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I have watched sports for over 4 decades now, and as a Duck and Blazers fan I cringe when ever my team boos an opposing player. I get that if you pay the money you can boo if you want. Whatever. But look at the percentages. Don't you think that more times than not the booing kind of inspires the opposing player AND his teammates to play harder? If a player really deserves it then I get it. But Zach really didn't. Besides the fact that I thought it was embarassing for our fans to do so, I also thought it was really stupid. I don't really expect most of you to agree with me, but I dont' care. I saw the duck fans pump up UCLA last week and I watched the Blazer fans do the same to the Knicks tonight. It bugged me.

bballchik

i don't even post here anymore because people are so ridiculous with their mean spirited ignorant verbal bashing and whatnot. but there are also a decent amount of intelligent posts. so i lurk from time to time. =) and i just had to post to say amen to this!!

ok so zach isn't the brightest bulb on the christmas tree and did some stupid stuff while he was here but he never did anything to us that we should boo him for. didn't talk bad about portland, didn't run over anyone's kitten and it SO just inspires the boo'd player to play better to "shut up" the crowd. so like you said, it backfires. dumb.

like you said no one else will agree with us but oh well.

ProfitByProphet

Zach is a good person and worked hard for this team. I thought it was too bad people were booing him. If I had gone to the game tonight I would have worn a Portland Zach jersey.

NewAgeBaller

So Zach got boo'ed a lot? Thats sad, he really did like the team regardless of what other problems he had..

Yea i don't like booing opposing players either, especially when its meaningless and directed at 1 player.

Eg. On Christmas Day in Miami I think 2 seasons ago, the Wade/Kobe matchup was hyped up incredibly and when Kobe started playing poorly the crowd started chanting "Kobe Sucks!" , which was just pointless and I hated that.

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hasoos

I disagree. Zbo was one of quite a few players that dragged this team down for years, literally to the point where it was being talked about of the franchise being sold and possibly moved. You all seem to have a short memory of how bad it was, and the players which dragged this franchise to that low level.

Secondly, the booing tonight did not "energize" the NY Knicks. I saw a pathetic effort by the Blazers in the first half, that made a really bad team, look good.

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MAS RipCity

I feel badly for Zach that he got shipped off to the Knicks..he was nothing but class in his interview tonight. It wasn't his fault we sucked so damn badly while he was here. Did he piss me off multiple times? Yes. But at least he was a hard *** worker. He came back stronger than ever from the microfracture.
I just thought it was really tasteless and rude to boo someone who put it all on the line on the court. Sure, he didn't make the smartest decisions off the court, but he deep down wanted to win. I had to restrain my lady from asking these kids from chanting Randolph Sucks. We both thought we had classier fans than this...boo Bonzi...Yes...boo Zach..why, leave him alone. He at least wanted to be here.

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NewAgeBaller

Well theres already a similar thread about this but anyway,

what did Zach say in his interview?

I agree, he really shouldn't have been boo'ed, or atleast should have gotten a decent mixed response which would have been expected. We all know his negatives but the guy worked hard night in and night out, and really liked the team and the franchise, probably the city as well (don't know about that..).

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GOD

Yep - I agree totally.

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Oldmangrouch

I will never understand some Blazer "fans".

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MAS RipCity

to paraphrase Z-Bo after the game in the locker room.
trail blazers are a good team
nate's doing a great job
and the team will continue to do great things
You could really tell he was hurting when he said it..he was here through the thick and thin and when it got good, he was outsted...I didn't mind him being dealt, but the boo'ing is so damn bush league, who are Philly fans?

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hasoos

I honestly don't know what the F you guys are talking about. Worked hard night in and night out? This was the same dude that every game I would have to yell "RUN THE COURT" as his dude was jamming on the other end while not being guarded. This was the guy who would not run a fast break. This was the guy who would pout when he didn't get touches on offense. This was a guy who never improved his defense, ever. This was Statbo. The guy who thought his stats were more important than the team concetp. This is the guy who was constantly keeping the Blazers in the press for nearly going to jail, over and over and over. He may be a nice, jeesh golly, that sure is wonderful. He was one of many crappy players who damn near ran this team out of town. Boo him. You bet.

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LameR

Uh...what? You make it sound like he was an energy guy that worked hard for the team when in reality he played at one end of the court and was a black hole, and contributed to the negative image of the team.

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MrJayremmie

Sadly i had a feeling he would be bood. I was hoping against it, Zach showed class, and shows he is maturing.

I really wish they didn't boo him though. doesn't make our fans look all that good. Seems like it motivated him and his team also.

NewAgeBaller

Do you deny that he was a hardworker and really cared about the team/winning?

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