Nov 27 2008
Turkey Day
Who is the greatest turkey on the Blazers so far this year? In years past, this sort of writing would be easy (or more difficult, depending on how you look at it). Putting out a lineup that actually included Ha Seung-Jin is just so obviously disgusting and horrible, and the fact that the PR team never even threw out a bone to the press made the front office the perennial front-runner, and the easiest target in Northwest sports.
This year, however, is different. The team is already 4 above .500 and it’s in the middle of the toughest part of its schedule. All the players are working their asses off, from the struggling LaMarcus to the clueless Greg. However, you can’t list these guys because they’re not true turkeys. They aren’t jogging up and down the floor. They are playing as hard as they can and are fighting for every win.
A reverse turkey could be possible in this position to Kevin Pritchard for giving us too much talent and soon forcing us to watch Blazer games with both Bayless and Batum on the bench, which will be painful to be sure. Still, not quite the worst thing in the world. There is no worst thing on this year’s team. It’s just an organization of good to great, and I’m happy to finally see it happen.
That leaves one thing; the greatest turkey so far for the Blazers has been the schedule. But I’ll be changing my position on that by St. Patrick’s Day.
