Who's going to be worse than us?

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Rastapopoulos, Oct 23, 2023.

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Pick as many as you like

  1. Washington

    33 vote(s)
    73.3%

  2. Charlotte

    21 vote(s)
    46.7%

  3. Orlando

    6 vote(s)
    13.3%

  4. Detroit

    25 vote(s)
    55.6%

  5. San Antonio

    11 vote(s)
    24.4%

  6. Houston

    16 vote(s)
    35.6%

  7. New Orleans

    3 vote(s)
    6.7%

  8. Dallas

    3 vote(s)
    6.7%

  9. Utah

    2 vote(s)
    4.4%

  10. No team will be worse because we will have the worst record in the league

    5 vote(s)
    11.1%
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  1. Pinwheel1

    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    Hit by injuries or lose their stars for the season?

    SA, Dallas, Memphis, Minnesota, Chicago, Orlando, OKC, Utah, Miami....if any of these teams (and more) lost their best player they would drop quickly ...let alone multiple players. And history tells us it will happen.
     
    Pinwheel1, Oct 23, 2023
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It's not about our record this year so it doesn't matter.
     
    Strenuus, Oct 23, 2023
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    Unless they lose their stars very, very early in the season … most of those teams will probably have 80% of the wins needed to be better than us by midseason
     
    Predator, Oct 23, 2023
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    Phatguysrule, Oct 23, 2023
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Post Reported~!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    It only matters if these guys EXPECT a bunch of wins.
     
    THE HCP, Oct 23, 2023
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I'm saying we will battle the Wiz and Pistons for the bottom spot.
     
    THE HCP, Oct 23, 2023
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    So we’ll be a trash team then?
     
    BigGameDamian, Oct 23, 2023
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    It's a good thing too. The last three seasons have been super successful.
     
    Phatguysrule, Oct 23, 2023
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    When you down grade at coach and trade away your only All Star that's the choice you're making.

    Now, just gotta hope for stability and vision from management and ownership.
     
    Phatguysrule, Oct 23, 2023
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    In order

    Playoffs:
    Nuggets
    Suns
    Lakers
    Thunder
    Warriors
    Kings

    Playin:
    Pelicans
    Wolves
    Clippers
    Mavericks

    Lottery:
    Blazers
    Jazz
    Grizzlies
    Rockets
    Spurs
     
    inconceivable, Oct 24, 2023
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    In a best of 7 between the Blazers and the Remix I am confident the Blazers would win.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Oct 24, 2023
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    It better be a sweep
     
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    That is a pretty good list. I will be interested to see what happens to the Clippers and Pelicans. If healthy they could definitely move up.

    Not sure about the Mavs "chemistry" quite yet. They could easily slip......again
     
    Pinwheel1, Oct 24, 2023
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    Half our roster would be confused as to which team they were on.
     
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    Partly due to lack of talent, partly due to injuries, but in the final analysis, due to intent to lose in order to gain high draft picks. The Blazers will likely be getting another prime lotto pick this year, but at some point there’s going to be a switch to intending to win. That’s the point when Billups will have to prove if he has the right stuff to be the coach for the Blazers’ future.
     
    e_blazer, Oct 24, 2023
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    Intent to lose after the season had already failed and our defense hadn't improved and our offense had gotten worse.

    I'll be as happy as anyone if Chauncey starts getting results. But I'm done with this experiment. We need to be looking at bringing in the next up and coming coaching staff.
     
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    You're certainly welcome to that opinion and can point to a lot of things to back it up. I don't think anyone expected that Chauncey was fully ready for a head coaching job when he was hired. I think that Cronin and Blazers' ownership put a lot of stock in the value of his name and reputation when they hired him and felt that he would grow into the job. Obviously, the team he has now is nothing like the one that he signed on to coach. I'm giving him this year to show that he can put his stamp on a very young team and show that he's matured as a coach. If not...NEXT.
     
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    ESPN had Henderson rated higher than Westbrook. Not that he needs a legit reason to be motivated for this matchup, but I can see Russ taking this personal.
     
    Charcoal Filtered, Oct 24, 2023
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