I want someone to clearly explain this to me...

Portland has Wilkins. I'm sure we could sway Clyde, and that would give us two Dream Team guys firmly on the Blazer bandwagon.

 

It just trips me out even Kenny has Spurs over us easily when the Spurs haven't beaten a contending team yet this season.

 

Same with Pelton. If people stopped clicking on it, he wouldn't get paid to do it anymore. I do have last year's Pelton predictions somewhere, and even posted it in another thread this season. He was SO off and wrote a whole article explaining why his system was wrong. Deflecting the fact that he made the "system." lol

 

I think it's funny. I don't care if they change their opinion, I just enjoy watching the BS avalanche till it hits the bottom of BS mountain and these guys decide they need a nice long shower and a warm cup of Blazer coffee with a Voodoo doughnut.

 

True, but Lenny Wilkins was an assistant coach on the team. Why do people always have to ruin my opinions with facts?

 

Doesn't it also weigh Defensive Efficiency quite a bit? This is one category that the Blazers are still below average in, and probably explains why Portland is on the lower end of that list.

 

I've said on many occasions that orthography is not my strong suit.

Wilkins played on Team USA at the 1994 World Championships. While it's not "THE" Dream Team, it was still a Dream Team.

Isiah Thomas and 'Nique were snubs. They both should have been on THE Dream Team in the Olympics.

Thank you for ruining my evening!

 

You seem to have enough intelligence to respond with information I can work with, mature enough to not throw a tantrum when I indulge in hyperbole or sarcasm, have enough self-esteem to not cry wolf when I poke fun, and enough self-awareness to realize you don't know everything and can't force people to change their opinion. I will keep you around... for now.

Watch SlyPuppyDog try to edit this to make it about him. Too predictable.

P.S.

 

Hollinger used to constantly make changes and revamp that formula but he isn't working for ESPN anymore. He hasn't for several years he is working for the grizz front office now and just left the work in progress formula with ESPN

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We've played the majority of our easy road games for the year. We've played none of our very tough road games for the year. I love the start the team is having but I'm keeping some perspective on it, this team may have a big drop off during those difficult stretches in the schedule. Doesn't mean we can't be a legit team, or make some noise in a couple of playoff series. But it could very likely mean we aren't the best team in the league as our record indicates today.

 

GS and Denver were easy?

 

I see what you're saying. But I am more talking about the overall philosophy of it. It's flawed, to say the least.

 

You misread my statement. I didn't say every road game we've played so far has been easy.

 

Fools.

Gold.

 

The short version:

I despise 90% of the sports' media. (a product of the "jailblazer" era) IMHO, Sheed's "both teams played hard" interview was one of the greatest moments in NBA history. Real fans don't need the media.

 

it is just some one else doing the heavy lifting, to provide "critical thinking for the masses". small market team vs. the league. portland had their due as the nouvoe team on the ascendancy but they let the national pundits down when oden's and roy's knees fell apart. thougher for them to jump back on the bandwagon after letting them down so recently.

 

I honestly don't think Roy and Oden have anything to do with it. It's a completely different team now. Aldridge, Batum and Matthews are the only guys left from that era. New coach, new GM, completely different offensive philosophy.

What type of national media/national fan validation are we looking for? What would they have to do to appease Portland fans? The team is winning games, building confidence and continuing to establish their identity as a team. Their defense is awful, but it's already quite a bit better than it was earlier in the season and will continue to get better as the bench guys develop and/or if Olshey makes a minor move to shore things up. Plus the whole system is based on guarding the perimeter, and they've already proven they're elite in that area, which seems to be Stotts' entire game plan.

Portland is the new kid on the block right now and it's going to take more than 30 games to warrant legit respect. All they have to do is keep winning. It's pretty simple, and I don't think it's an issue of respect or 'small market vs. big market' or letdowns based on the Nate/Pritchard/Roy/Oden era.

It took fans and the media years for the OKC to get respect. It was a lot of 'they're not ready yet', or, 'they're too young'. It was the same thing when the Knicks shot out of the gate last year. People still had serious doubts about Melo's ability to pose a serious threat to the Heat.

I hate to invoke Al Davis, here, but 'Just win, baby.'