Around the NBA: 2022 The Preseason Is Here!

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  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Funny thing is….after the infamous #23Win prediction debacle….I nailed it exactly the next season and nobody brings that up FAMS. The hate is strong with this batch of nerds. I forget sometimes how many experts are on here.
    This guy is just dead set on bringing down @THE HCP. I think just a couple nights ago he was talking about how much more amazing and deep OUR bench was compared to the Clippers. #SIGH
     
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    I've been wrong in my takes but I admitted it BOTH TIMES!
     
    riverman, Oct 9, 2022
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    82-0!
     
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    Looks like Noah Vonleh will get a spot on the Celtics...the guy had a double double with 25 rebounds his last game....good to see. Jake Layman is on the Celtics preseason roster too Vonleh played for the Shanghai Sharks, (Yao Ming's) team and said his shot really came around playing there. Both Noah and Jake are from the Boston area
     
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    riverman, Oct 9, 2022
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    It’s a possibility?
     
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    Globetrotters do it all the time!
     
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    The thing is what you see as realistic many others here see as being negative. Most fans here hope for a good season from the Blazers, and maybe it's unrealistic on the other side of the spectrum, but hardcore fans tend to aim high in their hopes.

    Maybe you are right. Maybe it won't be a good season for the Blazers. Maybe they will miss the playoffs. Who knows. But, it seems better to root for and predict success, then to openly predict and continuously espouse a negative outcome. It also seems unnecessary to criticize dreamful, outcomes adopted by others, even if they might be out of reach.
     
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    Inconceivable!
     
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    So you think it’s “better to predict success”?
     
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    Brother please! I get MURDERED on here for predictive losses. Who the fuck is criticizing “dreamful outcomes”?
     
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    You just told me it’s better to predict success. Why? So I can get mad and scream and cuss on here every night we lose to a more talented team? Like 80% of this place. I[‘ve said it before and I’ll say it again. You can keep walking out to the garage thinking when it opens up there will be a Ferrari in there, but you are setting yourself up for a BIG letdown when you see it’s a KIA. The same dudes who think we will win 55 games and make a push in the playoffs are the same exact ones freaking out on here…and you’re telling me my low bar I set is WORSE than dealing with their horse shit? Check yourself MOD.
     
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    it sure seems you believe it's more convincing the 57th time you say the Blazers will be bad then it was the first 56 times
     
    wizenheimer, Oct 9, 2022
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    No one wants to murder you because it would be really hard to dispose of the body... fams.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Oct 9, 2022
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    Andre Drummond shooting 3’s now
     
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    didn’t believe it and had to check the box score. He has 9 points right now and is 3/3 from downtown… WTF is going on in the world?
     
    SheedSoNasty, Oct 9, 2022
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    Would you tell Dame to his face how bad you think the team is? 100 bucks says nobody here would. If you were a player how would you want fans to support the team?
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    People keep giving me shit because I am claiming this roster is only talented enough for the 10th spot in the west. I’m just explaining myself. I just had a member on here tell me that it’s better to predict that we are going to be better than I think we are…. Had to reply.
     
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    Would Dame tell the media how bad HE thinks the team is?
     
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