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Funny post from fords chat
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:46 pm
by Charlie78
George (Los Angeles, CA): Chad, I think Phil Jackson deserves coach of the year. ALL OF YOU were trashing the Lakers chances this year and despite the fact they've gone through a lot and have one of the youngest teams in the league, they're #1 in the west. How on earth can you overlook what he's done with this young team in the uber tough west, even though Portland is a feel good story? Typical ESPN. Typical ESPN - and you wonder why NBA fans question the biases over there.
Chad Ford: The Lakers have won only 3 more games than the Blazers ... and they have Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom and Bynum. McMillan is doing it with two sophomores .. Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge and a host of young role players. To me, Phil has MUCH MUCH more to work with.
I found this humorous for several reasons. Namely for the idea that anyone at espn is going to bias a story to Portland over LA. Im not even sure the NBA would let alone a market size driven company like espn.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:33 pm
by Mr Odd
Holy crap!! LOL
Its nice to see the media actually looking at
whats going on & not ignorant, but I expect
that from Ford, hes good at his job.. .Chad
and Pritchard had some great interviews.. .
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:28 am
by AKBlazerFan
Man, some people are such homers they completely overlook every other team, and are completely ignorant. I just amazes me. If you are going to ask a question to a someone who writes about basketball for a living, you should do some homework and think about what you are saying...
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:38 am
by farzi
Someone in LA is talking about people being biased towards Portland???!?!
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:58 am
by The Emcee
farzi wrote:Someone in LA is talking about people being biased towards Portland???!?!
That's when you know things are goin good for us up here.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:57 am
by UGotThrilled
I agree that Phil Jackson is a great coach, but seriously, the improvement the Blazers have shown DURING the season is phenomenal. I just think it is hilarious that the people on this board were so pissed at Nate and wanted to fire him a couple months ago, and now we defend him. Well, I guess that you judge based on the evidence, and when we were 5-12, the evidence suggested that he sucked. Now the evidence suggests otherwise, so i guess it does make sense. Mcmillan should totally win it over Jackson. Both have done well, but Nate did it with more unknowns on his team.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:07 am
by farzi
I still don't think Nate is that great of a coach, but he's doing a pretty good job right now.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:23 am
by BigOrangeBalls
farzi wrote:I still don't think Nate is that great of a coach, but he's doing a pretty good job right now.
Nate is a very good coach. He did it with limited talent in Seattle, and now he is doing it with a young Portland team. Give him some credit. Is he the best coach in the league? Maybe not, but he is in the top 10.