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orr^n Daily Emerald Sports
Translations for all Blazer fans
Being a Port lam) Trailblazer
fan is like wearing under
wear: It's a pretty popular
idea, but it doesn't mean you
know anything about besketlwll
If you're new to Oregon or are
contemplating spending the rest
of your life here, you need to
know about Blazer fans Each
Western state has its sufx ulture
of dubious repute Idaho has
neo-Nazis, Washington has
grunge rockers. Nevada has casi
no dwellers and nightclub enter
tainers, California has mall-lov
ing, junk culture-fomenting,
no-brain you gel the idea
And Oregon. Oregon has Blaz
er fans.
They c-are about their families
and communities. They're pro
ductive. upstanding members of
society. They're not bad people
But unlike other basketball fans,
many Blazer fans don't under
stand basketball.
Maybe il s something in the
water. Maybe it's because
they'vo never pumped their own
gas or computed sales tax for a
.jin(Is bar.
Maybe it's their basketball
team. Trying to understand bas
ketball by watching the Blazers
is like trying to understand
physics hy watching Road Run
ner cartoons or trying to under
stand law by reading John
Grisham novels It's fun. but it’s
not educational
To better understand Blazer
fans and their team, here is a
partially abridged Blazer Fan to
Fnglish/Knglish to Blazer Fan
Di< t ionary.
• "So. how are the Blazer
going to do this year'" Who s
playing for us this year' Will the
team be any good' Suitable
answers include, "Better' You
may recognize the new players
by the playoffs, and. "They’re
still one ol the elite teams in the
league": They're slowly getting
older and worse
• "Chris Dudley was a good
Scott Simonson
acquisition" He was the only
center available in a weak free
agent market Surrounded by
bad free throw shooters and
another dumb team, fie should
fit in just fine
• Harvey Grant was a good
acquisition" He's an underrated
plover and an asset if used cor
rectly, tint bringing a quality
perimeter shooter to Portland is
like sending a few U.N. troops to
Somalia: There are still bad
shots everywhere who aren't
going to stop pulling the trigger.
• "Good riddance to Duck
worth He was a moody, unmo
tivated underai hiever": Good
riddance to Duckworth, He was
a moody, unmotivated under
achiever.
• ‘‘The Blazers never get any
respect": They can choke near
ly insurmountable leads, their
players ant petulant and whiny
toward referees, and they usual
ly win games by being the more
talented team, not by playing
smart basketball This is com
mon knowledge in 4’1 states
• Clyde Drexler needs to be
paid what lie's worth" He
missed most of last season with
injuries He wasn’t a factor in
the playoffs He's making about
SB million next season and he's
getting old. So who's complain
ing?
He's jealous of future stars like
Chris Webber and Anferttee
Hardaway signing long-term
central ts with figures approxi
mating the economies of some
third world nations Those
teams are banking on the young
players' abilities to lead them to
a championship.
Clyde forgets that he put all
star numbers on the league's
most talented team and still
didn't bring a championship to
Portland How many more sec
ond place finishes does Clyde
have in him? How many more
docs Portland want?
• "Did you see the Blazer
game last night?” I caught a few
minutes of the game between
Wheel of Fortune and Cheers
reruns,
• "I missed it”: I didn't know
they played Inst night.
• "it was a pretty close game":
I liked that Cheers rerun.
• "That's another great hustle
plav by Jerome Kersey": He was
a CBA-caliber player and an
NBA-caliber athlete. He's
become an NBA-caliber player
and a CBA-caliber athlete.
His once-dazzling athleticism
seems to wane with each game.
He hasn't finished a fast break
with a dunk since Yugoslavia
was a country. If he doesn't dive
after every loose ball he sties, he
may be out of the league by next
season.
• "The real season doesn't
really start until the playoffs
start ": Most Oregonians don't
pay attention to basketball until
April. When the Blazers lose in ,
the first round, most Oregonians
stop paying attention to basket
hall in April as well.
• So, who's going to win it
all this \ear?": I hope its one of
the teams I know: The Soni< s.
Suns, Lakers. Bulls or the team
with Shtiq.
• l ast year was a fluke I bis
y ear, they could go all tile wav ':
All the uay to the second round
of the playoffs, and out.
See you for a couple of weeks
in April.
Scott Simonson is a sports
reporter for the Kmurald
Blazers ready for season to beain
PORTLAND(AP) — Clyde Drexler is satisfied.
Buck Williams feels unappret iatud and the Port
land Trail Blazers are featuring two new faces as
they largin their 1993-94 season.
A healthy Drexler lias put his contract differ
ences aside until the end of the season as he pre
pares to come back after a troubled year in which
ho missed S3 games because of hamstring and
knee problems
Drexler's health was a big factor in the Blazers'
disappointing finish a sear ago Thu team won 51
regular-season games, out with Drexler far below
his top form, they were eliminated by San Antonio
in the first round of the playoffs
It was u major blow to a franchise that had
advanced to the NBA Finals twice and the Western
Conference finals three times in the previous three
seasons
The Blazers also never seemed to recover emo
tionally from a February si andal in Salt laike City,
when four players were accused of having sexual
contact with underage girls. No criminal charges
were brought, hut two players. Tra< v Murray and
Dave Johnson, were suspended briefly and fined.
Two others, Jerome Kersey and Reggie Smith, were
fined.
In the off-season, several trades were rumored,
and two were made. The Blazers sent disgruntled
heavyweight center Kevin Duckworth to the Wash
ington Bullets for forward Harvey Grant, then trad
ed swingman Mario Elio to Houston to open a
xalar\ slot that allowed them to sign free agent cen
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