Purposely. Because I think you are speaking authoritatively despite possessing no actual knowledge. No, I'm assuming that Pritchard wants to win at least as much (assuredly more, since it is his professional life) as any of us, isn't an idiot and therefore would have taken any clearly good deal. Flogging him for not taking a questionable deal would be silly. Maybe this is why fans don't make the decisions for the team? I realize you have nothing but media gossip...I am trying to underscore how woefully unequipped you are to decide whether KP screwed up. You're overlooking a key aspect: It's extremely unlikely New Orleans would have dumped Chandler on a team it was directly competing with for a playoff spot. Dropping him on a team that has no chance of making the playoffs is tolerable...giving him to a playoff rival and perhaps helping them ensure your demise isn't. So, yes, Chandler was clearly available but almost surely not to a direct playoff competitor. It doesn't work in reverse, though. I'm not claiming certainty that Pritchard did or did not screw up, just that none of us have any pertinent knowledge, so slamming him blindly makes no sense. Praising him blindly would also make no sense, but I'm not going around saying, "Pritchard brilliantly made all the right choices at the deadline!"
Hopefully the Clips show up against Denver tonight, who have no K-Mart. And Clips seem to be as healthy as they have been all season. But... it's hard to put any faith in them.
Yes I disappointed that Portland didn't make a trade at the deadline, but with how this season has played out I am over that disappointment and then some. Once again KP and the Blazer organization has proved to me that they do in fact no more about professional basketball then me. Its as if they get paid to know more then a fan or something.
To win the NW Division and capture the 2nd seed, catching the Nuggets isn't enough - the Blazers have to PASS the Nuggets and finish with a better record. If the two teams finish with the same records, and we beat Denver on closing night, the 1st tie breaker (head-to-head record) would also end up in a tie. Denver holds both the 2nd (division record) and 3rd (conference record) tie breakers by significant margins over the Blazers. Denver's division record currently stands at 10-3, with three game remaining (@MIN, vs OKC, @POR). Portland's division record is 9-5, with two games left (vs OKC, vs DEN). If Portland wins both, Denver would need to lose TWO of their three remaining inter-divisional games for the Blazers to even out the 2nd tie breaker. That brings us to the 3rd tie breaker, conference record. Denver currently holds a FIVE game edge here. Denver: 32-15 Portland 26-19 Too catch the Nuggets here would require the Blazers to run the table AND the Nuggets to lose four of their 5 remaining games. Of course, if that happens, the Blazers will finish with a better record anyway, so the tie breaker is irrelevant. In a nut shell, to win the NW division, the Blazers would either need to win their remaining 7 games, or go 6-1 and hope Denver slips up and loses 3 of their remaining 5 games. Not mathematically impossible, but highly improbable. Besides, I'll be happy if the Blazers can lock-up the 4th seed and have HCA in the 1st round. BNM
Same here. I was just responding to those who think we still have a chance at winning the division. We do, but it's a very, very slim chance. BNM
