※ 引述《Bbokie ( )》之銘言： : 今夏拓荒者的每宗交易，制服組總設法要將 Patterson 交易出去， : 日前 Patterson 也對制服組要求被交易出去，他想要離開波特蘭的原因 : 有二：1.層出不窮的場外事件。2.不想與 Randolph 當隊友。 : Patterson 已經將他位於 Tualatin 的房子賣掉，將家人送回他的出 : 生地 - Ohio，他自己則將住在旅館以迎接即將到來的訓練營。 : 總管 John Nash 則對外表示，在訓練營開始之前不會將 Patterson : 交易出去，因為 Patterson 的惡名昭彰，加上他還有四年的合約， 對他 : 有興趣的球隊降低意願。 一位球迷替 Ruben Patterson 所提出的辯解 :p Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003 Ruben Patterson has been nothing but GREAT for the Blazers. He always plays hard. He starts when we want him to start. He comes off the bench when we want that. He had one trouble with the law but the charges were dropped and that should be kept between him and his wife. Then, with his hands held behind his back, he was sucker punched in practice by Zach Randolph late in the season when we were in the midst of a race for home court advantage. Ruben had to miss three games because of that punch. Ruben then came back as soon as he could and didn't cause any trouble at all. He played hard and he played WELL with Randolph on the court. Watch the playoffs and you will see many passes from Ruben to Zach and vice versa. Now, over the summer, the Blazers are being hypocritical. They are CLAIMING to care about character and yet, at the same time they've publically called Randolph (the man who punched Ruben) one of the more untouchable players on the roster. And now Woods is said to be getting more minutes too. In other words, after all of his hard work and good behavior, he's possibly going to lose minutes to a man who punched him. Hey, Randolph is really talented but that punch was worse than ANYTHING any other Blazer has ever done. Sheed threw a towel, not a suckerpunch, at Sabonis. Sheed yelled at a ref in a PARKING LOT. Now, here's what irks me the most. There has not been ONE SINGLE QUOTE from Ruben about wanting to be traded. We have not heard his demands or the tone in which he made the demands or his reasons for making the demands. We have no concrete proof that he's even MADE demands. And yet many of the fans in the forum are getting pissed at him and calling him names. Hey, I haven't heard it from his mouth, but if he did demand a trade, I can understand it. He doesn't want to play with a guy who suckerpunched him. That makes sense. If he HAS to, he will. He showed us that he COULD in the playoffs. But he'd rather not. An 82 game season and playoff run requires a bond of trust between teammates. Ruben doesn't trust Zach. And with good reason. Give him a break. Also, IF he made the demand, he waited all summer FIRST to see how everything played out and then he appropriately made his demand in September so as to not disrupt training camp. Hey, NO ONE is being held hostage. Nash is better than that. If we can find a deal with Ruben that benefits us, Nash will pull the trigger and we'll be better off. And if we can't find a good deal, Ruben will stay with the team and conduct himself professionally. He has done so to this point. Go Blazers The Fan NOTE: The opinions expressed in this column are the personal views and responsibility of the writer or writers. These opinions do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of OregonLive.com. OregonLive.com is not responsible for the creation and development of this column. --

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