2018 NBA Playoffs - What the "Experts" are Saying

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  1. crandc

    crandc Well-Known Member

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    Please win in 6. I will be out of my mind if there's a Game 7 and I don't get home until 4th quarter!!
     
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  2. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    This might be the most lazy prediction yet. Screams of a dude who was under deadline to finish a report and halfassed it.

    This team is nothing like the one in 2016.
     
  3. blue9

    blue9 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, Moe is sorely missed. Hopefully he can play by G2 or G3?
     
  4. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    WTF, really? Has this dipstick not seen a Blazers game in the last two years?

    That 2016 team was 20th in DEFrtg. This one is 8th. The big difference is Nurk, but we also added Turner, Collins and Napier - all solid defenders.

    BNM
     
  5. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Bunch of doubters
     
  6. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    They are not experts if they don't have Portland winning the title.

    I learned here
     
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  7. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    ...said nobody in this forum ever.
     
  8. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    All of the links posted in this thread are about the first round, not the finals.

    Yet...

    BNM
     
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  9. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Great reads. Good points on both teams.
     
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  10. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    MM is kinda right man. Every post in this thread was calling out anything negative written about us. I think that’s what he meant.
     
  11. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    You may need to look up the definition of a few terms, such as "every", and "calling out". Most of the posts in this thread were simply providing the commentary from other writers. Those that did critique that commentary primarily focused on factual inaccuracies (such as one writer suggesting that this franchise "gets all the breaks", or [the same writer] saying that this is basically the same team as in 2016. The picks themselves were not decried or discredited. What was actually said about their picks?
    • "I like this. More fuel for the underdog fire"
    • "Looks to me like we are going to be the trendy upset pick by many analysts across the country."
    • "[writers] spend most of their time talking about the Pelicans even though they begrudgingly pick the Blazers to win."
    • "we clobbered them in the last game, we should get more respect."
    Exactly how does any of that (except maybe the last bullet point) fit with MM's claim that we think "They are not experts if they don't have Portland winning the title.," or your lazy narrative that forum members "call out anything negative written about us"?

    I know your schtick is that you're cooler and more objective than the rest of us "fans", but you should at least be intellectually honest with your attempted critiques.
     
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  12. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    You never get tired of bringing that horse back to life, do you?
     
  13. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    You know this post was completely out of line and I am flagging it for the MODS to see how you are attacking me. Posting quotes to try and prove me wrong for example. And to dare question if I’m cooler than you guys? I thought we were boys.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    And for your info, we DID get lucky by having Blake and CP3 go down with injuries. I’m quite sure the Clips would have beaten us had Dame and CJ got injured.
     
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  15. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Colin Cowherd (on the radio)

    Blazers have a huge coaching advantage, Lillard is a dynamic star, Blazers are cohesive with continuity, and they have home court advantage. Blazers win comfortably, probably in 5, possibly a sweep.

    Him picking us concerns me...
     
  16. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I didn't say you weren't cooler than the rest of us; just that it's no excuse for lazy posts.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I just want for some on here to agree with a post about our team that isn’t all rainbows. Or to admit that the other team beat us because they have more talent and it wasn’t the ref’s fault.
     
  18. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Again with the attacks. I might be lazy, but not my posts.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I say we win in 5 by the way.
     
  20. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Nobody disagrees that the Blazers were recipients of some good fortune that year; it's the implication that the Blazers have "all the luck" that is ridiculous, because this franchise has much more often been on the opposite side of that coin, and it's highly disingenuous for an analyst to point out where we've benefitted and completely disregard where we've been negatively impacted.
     

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