Is this the best Blazer team ever assembled?

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Is this the best Blazer team ever assembled?

  1. Yes

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  2. I don't know yet

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  3. Not even close

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  4. Are you high?

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  1. magnifier661

    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    I think we have to really consider that this could be the best team ever assembled. I haven't seen a Blazer team ever look this good, feel so confident they will win, than any other years I've watched as a Blazer fan. I've been a fan since 1988, so I missed the championship team from the 70's.

    What's your vote?
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    If Walton and Lucas could handle Erving and McGinnis, they could sure shut down the lesser Aldridge and lessee Batum. Walton owned the paint, which Lopez, Kaman, and especially Aldridge do not.
     
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    No.
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    This team has great history, like when J.J. Hickson arrived to salvage the 2011-12 season, or when Juwan Howard bailed us out of the 2009-10 season. Much as we cherished our heroes and never let them escape, the years have produced many heart-warming come-from-behind tales of courage under adversity under fire. I will not, I can not, compare one hero to another. Who is to say that Ime Udoku, who emerged from Nigeria to try out as a walk-on, only to be the starter by season's start while his father died in preseason, was better than the unheralded Victor Khryapa, who came in halfway through the 2004-05 season from Europe and immediately started the rest of the season? I say, we should celebrate our heroes without trying to compare their greatnesses.
     
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    You shut your mouth. Ime Udoka does not belong in the same conversation as those other guys. Ime played hard, left to take a bigger paycheck, but tried to come back. Similar to Blanky. Juwan ditched us to go ring-chasing. JJ didn't want to be a team player. Veektor just...didn't work out.

    BTW, did you know that Ime's girlfriend (and baby momma) is Nia Long? Well done, Ime.
     
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    And no, this isn't the best team ever assembled. Though if we win a couple of championships, I could see 4-6 new numbers in the rafters. ;)
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    You guys are fucking high. When we are raising the championship banner, you fuckers will be saying this is the best team ever assembled!
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    We have a guaranteed one number retired. And if Lillard can stay healthy, he will probably be the second
     
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    "Son, I know Bill Walton and Mo Lucas. Bill Walton and Mo Lucas were friends of mine. And you, (LaMarcus and Robin Lopez) are no Bill Walton and Mo Lucas."
     
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    BTW, that was meant to just be funny. I don't know Bill or Mo (RIP).
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    So?! That's only 2 players. We have more than just Lopez and Aldridge. Don't you try and tell me David Twarksomethingorother is better than Lillard
     
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    No. But Bill Walton was transcendant. Mo is a HoFer. In this case, you seem to be comparing talent/superstardom. In which case you're comparing Dame (eventually) to Bill, and LaMarcus to Mo. Then people like Dave Twardzik (who led the entire league in TS%) against Nic (or maybe Wes)?

    I think the top 3 are pretty much wins for the 77 team. And not by small margins.

    Then look at the 90-91 team. That might stack up.
     
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    Talent wise, the 99-2000 team was better than this team. Chemistry wise it's not close though.
     
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    This is the best team assembled this decade. Everything else won't be decided until the playoffs are over.
     
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    I HOPE it is .... I have waited DECADES for a championship from the Blazers. I was a little 1st grader in the early 80's when I was old enough to start loving the Blazers. There are a lot of us that have waited a long, LONG time for this team to be the best ever. So yeah, I really hope they are.
     
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    Talent-wise, I think the early 2000's Blazers is an apt comparison.
     
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    Nope. Sorry. The 1999-2000 team was insanely talented. Probably the deepest team ever assembled. The biggest difference though, between this current team and that 1999-2000 team, is that we have a true go-to guy. If you put Damian Lillard on that Blazers roster, we don't lose to the Lakers and we probably win the championship. That team lacked a true go-to guy. Sheed could have been that guy, but he didn't have the mindset. Pippen was always a second fiddle. Smith was too old at that point. Damon wanted to be that guy, he needed to be that guy, but he most certainly was not that guy.
     
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    The 2000 team was insane, basically 10 deep with starters.

    So no.
     
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    I'd put my money on this team beating any other Blazer team if they played on the same court. However greatest team ever assembled has to do something and this squad has only gotten to the 2nd round so far, they have a ways to go to be considered the best.
     
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    So when we win the championship this season, you guys change your mind?
     
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