I was more disappointed when the Camby/Felton/Wallace/Crawford team tanked last year after a promising start and stopped caring. At least this year's team is young and tries.
the bench, which has sucked all year, has been thrust into a starring role and PDX has struggled... who'd have thunk it? Of course some improvement should be expected of rookies as they gain experience, but my wild hunch is that they need more talented players. STOMP
Honestly, I'm pretty much fine with how things are going. I like most of our rookies and our core. One big get, and a couple small gets and this team will be good. I predicted 32 wins this year, I already predict 45 wins next year.
Through thick and thin, at least we can count on our best player. When things start to go south in a game, you know Aldridge will suddenly display his league stardom.
^ This. Seriously, how can you be disappointed in a team as thin as the Blazers are when they lose two of their best players and are limping by starting 4 rookies? Not only that, but they're playing arguably the toughest part of their schedule with this patchwork lineup. I have leaps and bounds more confidence in the future of this team than I did after the Felton-Camby-Wallace meltdown.
Here are our stats for the last ten games (of which we lost every one). Outscored by an average of 15 points a game. Outrebounded by 8. We shot 44%, they shot 51%. Ugly.
Man, some of you guys aren't even "glass-half-empty" people. You're more in the "glass about to be kicked over and broken" category.
