We're closer to being 1-10 than we are to being 9-2, so the "meltdown" is more justified than your optimism.
Well we pretty much called it before the beginning of the season. I'm not real optimistic either. But at least i didn't go all in on winning through the beginning of the season or even being 7-4 let alone 9-2.
I did too, but that was assuming that Philly wouldn't be missing Embiid, Golden State wouldn't be missing Dray, D'Lo, and Steph, and that Sacremento wouldn't be missing Fox and Bagley. We're losing games we have no business losing, and the gameplan and scheme problems have been exacerbated instead of improving.
The meltdown thread should be renamed "whelp, this is who we are now. Lets embrace it" thread. Because its much more truthful and accurate.
You did. Not sure what we are doing here? We are in agreement from what i can see. We both knew this was going to be a tough start. We both agreed that 10-10 would be a good start. We both agree that injuries have taken their toll. But to say after all of that they they are losing games they have no business losing just seems like some weird unwillingness to accept that those are enough reasons to struggle. The Blazers lost their front court from last year and have basically played half their games this year with end of bench players filling the spots of the new front court. How could you possibly feel they have no excuse for losing games? Injuries to Collins, Whiteside, and Skal should be included into any metric you have for playing and winning games. Do i need to bring up schedule again?
We are, I'm simply pointing out that the tenor probably would've been a bit different had those teams have been at full strength. We missed out on an opportunity we should've taken advantage of, and we're not playing well right now. The Warriors, Kings, and Sixers games were games we should've won. You're talking about the Blazers losing their frontcourt from last year but the Warriors lost their entire starting 5, Philly didn't have Embiid, and Sacremento didn't have Fox or Bagley. All three of those teams were without their best player, two of them were without two of their top 3 players... so I'm just tired of hearing that reasoning because you could say the same about the teams we've been losing to...
