Zach Lowe's 30 Crazy Predictions (2 Blazer-related)

Not exactly going out on a limb on either of the POR ones.

 

If chris bosh even has a 10% chance of playing we should be the team to sign him to the minimum.

 

meh

bwahahahahahahah. I don't care if SA gets more assets for him than we ever did, but sending him to podunk Milwaukee or somewhere similar for NBA treadmill hell for the rest of his career would be VERY satisfying for me.

When was the last time an NBA team with so many major free agents actually over acheived? Having this many FA decisions looming usually leads to discord among the ranks. Take our 2011 season as a perfect example.

Not really going out on a limb there.

 

Damn. The whole league media set has jumped on this Utah circle jerk. At first it was kind of funny now it's getting redundant. As for LMA trade talk heating up.... It wouldn't suprise me in the least bit. SA fans think he's going to fill the large void left by Duncan..... good luck with that!

 

Utah is weak as fuck. Boooo

 

These two don't really make sense together.

First, I could probably claim the starting small forward spot for the Clippers. That spot has been occupied by a Help Wanted sign for years. That and their hideous bench has been what's kept them from getting past the second round during the Blake/CP3 era in spite of having the third best cumulative won/loss percentage in the Western Conference over that 5 year span. I don't see than changing anytime soon. Both of their stars are a year older and more injury prone than ever. If 34 year old Alan Anderson, who averaged 5 ppg in 13 games last season on .356 FG% is "the answer" at starting SF, you're not going to have the second best record in the Western Conference. He will be the latest in a line of single digit PER guys who can't shoot to hold that position.

They added some scoring off the bench in Mo Speights, but gave up a LOT in terms of defense, rebounding and versatility in Cole Aldrich and Jeff Green. Paul Pierce should have just retired. He was HORRIBLE during the regular season, and flat our embarrassing in the playoffs last year. Last time I checked, Raymond Felton is still Raymond Felton.

Jamal Crawford's 6MOY award was a lifetime achievement award. He didn't deserve to win that award. His WS/48 of .076 was the lowest in the 34 year history of the award and was 17th among those receiving votes last season. His total WS of 3.3 was 16th among those receiving votes. He wasn't the best 6th man in the league, he was slightly below average. His shooting and other advanced stats declined for the 4th year in a row. He is 36 years old and now a very inefficient scorer, yet he was still 3rd on the team in both minutes played and points scored last year. He may technically be a 6th man since he doesn't start, but they use him like a 3rd/4th man - and that's not good for a guy who is pushing 37 and is in fairly rapid decline.

CP3 and Blake may have bounce back years, but they would both need to have career years for that team to finish anywhere in the top 4 in the West, let alone 2nd.

BNM

 

So when Utah finishes the season around the 6th-8th seed..
Which clearly will be underachieving according to everyone. What excuse will be thrown out?
I'll go out on a limb and say Utah blames Quin Snyder. Then we hear how good Utah will be in the 17-18 season with a new head coach.

 

Or, as I call him, Quin McSnyder. With all these new additions that are supposed to push them over the top, I wonder if they'll stick to playing the slowest pace in the league again this year.

BNM

 

I'd say yes they do stick to the snail pace.
Between ISO Joe and Boris I put on 30lbs Diaw are far from players you can get up and down the court with.
Well... unless you're the other team.

 

It will be interesting to see how the addition of those two will impact their overrated defense.

BNM

 

I would sign Bosh in a heartbeat if he can play.

Dame
CJ
Harkless
Bosh
Plumlee

I would be all about that.

 

The key for Utah is Hood. From what I saw against the Clippers, he now attacks the basket very well. As a 6'8" SG he will be tough because he also has the 3ball and can finish.

Not sure how many games they will win because I can see them starting off slow without Hayward, but by the end of the season they might be pretty damn good.

I agree they are over hyped, but with their D, I would not sleep on them.

 

Hood has a better chance of being a go-to-guy than Hayward. I look at Hayward as a nice secondary star, maybe gets a couple All-Star nods, but he's not All-NBA material.

 

I don't know how reliable this site is but it says heat won't wave him until after playoffs.

http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...iving-Chris-Bosh-Until-After-Playoff-Deadline

 

Was reading the most likely situation is he wouldnt be waived until 1 year after he was determined unfit to play which was last month right? If they wait a year they get insurance money on his contract. Probably will get ugly.

 

Hmm..... they could get nailed for insurance fraud.

Heat's doctors deem him unfit to play.

Heat won't play him, taking away his ability to prove that he's healthy.

Heat wait a year to waive him.

That's shady as fuck. If they think he's done, they should waive him. If he goes someplace else to play, that's too bad. We had to deal with that shit with Miles.