What position is our biggest current need?

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  1. THE HCP

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    I think your first 2 options are clearly not going to happen with this group though right?
     
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    Who knows, that all depends on how well this new squad gels and how much our young players have developed, it really is too early to say playoffs or less than 20 wins though.
     
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    You always play like you have chance to make the playoffs or you can play for ping pings balls like Philly has in the past years. Even if you come close reaching your goal you can take that into the next year. If you play to lose why even suit up for the game.
     
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    How many wins do you think this team will get?
     
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    Nobody said anything about not TRYING to win. Talent wins out.
     
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    I will say 40 wins.
     
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    Somewhere between 30-45.
     
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    40 wins? Not even in the East my friend. Don't let your allegiance to our Blazers blind your common sense.
     
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    We
    We do have talent the question is how long will take for them to gel together. There properly more talent on this team then last but there pretty young right now.
     
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    FORTY-FIVE WINS!!!!!????? Six less wins then our talent loaded roster of last season?
     
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    I don't my friend you will be suprise how good they might be and some one ask my thought I gave it and I will stand by it
     
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    So if we are going to win 40 games in the stacked West, how many games will the Warriors or Spurs or Clips win? 75?
     
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    We was loaded last year we had good starting 5 that was about it last year.
     
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    About the same has last year if they don't have injuries.
     
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    You are allowed your opinion. Holler at me and bump this thread Jan 1st........... We'll see if we are on pace for your 40 wins.
     
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    We had talent but we weren't healthy, if we had been healthy who knows how many more wins we would have had?

    45 is my cap, that's best case scenario if all players play up to their potential.
     
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    That good Idea
     
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    I understand that. But we won 51 games WITH injuries. You think LA/Batum/RoLo/Wes/Wright/Blake/Etc are only worth 6 wins?????
     
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    If Leonard and CJ become immediate studs and Vonleh shows promise? Sure.

    Honestly Wes and Hendo aren't THAT far apart from each other from a talent standpoint imo.

    Plumlee is a better player than RoLo.

    Wright, Blake and AAA were all pretty disappointing anyway.

    Batum and LA will be hard to replace but it's not impossible.
     
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