Now the defense they are real long and they all can jump. Last year they play more below the rim then above. These young guys to me have better potential to cover the rim then last year. This year you the whole front line that can block shots and very quick getting there to block the shot.
Do if your starters are a little below average and your bench is a little above average, does that make you average?
Agreed, but it was my first poll with the new software. It didn't include an "include poll" switch like the old one - I didn't even know if the poll would post!
I set my personal over/under at 27.5 so why change now? That said, I'm happy with the direction the team is set on regardless of short-term results.
I'm also an admitted ! Hahaha! I see some of the power Homers on here w/ ~33wins; I'd like to think I'm realistic w/ predictions/thoughts w/ our Blazers & in life but again w/ the ~33win theme... I guess because I think it's actually gonna be more like 37 or @ least closer to this... that would make me more of a Homer v. what I thought! Meh! Oh well! Puttin' this out there to all those that aren't believin' or makin' shit up enough for our cause/boys... UP right quick!!!
We'll be in the respectable .400s (33-40 wins) but not the winning .500s, the laughably bad .300s, the ghoulishly horrific .200s, or the funeral-mourning .100s.
I am flabbergasted by the people voting over. We have one good player. How the hell are we gonna win 31 games with 1 good player? I feel like the Blazers have two choices. They can either play the veterans (Plumlee, Davis, Aminu and HENDERSOOOOON) and they won't be any good cause they can't shoot. OR they can play the younger guys that can shoot (Leonard, Vonleh, Crabbe and CJ) and they'll probably lose even worse cause there's more to basketball than just shooting. Either way, this team is gonna be disgustingly bad.
What's your definition of good? CJ, Meyers, Plumlee, Davis, Aminu, Dame, and Henderson are all good pieces in my eyes. And those who were average will likely improve.
Plumlee, Davis, Aminu and Henderson are all "good" rotation quality players but none of them are probably ever going to make an all-star team or get voted onto an all-NBA team, so how good are they? As for CJ and Meyers both are mystery meat at this point. Maybe some of these guys are going to breakout with enlarged roles, but you can't declare that these guys will "likely" improve; you have no evidence yet. All you can say on August 18th is that you "hope" they will.
usually 24 and 25 year olds improve... CJ and Meyers mystery is more "how good they'll be" not if they'll be good or not. The thing is, having an allstar poised to make the next step with good rotation players makes you a 35-40 win team
Yes, we will be exciting. Yes, we will see growth and development. However, I just don't see this translating into wins this year. I'm going with 27 wins.
How am I a homer when I said 18 wins for the season? Sent from my Baller-Ass 5.5" iPhone 6+......... FAMS
