Well, based on point differential, at least: http://dberri.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/yes-it-is-early-–-but-portland-is-the-best-in-the-west/ . The games the team has lost have not been by much, and to generally pretty good teams (the Rockets are for real, hopefully no one doubts that anymore). Stat-wise, LA and Oden are greatly improved, which means more to me than the number of wins at this point. Some of the guys who haven't done well so far can be reasonably expected to improve, too. All in all, Blazer fans have a lot to be happy about. And hello everyone, btw. I haven't posted in ages, and probably won't all too much, but I've been around awhile.