I am so glad you brought this from the last board. my one and only important addition to any discussion.
I don't see why there needs to be a competition among forums. We're all part of one community, but whatever floats your boat.
Where you the kid that was always picked last and then asked why they had to keep score in gym class?
I'm not some fat uncoordinated kid. Nice try, pops. *No offense to anyone over the legal weight limit.*
I'm with you joker . . . it might be fun to keep casual track of it, but I don't want to make it a competition. That might lead me to want to chat basketball with other teams but not wanting to post on that board because of post count. I would rather fans jump around on this site and interact with other fans (mainly during the season). Good healthy smack talk is always fun. Speaking of which Blazers are now the Bulls of two years ago. All kinds of potential and the team experts are saying will be the team of the future. What happen to the "baby bulls" and I hope it doesn't happen to the young Blazers (can't call them baby balzers, it might jink them.) : )
You don't want to have 3 years of playoffs followed by #1 pick? It'll be interesting to see how Blazers turn out. Do they just become a very good team (aka Rockets....[before artest trade]), or become a great team like the Spurs. I don't see the Blazers becoming a Lakers/Bulls like dynasty (given the strength of Utah and New Orleans going forward), but I see a Spurs dynasty as their upside...and the John Paxson Bulls as their downside. (state of the Bulls right now...who knows if he turns it around or not).
No, I don't want three straight years of playoffs with everyone talking about the team is a step away from being a title contender and end up in the lottery again. #1 pick is great, but that means being a lottery team again. I hope the Blazers don't see the lottery for many years to come. The dynasty is always a tought thing to predict, but if Oden lives up to his billing, he has Roy and Aldrdige to ride his coat tails for many years, manybe even for so long those three create a dynasty.
It's not just those 3 guys though, that's what's scary. Their young role players all have much promise. Hell, it's impossible for me to think you guys won't win 3 in 6.