I'm terribly excited!!!! They have a very good record and I get to buy BlazerWookee's tickets for the Detroit game. The team/coaches need to figure out a lot of rotations and style of play if we are to become elite however. I think they will starting tomorrow night. Ask me after the game.
I fall into the frustrated department. There are certain dynamics on this team that seem to be unchanged. And I don't see them changing this year. For those of you that think Portland will lose in the first round, I could see that happening. Mainly due to the unchanged dynamics. Unless those things change then this team will look ok in regular season but will struggle in the playoffs.
lol then we have found our solution.. the rest of us who arent so vocal about frustration.. need to be uber vocal about good things happening.. lets water down EVERYTHING!
Well, I consider myself cautiously optimistic but I think that playing Blake as much as he has been is a mistake, and I have been vocal about it. I don't think that being frustrated by one aspect of the team means that one cannot be optimistic/pleased overall... Ed O.
I'm concerned and I'm surprised why. I can't believe how our offense looked down the stretch in Atlanta w/o Outlaw. I never thought his 10 ppg was that big of a deal, but him being able to create and knock down shots kept defenses from focusing all their attention on Roy. If Travis had it going in the 4th, we almost always won. I don't know where we are going to get offense from now, especially against good teams late in games. Brandon can't do it by himself, and Lamarcus needs to be set up. Rudy is a 3 point specialist with no midrange game and he can't get to the basket. Martell . . . that guy is another story. After that Houston game I was singing his praises (remember that dunk?) How can that guy be so bad with the tools he has? Did we get outmuscled, outhustled, and jobbed by the refs last night? Sure. But when Atlanta decided to clamp down defensively it was shot clock violations (or desperation shots at the end of the clock), turnovers, and it just felt like unless Brandon went nuts we had no chance. Every possession felt like a struggle just to get a decent shot off. Maybe it was just a bad night for a team with tired legs. But we aren't going to win many games with Rudy shooting 3's falling out of bounds. We need guys not named Roy and Alrdrige to present at least a moderate threat to free those two up a little bit. Bayless scares the life out of me sometimes, but he may be the only guy who can fulfill such a roll. Probably time to yank Blake and give him a shot.
