual) just like the... wait... Clippers and guess what? They are still the Clippers. Utah got ranked higher than us, which I don't really understand, considering how many losses they had. Raja Bell, big deal.... and most importantly OKC. They got ranked number 1 because they extended Durants contract? I say if we have a healthy team we could easily sweep them this year. All the hype on Durant right now is HUGE, and okc will be a force to be reckoned with but C'mon. The national media treats these rankings like a popularity contest. I don't mind being the "stepchild" in the NW though, they will see what happens if we stay healthy. I cannot wait till October, I'm losing my mind.... GO BLAZERS!!!! I agree a C or a C- is accurate but the reasoning behind it didn’t make sense. Also, Minnesota did nothing special except draft a lottery pick (like usual) just like the… wait… Clippers and guess what? They are still the Clippers. Utah got ranked higher than us, which I don’t really understand, considering how many losses they had. Raja Bell, big deal…. and most importantly OKC. They got ranked number 1 because they extended Durants contract? I say if we have a healthy team we could easily sweep them this year. All the hype on Durant right now is HUGE, and okc will be a force to be reckoned with but C’mon. The national media treats these rankings like a popularity contest. I don’t mind being the “stepchild” in the NW though, they will see what happens if we stay healthy. I cannot wait till October, I’m losing my mind…. GO BLAZERS!!!!

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