Just breathe. As Blazer fans, we want success. We want our team to do well. Be healthy. Have fun. Represent the community well and be role models. We have suffered many set-backs and embarrassments over the years and we are still here... excited about the "potential" of our young team.

Greg, don't add undue stress about how fans will react to one game. We didn't expect you to be Superman (even he has a kryptonite). We expect you to work hard, face adversity and use the life lessons to become a better man. The basketball stuff will come. Up to this point, you have done well at handling everything you are going through. Don't blow it by becoming a "Debbie Downer"- engage us. Don't hide. Represent us. Don't hide. Be yourself and we'll like that... alot. Have fun. Take risks on the court. Make mistakes and laugh and learn from them. Dunk on people. Rebound with a snarl. Smile when you block shots. Be yourself. Have I said "HAVE FUN" yet? Did that sink in yet? HAVE FUN DUDE!

We are smart fans. We will hold our club accountable. Freak injuries are frustrating to us. However, we can't control that any more than you can. But you can continue to endear your self to us by being accountable for your rehab and getting healthy and having a positive attitude and then playing without fear when the time comes. When you are having fun, we are loving Greg Oden. We are still in that, "Just wait mode..." Embrace that Greg and just go have fun. Be a kid on the court. Be a man off it like you have been since joining our team.

Have fun bro... We are not going anywhere. We want you in Portland for your career. Just have fun.

Tell me Flavor Flav is not Darius Miles daddy and I'll call you a liar. The two have striking similarities in both personality and looks. Let's take a moment to compare. They both look like they were cut from the same mold. The hair is similar. The skin tone similar. The buggy eyes similar. The obnoxious behavior similar. They both like hootchie-momma strippers. They both have ridden the coat tails of someone else to make a lot of money without ever really doing anything on their own. They both wish they could be in "New York". They both have had cameo's in movies. The bottom line is that they are related. D-Miles is an illegitimate son of Flavor Flav. Yeahhhh Boyyyyyyyyy! Now- as a Portland Trail Blazer fan I must admit that I have zero love for D-Miles. I don't like what he did in our community. I don't like how he treated the fans. I don't like how he "worked" during rehab. He is a cancer to a locker room. I say all of this for two reasons. 1. I don't want any NBA Team to make the same mistake that we made with Darius. Pay for potential that just won't materialize to anything. Also, he is simply bad for the NBA. In fact, blame him for David Sterns stance on high school kids needing a year of college (another topic- but GO BRANDON JENNINGS!!! GET YOURS!!!). 2. I don't want him to count against our salary cap. Don't get me wrong- even if he signs with someone else, I have the comfort of knowing he'll be a bust with any team and you can all but scratch them from playoff contention due to the attitude. He'll wreck Boston! That's right... I said it. Lastly, I'd rather pay the guy to leave than keep his cancerous knee (insert other body part) around my beloved Trail Blazers. Now, if you agree or have any other similarities between D-Miles and Flavor Flav- give up the goods. Yeahhhhh Boyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeee!