It's ridiculous how stacked the NW Division is with not just new players, but All-Stars, All-NBA players and legit contributors. Paul George Carmelo Anthony Jimmy Butler Jeff Teague Jamal Crawford Paul Millsap If Utah doesn't lose Hayward, you could make a legitimate argument that the Blazers wouldn't have been any higher than 4th. They are going to need a big year out of Nurkic and improvement from the players like Vonleh, Harkless and Aminu along with development from the rookies in a real hurry just to battle for a playoff spot. Warriors Rockets Spurs Thunder.....for sure. Then the Blazers, Pelicans, T-Wolves, Clippers, Grizzlies and Nuggets all fighting for the last 4 spots. Portland needs to get off to a better start than they have the last 2 seasons to be sure. Do the Blazers have any chance of cracking the Top-4?
Overrated as fuck. Many of those players are overrated and/or bad fits with other players on the team.
Blazers could finish higher than any Western team other than the Warriors. Lillard, CJ, and Nurk are equal to Russ, PG, and Melo. And we're deeper. And our big 3 meshes well with each other and there's doesn't.
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Yeah, we are gonna be battling Utah for the basement of the division, 41 wins or less sounds about right.
Considering our entire season depends on the health and further development of Nurkic, I think my prediction is accurate and unbiased.
Overrated? People would be changing their underwear if Paul George, Jimmy Butler or 'Melo came here....and they would have been good to great fits here. I don't like that Portland can't get players here either but I'm not going to dismiss their abilities.
Russ is an overrated stat suffer who chokes late in games and is impressive in part due to his astronomical usage rate. Lillard isn't far behind. CJ isn't far behind PG either, as he's much better offensively. Nurkic is a much better player than Melo. And then there's the cohesion factor.
Because they'd fit. We need a 3rd scoring slash wing defender. Adding an ISO scorer to a team that has a player with historical usage rates isn't a good fit. It was already going tiki be a challenge seeng how PG13 and Russ would exist anyway. Butler to the Wolves is underrated because they need shooting, and he doesnt bring that. Their defense is overrated and their offense won't be pretty. Think last year's Bulls. Teague can't defend, and is a bottom half starting PG in the West. Crawchuck is awful at this point in his career.
Yeah I'm hoping entering year 3 with a majority of these players will help us a lot in this division/conference this season.
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Michael Porter would look pretty good in a Blazer jersey. Drafting dudes is apparently the only way to get decent players here now.
I think it's great that the NW is tough as shit now. It will really see where this team is. It will help to answer if Dame & CJ are our dynamic duo of the future. If Nurk is our long term answer at center. What exactly did we draft this year? If you want to be the best you have to beat the best. Bring it on you NW division bitches! I'll go to war with Lillard anytime!