Blazers ’ season one to be remembered, not
forgotten
rwo MINUTES FOR
OSSCHECKING
PETER HOCKADAY
There’s a new sport out there, and it’s
called the BB League for short.
Some call it Blazer Bashing.
Since the Portland Trail Blazers ended
their season in not-so-spectacular fashion at
the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers last
weekend, Oregon’s only professional sports
team has been forced to endure more grief
than Charlie Brown kicking a field goal.
The Blazers have been called “a disgrace”
by The Seattle Times and a “team of disar
ray by the Oregonian. Blazer players have
been labeled an embarrassment” by the Reg
ister-Guard and “a disappointment” by The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Oregonian’s Web site even has a “Blaz
er Survivor” contest, where fans can vote off
their least favorite player each week. Thurs
day s castaway was Shawn Kemp, the fourth
player to be voted “off the team. ”
With all that bashing going on, people for
got to step away for a second and realize the
Blazers really aren’t that bad.
Why, just a year ago, the Blazers were the
jewel in the Northwest sports crown. Blazer
fever swept over the state like an Eastern Ore
gon brush fire as Portland marched through
the playoffs.
Was that so long ago? Were we so different
then?
The Blazers have made a few changes
since then, to be sure. Add Kemp and Rod
Strickland, subtract Brian Grant, Jermaine
O’Neal and Bonzi Wells because of injury,
and the resulting mixture isn’t too pretty.
Those things can be remedied with the
ease of a layup. Make a few more roster
changes, keep the core group of players like
Rasheed Wallace, Steve Smith, Arvydas
Sabonis and Scottie Pippen, and the Blazers
could contend with the Lakers again next
year.
What I’m saying is, don’t let this team
leave a bad taste in your mouth. Sure,
Rasheed got kicked out of a few games. Yes,
the players got in fights. Of course, the refer
ees were a little harsh on this team of bad
boys, er, men.
What you saw this season was a team in a
tornado, being sucked into a never-ending
circle of bad sportsmanship and losing
streaks.
But there’s always next season.
If the fans get behind them, if their coach,
Mike Dunleavy, supports them and if their
general manager, Bob Whitsitt, thinks with
his head instead of his rear, the Blazers will
ignite the Fever once more.
At last Sunday’s Blazers-Lakers game, the
final contest in the forgettable 2000-01 Blaz
ers campaign, a fan toted a sign that said
“Trade Whitsitt,” in full view of the Portland
GM. In a now-infamous incident, the woman
and her boyfriend’s son were removed from
the game by Rose Garden security guards.
That woman was wrong. The Blazers don’t
need to trade Whitsitt. They need to trade at
titudes. They need to trade some personnel,
and they need to trade reputations.
Maybe then the bashing will stop, and next
year the Blazers can trade a first-round exit
for the NBA Championship that has been so
close in the past.
Peter Hockaday is a sports reporter for the Emerald.
He can be reached at phockaday@yahoo.com.
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