So long, Kevin Duckworth

Wow .  Anyone with two open eyes saw this coming for a while now.  Duck had clearly gone over five full spins on the scale.  As another big guy, this definitely gives me pause.  As a friend of mine said a couple of weeks ago, we have to start getting serious about this.  44 is way too young to go.  Way too young. You know, I was at Duckworth’s first game as a Blazer back in 1986.  I can’t remember who the Blazers were playing, I just remember the new guy was out there in an old warm-up and a jersey with no name on it.  Everytime he touched the ball in the fourth quarter, the whole crowd yelled “shooooot!”.  Quite fun. One night back in 1992 or so, I had my friend The TinMan’s tickets and took the formerly lovely Miss Combs to the game.  We were in the third row on the baseline next to the Blazer bench.  A walkway was right in front of us.  Duckworth sprained his ankle that night.  He exited the arena walking right past us, clearly piss...