http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/stor...ard-portland-trail-blazers-making-history-nba Here's some highlights;
Another very interesting part of an article from before the season http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/stor...rrated-teams-mvp-candidates-playoff-races-nba
Fun article. That will be the big test for us, the difference between 9th and 8th could be as close as 1 game this year and i'd much rather make the playoffs and lose to GS then get the 14th pick in the draft.
We have had a friendly schedule (lots of home games, not many back-to-backs), and the ASG came at just the right time, but we've played OKC, HOU, MEM, GSW, and UTA -- all playoff teams or hopefuls in about the same boat as us -- in our "friendly" span. IMHO, the least friendly thing about the next ten games are the back-to-backs coming up.
Yeah. Plus losing the pick isn't very costly long term; we then would get to keep our 2017 pick in a deeper draft.
The 2 quotes you give exactly oppose your conclusion. I agree with your conclusion, but would choose opposite justifications.
Those 2014-15 RPMs you quote from ESPN Insider don't come from ESPN. http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/year/2015/sort/RPM[/QUOTE]
Wow another ESPN article. We're getting noticed! http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14841512/portland-trail-blazers-new-formula-success
Yep, and also to all who thought the Warriors were stupid for turning down the K-Love for Klay trade for the very same reason. The NBA has changed. Guys like Curry, Lillard, Klay and C.J. are much more valuable than a power forward - even a stretch 4 like Love who can't create his own shot the way a guard with a good handle and a quick release can. Dame and C.J. == Blazers for life. Neil, make it happen!!! BNM
Somewhere in a retirement home, God Shamgod and Harold Minor are cursing their bad luck, born 20 years too early to be Basketball Gods.
Nah, neither of those guys had the range on their jumpers to be successful in today's game. I'm thinking more of guys like Pete Maravich, who had the range, but played most of his career at at time when there was no 3-point shot in the NBA. BNM
How would Kiki Vandawje(SP?) fare in todays game? I think he would be lights out even though he was a liability on D. A couple other players that would probably thrive in todays game would be AI and Spud Webb. I think both of those guys, as good as they were, would have been thought of as even better and I think AI would have got a ring or two.
This is for HCP and MM: "The plan was never to tank. Damian and C.J. and three guys from ClubSport could win 20 games. There was never going to be any bottoming out; there was going to be development."
