Notice Kanter: Blazers are “championship team”

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  1. KingSpeed

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  2. PDXFonz

    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    He’s got to be loving life right now. Found himself starting center on a HCA team.
     
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    I think it's more loving life playing for a team in the playoffs at all. He's a good fit here. He works hard and is a pretty stand up guy.
     
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  4. Chris Craig

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

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    Glad he is happy. It will be easier to convince him to come back for nothing
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Anyone else fantasizing that Dame, Nurk, Kanter, Hood, Curry, Layman, et al., get together in a room with their agents and try to figure out how to make it happen?

    Yeah, I know.

    Put down the bong.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    We have ourselves a new nickname for Kanter.

    Hevis!
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Hevis Alrevis Alrightus
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Who is Kanter and we shouldn’t we trust him as a source?
     
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    chris_in_pdx OLD SCHOOL

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    Bill Walton famously said, in a post-game interview after clinching the Blazers' first playoff appearance vs. Golden State in 1977, that in the playoffs it's all about who is the "healthiest and the hottest". The Blazers are 12-3 in their last 15 games, and should win their last two. Only Houston has been hotter down the stretch, and if the breaks fall the Blazers way, they can avoid the Rockets until the WCF in the best case scenario. Yes, this team would be all that much better with a healthy Nurk, but Kanter/Collins/Leonard are the horses they need to ride, and together they can get the job done. I've seen Kanter's defensive game ratchet up dramatically after Jusif went down, he knows the stakes and has been putting in work. I like the Blazers' first-round chances against any of Jazz/Clippers/Spurs, and a 2nd round fight with the Nuggets looks VERY winnable. Then you've got whoever is left standing after a Rockets/Warriors bloodfued, and Portland would have a puncher's chance against either. I have not been this optimistic going into a playoff run in years, even with Nurk out.
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Hood is the one I want back the most.
     
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    I don't want to rain on your parade, but they said the other night that Houston and the Jazz have the best records post AS-break. Before this loss to the Lakers, they have won their last 12 of 13 :(
     
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    Is that the evil cousin of Covfefe?
     
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    The Jazz have had a brutally easy schedule. I’m honestly surprised they don’t have a 14- or 15-game win streak going into the playoffs.
     
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    NBA is Business for 95% bro.
     
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    But the 5% ers are all on the Blazers.
     
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    Or the Nets
     
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  18. Wade Garrett

    Wade Garrett Exactly right.

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    If you really wanna gauge where they are then look at that Nuggetts game in Denver.
    Regular season is a piss poor Chicago team at half strength.
    Regular season is Minnesota, Charlotte, Orlando, tonight against the Lakers.
    Playoffs are last Friday in Denver.
    I love this team but I have zero expectations.
    Oh they'll play their assess off but unless Dame is averaging 40............
     
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    FIFY, :)
     
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