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Opinionated Wino, aka Sean

@opinionatedwino.bsky.social

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He/Him. Blazers. Professional wine and beer geek. Being a picky eater is just denying yourself joy. I drink and I know things. “Chauncey’s reply guy,” or so I’ve been told.

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Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 44m

Not in our uniform but in my heart this will always hang alongside the above masterpieces

Nic Batum intentionally punches Juan Carlos Navarro in the nuts during an international game between France and Spain.

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 49m

The Blazers need to promote Terry Porter to Assistant Coach so I can at least have a coach older than me again

kaylie 🏀 @basketghoul.bsky.social · 2h

it’s just nice to have a player older than me on the Blazers again

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 56m

Even the refs aren’t in midseason form yet

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 58m

really makes you think

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1h

Tonight’s game will forever be known as “the Gina revenge game”

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Octdesertlover @octdesertlover.bsky.social · 1h

We are so blessed with the Blazers crew. Mark Mason is a treasure!!

Sean Highkin @highkin.bsky.social · 4h

Blazers PA announcer Mark Mason doing Yang Hansen’s intro in Mandarin

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Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 2h

Oh thank god

Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com · 2h

The jingle played at 100 points

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 2h

THE BLAZERS HAVE SCORED 100 POINTS DID I MISS THE FREE NUGGETS OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE WORLD GETTING SHITTIER

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Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 3h

At least not in the first QUARTER

shawnjohnpdx 🖤❤️🤍🏀 @shawnjohn.bsky.social · 3h

If I'm the owner I'm telling Billups he's not allowed to use challenges in the first half no matter what. Full stop.

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 4h

Blazers up 2 on the TWolves after one quarter.

You know what other team was up 2 on the TWolves? Thats right, the World Champion OKC Thunder.

#TBAGTWTC

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 7h

All I have for you is Osees

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 22h

“Cronin gone in 18 months” would just mean he got snapped up by another franchise. Not going to happen, unless the new owner goes on a firing spree for reasons having nothing to do with his demonstrated performance thus far.

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 22h

I’d be very surprised if you were older than I am, because you clearly have no sense of how long a strong rebuild actually takes.

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 23h

Who are these haters lol? I follow a wide range of NBA analysts and the worst they’ve said is “good overall but I’m still confused bc Jerami and Jrue.”

The broad consensus is “in playoff contention” which is a far cry from “3 month series of 10 day guys” 2 years ago.

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1d

“What is here” is a team of young players already making opposing offenses miserable and they are still growing.

I’m not sure how you don’t see the growth of this team last year. Everyone else seems to be able to see it.

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Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1d

To build a team that had a chance to compete they had to tear it down. This team is a few years off, but they’re built on defense and depth, just like both teams that reached the finals last year.

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1d

Olshey built half-teams that only advanced as far as they did because of star power. The team was locked in mid-tier purgatory for years due to his bad decisions.

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1d

That’s why I rarely wear my Kaylie’s yellow Toumania shirt 😢

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1d

Shea Serrano and Jason Concepcion covered this important topic on the Six Trophies Podcast (R.I.P.)

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1d

Every NBA analyst on earth: Damn, Cronin is logging W after W

Blazers fans: No

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1d

I think you’re massively underestimating how bad a state this franchise was in when Olshey was fired. Getting the team from there to here was no easy task.

Jrue is there to provide veteran leadership. The cap situation is fine—they just got good deals on rookie extensions for heaven’s sake!

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Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1d

This is a fair take. He’s no miracle worker. Getting from good to great is harder than getting from broken to bad and bad to good. I think he’s earned the benefit of the doubt based on what we’ve seen from him so far.

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Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1d

Lemme know if you’re headed north to grab one. I’ve been meaning to hit that place up.

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1d

True, but his early work doesn’t get the credit it deserves. Un-f**king the books after years of Olshey mismanagement took time. He knew the moves he had to make would be unpopular, but he was building toward something.

Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 1d

Every GM in the league would have made the same pick at the time.