I think the best we’ve looked all year was when Ant and Ayton were out. Grant deferred to Sharpe and the future looked bright.
Ok Spurs lost and Kings are going down. So Spurs, Suns, and Kings are the teams we can pass and have to pass. Might be easy to pass Kings and Spurs as they are likely tanking soon. Given Kings lose tonight: 10. Kings 28-28 11. Suns 26-29 12. Spurs 24-30 13. Blazers 23-33
Why stop? As long as the team is actually pursuing the play in, it makes sense to update their progress toward that goal, however foolhardy it may be.
Because when we lose games he will be the first one complaining that we SHOULD have won and it’s contagious around this place. Unrealistic expectations make this place unbearable. THAT’S why.
The Lakers play at Denver tomorrow at 5:30 PT, followed by home games against Dallas, Minnesota, and the Clippers (two games).
Suns get destroyed in Toronto. Anyone know why they suck so much? It helps us! Who had us only 2.5 games behind them (with no major injuries) at this point in the season? 10. Kings 28-28 11. Suns 26-30 12. Spurs 24-30 13. Blazers 24-33
why the hell would Kings be "tanking soon"? They are still in the 10th seed with essentially a 2.5 game lead over 11th seed Phoenix because they own the tiebreaker. If they tank effectively enough to fall to 12th seed in the lottery they lose their draft pick. They wouldn't risk that by tanking; and they wouldn't have traded for LaVine if they intended to tank. Makes no sense Blazers aren't 2.5 games behind the Suns, they are 3. And since Phoenix effectively owns the tiebreaker, Portland is 4 games behind. And, Suns have played 3 more games on the road than at home while the Blazers have played 3 more games at home than on the road. Besides that, catching the 11th seed does nothing besides getting the Blazers a worse draft pick Blazers did win 10 of 11 and have won 11 of 16. But 8 of those 11 wins came at home and 9 wins came against teams with losing records. 14 of Portland's remaining 25 games are on the road: 13 games are against teams with winning records; and 16 of 25 games are against teams with better records. It's a really difficult path for a team that's at least 4.5 games out of 10th seed (5.5 games out if they lose on March 27) I'm not saying it's an impossible hill to climb, but it's pretty damn steep
Your math is off. Suns are 26-30 and we are 24-33. That puts us 2.5 games behind them. Kings got Lavine because they had to get something. Lavine isn’t nearly as good as Fox though. It would seem to make sense and punt on the same. But are you saying they can’t get a pick in the lottery this year? I didn’t know that. I agree it’s steep. And we’d have to beat two talented teams for the right to play OKC. But that experience would fire the team up for next year.
What would we have left if not for unrealistic expectations? I know you're a Portland native - it's what we do!
