Will we make the playoffs?

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What's going to happen?

  1. We make the playoffs

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  2. We miss the playoffs

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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Based on what you believe will happen RIGHT NOW, let's say you bet everything you own on the answer. So don't bet on what you WANT to happen, bet on what you REALLY BELIEVE is most likely.
     
    Rastapopoulos, Feb 12, 2020
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  2. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    We saw the 8 seed last night. They weren't wearing black.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Feb 12, 2020
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    I think the Blazers miss it. Dame is amazing, but the hole they dug is a large one.
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    We play Memphis tomorrow actually
     
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    andalusian Season - Restarted

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    He was talking of the team that will be the 8th seed in the playoffs.
     
    andalusian, Feb 12, 2020
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I'm not talking about current standings--I'm talking about mid-April.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Feb 12, 2020
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    I hope not.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I wonder how long it'll be before someone says that posts like this is why the Blazers can't attract top name free agents, and that people who voted no are bad fans.

    I say by the end of the day, this thread gets hijacked by a debate about that instead of discussing the merits of people believing the team will miss the playoffs (which isn't saying they necessarily *want* them to miss the playoffs).
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    What kind of board is this that rather than discuss the topic of a thread, we end up talking about the eventual direction of the thread? This is why Jody is unwilling to spend money on this team!
     
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    And that will be Memphis.
     
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    I don't see us making it now. Memphis is almost a lock.
     
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    Either you haven't seen the rest-of-season schedule information for NOP and MEM, or you're unreasonably discounting it.
     
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    If Memphis wins tonight it puts us 5 back in the loss column with 26 games to play. The two teams have yet to play each other and have 3 matchups remaining so it's possible Portland could sweep all 3 which would do a lot to close the gap. It just doesn't feel like Portland has it in them without Super-Nuclear Dame. That stretch where he went crazy had them at 7-3 over a 10 game stretch. Without him going hot-lava, the Blazers are 18-27.

    Sadly, that stretch put them likely out of reach of a decent Lottery pick but they aren't quite good enough to make the Playoffs and if they do, will be quickly dispatched by the Lakers unless they suffer a big time late season injury. #Purgatory
     
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    I think it's fairly likely that both New Orleans and San Antonio pass us in the standings, and fairly unlikely that anyone drops. So I say we end up at 11th in the West.
     
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    Perhaps you didn't know that Memphis is actually good?
     
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    They are. So is New Orleans. Probably better than Memphis (Pels are 2-0 v the Grizz so far). And NO's schedule is massively easier.
     
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    Not with their schedule and the Pel's cupcake schedule. I think it's NOP over Memphis.
     
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    The Pels. I can see them making a run of like 8 or 10 straight wins.

    When Dame is playing at super-human levels Portland is a very solid team. When he isn't they are a trainwreck.
     
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    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    So you're saying the Pels play us a few more times?
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    I know. I just don't see the Pels making the playoffs
     
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