OT Early season NBA surprises

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  1. Pinwheel1

    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    How many times have we done it in 50 years? It does not happen very often. With that type of fire power, and their defense, color me impressed
     
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    I suggest that you only click on threads that I start.
     
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    Gotta wonder what Vlade's got on the Kings' owner. It might've saved Divac's job that Bagley got injured so he can't be compared with Doncic for a while.

    Doncic is going to be all-NBA this season - the only mystery is which team.
     
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    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    The Hawks are going to be good enough that that Doncic-for-Trae Young trade might not even be second-guessed.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Yes
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Not that good. Not yet. Bright future though
     
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    Early season NBA surprise? This thread.
     
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    http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/th...ffs-extravaganze-sponsored-by-the-hcp.349872/

    http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/official-game-1-thread-blazers-jazz.349787/
     
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    I was getting really confused by some posts in this thread until I realized that I'm trying out the ignore function on a few people for the first time. So far, so good. Even with the occasional confusion, I'm glad I missed those posts. I won't click to view them in the future, no point to. I recommend it to other like minded folks.
     
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    I do now, my bad. Premise still stands though. Dude makes a crap load of worthless threads. so I find his statement a double standard. I didn't go back many pages, but I could have i'm sure.
    Anyhow, i'm strolling where I shouldn't be again. Thanks for the clarity.
     
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    I probably wouldn't make sense anyways. :)
     
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    Honestly, @THE HCP is having fun - and so should all of us. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy. It's all fun.
     
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    Publicly slandering someone is not having fun. Not admitting a wrong doing on someone else is also not fun.

    But the Blazers are fun! Go Blazers!
     
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    Or gets wrongfully and publicly slandered.
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    https://blog.seattlepi.com/oregonsp...land-trail-blazers-fit-into-the-new-look-nba/

    Portland Trail Blazers

    Last Year Review

    Portland returns to the hardwood this year after an impressive stint last season. They lost in the Western Conference Finals to the Golden State Warriors and clearly needed some new talent to suffice. The Blazers return their core in Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, and Jusuf Nurkic. These three players could guarantee that Portland returns to the playoffs again. Lillard is the clear leader of the team and will need to continue improving on defense, if he wants to become an MVP caliber player. The same thing can be said for McCollum. As for Nurkic, my dude needs to stay healthy, if he can stay on the court, he provides crucial offense out of the post.

    What’s New

    The Biggest move in Portland’s off-season is the signing of Hassan Whiteside. This may be the one of the most overlooked acquisitions in the league. His ability to defend the paint is a weapon that the Blazers have been missing the last couple of seasons, with him patrolling downlow, the opposition will have to think twice before attacking the lane. Portland has not had a post defender of this caliber since Ed Davis, except Whiteside is more explosive offensively. The combination of Whiteside and Nurkic may boost Portland to the NBA Finals.

    Where Will They Finish

    Even though the Blazers improved immensely in the off-season, so did the rest of the Western Conference. Portland will lose in the second round because they won’t be able to defend elite perimeter players. Even though McCollum and Lillard are studs in their own right, they can’t stop guards like Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and LeBron James. The addition of Whiteside will help but it won’t be enough to lead Portland to the promise land.
     
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    The Hornets are surprisingly not-awful. And they're doing it by playing a bunch of young'uns. So if they could ditch all their catastrophic contracts, they'd be in good shape!
     
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    They're losing by 25 right now. I will agree with you in some ways though. I think their young talent isn't as bad as people make out.
     
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    I am officially a curse.
     
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