Around the NBA: 2022 The Preseason Is Here!

B-Roy asked me if we thought the team would make the playoffs after Greg and Przybilla went down….. I said no.

 

Nah man. That's your opinion. You have your right to that.

Fans that have relentless optimism are extremely annoying to some. May not be to you, but it absolutely is to me.

I think we all want to see the Blazers win. It is just pointless hoping for a strong run when it is impossible with the talent on our team to be contenders.

 

Digging a hole all night. Then somebody comes along and you gotta dig another hole.

 

Who cares if someone tries to be more realistic with the team? Anyone overtly optimistic. We get labeled haters because we aren't drinking the kool-aid and have seen this play out over and over again the same way.

 

You keep saying "people.." and "a member on here...." Call the individuals out. You're complaining about a lot of talk that isn't even happening. There are many different views on the team in this forum.

 

the same way? CJ is gone, Stotts is gone, Olshey is gone. This is an entirely NEW way.

 

And you were wrong. We made the playoffs that season.

 

Not enough talent around Dame. We have no 2nd star.

 

I think Jerami Grant is as good of an all around player as CJ and he's a better complement to Dame... he's also been really good in the preseason not that too much should be read into that. I also think Ant can be more effective in the same role CJ played next to Dame than CJ was. I think Nurk still has his best ball in front of him even if it's not perfectly suited for today's NBA. I think we have a bunch of good role players in Hart, Winslow and Nas who have (like Dame) looked like absolute shit in the preseason. I don't know what the timeline on Shaedon is or how fast he'll ascend to being an impact player but I think it's a pretty solid bet he'll be one a lot quicker than Ant was. Our lack of depth behind Nurk is frightening, especially since the depth behind Grant is small. We also haven't seen how GP2 will help things but he was great last season so it's fair to think he will help things.

We don't have enough talent, especially not enough with diverse and relevant skill sets to be contenders, that's for sure but when have we been able to say that we did? I think as shitty as this team has looked in the preseason that it's just as good as any of the Dame/CJ teams or at least has as much talent on it. At least one move has to be made so we have at least one impact big off of the bench otherwise we will have a hard time staying in games against teams with well built rosters. If that happens this team could compete for home court advantage but unless Shaedon has a meteoric rise this season and we're able to package other guys to get another star in here, we won't be contending but when have we?

This isn't the same treadmill but we are in the same position (no worse) than we were the nine seasons before last. We'll be a playoff team that struggles to get out of the first round and will take a miracle to get out of the second. I know we don't look like that in these preseason games but that's what I think we are and I don't think that's even a little delusional.

 

Yep. I think we are a play-in team. Yippee. We need to get Dame a 2nd star.

 

I don’t. Go back and look. During the course of a season, I’m NOT shocked they looked like shit. I expected it bro. Your 55 win guys are the ones that fucking freak out every night. Check your facts.

 

I was asked if I was willing to tell a player my opini…… why do I bother?

 

According to who exactly? Setting yourself up for a letdown. If that’s your game, play it.
I as a kid didn’t get shot from my parents. Taught me real quick to not hope for things I wouldn’t get. Plan on not, and there’s no letdown. In my opinion, that’s how you play it.