"Rip City, baby!" [James] Jones said. "I mean, you say Rip City in this city now, and people smile and go crazy. I think opposing teams are starting to see that. They are not cheering for superstars anymore, they are cheering for the Blazers. Last year when I was here for Phoenix, the fans here would cheer for Steve Nash, clap for Amare Stoudemire, and no one was really clapping for the Blazers. It was kind of shocking. But this year, it's totally different. . . . It's great, that's when you say you have 20,000 people behind you."
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Like my sig says--it's Blazermania, baby!