The optimism (this season) about the Blazers is ludicrous

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Not to be rude, and its none of my business. Feel free to ignore if you so choose, but..

you are a gay female ( from everything I have been led to believe), speak of a partner etc, comfortable with your community etc, fantastic. But why are so many of your avatars guys?

 

Did I miss someone being optimistic? What..... did one or two people predict "possible" playoffs?
From what I have read everyone does seem to be realistic about this year. Maybe a few fans are "hopeful" that if this. that , and the other thing can occur....just maybe we can slide into the 8th spot. But the vast majority of Blazer fans are predicting right where the experts are guessing. And by experts I mean Vegas.

 

Offended by the objectification of women, and trying to retaliate. I wonder about it too...

 

I'm curious...

How common is it for a team with a legit top 15 player to finish in the bottom 5 of the league? (Let's just assume, for now, that LMA is top 15).

Does it happen very often?

 

Aldridge, Matthews and Batum will start and play big minutes of course.

The decider will be Stotts, and whether the season

1. is wasted trying to win games playing the extremely weak veterans we have (= no playoffs and no improvement)

or...

2. our more talented draft picks are allowed to start and play deep minutes despite their learning curve (could make the playoffs and might even be very good by then)

Nate religiously followed #1, and we saw where it got us. Is Stotts a difference? So far there is no indication that he is.

 

Ask Donald Sterling.

 

crandc's avatars are all of gay men. Not the average normal looking out of shape gay guys, nor the flamboyantly exhibitionistic gay guys.

I suspect she only uses the studly athletic model type gay guys in an attempt to give you an unwanted and embarrassing erection.

 

The more scantily clad women in everyone else's avatars, the more she uses scantily clad guys in her avatars.

 

Which makes me nervous for Lillard's knees... Is it possible to get cartilage insurance?

 

Oh come on, making a thread like this is stupid. We're all fans of the Blazers, that's why we're posting here, and we're excited to see a new season with young talent and a style of play that is supposed to differ from what we've seen for six years.
So what if some of us have higher expectations then others, that's why we discuss things here. This is the first season in the last 4 that we really don't have playoffs in our sights and we're not waiting for/players to come back and finally be healthy. It's a season because we don't have expectations to meet any good thing that happens is awesome.
Even if we really suck were gonna have a high draft pick and a shot at a franchise changing player.
To clarify my ramblings I have no problem with you posting this but making a new thread for it and giving it a title that seems to be calling out people for being optimistic just seems a little extreme given we haven't even seen a preseason game never mind it's 20 days from actual tip off
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When did he have a top player and finish in the bottom 5?

 

I'm not so sure. I think there is something to be said for having a near-superstar on the team. It isn't often that a team with a superstar finishes worst in the league.

 

Damn, Maris, this alone is reason to never put you on an ignore list. Pure gold. I did not want to make the leap that all her guys were gay, but I had suspected as much, with the pride she shows for her community. LOL thanks for the laugh!

 

The playoffs are not ludicrous. Many times you only have to be .500 to make the playoffs, half the teams in the NBA make it. No one on the Blazers starting 5 is really a below average starter. And who knows what Batum and Lillard are capable of?

The bench may not be as bad as some of you think. Freeland, Claver, Barton, and Leonard can all score from inside and out.

 

What about a team with a 'near' superstar?

 

Not sure. I started looking through some standings, and it didn't happen last year.

 

McGrady was playing at a superstar level the year the Magic finished with the worst record in the league. They got the #1 pick and drafted Dwight Howard. Then they traded McGrady to Houston.

Paul Pierce was playing at a very high level with the Celtics the year before they formed the big 3. That team was atroucious and in the running for one of the top draft picks. Pierce may not have been one of the leagues superstars that season but he was better than our one time All-star LaMarcus.

 

Deron Williams is the best example I can think of for last season.