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  1. KingSpeed

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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    Be patient. Batum has All Star potentional. So does Lillard. Our Big Three have potential to be the top 5 at their position. I think we have the stars needed. Superstars are made in the playoffs. Not before the playoffs. What we need is a center and a bench and we can win a title. We're closer than you guys think.
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    The classic big three is James, Wade and Bosh who each make about 17.5 million this year

    Aldridge 13.5 Batum 10.8

    Kobe 27.8, Dwight 19 Gasol 19.

    Durant 16.6 Westbrook 13.6 Martin 12.4

    I think Blazers can add someone bigger than Aldridge and Batum with the cap space they have.
     
    The_Lillard_King, Jun 6, 2013
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  3. BigGameDamian

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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    So then what do the Blazers do when Lillards contract is up?
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    Match
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    It seems less and less likely that true championship calibur teams will be able to stay under the cap. Otherwise you are banking on luck and time. I will be curious to see how Paul Allen approaches this when the time comes again to make that choice
     
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  6. Mediocre Man

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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    The study I posted yesterday says ABSOLUTELY NOT
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    Looking at the Spurs roster, I think the Blazers' big three of Aldridge, Lillard and Batum matches up nicely against Duncan, Parker and Ginobili. Obviously, the bench and the Popovich factor are things the Blazers can only dream of at this point.

    And MM, "study" might be overstating what you posted yesterday by a notch or two.
     
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  8. Mediocre Man

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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    Not at all. It was a study.
     
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  9. e_blazer

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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    The thing that stood out as questionable to me was the chicken or egg factor of needing a player who'd been named to all-NBA defensive team. Those awards tend to follow team success in the playoffs.
     
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  10. Mediocre Man

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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    It wasn't my study, but a study none the less, and probably one we should take fairly seriously.
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    Not even close...

    You think MIA with it's 3 stars and no bench (as is often the excuse here) would finish 12 games out of the playoffs?

    hardly...
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    Sure, if two of those three stars were injured and unable to play. Even with one of the worst benches in NBA history, the Blazers were in the hunt for the 8th spot until the injuries to Batum, Matthews and Aldridge occurred.

    One of the things I keep seeing in the NBA is that it's more about having the best team still standing at the end of the season than it is about having the best team at any other given point in the season.
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    Your dreaming...12 games out....with POR big "3"....They are not good enough...a bench may likely get them into the playoffs, but they are not going anywhere once they get in....too many teams that are just better....
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    So does that mean we should shed Batum, Aldridge, or both?
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    That just doesn't really ring true, IMO. More than anything our schedule just caught up to us. Even when we were "in the hunt" it was pretty easy to see, just by looking at the schedule, that we were going to fall out of the hunt, and fall out hard. And that's exactly what happened, and I don't think it had anything to do with injuries - that losing streak was going to happen regardless. We weren't remotely close to making the Playoffs this year.
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    There's some truth to the first part of your post, but that bolded section....really? You don't think having 3 of our best (and really only good) players unable to play had nothing to do with the 13 game losing streak?

    Let's look at this the other way around. Take LMA, Batum, and Lillard and put them on the Spurs team in replacement of Duncan, Parker, and Ginobilli. You don't think that Popovich would be able to mold that team into a serious contender?
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    No b\c not one of those players is better than thier SA counterpart.....

    Duncan>LMA
    Parker>Lillard
    Ginobli>Matthews
    and
    Leonard=Batum


    Ask yourself, same age...would you rather have Duncan or LA? Parker or Lillard? Ginobli or Batum\Matthews? Even at advanced ages Duncan\Parker are better than LA\Lillard....
     
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  18. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    I think the more valid question, especially if the Spurs win the title this year is whether Lillard can ever be as good as 2013 Parker, if LMA can ever be as good as 2013 Duncan, and if Batum can ever be as good as 2013 Ginobili. Personally, I think you have to be intentionally cynical to answer no to all of those. If our big three has the potential to be comparable to the Spurs' big three, then it stands to reason that our big three has the potential to win a championship.
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    I agree. It's very easy to say LMA will never be as good as prime Duncan. But 37 year old Duncan is in the Finals right now. Not 28 year old Duncan. Manu is still good, but he's not prime Manu. Of course, we don't have Pop.
     
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    Re: Are the Blazers big three good enough to wheel this team to a championship in the

    Leonard=Batum

    Generous for Batum.
     
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