I said it at the start of training camp the west is deep but not top heavy this year. Denver got a 3 seed last year. Come in and hop on the homer coolaid bandwagon. I don't expect us to be a top3 seed but I think if a few lucky bounces go our way we could be right there jockeying for position with the other playoff teams in the west, at least in the regular season. I never understood why so much of the national media was picking us to finish well out of the playoffs. If we were in NY I think the coverage and expectations would be much different.
We can be if the way we are playing now isn't our "A-game". If the way we are playing is the highest to this teams capability then 6-8 seed it will be. Lot's of room for improvement, starting with Lillard. If he can get his layups to fall and improve his vision this team is up there with the likes of San Antonio, Oklahoma City, and Golden State out west and may be better than all of them eventually.
I was sooooo sure we'd be top 4 that I bet a steak dinner with the HCP. I have an empty seat next to me if anyone wants to sit next to me!
I think our ceiling is a 5 seed. Floor probably at ~9th. I wouldn't let our record get to our heads. We've played a very easy schedule so far. Let's see where we stand after this road trip.
I just really don't see us finishing top three. I definitely think we're a playoff team, and I think we could finish as high as 5th though. Amazing what a difference a bench can have though, right?
We could very well be the 3rd seed......if we were in the east. That conference is wide open after Miami and Indiana. In the west......I don't see it. I would say 4th is a long shot. 6th is a slight possibility. But as we all know it all comes down to injuries. Which teams will be hit?
The road trip will be a telling tale. There are some winnable games that last season's team just couldn't get. Most due to a shitty bench. If our bench can help us win these "winnable games" then we are surely for real.
you are aware that you still have the post history of Carlito, right? If you want to come back as a different fan, I get that. But at least be smart about it. Now, as for the 7th-8th seed, I do actually agree. The Blazers have played a relatively easy schedule. They did beat the Spurs (and lost to Houston and Phoenix), but they've beaten a bad Detroit team, a bad Sacramento team (twice) and a bad Denver team. So far, 1 legit victory (in the sense of SOS). Let's wait until they've played a month or more before we decide anything about their chances. Is it possible to be a 3rd seed? sure. But it would take a lot of dominoes falling in their laps.
Our schedule has been ridiculously easy to this point. This topic is as as ridiculous as the ones saying we suck after 6 games with a really hard schedule
