Seems like the Last Time, seems like the Very Last Time!

I tell you, I sincerely think this is a generational issue. This idea that world owes me and I am gonna take it!! There are so many of todays atheletes entering professional careers with this "Gawd, I'm Good!" attitude. It seems to come on, irrevocably, at just about the same time the first check gets deposited in the bank!

This latest case involves ...again, Portlands only 'all-star'(?) power forward. Zach Randolph, the guy many thought was all set up to be packaged this summer with that other spoiled thug, Darius Miles, and traded for some future 6th round draft choice- just to be rid of them! Then sensing success, Portland put together a college draft that was the talk of the NBA. They made a few other trades instead, these "other trades" began to turn heads all over the country.

Then, things got mercilessly quiet out of the main office about two weeks ago. Things seemed so peaceful, so serene. Everyone has been awaiting the '06 fall camp with new hope and excitement. We got reports that instead of trading Zach- he was made certain promises. This new team was now going to be built around him, featuring him. He went immediately into an off season training regimine that quickly put him the best shape of his career to date.
Well the bubble may have burst this morning. The aura, might be soiled and faded.

It was reported in the Portland Oregonian this morning. For all the world to see.

"Complaint involving Randolph investigated"

Tuesday, August 22, 2006
MAXINE BERNSTEIN

The Portland Police Bureau acknowledged Monday that it is investigating a sexual assault complaint that was made on Aug. 14 involving Trail Blazers forward Zach Randolph.
"It's possible he's a witness; it's possible he's a suspect," said Sgt. Brian Schmautz, Portland police spokesman. "We're still working through the information in the complaint and investigating."

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"The investigation apparently stems from a complaint by one of two women who were with Randolph and another man in a hotel room in downtown Portland. The room at the Hotel Vintage Plaza was rented by Randolph.
A 9-1-1 call from a local hospital on the evening of Aug. 14, when the woman arrived to seek medical attention, alerted police to the complaint. The woman arrived at the hospital some days after the alleged assault. Police declined to say when the assault allegedly occurred.
Schmautz said Randolph has obtained a lawyer and has not been interviewed.
"We're hoping to get information from him," Schmautz said.
Police have not presented a case to prosecutors.
Last week, the Police Bureau refused to confirm that an investigation involving Randolph was under way, saying that not all potential witnesses had been contacted or interviewed, and that it was premature to say Randolph was involved in an investigation because of potential harm to his reputation should the complaint be unfounded. On Monday, police said they simply were reporting that he was named in a sexual assault complaint, but that they're not identifying him as a suspect.

(His new attorney went right to work:)
"Until such time that the police have completed the investigation and it has been reviewed by the district attorney's office for a determination of whether any person may be subject to criminal prosecution, such premature comments seriously risk biasing the investigation and damaging perhaps irreparably the good name of Mr. Randolph."

----Randolph, 25, has played five seasons for the Blazers, leading the team in scoring the past three seasons. Before the 2004 season, Randolph was given the largest contract in team history -- $84 million over six seasons.

-The Blazers released a statement Monday afternoon, saying: "Since this matter is under investigation, out of respect for the legal process, we simply can't comment at this time. Once we have all the facts, we will act accordingly."

This blogger just cant explain it, I guess the NBA karma just wont let it go.
I would ask:
Is this the last time?,
Is this the very last time, I have to use the Portland Jailblazers anti-nymn?
Please let it be so, do something!


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