Media Day Kicks Off Busy Week
posted: 10/2/2006 at 10:17 PM
It's probably not the favorite day of the year for the players, but the Trail Blazers were troopers at the annual Media Day at the Rose Garden on Monday.
It involves a lot of standing around, walking from station to station, posing for silly pictures, taking part in many different video shoots, and yes, answering the same questions over and over. All NBA teams go through a day similar to this, and all look forward to getting training camp started. Tuesday morning, they'll do just that.
The Trail Blazers had a team dinner on Monday night, following media day, and Nate McMillan told us he'd set the tone for camp when he spoke to the team following the meal.
We've talked a lot about Nate's plan to go with daily doubles- two practices a day. But, he told us his schedule during camp is always flexible and tentative, and the only day he assured us there would two practices is Tuesday. The team will work out from 10am to noon, and then again from 6pm to 8. He is tentatively planning just one, three-hour workout on Wednesday, and then will go back to two practices on Thursday. He did mention that he would reserve the right to make changes on the fly.
McMillan said he is also changing the way team captains are selected this season. He chose them last season, but said he plans on letting his team vote on who the captains should be this season. "As always, I do hold veto power in that vote," he laughed. In other words, he'll be the one counting the votes.
We were live on the web on Monday for a special Media Day webcast. We talked to 10 different players, and coach McMillan. We replayed many of the interviews on our radio show,
Courtside Monday Night, presented by L.A. Weight Loss.The interviews can be found elsewhere on this site, but here are a few links to selected interviews. You can hear the ones you want by clicking on the player's name you want to hear.
Darius Miles. Brandon Roy. Jarrett Jack. Martell Webster. Nate McMillan.
Check back with trailblazers.com throughout the week for the latest news from training camp. We'll have interviews, photos, and recaps from each session. We'll have the entire crew involved. I'll be there, along with Mike Rice, Brian Wheeler, and Antonio Harvey. Jeff Curtin will be shooting the sessions, and our Executive TV Producer Scott Zachry will be on hand making sure everything comes together. We look forward to a great week.
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Mike...
I was wondering if the Blazers intend to put recordings of Blazers game broacasts up on Comcast On Demand video? I'm a season ticket holder, and I'd love to be able to watch the home game broadcasts later that night/next day, etc.
Mike,
Your posts lately have been awesome. It is going to be a GREAT week I am sure. Hopefully enough to whip the guys in shape for the pre-season games that will be here SO soon. I'm excited to see the new team chemistry, which we'll have with any team with SEVEN new players. It seems like this one will be a positive one. Fingers crossed. The Darius and Zach comments were not my favorite, but hopefully they do as promised and perform on the court. Anyway, keep up the great work and cheer our guys on at training camp. Although, i do wish it was at Linfield again :) Do you have more pictures and quotes from media day?
Is it just me, or does Darius' pose and expression in the above picture bring to mind the moment a beauty contest winner hears her name announced?
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