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Which of these players is currently your favorite non-blazer?

  1. Luka Doncic

    18.8%
  2. LeBron James

    4.2%
  3. Giannis Antentekoumpo

    37.5%
  4. Kevin Durant

    2.1%
  5. A former Blazer (CJ, Trent Jr, Connaughton, etc)

    8.3%
  6. Zion Williamson

    4.2%
  7. Joel Embiid

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  8. Nikola Jokic

    4.2%
  9. Jayson Tatum

    10.4%
  10. Other

    10.4%
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  1. wizenheimer

    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    the Pelicans are so "stacked", they have lost 9 games in a row and have a 3-14 record over their last 17 games. They have gone from a record of 11 games over .500 to a .500 record. They have gone for the #1 seed & HCA to the #11 seed. They are 1 game ahead of Portland (Blazers own tie-breaker right now)

    yes, Zion and Ingram have been injured (but Ingram has been back for the last 3 losses), but a truly "stacked" team would not collapse in that fashion. That's the collapse of a pretender

    the Pels have talent, more than Portland, but their two best talents are injury magnets, and the rest of the roster is role players

    Valuciunas is a little better than Nurkic, Portland's 4th best player, but not by a lot

    by the way, the Pels only own the Laker's pick if they swap their own. Right now, barring massive lottery luck, the Pels would be swapping the 14th pick for the 9th pick. Not quite the jackpot that some are thinking

    by the way, part 2: Zion is trapped in the dreaded "to be re-evaluated in 2 weeks" injury vortex. he had a 2 week re-evaluation a week ago, and the Pels said he'd be re-evaluated in 2 weeks
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    and all that and they're (checks records) 2 games better.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    They're built on a faulty foundation. Zion will never be healthy. He's even worse than Anthony Davis.
     
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    and Ingram has missed 136 games over the last 6 seasons...23 a year

    pretty fragile talent
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Awkward.
     
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    Pelicans were missing a bunch of players and have been playing 3rd stringers. A 2 week NOLA mini tank. They finally got McCollum and Ingram back this evening, but ran into that industrial sized buzzsaw Nuggets team.
     
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    Denver has the best player in the world and now his supporting cast is healthy and they have taken their lumps in the playoffs so they’re seasoned and ready to go. I’d say they are elite, 55 wins is a great season. Warriors only won 53 last year. Were they not elite?? It’d be great if Blazers could win title this year but dammit, it’s a good year to be in the lottery and right now, that’s exactly where we are 50 games in. Tanking into the #5 lottery spot gives us the best chance to win a title with Dame in my opinion. Getting VW or Scoot or trading the pick for the second star you covet is the best way to go. Trading Sharpe for OG would be terrible even if we reached the Finals and lost. Sharpe has superstar potential. We can’t afford to throw that away unless you’re getting Giannis or Embiid or Jokic. Dame’s not going anywhere so we don’t have to win THIS YEAR. In my opinion.
     
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    CJ is not a role player lol. And I know it sucks but everyone in the league should be rooting for Lakers and Pelicans. Can’t afford Pelicans getting VW or Scoot.
     
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    Who exactly did we get for this stud player again? Unbelievable
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Pelicans on a 9 game losing streak. They are still ahead of the Blazers in the standings by a full game.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    What do you mean they "finally" got CJ back?

    He's missed 6 games all year.
     
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    Suffice to say, Lebron likes playing with the Hachi.

    We could’ve had him for a bag of Doritos and a pat on the back. Ugh

    These are the type of talent upgrades we need on our bench. Can’t be asleep at the wheel, Joe.
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Why do you say Kendrick Nunn and 3 second round picks a "Bag of Doritos and a pat on the back?
    He's making over $6million this year? What player are the Blazers giving up for him? Blazers have space on the roster but would have to find a way to work it out?
     
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    Because Nunn sucks. Watford is an equivalent talent. The Lakers traded them 2nd rounders from up to 6 years down the road.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Oh hold on, you just said they haven't had their best player and their 2nd best player to be honest for most the season.... how would that affect/effect OUR record? Lets not let your fandom of the pinwheel block the common sense factor. You actually got 2 clowns to like this post is baffling.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Yet they STILL have a better record than us?
     
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    I refuse to post in this thread because it's February
     
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    This should not be a problem for a guy who likes to start new threads as much as you do! :)
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    the issue is, injuries seem to be a major player in Zions career. That has to play a role in deciding things too.
     
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    CJ missed a grand total of 2 games in December & January

    the Pels were not missing a bunch of players; they were essentially missing two players from their rotation, Zion and Ingram

    and it was a hell of a lot more than a 2-week tank. The Pels went 3-14 in January (+Dec 31). The Pels got wildly overrated early in the year because they had an easy schedule, overloaded with weak teams and home games. They had a stretch of 15 games where 12 were at home; and that was part of a stretch of 24 games when 17 were at home. That's why they had a 23-12 record. Since then, their record has balanced out, Zion & Ingram have been hurt, AGAIN, and they have gone from 1st seed & 11 games over .500 to 10th seed & even at .500; and only 1 game better than the struggling Blazers (tiebreaker)

    they are a better team, at least on paper, than their losing stretch(es). And if they can get healthy they will likely start winning more games. But, as Nate said, they are built on a very shaky foundation. Their two best players are known injury magnets. They are not anything close to a contender
     
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