"Bold" Predictions - 2016-17 NBA season edition

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  1. Wizard Mentor

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    The Blazers will have a 10-game winning streak.
    The Blazers will have a 3-game losing streak.
    The boards will explode during both occasions.

    What are your "bold" predictions?
     
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    Vonleh will reclaim the starting PF spot before the end of the season
     
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    That's not bold, that's predictable. lol



    Mine:

    CJ will regress this year ( I know, I hate typing it)

    We will strike out in trying to package a deal for a superstar

    We will again exceed expectations with our current rosters, winning 48 games and making it to the WFC where we are bounced by the Clips.
    Clips go to the finals this year.


    Man after reading this, I think I need as bit of my own scolding regarding being positive.
     
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    Meyers Leonard will be traded in February.
     
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    Plausable. If that happens we are looking good!
     
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    Festus Ezeli totals under 1000 minutes on the season.
     
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    We will be the 6th seed
    Dame will make his 3rd all star team
    We will have one of the best benches in the league
    We will make a big mid season trade
     
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    48 wins will not exceed my expectations. I mean, isn't that only 1.5 games off from the Vegas line? That's well within the margin of error.
     
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    48 in its own isn't, but WCF combined makes it exceeding I would think? Who of the national media has us in the WFC? I don't consider the betting lines media, but then expectations don't specify its media driven as well.
     
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    I almost wish there is another thread for, who do you think we will package and for who? but probably too similiar of threads out there.

    If there is a big trade, who do we trade and for whom?
     
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    You just inspired me to do something I've been thinking about all off season...

    BNM
     
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    Ah, gotcha.
     
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    The Blazers starting center for game 1 in the playoffs has not yet played for the Blazers.
     
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    That last one isn't bold. That's how a board functions.
     
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    You son of a bitch
     
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    Bold son, bold
     
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    Nope
     
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    I was smart enough to word it such that Ezeli still qualifies.

    Still, I believe I'll be right.
     
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    I already posted some in the Meyers Leonard thread a week or two back, but here it goes

    * Blazers win 56 games
    * Meyers Leonard has his best year but doesn't win MIP
    *Allen Crabbe wins MIP
    * Noah Vonleh starts in a handful games, but shares the 4 spot with Aminu
    * Connaughton, Garrett (who the Blazers will sign as the 15th spot) and Layman will see very little time
    * The Blazers again will escape without any major injuries this season
    *The Blazers will not make a Blockbuster trade at the deadline, if they make one at all, it will be to get below the cap. Though I don't think they will. Thus the cake will bake.
    * The Blazers place 3rd in the west, 2 games behind the Clippers
    * The Blazers make the Western Conference Finals where they will face the Spurs (Suprise, Suprise)
    * Napier will take most of the back up minutes behind Dame, the rest will be CJs
    *Turner will play at the 2 primarily with minutes also at the 3.
    *Crabbe will take over the starting 3 after the all star game
    *Dame will be selected to the all star team, CJ will not
    * Ezeli will be played sparingly during the season, and will be a beomoth in the playoffs
    * Blazers win the championship
     
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