We LOST to Denver. We SHOULD have beaten Houston last year in the playoffs too. WE DIDN'T. We beat Houston, and that looks like a damn solid win. We beat SA after they lost Parker for the last 3 quarters. So ya, not the best team to measure the team with. We have won the games we were supposed to win, and lost a couple we had a shot at. The one good thing that I have seen so far is that, unlike last year, we ae blowing bad teams out. I still think the team needs to push the ball more, lie it did against the Spurs and the first Wolves game, and I think Blake needs to be reduced to 10 minutes per game, and Oden needs to adjust to ridiculous foul calls, and the organization needs to spend some fine money on calling out the refs and the league abot the fouls.
I expect to lose tomorrow, and if we do, so be it. Always nice to go 4-1 on a road trip, regardless who you play. For me, it will be how we lose....if we lose.
The Blazers are #2 in the NBA in point differential. The "down" posters seem to be those bitterly clinging to their entrenched criticisms of the team, regardless of results on the court.
Magnifier, you're so full of it. Winning a fucking ring will only cause some to state we underachieved because we're not yet a dynasty. When we win multiple fucking rings, some will state we're not the Celtics, Bulls or L*kers. Meanwhile, you, I and most others will be enjoying some fantastic Blazer basketball!
Even though I don't like to agree with him, Mixum hit it on the head. As for record. Tell me what you feel the record would be right now IF the blazer faced the Los Angeles Lakers instead of New Orleans. Phoenix instead of Memphis. Utah instead of Minnesota and Boston instead of Charlotte. Of course these games on the road. Why did I pick these teams? One end of the spectrum to the other. We have a very favorable schedule and it's due to the team poor teams we are facing on the road. Now think of what it would be if the teams were elite. I'm going to be brutal with this. This offense is shit. TERRIBLE. HORRIBLE. It's to the point that it's unwatchable.
That's the beauty of something as trivial as NBA basketball. You're free not to watch the games. There are those of us who will look forward to each and every one.
Sooner than later the game, the team will turn me off for good. Ill deal with that when the time comes.
I don't think people are "down." It's just that expectations are higher now. We want championships damnit! And I think most of us feel we have a team that can win one. So, there's more scrutiny on the imperfections. Winning streaks over the likes of the Timberwolves and Bobcats may have been great last year, but now it's small potatoes.
Turn you off completely because of what? Because they're winning? Even winning ugly is still winning. It's early in the season; we're only 11 games in. Do you expect them to be in playoff form right now? Or better yet, do you WANT them peaking now? There's plenty of time for them to improve. Better to be playing ugly and winning as opposed to the alternative. Would you prefer our offense look more like GSW's? They score a lot of points . . .
I find myself staying away from this place more and more. 8-3 and there are more negative cry baby threads then there are positive threads. It wasnt like this last year. We are 8-3 and its easy to see that the team can play even better/improve! We should be excited about whats to come, not bitchin'!
I don't think too many are bitching BB. There are some of us that are just trying to keep things in perspective. SA, Minny, Memphis, Minny, Charlotte and NO aren't exactly good teams right now. We should have beat them, and we did. I think if they beat a healthy Atlanta team tonight, that would be a game that more people could look at and say "this team is really looking good"
Houston just beat the Lakers, took them to overtime a few weeks back and Charlotte was a very good home team, beating decent teams at home. I think you guys aren't understanding we have taken teams and made them score well below their average. Could you imagine what would happen if our shots are falling?
