Help Me Out...vote for Brandon

As some or most of you know I am a Portland Trailblazers fan. Ive always liked the Trailblazers but the last 10 years or so it was hard to root for them because of all the "thug" players they had. They were nicknamed the "Jailblazers" because they were always getting in trouble for something. But that changed a few years ago when they finally cleaned house and decided to start all over. And the main piece of that was when they drafted Brandon Roy last year in the first round. Brandon is a great player and grew up in Seattle. He was a star at UW and led them to a top 10 in the nation and a deep run in the NCAA tournament. In his first year he won the rookie of they year and this year he picked up where he left off. The Blazers started slow and were 5-12 but have now won 15 or their last 16 games including a 13 in a row streak! And while its been a team effort for sure...Brandon has definitely been the go to guy and the leader of this young team. (the 4th youngest team ever).

And in this amazing season the Blazers are having...and Brandon having an MVP type season...he is not even in the top 10 in all star voting for this years All Star Game. All of the analysts know this is a joke...that he should be there...but the starters are all voted in by the fans. The lack of votes is no doubt because of the small northwest market he plays in. Who outside of Washington and Oregon can really even tell you where Portland is. So I ask you to help me vote for Brandon. While our votes arent gonna change the whole situation...every vote helps. So log on...vote for him...and tell everyone you know to do the same. He deserves it, his team deserves him to be there...and the city of Portland deserves to have him represent them in the All Star game. (and for those of you are die hard Seattleites and have a hard time rooting for anything in Oregon...just remember...he grew up in Seattle and was a star at UW) :-)

Heres the link...you can vote once per day for the next 16 days.

http://www.nba.com/allstar2008/asb/eng/ballot.html