Sug

If these were Portland players, what would have occured?

"In a memo declining prosecution dated Jan. 2, Senior Deputy District Attorney Donald Rees wrote that the accuser could not positively identify her two attackers, though she had gone up to a room in the RiverPlace Hotel with four Jazz players: Dee Brown, Deron Williams, Ronnie Brewer and Paul Milsap. Investigators found no physical evidence implicating any of the men."

http://www.localnewsdaily.com/news/s...03050643073400



I remember this

"Three teenage girls tell police about a wild night in Salt Lake City with Trail Blazers Tracy Murray, Dave Johnson, Jerome Kersey and Reggie Smith. A Utah prosecutor is convinced the lanky foursome had sex with the under-age mall rats but drops the charges for lack of evidence, proving the Blazers had more luck in court than on it."

http://wweek.com/___ALL_OLD_HTML/25-1993.html

It's funny what a winning record allows us to overlook as a community.

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Poster:I got a bad feeling you will leave the blazers for some place like miami or LA someday. I hope you dont cause you would be passing on a bunch of titles in the next ten years just to live in a city thats warmer.

Oden:No way. I love this town. We're gonna bring back the glory years. These boys are my boys. This is my team and my town.

Oldmangrouch

Does winning cause us to overlook things, or does losing cause us to look for reasons to bash the players? Does winning really cause us to forgive the guilty, or does losing cause us to indict the innocent? (or at least blow petty matters out of all proportion)

I don't know what happened with the Jazz players, but the line about "no physical evidence implicating the men" speaks volumes. An unsubstantiated allegation doesn't equal guilt - unless you play on a losing team and the fans want an excuse to be rid of you!

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