Can the Blazers win the title without Wes?

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  1. tlongII

    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    Gonna be tough for sure, but I still think we can do it. I think we need to avoid the Warriors though.
     
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    Wes thinks we can, that's good enough for me
     
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    With a little help from Kersey above, yes!
     
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    I'm just looking forward to seeing how this team performs without Wes. My hope is that guys like CJ, Gee, Blake, and even Batum can give us enough production to make a deep run. Also, if Aldridge or Lillard can get hot at the right time anything is possible.
     
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    If McCulloum could catch fire, maybe, but how do you replace the defense?
     
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    Anything possible! Blazers vs. Worriers would be a great WCF matchup!!
     
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    I don't know if they could've WITH him.

    I did find it odd that prior to the trade, Barkley talked good about Portland. Now that the team is basically back to pre-trade status, I wonder how many people will think they're worse than they were pre-trade.

    I love Wesley, and it sucks ass he's out, but I'm not sure it's such a huge drop off from Matthews to Afflalo.
     
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    Do you misspell shit on purpose? I mean it's like obvious shit too. You are either too high or trolling or illiterate. Which is it?!

    But I liked the post fyi
     
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    The drop off is Who takes afflalo' place. Afflalo can make up a lot of Matthews production, but I wanted a deep bench. I had a chubby thinking about how Matthews and Afflalo would wear down any SG we face.
     
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    Yeah, but he (Barkley) liked the Blazers BEFORE they traded for Afflalo. And it's not like they traded away a major player in the rotation.
     
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    Barkley liking us is the kiss of death. Hopefully he thinks we suck now
     
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    Yes. I believe. Without Afflalo or an injury to Aldridge or Lillard, I'd be resigned to losing this year but we still have two superstars and a near All Star (Afflalo) so everything is possible. CJ was playing great before the trade. Stotts has been here before where Butler went down but Dallas still won the title. I feel horrible for Wes but I haven't given up at all. Some idiot on ClutchFans said the Blazers are the team everyone wants to play now. I hope so. Let everyone overlook us and pay for it. Go Blazers!!
     
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    Yes
     
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    Let them show you.

    This team has just as much talent or more than some previous NBA champions. They looked pretty good last night
     
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    The 1984 Celtics won a championship without Wesley Matthews, so why can't us?
     
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    bulls_with_booz We're Selfish

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    Anything is possible if Lillard gets pissed off enough.
     
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    Small ball isn't going to cut it.

    All of our bigs need to be involved, especially in the playoffs.
     
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    Small ball won't work against teams like Memphis. Warriors have Bogut who could cause the Blazers trouble.
     
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    Lopez > Bogut
     
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    Keep in mind that we nearly beat Memphis without Aldridge.
     
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