Report: Blazers will have the worst starting 5 in the Western Conference

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  1. EL PRESIDENTE

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    Damian Lillard
    Gerald Henderson

    No other player on the ENTIRE FUCKING SQUAD averages more than 9ppg. I think that's a pretty safe bet.
     
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    Simple really, the young guys step up and take the challenge or they become the worst. Somehow don't see a starting lineup of losers on the team though. Either way, somebody will get what they want. I don't think anybody has us pegged as contenders that's for sure
     
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    If we finish in the top 8 in the WC, Stotts deserves COY. Otherwise, we need to finish 15th.

    Any finish between 9th and 14th means we screwed the pooch.
     
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    Stotts is going to mix up lineups all season looking for the starting 5..we'll sure know more at the trade deadline than we do now
     
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    Winning culture>lottery tanker team mentality
     
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    It's weird even trying to imagine what the new look Blazers will be like this season. It's like your favorite show was cancelled and you try to watch whatever they replaced it with.
     
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    According to bleccher report we shouldn't win hardly any games. I wonder if adam fromal would back that up with some chedda, yo . . .
     
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    "Winning culture" means making the play-offs. Finishing in the 9-12 range means you are a loser AND stupid. That may seem harsh - but it is precisely how I am feeling right now. The goal is to either make the play-offs or build for the future.
     
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    We would be challenging the '73 Sixers' loss record if that prediction came true. Even the 2012 Bobcats had four players who averaged double figures. Interestingly, Henderson was on that team too.
     
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    we'll be lucky to get 20 wins.
     
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    Embrace the badness. Focus on player development. Dream of a better future.

    It's the only way we're going to make it through this rough stretch.
     
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    As I told @oldfisherman, I'll remind you of this when we win our 20th game in February.
     
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    Where do I place my bet?
     
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    big whoop either way. gonna be really inexpensive to watch the Blazers this year.
     
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    No. Agreed on the development, but not on the "badness". Embrace the potential.
     
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    Interestingly enough, we got better at two positions this offseason, at least starter wise.

    Aminu last year was better than (last seasons) Batum.

    And Plumlee is better than Rolo, IMO, at the very least they are the same.

    Aldridge is the problem.
     
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    I fully disagree, if you have a young team with talent, lottery isn't the goal. It's trying to make the playoffs, it's getting competitive and gelling as a unit.
     
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    I also disagree. If a completely remade, very young team with four new starters and $20m+ in cap space is able to win close to 40 games, that will be a much better harbinger of things to come than a last place finish would.
     
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    I heard something about a five spread but forgot where that came from.
     
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    Cool story bro.
     
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