I agree. As much as I think our roster improved, that hot start will be hard to replicate. I don't think our W/L will be all that different from last year (+2/-5), but hopefully we do it more consistently rather than the feast/famine cycle we went through last year. If we slide it'll be Stotts' fault.
Perhaps we should now try to figure out why one is used more than the other...? Having watched a healthy amount of Pau Gasol last year, and obviously every Blazer game, I can say quite confidently that Lamarcus is now on a different level than Gasol. That's not to say Gasol is bad, he's still quite good. But LA might be the best PF in the game at the moment. I agree with you though in that I think the Bulls are gonna be very good, Pau seems like a great fit. As to the rankings, I've got no problem with #8.
