So NOW do you understand what I'm talking about??? We are a better team this year.

THERE IT IS! I've been tracking this and waiting for the game where w'ed have a better record.

 

Last year SlyPokerDog had TWO braincells......this year he has NONE!

 

Ohhhhhh snap! It's started. Sly you can ban and edit all these toolboxes as much as you want. But when you start messing with the Forum MVP's posts, IT'S ON! #DennyOnLineOne

 

Sly really wants to smack down the ban hammer but nobody is willing to pay...he needs a Kmart blue light special to prime the pump

 

Indeed.

 

Certainly headed in the right direction but unless last year and this year were both strike shortened seasons, 50 games is not a 'year'.

 

Is there anyone here who would prefer last year's team over this year's team? We're younger, deeper, and getting better as the season goes on. Last year's team had no depth and fizzled at the end of the year going 22-27.

 

I almost bumped this thread to say almost exactly this. But I'm glad I left that to you; you deserve this.

 

I love the bench mob! My favorite team in a long long time..top to bottom..just look at our stat lines from games and everybody does everything..a team with 7 or 8 players in double figure boards or scoring or assists is doing something right

 

Last years team before Wes got hurt was much better. We won every game after the Afflalo trade and were killing teams with our own lineup of death; putting Afflalo in place of Rolo at the end of games. We would've had a legit chance to win a playoff series against any opponent. It all fell apart with Wes' injury.

I'm very excited about this years team. But I don't need to hate against last years team to feel good about it.

 

...uuuhhh...guess what HCP...you're going to get really sick of crow sashimi my friend...my 43 game win prediction is looking better and better..just beat the Rockets twice, Grizz and absolutely crushed the Warriors...it's a great day to be a Blazer!

 

Starters when healthy and motivated were elite last season...problem, they weren't after the break...particulary Batum and Rolo...Lamarcus was cancelled out by ZBo and Lillard was in a shooting slump. Blake couldn't shoot at the end either. The starters early last season were better...but not built for the long haul in the end and the bench was deer in the headlights bad to the point our starters played almost whole games. But I'm with you...I don't need to bash them at all...I was really invested in that team and now feels like an ex wife....I still watch those guys play on other teams this season. Now, I'm starting to feel invested in the identity of this seasons roster...earlier I hadn't connected the same way.

 

It is interesting though; lets say Lamarcus tells Neil he wants to come back if we keep the same starting 5. We don't trade Batum and keep everyone else except Afflalo on the contracts they received elsewhere. We sign Aminu with the MLE and still trade for Plumlee.

Lopez/Plumlee
LMA / Aminu
Batum / Crabbe
Wes / CJ
Dame

Would you rather have that team going forward? Not really sure what is better theres a good case to be made either way. We are younger with what we have not and more financial flexibility. That flexibility is almost worthless with the rising cap. Infact it might be a negative as having any players who can play under contract seems better.

 

Its odd our bench was so bad but then this year CJ, Crabbe, Barton are all such big contributors.

 

We were 10-10 in the 20 games before Wes went down.