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11-07-2014, 09:59 AM
http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2014/11/fan_remains_loyal_to_his_favorite_team_trail_blaze .html
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Cole Watson display his split loyalties in the hybrid uniform he wore to Thursday's Blazers-Mavericks game.
Cole Watson is a tried-and-true Portland guy who is big fan of the Trail Blazers. But his favorite NBA player is Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki.
"I guess I just picked him at a young age," Watson said. "I liked the way he shot the basketball."
Watson attended Thursday's game between the Blazers and Mavericks at the Moda Center, and found a way to stay true to his seemingly conflicting loyalties.
He took a Nowitzki jersey and one from the Blazers' Wesley Matthews, folded each in half, put them together and created a hybrid uniform.
"As long as I could remember, I had the little Dirk jersey, and I had the
Portland jersey," he said "It's always been the Blazers and Dirk. I don't know. I just kind of pinned it together, something to represent both teams, I guess."
Watson, who works at a Safeway and is studying to be a firefighter, said he took a pragmatic approach to the Blazers-Mavericks playoff series in 2011.
"I always want Dirk to drop 40, but I always want the Blazers to win," he said.
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Cole Watson display his split loyalties in the hybrid uniform he wore to Thursday's Blazers-Mavericks game.
Cole Watson is a tried-and-true Portland guy who is big fan of the Trail Blazers. But his favorite NBA player is Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki.
"I guess I just picked him at a young age," Watson said. "I liked the way he shot the basketball."
Watson attended Thursday's game between the Blazers and Mavericks at the Moda Center, and found a way to stay true to his seemingly conflicting loyalties.
He took a Nowitzki jersey and one from the Blazers' Wesley Matthews, folded each in half, put them together and created a hybrid uniform.
"As long as I could remember, I had the little Dirk jersey, and I had the
Portland jersey," he said "It's always been the Blazers and Dirk. I don't know. I just kind of pinned it together, something to represent both teams, I guess."
Watson, who works at a Safeway and is studying to be a firefighter, said he took a pragmatic approach to the Blazers-Mavericks playoff series in 2011.
"I always want Dirk to drop 40, but I always want the Blazers to win," he said.