Ready for Exciting October

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  1. GrandpaBlaze

    GrandpaBlaze Predictions Game Master

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    I’ve endured through the dog days of summer (the Sly days of summer?).

    Slogged through the slow days of September.

    I am ready for the exciting days of October. Training camp.
    Preseason.
    Regular season.
    How do the newbies fit?
    How does Collins look?
    Does Ant deserve the hype?
    How big does Little fit in our plans?
    Has Shawn Kemp lost 20 pounds again?

    And most importantly (for some at least), who is this year’s scapegoat? Meyers gone. Turner gone. Aminu & Harkless gone. Who gets the thorny crown? Who?

    It all starts in just a few more days.

    Woohoo!
     
  2. riverman

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    Scapegoat is easy Gramps!
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  3. tlongII

    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    Most likely scapegoat would be Whiteside if he struggles early. I’ll think he’ll be fine though.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    We will start 10-10 and everybody will be freaking out!
     
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    Whoever can't shoot for 3 games in a row first....that'll be the player scapegoat. Stotts usually is when we've lost 2 games in a row.
     
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    I'm excited about this season more than the last couple. Lot of new pieces and combinations to watch developing chemistry.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    I'm excited for all the posters who will continue to speculate on what hypothetical posters will say!
     
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    Disagree, now things can change like how they look during that 10-10, but I'd be pretty happy if they were .500 by the end of december. Now they would certainly have their work to do, but long road trips are brutal...
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Exactly. 7-10 or 8-9 would be a 50 win pace if taking schedule into account. Gotta slay those hypothetical narratives though!
     
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    now you're cookin'!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Shit, if we are 10-10 after 20, I’ll be ecstatic. That’s a tough schedule.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    That could (should?) probably be a thread all unto itself.

    My money is on Collins, with Bazemore a close second.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Ecstatic is a bit extreme but it would be a 50 win pace.

    EDIT - When accounting for strength of schedule.
     
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    41-win pace.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    *50-win pace when accounting for strength of schedule*
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Ahhhh....you techy folks. :)
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    We have the return or the original @ABM for the source of this sports two meme
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    LOL! Playoffs, baby!!

     
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    If they start 10-10 they will have done very well. But yes a bunch will be calling for a new coach and the trade half the team. Fire Olshey will be the talk all over the board. Then there will be the media bashing the slow start and team chemistry.
     

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