I am curious to see where most of you stand since we are almost at halfway point. As much as the blazers have played like ass they have been a bit unlucky too. Hollinger still has them at good odds to get in. Agree or disagree?
We will still make the playoffs; even with Nate failing to get this team prepared and motivated. Believe it or not; we have talent to win more games than lose. We may be 8th seed without even trying.
i see us still backing into the 8th spot mainly because the teams we are competing against mostly have tougher schedules remaining. denver has been playing as sucky as we have without gallo, utah has a ton of road games etc
We'll make the playoffs. The only way we advance is if we make a move or if we get back to running a bit more and Batum decides to be the offensive player he can be.
I think we're out of it. Failton is too mistake prone (missed shots, turnovers...) late in games, Crawful simply cannot deliver late in games (or maybe 1 in 5), Nic gets too tentative and that allows defenses to key in on LMA. We have, and will continue to lose too many winnable games late to make the playoffs. Nate's iso offense late in games is fine- so long as we have the player(s) to deliver, aka, Roy. But we don't. mean, when Dirk Diggler misses 5, yes 5, potential game winning shots from the final 15 seconds of the game thru OT and we can't capitalize, then it's time to look forward to vacation after the regular season. I'm already looking forward to the draft.
With such a mediocre roster I would not be opposed to a lotto pick in this deep draft. Another 1st round bounce doesn't appeal much.
Hell why not trade everyone with a multi-year contract (Except for Aldridge and Batum) for expiring deals and picks?
When I look at this lineup there really isn't much to like. Outside of LMA there's no one who makes me jump up and down.
lol i assume you're not serious but it would take an EPIC tank job to move up to 6th. from 15-13 we would have to finish out something like 4-34 just to have any chance. too many crappy teams in the east. i would rather be in the playoffs with the 15th pick than out with 11-13. might as well try.
I actually was. I never believe in tanking. That's a loser's mentality IMO. I would rather be an 8th seed than lottery bound.
matthews is the only one who has a true multi-year deal, and he's not worth his contract at this point so would be tough to dump for expiring. wallace and crawford have player options for 12/13 that they may opt out of if we blow things up. otherwise it's all expiring and <$2 mil rookie deals.
probably not, but we were very close to being 2-0 against the thunder. they're probably a better matchup for us than a more disciplined team like SA. 8th might actually be our best shot at winning a series, if we have one.
I figured a seventh or eighth seed at the beginning of the year, but then again I never thought Felton would play like a D-league reject. My feeling is that they'll probably still get in at the back of the order but only because Denver is dinged up and the T-wolves are too inconsistent to push them out of the way -- in terms of record, my prediction of 36 wins might be a little on the high side now, 32 seems a little more plausible.
