This is a simply amazing fact (re: Blazers record)

Given the severity and number of injuries this year and our overall talent level on the bench, our record is amazing to me.

 

Oddly enough they'll be getting Camby back around the same time of the year that Blanker and Catfish were traded to the Clips for him last year.

 

Hopefully we'll get Roy back too. I think everyone knows now that even a hobbled Roy will help take the pressure off everyone playing 40+ minutes.

 

I guess it all depends on whether or not we get hobbled Roy who wants to run the offense through him or hobbled Roy coming in off the bench for 15 to 20 minutes a night.

 

We seem consistent in the standings despite roster changes because our Coach is the one producing the win record.

If we have bad talent, McMillan pulls our record up. If we have a healthy Oden, Roy, Przybilla, etc. his slow system pulls our record down.

He's like a car that always goes 35 mph. He may exceed expectations or fall short of them, but he only knows how to go 35 mph, on the freeway or on a little street.

In our current condition, McMillan is a good coach for us. I was saying the opposite when we had Oden, Roy, Przybilla, etc.

 

Last year we were 2 games better at this point.

Amazing?

How about disappointing?

 

How is it disappointing considering the circumstances?

 

Sergio's not on the team.

 

Last year's injuries happened suddenly, and required frequent sudden lineup changes. This year's injuries are costing us as many missed games, but over longer periods, so the lineup doesn't change as often.

I didn't verify that, but that's how it seems to me.

 

Good teams don't make excuses for their bad records

Sorry to say it folks but the Blazers are pathetic for not having a better record from last year. i predict our next gmae we will lose and it willk forever define the season and the franchise for ever and ever

/mixum

 

How could you possibly be disappointed with our record considering what we have gone thru?

 

We've never had that team together long enough to know that for a fact. When they didn't do well was at the beginning of the season with Oden trying to be added to the team. By the time the team started to play well with Oden playing well he got injured.

 

Nate sucks.

 

You forgot:

Sorry, but it's the truth!

 

Aghhhhh I knew something was missing!

 

Maybe you will learn the game and then post!

 

I find it about right that the Blazers are about 4% crappier than they were last year (the rough value of 2 games out of 51).

Basically, LaMarcus Aldridge's growth as a player has nearly made up for the loss of Brandon Roy. But not quite.

I am impressed with how McMillan has managed to keep the Blazers from sucking completely, but much like last year, the Blazers are going to have to really work to get into the playoffs as a 7th or 8th seed.

I don't agree with the "McMillan only knows how to go 35 mph" analogy. Whether or not McMillan can successfully coach a completely healthy Blazers' team is just as unknown as the overall capability of such a Blazers' team, regardless of McMillan. It's probably academic, though, frankly, because we'll never see a fully healthy Brandon Roy again, and we may never see a 100% Greg Oden, either.

 

Actually, I think Aldridge's growth as a player has made up for the loss of Roy.

It's Matthews growth as a "second banana" that hasn't quite made up for the loss of Aldridge as a second banana. The fall-off in quality there is easily enough to account for a 4% crappier team.