波特兰歌手兼词曲作者克里斯托弗Morrisette带着另一首与开拓者有关的原创歌曲回来了。你可能还记得《格雷格·奥登民谣》和他的这是2008-2009赛季布莱泽塞奇的颂歌(点击链接开始播放歌曲)。今天的歌曲是一首很好的2010-2011赛季开场歌曲。莫里塞特在几家电台做实况播报，标题是“今天是成为开拓者的好日子”布莱恩·惠勒最流行的口头语，他还即兴模仿了电视广播开场时使用的小号。前往莫里塞特的我的空间去看看吧。你回来的时候会精神饱满的。——本·格列佛| benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |推特
对不起，这篇文章有点长(这是转述的)，但我认为这是一个感人的故事。你可以不同意。“乌多尼斯·哈斯勒姆，一个忠诚的员工，一个团队成员，一个自豪的迈阿密人，正在去参加他认为是离职面谈的路上，感谢帕特·莱利发现了他，并向他道别。丹佛掘金队和达拉斯小牛队向他提供了3400万美元的报价，哈斯勒姆通过短信告诉他的兄弟德维恩·韦德，他在迈阿密的美好时光已经结束了。哈斯勒姆知道，在签下詹姆斯、韦德和波什之后，迈阿密已经没有足够的钱来与达拉斯和掘金竞争，他也不能在迈阿密接受一份一年的最低合同，因为他的母亲病危，家人需要赡养。为了在这里重新签约，留在他心爱的自由城附近，他曾经少拿了数百万美元。不管他有多爱这座城市，多爱这支球队，多爱韦德，他现在都无法忽视这可能是他最后一份合同的额外3000万美元。“你永远都是我的兄弟，”哈斯勒姆在走进莱利的办公室道别时给韦德发了短信。当时在美国体育界没有太多先例的事情发生了。韦德打电话给波什，要求他为哈斯勒姆削减1500万美元的薪水。 Wade called James and asked him to do the same. Bosh and James barely knew Haslem. Just a few short conversations here and there. But Wade told them this team needed someone hungry and gritty and unselfish like Haslem, and promised to cut $17 million out of his own contract to make it happen, too. ``They said `I'm in' without hesitating,'' Wade said Sunday. Haslem was in the middle of what he thought was his exit meeting with Riley when Haslem's agent came into the room. Heat owner Micky Arison walked in, too, with Heat numbers savant Andy Elisburg, all of them working to figure out how to get Haslem to $20 million and make room for Haslem's ex-University of Florida teammate Mike Miller, too. Haslem was asked to please leave the room. ``Everything changed in that one hour,'' Haslem says. ``I was outside, and I didn't know what was going on. I figured I was pretty much gone.'' Then his agent emerged with an offer $14 million less than what was being offered in Dallas and Denver. ``It took me less than five minutes to accept it,'' Haslem says. Haslem reached out to James and Bosh after his agent explained what they had done. ``Thank you,'' he told them. ``You didn't make a mistake. I won't let you down.'' And he called Wade with words not often heard in this muscled world. ``I love you,'' he said."
一篇关于开拓者最近采取的一些措施来改善化学反应的有趣文章。这听起来有点像一个合作部门会做的那种领导/团队合作的事情……在森林里?不过，我很高兴看到他们正在深入寻找今年能做点特别事情的东西。我们得找到火源……
“无聊的好球队。波特兰开拓者(去年:21岁)每年都会有那么一两支优秀的球队，只是看起来很糟糕。去年，这支球队是克利夫兰。今年吗?我猜会是波特兰和亚特兰大。为什么波特兰?因为同样的原因，鲁迪费尔南德斯想要离开NBA——他们非常……l阿……当然不是字面意义上的，但他们在过去两年都是联盟中节奏最慢的球队。 Nate McMillan is a great coach that did wonders getting 50 wins out of this squad, but he has a style and he sticks to it. Even the half-court offense is a lot of standing around and isolation plays. It works very, very well, but it's painful to watch. There's also the truth that this team has a bunch of odd pieces to work in. As good as Andre Miller was down the stretch, we still don't know if he can fit in with Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge and all the rest of the pieces when they're all healthy. We have no clue what to expect from Greg Oden, if he plays at all. The two saving graces are Roy and dynamic small forward Nicolas Batum, but it's hard for me to believe that Roy will ever get back to his 2008-09 level after dealing with yet another knee injury. He might be good, but he's no longer the same athletically-gifted guy that burst onto the scene two years ago. That leaves Batum and his chasedown blocks as things to enjoy. They're fun - but they don't happen often, and you can just watch highlights of them anyway." Clippers at 11, Wizards at 10, and Kings at 9? Of course, OKC is number 2. Ridiculous...
聊了聊罗伊的心理健康以及拉马库斯认为罗伊想输。这实际上不是他们所说的，但这些事情确实被提到了。不过这是一个很棒的体育播客。不是BFT电台的垃圾谈话。开拓者的谈话是在25分钟左右，但我没有确切地记录下来。听完整段。
作为西雅图最忠实的开拓者球迷，我的问题是:如果这些比赛只在波特兰150英里范围内进行直播，而西雅图被认为是波特兰本土市场的一部分(用于NBA联盟通行证和其他目的)，我们将无法获得这些直播，而且还会被联盟通行证屏蔽。真是个马戏团。加上康卡斯特的东西，这是疏远粉丝群的另一个例子。就好像超音速门事件后西雅图还没有被NBA疏远似的。在表达了我个人的不满之后，开拓者为他们的当地球迷提供这种服务真是太棒了，比他们去年的付费观看要好得多。希望他们能更努力地服务西雅图市场。
链接到BDL…刚刚公布的2010-2011赛季预测排名显示，开拓者与湖人并列西部最佳战绩。开拓者在WCF中输给了湖人，而湖人在总决赛中又输给了热火。根据数据正负预测，开拓者将以西部最佳战绩结束比赛，并在总决赛中输给热火。
