Notice Preseason Positives and Negatives

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  1. BoomChakaLaka

    BoomChakaLaka Well-Known Member

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    I didn’t notice :dunno:
     
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    ….if we win four of our first five games, I see us winning 44 - 47 games.

    …..but if we lose four of our first five games, it’s gonna be tough to forecast a 35-win season.

    at home vs Kings
    at home vs Suns
    road game at Clippers
    at home vs Grizzlies
    at home vs Clippers

    Four of our first five are at Home! We should realistically be 4-1 or maybe 3-2 at the end of the first 5. But judging by what I’ve seen, I wouldn’t be surprised if we wind up 1-4 or 2-3.

    maybe Dame takes games over and leads the league in scoring after 5 games and we find ourselves at 5-0!
     
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    Biggest positive is that it’s over.
     
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    That's Iggy's fault
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    I'm making a point that the "It won't happen because its never happened" has been argued in the past and then proven wrong.
     
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    So. In a 10-12 year span, whats better?

    1st and 2nd round exits in the playoffs every year?
    or 4 years of lottery, 3 years of growth and 3-5 years of true championship contention?
     
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    Agreed that it's not about CJ's height. It's his height, plus lack of wingspan, plus lack of athletic ability, plus lack of effort and sometimes downright laziness, and that part where he seems much more interested in his wine than in making a defensive effort on most nights.

    Also agreed about the Warriors. Put 3 of the better 3-pt shooters in the league all on the same roster who are elite in how they create those shots, who also have some length and you have a recipe for breaking that historical data. Then again, the exeption almost proves the rule.
     
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    Yet you're whining about preseason?
     
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    Are you whining about my whining? That's meta-whining.
     
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    Who's the win that you're predicting even at our worst? Because I think all those teams are better than us.
     
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    Now if only we could work out a way of playing fewer than 82 games in a season and we could duplicate that feat.
     
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    So we can lose EVERY SINGLE GAME and our record will stay the same! "Hey, at least our record hasn't gotten worse - because math!" we can say after every loss.
     
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    One against the Clippers
     
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    Billups post game interviews. Huge breath of fresh air.
     
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    I think it's obvious we all want Billups to do well and have great success but there are some posts here that are totally mind boggling on how much some expect out of him? He is just the coach. He will not be suiting up in his 2004 body and playing for the Blazers.
     
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    Hopefully Wednesday they will be able to beat the Kings and go 1-0. If not this place is gonna explode!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    That's interesting. What do you like about them? I don't ever listen/read post game press or notes. Has he been holding people accountable yet? Honest question. Cause I know so many on here were excited for him to do this, saying he as going to.
     
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    Shit, with THIS roster, we BETTER beat the Kings right?!?
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    you do know that Terry Stotts doesn't care if you move on from him being the coach, right?
     

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