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Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by TorturedBlazerFan, Jul 25, 2018.

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  1. KingSpeed

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    3 seed is way better than average.
     
    KingSpeed, Jul 25, 2018
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    I assume you meant Rozier, and that is beyond ridiculous. Brown still plays a similar amount of minutes. Essentially, your substituting Hayward for Ojeleye and Smart (to some extent) as well as other lesser players (since Boston has many guys with positional versatility, minutes can be attributed in any which way).

    Kyrie had better stats than Dame last year. Not saying he's better, but he's definitely Dame-level. You seriously don't think there's a big drop off between Kyrie feakin' Irving and Terry freakin' Rozier?!

    C'mon dude.

    And excuses don't win games. If Toronto collapses mentally against Cleveland, who's to say they'll be mentally prepared to handle Boston in the ECF?
     
    BonesJones, Jul 25, 2018
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  3. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Dennis Schroder is a worse fit for OKC than Carmelo was.

    Subtraction by Addition by Subtraction.
     
    BonesJones, Jul 25, 2018
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  4. Chris Craig

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

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    76ers will make the Eastern conference finals.

    Celtics will beat the Warriors in the finals

    Blazers will finish with 53 wins and make the 2nd rnd

    Lakers will make the playoffs in 7th place with a tie breaker keeping them out of 8th

    Celtics will finish with a better record than the warriors and therefore have homecourt advantage in the finals

    Lebron will regret going to Los Angeles and publicly say Portland was his 2nd choice

    Meyers Leonard will have his best season as a Blazer
     
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    Chris Craig, Jul 25, 2018
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  5. BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94

    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 AWOL

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    We will be 7+ Games under .500 by the all-star break and Dame & CJ will be broken up. If they aren’t, Neil will be fired.

    Not really unpopular I guess, besides the we suck part.
     
    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94, Jul 25, 2018
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  6. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    I’d say at least half of that is unpopular, the rest depends on who you ask...
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Jul 25, 2018
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  7. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    Well 15 teams had at least one win in the playoffs, Blazers had 0. :). I think the Blazers are slightly above average.
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Jul 25, 2018
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    49 wins was only three away from the nine seed. Stop drinking the NO Koolaid.
     
    Charcoal Filtered, Jul 25, 2018
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  9. PtldPlatypus

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

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    I won't go that far. But I will share the unpopular opinion that Meyers will play ~15mpg as Nurk's backup, and will play well enough that teams will be inquiring about his availability at the trade deadline.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Jul 26, 2018
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    I'm gonna get killed for this.

    I'm still gonna have love for Bron.
     
    dviss1, Jul 26, 2018
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Nothing wrong with that. I want him to play well, and the rest of his team to SUCK!!
     
    PtldPlatypus, Jul 26, 2018
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Chris Craig, Jul 26, 2018
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  13. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    I have always loved and respected his game. Even if I disagree with some of his politics at times. I have a good deal of respect for him off the court as well. I don’t want the Lakers to win a game though. :)
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Jul 26, 2018
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    Not to mention that Boston still has Rozier and Brown. How are they not much better when they have those two guys coming off the bench now?
     
    tlongII, Jul 26, 2018
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    So... you've "always loved & respected" this...?:tongue2:
     
    0-Our!, Jul 26, 2018
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  16. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    What NBA player at this point doesn’t flop. Sure LBJ has, but the dude is flat out one of the best basketball players I have ever seen (maybe the best).
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Jul 26, 2018
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    This one
     
    BBert, Jul 26, 2018
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    If 15 teams had at least one Playoff win, and we were not one of them, then that would make us below average.
     
    blue9, Jul 26, 2018
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    Dame.

    LBJ IS a great player. I would just expand upon/edit slightly what u said in the other post; I would say he can play BUT I don't like any of his antics:wink:
     
    0-Our!, Jul 26, 2018
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  20. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    Fair enough! I wouldn’t be surprised if one could find Dame maybe playing up the contact a bit. I wouldn’t call myself a LBJ fan, he’s just so freaking good and most of the time fun to watch.
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Jul 26, 2018
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