I think we could win 30. 30-52 sounds reasonable to me. 11 games off from .500 Pistons won 17 Spurs & Rockets won 22 We won 33 I’m not sure our wins will decrease that much. Again going with the thought that losing Dame could be great for some of our younger guys. Like when we lost Wes and CJ was great for us. Going to be an interesting year for the win prediction and O/U
As mentioned above, after the hot start, the blazers pretty much had the same win percentage with and without Dame. But, yeah, we probably would have won 3-5 more games if we didn't tank
This franchise and FO loves to tank. It's the only thing they know how to do well. They cost Dame an all nba 2nd team spot by tanking. Whats to say they won't cost Scoot a shot at ROY? I don't see them winning more than 35 games even if they try to play out the season. I think they'll win 25 and shut everyone down again.
I put 20+ because I think it will be like the spurs of last year. Spurs played the right way and was actually entertaining but in majority of the games they would look what they really was young experience and it would cost them games. But I think this team will also entertaining due it will a be different in play it will be wants billups been talking about when he took over. He wants player and ball movement and he wants pace on offense. Defense he like to switch but to play that type he got to have the right type players to do that will they have that hard to say. I can say one thing that scoot is better passer then Dame or Simons and when I finally see him play they might not be so eager to get rid of Nurk because I think Nurk could thrive with scoot at point in pnr. If they get this Jovic from Miami he hell of passer to as watch his summer league game. Nurk is pretty good passer himself. But the thing about this team next year they will go as far as the defense because I think they will have enough scorers on offense to actually make them competed in majority of the games but that's why say defense will decide how far they get.
Not even gonna guess until we have a final roster. I can see a much improved defensive unit. Chauncey has his work cut out but i think the team will be better fitted for his plan
This is a great point. They will be young, inexperienced and not knowing what the fuck to do just like their coach
So Dame gets a pass because Brass has surrounded him with Shitty players but Chauncey doesn't. Seems legit.
I don't think they will tank as obviously. Sure, if it behooves them to tank after the All Star game, I could see them shutting down the vets and letting Sharpe and the rookies roll. They need the game experience the most. But we still have no idea what the Dame return will be. I just saw a report today here in Phoenix that Ayton is being discussed in the Dame trade scenario. Suns really want to break up the Ayton contract into 3 usable pieces. If Portland does full youth movement then Ayton, in Portland, could win MIP. But I want Claxton over Ayton by miles.
Chauncey is probably going to be a decent coach someday, but he had only been an assistant for 1 year before we foolishly hired him. I believe we set a record for most double digit leads turned into losses or something like that last year No pass from me on Dame either. Shitty defender who valued his friends and relatives over wins, then took the money and ran instantly
I think a youth rebuild will get Chauncey another contract. Expectations start to become more about how the front office evaluates player development than wins and losses.
