So NOW do you understand what I'm talking about??? We are a better team this year.

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  1. BlazerBeav

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    I call BS - this team was better. Last year's team, and namely it's best player, laid down in the playoffs. This team just fought the world champs down to the bitter end.
     
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    I'm trying to remember how KS says this:

    *thinks... thinks... thinks*

    Oh, I remember!

    Wrong.
     
    Strenuus, May 12, 2016
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    Would THIS years team beat LAST years team in a seven game series? Honestly asking you this.
    I love this seasons team, but they aren't "better"
     
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    Right on queue.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    I honestly think this year's squad beats last year's. Can you imagine fighting toe to toe with Golden State the way we just did? That team would have been routed, reamed, and regulated. The Warriors are a lot better than Memphis of last season.
     
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    I'll give you that. I just strongly believe a healthy 14/15 squad beats this years.
     
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    Last year's squad got dominated by Memphis. This years team competed in every game with the 73 win Warriors. Sorry, but Wes wasn't that big of a difference maker.

    This years team would win in 6.
     
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    You'll catch unwarranted hell for that post, but it couldn't be more spot on. Very well said
     
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    I have to agree with the people saying that the NON-INJURED 2014-2015 team, and by extension the 2013-2014 team that got to the second round, is better than this year's team. Even so, the gulf between teams isn't really that large, especially during Dame's superstar rampage after getting snubbed AND this postseason. Honestly, I'd say it's more a testament to how well this year's team has preformed than anything else.

    Now, if we're talking about likability both on and off the court, and embodying the blazer spirit, this year's team wins hands down, no question. We've got a real promising future ahead! *knocks on wood*
     
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    both teams had dame

    lamarsha would mail it in against fiz ed cause he wants to go home to mommy.
     
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    Dame this year is better than Dame last year. CJ won an award that says he was better this year than last year. The difference is in effort left on the court. Uninjured Matthews would have been perfect for this year's team.
     
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    And rightfully so!
     
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    This team might be better than last year's team after the Matthews injury. And last year's team looked like they weren't really interested in being in the playoffs. I've never seen a more uninspired performance than the way Batum, LA, and Lopez lollly-gagged around the floor vs Memphis. This team brougt more heart to the pre-season.
     
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    Talent does not equal better...this team was better
     
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    This is easily my favorite Blazer squad since the late 80's/early 90's Rip City era team with Drexler, Porter, Duck, Buck, Kersey and Uncle Cliffy.

    Damn, this was a great season as a Blazer fan. The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades!
     
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    Had this thread been started now instead of October 29th, it would have been taken way more serious by most rational people.
     
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    I gotta give KS his props. This year's team definitely was better in the playoffs anyway.
     
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    Doesn't that say something about the prescience of the thread being started at the time it was? If it were as ridiculous as the detractors claimed, wouldn't it seem MORE ridiculous as the season went on, rather than less?
     
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    Lillard can't guard Dame. This years team would win.
     
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    I've been thinking of something, and maybe it's been mentioned before, but tell me what you think.

    Do Portlanders want an underdog?
     
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