1. Greg Oden will play 70+ games 2. Lamarcus Aldridge will be an All-Star 3. Brandon Roy will win at least 1 Player of the Month award 4. Andre Miller will not miss a game 5. Nic Batum will shoot 40+% beyond the arc 6. Marcus Camby will average 12+ rebounds 7. Wesley Matthews will be in our top 3 defenders 8. Rudy Fernandez will be traded 9. Jerryd Bayless will average 20+ min a game 10. Joel Pryzbilla will play like pre-injury 11. Blazers will reach the WCF 12. Mcmillan will win CoY 13. Cho will orchestrate a big-time trade 14. Blazers will win 1+ game vs Heat 15. Babbit will make KP look like a genius
1. Greg Oden will play 70+ games False but i really hope true 2. Lamarcus Aldridge will be an All-Star false 3. Brandon Roy will win at least 1 Player of the Month award true 4. Andre Miller will not miss a game true 5. Nic Batum will shoot 40+% beyond the arc true 6. Marcus Camby will average 12+ rebounds false 7. Wesley Matthews will be in our top 3 defenders false 8. Rudy Fernandez will be traded true 9. Jerryd Bayless will average 20+ min a game false 10. Joel Pryzbilla will play like pre-injury false 11. Blazers will reach the WCF true 12. Mcmillan will win CoY false 13. Cho will orchestrate a big-time trade false 14. Blazers will win 1+ game vs Heat false 15. Babbit will make KP look like a genius false
1. Greg Oden will play 70+ games False. It just seems very unlikely to me. 2. Lamarcus Aldridge will be an All-Star False. Not even close, I don't think. 3. Brandon Roy will win at least 1 Player of the Month award True. Western Conference PotM? Sure. 4. Andre Miller will not miss a game False. At some point he'll have something go wrong, and a season is a long time. 5. Nic Batum will shoot 40+% beyond the arc False. Nope. If he shoots 37%, as he did as a rookie, with good defense, he'll still be very good for us, though. 6. Marcus Camby will average 12+ rebounds False. I don't see him getting enough minutes to get even 10 rebounds a game. 7. Wesley Matthews will be in our top 3 defenders False. With Oden and Camby and Batum, that doesn't give Wes a chance to be top-three. 8. Rudy Fernandez will be traded True. Yes, he will be. 9. Jerryd Bayless will average 20+ min a game True. He'll get minutes at the backup 1 and at the 2, and I think he'll do well enough to get that many minutes. He got nearly 18 a game last year. 10. Joel Pryzbilla will play like pre-injury False. He won't be back for a while, and then there will be an adjustment period. 11. Blazers will reach the WCF False. Just don't see it unless everything goes right. Next year I hope to think it'll be more probably. 12. Mcmillan will win CoY False. 13. Cho will orchestrate a big-time trade False. I never bet that there WILL be a big trade. This isn't a knock on Cho. 14. Blazers will win 1+ game vs Heat False. The Heat are going to be very good, and we only get two cracks at them. 15. Babbit will make KP look like a genius False. Not this season. Ed O.
Agree on all fronts with Ed O, but not sure about Bayless. Depending on who the Blazers get in the Rudy trade, Bayless might wind up buried.
Everything False except for Rudy being traded ... probably for a hamper full of sweaty gym socks, a crate of powdered gatorade and a 2017 conditional second round pick
1. Greg Oden will play 70+ games = TRUE 2. Lamarcus Aldridge will be an All-Star = FALSE 3. Brandon Roy will win at least 1 Player of the Month award = FALSE 4. Andre Miller will not miss a game = TRUE 5. Nic Batum will shoot 40+% beyond the arc = TRUE 6. Marcus Camby will average 12+ rebounds = FALSE 7. Wesley Matthews will be in our top 3 defenders = TRUE 8. Rudy Fernandez will be traded = TRUE 9. Jerryd Bayless will average 20+ min a game = FALSE 10. Joel Pryzbilla will play like pre-injury = FALSE 11. Blazers will reach the WCF = TRUE 12. Mcmillan will win COY = FALSE 13. Cho will orchestrate a big-time trade = TRUE 14. Blazers will win 1+ game vs Heat = TRUE 15. Babbit will make KP look like a genius = FALSE
1. Greg Oden will play 70+ games T 2. Lamarcus Aldridge will be an All-Star F 3. Brandon Roy will win at least 1 Player of the Month award T 4. Andre Miller will not miss a game F 5. Nic Batum will shoot 40+% beyond the arc F 6. Marcus Camby will average 12+ rebounds F 7. Wesley Matthews will be in our top 3 defenders T 8. Rudy Fernandez will be traded T 9. Jerryd Bayless will average 20+ min a game F 10. Joel Pryzbilla will play like pre-injury T 11. Blazers will reach the WCF T 12. Mcmillan will win CoY F 13. Cho will orchestrate a big-time trade F 14. Blazers will win 1+ game vs Heat T 15. Babbit will make KP look like a genius F
1. Greg Oden will play 70+ games = TRUE (68 is average for a center so that's my goal, but I don't see any soft tissue type of cronic issues that would lead you to think he's going to miss 10+ games). 2. Lamarcus Aldridge will be an All-Star = FALSE 3. Brandon Roy will win at least 1 Player of the Month award = TRUE 4. Andre Miller will not miss a game = FALSE 5. Nic Batum will shoot 40+% beyond the arc = TRUE (barely) 6. Marcus Camby will average 12+ rebounds = FALSE (won't have the minutes to average more than 8) 7. Wesley Matthews will be in our top 3 defenders = FALSE (Oden, Camby and Batum are already considered 3 of the top 10-15 in the NBA) 8. Rudy Fernandez will be traded = TRUE 9. Jerryd Bayless will average 20+ min a game = TRUE 10. Joel Pryzbilla will play like pre-injury = FALSE 11. Blazers will reach the WCF = TRUE 12. Mcmillan will win COY = FALSE 13. Cho will orchestrate a big-time trade = Will orchestrate something, but probably not a CP3 blockbuster 14. Blazers will win 1+ game vs Heat = TRUE 15. Babbit will make KP look like a genius = FALSE
1. Greg Oden will play 70+ games True 2. Lamarcus Aldridge will be an All-Star False 3. Brandon Roy will win at least 1 Player of the Month award True 4. Andre Miller will not miss a game False 5. Nic Batum will shoot 40+% beyond the arc False 6. Marcus Camby will average 12+ rebounds False 7. Wesley Matthews will be in our top 3 defenders False 8. Rudy Fernandez will be traded True 9. Jerryd Bayless will average 20+ min a game True 10. Joel Pryzbilla will play like pre-injury False 11. Blazers will reach the WCF False 12. Mcmillan will win CoY False 13. Cho will orchestrate a big-time trade False 14. Blazers will win 1+ game vs Heat True 15. Babbit will make KP look like a genius False Regarding Oden, I don't think he'll get little nagging injuries. That hasn't been part of his history. Either the injuries really were freak occurrences, so they can't be used predictively, or else he has some problem that causes big injuries, in which case he'll miss a lot more than 10 games. I don't see a real probability spectrum in between (different probabilities for each amount of games missed)...just two choices, really, and I think that the first is more likely. I don't think Camby will play enough minutes for a per-game average like 12 rebounds. Numbers 11-13 all could happen, but don't seem the way to bet. I don't think Babbitt will be good enough in his rookie season to make Pritchard look like a "genius" for acquiring him. It might look like a very smart move down the line, but probably not immediately.
1. Greg Oden will play 70+ games - False, but I think he'll be close 2. Lamarcus Aldridge will be an All-Star - False, I think that ship has sailed for Aldridge unless he develops a James Worthy like game 3. Brandon Roy will win at least 1 Player of the Month award - False. Although he might win in a month if Oden is out with a minor injury 4. Andre Miller will not miss a game - True 5. Nic Batum will shoot 40+% beyond the arc - True, but I hope he doesnt get complacent out there 6. Marcus Camby will average 12+ rebounds - False. Maybe thru December though. 7. Wesley Matthews will be in our top 3 defenders - True. Thats not saying much until Oden and Pryz are back up to speed though 8. Rudy Fernandez will be traded - True. Cho will probably give him away and justify the fleecing by stating he was a distraction. Can't win em all. 9. Jerryd Bayless will average 20+ min a game - True. Since he can play 1 and 2, I think this is very likely 10. Joel Pryzbilla will play like pre-injury - False. He was a top 5 Defense/Rebounding Center, so that's a pretty lofty level reclaim so quickly 11. Blazers will reach the WCF - True, unless we play the Lakers in the Semis. I think we still have matchup advantages over OKC and maybe a mental edge over them too. We've beat them everytime we really need to over the past 2 years. 12. Mcmillan will win CoY - False. It will go to the coach with the most wins or the coach with the biggest win margin from the previous year. 13. Cho will orchestrate a big-time trade - False. A big-time trade involves a pillar, and we havent seen how all our pillars play together. He'll give it a chance for a year. 14. Blazers will win 1+ game vs Heat - False. Lebron seems to own us. 15. Babbit will make KP look like a genius[/QUOTE] - False. I dont think genius tags are given for obtaining potentially strong role players
1. Greg Oden will play 70+ games- TRUE I think he’s due. 2. Lamarcus Aldridge will be an All-Star- FALSE He’s good, but not that good. Also, he’ll have to share stats with Oden 3. Brandon Roy will win at least 1 Player of the Month award- TRUE I mean, why not? 4. Andre Miller will not miss a game- FALSE It’s about time he miss a game or two. 5. Nic Batum will shoot 40+% beyond the arc- FALSE I think teams will check him closer. 6. Marcus Camby will average 12+ rebounds- FALSE Not enough playing time. 7. Wesley Matthews will be in our top 3 defenders- FALSE He won’t get enough playing time to make that determination. 8. Rudy Fernandez will be traded- TRUE Eventually, I mean. 9. Jerryd Bayless will average 20+ min a game- FALSE He really isn’t that good. 10. Joel Pryzbilla will play like pre-injury FALSE He will play very limited minutes. 11. Blazers will reach the WCF- TRUE I always have hope!! 12. McMillan will win COY- FALSE ‘nuff said. 13. Cho will orchestrate a big-time trade- FALSE I’m a skeptic until he delivers. 14. Blazers will win 1+ game vs Heat- TRUE We have the personnel. 15. Babbit will make KP look like a genius- FALSE I think he’ll be a bust.
1. Greg Oden will play 70+ games - True. He will Play 80+ 2. Lamarcus Aldridge will be an All-Star - True. Boozer & Amare gone 3. Brandon Roy will win at least 1 Player of the Month award - False. Player of the WEEK for sure 4. Andre Miller will not miss a game - False. All good things come to an end. He will play less than 70 5. Nic Batum will shoot 40+% beyond the arc - False. Higher 30s 6. Marcus Camby will average 12+ rebounds - False. I say 8/9 7. Wesley Matthews will be in our top 3 defenders - False. That would be GO, Nic, Rudy 8. Rudy Fernandez will be traded - True. Unfortunately he will blossom somewhere else 9. Jerryd Bayless will average 20+ min a game - True. but less than 25 10. Joel Pryzbilla will play like pre-injury - False. I hope I wrong 11. Blazers will reach the WCF - True. With a good chance of reaching the NBA Finals 12. Mcmillan will win CoY - True. He will also coach the West All Star 13. Cho will orchestrate a big-time trade - False. There will be a trade or two but not blockbuster 14. Blazers will win 1+ game vs Heat - False. The HEAT will be destructive beyond expectations 15. Babbit will make KP look like a genius - False. He will be better than Josh McRobers though
