Blazers: Are they any good?

The Blazers play the Clippers again tonight in L.A.  The Clips are down two superstars, both hurt in game four in Portland when the Blazers evened their playoff series at 2-2.

That's about $40m out of action for the rest of the playoffs for the Clippers.

Tragic, no?

How do I know this?  I looked it up.

Pro basketball is about the last resort for me.  I haven't watched a complete game all season.

Somewhere along the way my interest in pro ball collapsed, likely about the time the players' salaries went beyond the absurd.  If I wanted to go to a game, which I no longer do, I couldn't afford a ticket. And if I could afford a ticket, I wouldn't buy one--out of principle.

No biggie, just the way I see things. Even with the outrageous ticket prices, the NBA makes most of its money, like all big-time sport, from media deals.

I read a lot last night.  Edward Said.  Maybe I'll do that again.


TS