I got to say I like our chances. If we were in the east we’d have no chance to get through Miami, Brooklyn and Chicago. But the west is wide open this year. The Spurs will be tired and a year older with only adding Belinili; that is not a good thing for them. The Thunder continue to lose their top bench player each offseason and are feeling the cap squeeze of huge contracts for Durant and Westbrook. The Clippers and Rockets might have the best odds in the west but both teams have large question marks. Lob city makes for great highlights but will their big men contribute more than dunks? Will Dwight return to his Orlando form and mesh with the supporting cast? The Grizzles and Warriors have exciting cores but are not terribly intimidating. Our Blazer starting 5 was one of the best rotations in the league the first part of last season. We had huge wins against most the top teams in the league, at San Antinio, hosting the Heat, beating the Thunder. Yes we will need a few breaks to go our way but if they do we are on a similar level as any team in the West. The 1999 Blazer team wasn’t any sort of a preseason pick but they made it to the conference finals. The Grizzlies weren’t expected to get to the conference finals last year. No I don’t expect us to be the favorites to make the finals, but I expect us to have a much better chance than Vegas is giving us and will probably put money on the team. We are a dark horse team that can surprise a lot of people.
chances are extremely slim and none, yet I am looking forward to a very fun and playoff bound season, but I am realistic and realize nothing is ever impossible
We get to the finals, you and I are sitting court-side! (Yeah, I know that game was two years ago, but I don't care!)
Lol. Wow. No. You give us no chance in the East but OKC is better than CHI and Brooklyn. The Spurs are at least on par. As well as the Clippers.
not saying we should expect it this year, but did anyone expect us to get to the finals prior to the start of the 1976-77 season?
