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  1. Cugel

    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Interesting to see who/if Joe picks.
     
  2. Chris Craig

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

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    Won't matter
     
  3. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Depends on where they pick. So far his picks have been pretty solid.
     
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    Phatguysrule Well-Known Member

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    Gotta get super lucky. Stranger things have happened... Sucks to be relying on that. But that's where we are...
     
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  5. AmirIcon

    AmirIcon Well-Known Member

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    How come?
     
  6. SharpesTriumph

    SharpesTriumph Well-Known Member

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    I'm not sure what "I'm out" means when you continue to post here every single day.

    Look I call the Blazers out when they make bad moves and give them credit when they make good moves. Loved Cronin haul in the Dame trade and most of his draft selections. Hated many of the other moves as well as the overpaid vets we collect. When the team is in year 4 of heavy losses and 12th/15 teams in the conference without any young future star player to to build around that seems completely justifiable for me and many others to heavily question the franchises strategic directions.

    If you want to always look on the bright side putting flowers and rainbows on a pile of crap that seems as stupid to me as people who only look at the negative side.
     
  7. Cugel

    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Flagg aint going to WAS or CHA. Bank on it. UTA or SAS is my hunch, maybe PHI

    Never forget CLE got the top pick 3 times in 4 years after lebron left. Calculate the odds of that.
     
  8. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Are we officially eliminated from the play-in yet?
     
  9. SharpesTriumph

    SharpesTriumph Well-Known Member

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    Good point - the NBA likely has a huge conspiracy to get #1 picks repeatedly in Cleveland. I mean its such a large profitable market - right?

    Then the NBA wanted the Knicks to have one of the worst playoff streaks over 20+ years since its the largest market.

    Meanwhile Toronto, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Spurs, Nuggets have won a bunch of titles.
     
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    SharpesTriumph Well-Known Member

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    Cmon you know the answer.... we're 4 losses back with 10 games remaining. Going to be awhile.
     
  11. AldoTrapani

    AldoTrapani Well-Known Member

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    I been trying to lose all year but ya’ll was celebrating corny January wins
     
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    Odds are odds. It’s like rolling dice. No matter how many times 7 comes up it still has 6 ways to happen out of 36.
    Point is it makes no difference what the odds were the first and second time. The odds the third time were set by lottery position.
     
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    only 8 games left; and because the Blazers have lost the tiebreakers with the 9th & 10th seeds, they are effectively 5 games behind. They have also realistically lost the tiebreaker with Phoenix as well
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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  16. Cugel

    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    I am just stating facts. Against all odds weird things happen in the draft. Even LeBron recently pointed out these anomalies on the mcafee show.
     
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    AmirIcon Well-Known Member

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    How would that have worked with Amen here? Contradictory?
     
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    If amen was here I wouldn’t have cared bc he’s a superstar. We picked scrub ass Scoot
     
  19. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It's like we took the worst odds to get the best prize because we threw away the other tickets.
     
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    If we go 7-1 or 8-0 the rest of the way, I think we’re in. But that probably isn’t happening.
     

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