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Alex Tam 譚汶材

@alexctam.bsky.social

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📝 Copywriter at Nike 👨🏻‍💻 Freelancer for SBLive Oregon #opreps Past: Bleacher Report. Sports Editor in Oregon. UO alum and Blazers fan. #goducks #RipCity Opinions are my own.

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · Nov 7

It’s time for a fresh start.

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 2h

It launched at the Nike Company Store yesterday… it was flying off the shelves.

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 2h

The Grateful Ducks merch is 🔥🔥🔥

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 4h

Very curious how the Blazers come out tonight.

What are we betting on?

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 4h

He’s done well with the job. But if he knew anything about this and gave Chauncey the extension otherwise, that may get a little dicey in the new owner’s eyes IMO.

Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 20h

I can only feel disappointment right now in Chauncey.

His coaching ability was debatable, but he was always known as a man of integrity and had the respect around the league.

But he risked it all — a HOF career and the reputation of a franchise and a city, for the sake of gambling and mafia ties.

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

Add in the back story of a small-market team that fell short of reaching the NBA Finals before spiraling.

The GM is fired for a toxic environment. Before he leaves, he fires a beloved coach before bringing in the controversial coach.

The team tanks. And then they overcome it all to win the title.

Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

All the adversity with their star franchise player being traded away and then coming back. The coach involved in a huge mafia poker game and gets arrested by the FBI. The owners in the midst of selling a team and reject an offer from one of the biggest sportswear brands in the world.

What a story.

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

All this drama ending with the Blazers winning the championship will make it the greatest story in sports history.

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Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · 1d

Chauncey Billups is accused of selling out his team and selling out his own hard-earned reputation.

If allegations are true, he is not a winner, nor a competitor. He is a cheat. And a fraud.

And we are all his victims.

Column:

If allegations prove true, we are all victims of Chauncey Billups’ fraud | Bill Oram

Thursday's bombshell indictment makes you wonder how the Blazers could be so hoodwinked by a person who would so casually jeopardize the franchise's integrity.

www.oregonlive.com

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

True, ya never know!

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Bruno BlueSky Starzz @getsit.bsky.social · 1d

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

Doesn’t strike me as a mafia type guy 😂

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

The coincidence of Terry Stotts being in the building for tomorrow night’s game.

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

YES

Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

Feels like they’re gonna completely clean house in the Blazers org with the new owner coming on.

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 1d

/terrible movie mobster accent

geez, the feds got FLAPPY

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Chris Burkhardt @chrisjburkhardt.bsky.social · 1d

Statement from the Blazers.

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely. Lot of red flags everywhere.

Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

So many questions now for the Blazers and how they go about distancing themselves from Chauncey if this is all true.

Now any time they blow a lead or do something fishy, the jokes will be there.

Thanks Chaunce.

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Ian Karmel @iankarmel.bsky.social · 1d

You can rig a poker game but you can't rig the lottery to get us Wemby?

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Cholo Magsino @hancholoo.bsky.social · 1d

the blazers' lineup during the game in question:

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

It’s over for Chauncey.

J @drunkinripcity.bsky.social · 1d

Welp.

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

Ummm … what just happened?

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

Getting Scoot back eventually will also help with scoring on the second unit.

Blake Wesley’s energy was good but Scoot could’ve made a big difference in the fourth with his ability to create when the Blazers really needed a bucket.

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Alex Tam 譚汶材 @alexctam.bsky.social · 1d

Love Yang, but him getting the postgame podium is kinda weird after playing just 5 mins.

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