I'm no match for the posting genius that is Kingspeed. I must eject before he "checkmates" me!!! Abort! Abort! (Oh shit, is aborting a form of jumping ship?)
You're right. I was wrong to give up on the team after that game. After watching us beat the Rockets (last year's playoff foe) without Oden, Outlaw, Batum, or Rudy tonight, I have a new faith and what we can accomplish. I will be attending the games in NY and Cleveland and can't wait to see them win before my eyes.
I felt this team could contend for a championship last year if we landed any team in the starting round that wasn't the rockets. That was back when oden was getting into to foul trouble for breathing on the person he was guarding. Seeing him go down especially when it finally looked like he was back in shape and showing us the reason we drafted him #1 was about the only thing, save roy/aldrige getting injured, that would make this season seem a bit dissapointing. Now I say seem because with all of our other injuries right now this puts us in a bad place. Oden can still be that center we all hoped for and we can still have a great run without him, but without a dominating center then I dont' see us contending for a championship. To sum up what seems like a rambling of ideas, with all the injuries this season I didn't think we could realistically contend with a championship so I settled down to root for second round in the playoffs and getting Oden a lot of time so that he could develop more. With him going down it just left me sick to my stomach because when were healthy next year we aren't going to have that dominating center with even more playoff experience like I was hoping for. Does this mean i'll root for the blazers any less? Nope i'll root for them just as hard as I always have and hope the rest of the team best and that GO gets better. Its just a little disappointing is all i'm trying to say.
I was thinking the same but then realized that I probably couldn't even get it up now so I'm going to go to sleep. I'll probably have nightmares about GO's knees. Poor guy. Unbelievable.
So, if you were wrong to give up on the team after the Denver loss...don't you think it might be fair to give everyone who has given up tonight due to the Oden injury the same leeway to come back to the team? Checkmate!?!? j/k...just messin' with ya. But, do you want to bet on that Cleveland game? If the Blazers lose you'd have to post "Oden is the only reason the Blazers are any good" over and over in every thread...
So why don't you just let people have their grief and get through this without your hypocritical, holier than thou bullshit. You're coming across as a sanctimonious asshole right now with your tired as hell "Another jumper" needling. This is why some people think you are an insufferable fool Eric.
The conclusion of many--Blazer fans, NBA fans and NBA analysts--is that this team is only going to go as far as GO takes us. It's sad to see his development get put off one more year. This year has also shown that LMA and Roy need to adjust to GO as much as he needs to adjust to playing in the NBA. That development is also going to be delayed. We forced open our window sooner than almost anyone believed we could. All this injury means is that our window goes back to the timeline most "experts" predicted. It's my hope GO recovers fully and works with Roy and LMA this offseason to mesh their talents.
I have a feeling you are the only one who doesn't feel bad about the Greg injury. Frankly, you're pathetic.
I hope the team can play well without Oden but historically it doesn't look very promising. This current Blazer team without Oden is much like the 2007 team. That team only won 41 games even though B-Roy had a remarkable season. And that team didn't have many other injuries to contend with. This team does. I will still attend games and root for them like I have for the last 32 years. But it is going to take a magical season for this team to even make the playoffs without Oden much less make noise once they get there.
I don't think it'll take a magical season to make the playoffs, assuming Rudy is not out for the season. While this team is similar to the 2007 team that went 41-41, Roy and Aldridge (our 2 major players) have had 2 more years of experience. Rudy is like James Jones, but a better all-around talent. Blake and Przybilla are still here. And we still have a decent bench with Bayless getting better, Andre Miller, and Cunningham. I think this team still has the talent to make the playoffs as a very low seed. Beyond that, I don't think we can get out of the 1st round this year.
