还记得你高中一年级的时候吗?还记得高年级的同学怎么看你，觉得你配不上吗?还记得这有多吓人吗?如果你还记得这一切，那么你就能理解开拓者面对他们职业生涯中迄今为止最重要的比赛时的感受了。最大的是29岁的布莱基和乔尔。我们最年轻的球员之一，尼克·巴图姆，还有板凳上最精彩的贾里德·贝勒斯，20岁。我们的英雄布兰登才24岁，拉马库斯才23岁。24岁的特拉维斯是这个团队的祖父，也是和我们在一起时间最长的人。他为我们工作了6年，是我们目前最长寿的开拓者。可能是队里最善良最谦逊的人。 Our 'Mr. 4th quarter'. Travis does not get the recongnition he deserves. I know this team. I LOVE this team. I have faith. I know we will stumble, but I will never be a hater. Yes, I was mad that I'd camped out for 15 hours to get tickets to a game that was so humiliating, but I would do it all again. And,I will. For a chance to see our boys in the playoffs. It didn't turn out the way I'd hoped, but I believe. I believe in this team, and I've been a fan longer that most of you have even 'been'. I haven't felt this strongly since the '91/'92 season. We lost in Chicago in game 7 after being up by 20. It may have been one of the worst days of my life. I was 31 back then, I am now 48. My love for the Blazers has never waivered. Clyde Drexler was my hero, and stil is. I will never forget these times. This is what I wish for now. Me at 68 remembering when my Blazers finally won their championship in the 2000's! (09!)