However, they are just so mediocre. Philly already looks to be at least on par with the Blazers. Outside Dame/CJ/Nurk there is a considerable talent gap with a lot of very similar skill sets. I still think they'll sneak into the playoffs, but if you want to see what a treadmill team looks like, you're most definitely watching one.
Agreed. This is a treadmill team. I'm frustrated with Portlands offense. Very little movement toward the basket. It's refreshing to watch the 6ers offense with real off-ball movement
I agree with a lot of what you are saying. I do think Vonleh is developing into the roll we need as a starting PF for us, but the SF and bench scoring need help.
If you wanna read a treadmill thread then you're most definitely already doing it. The disappointing play on the court is almost always followed by a horribly disappointing thread. Cool November prediction dude. Better trade CJ so you feel better.
Move Turner and Meyers to the starting five, bring Vonleh, Harkless off the bench, and we're top 4 in the west
I think the team has to be looked at in the context of Golden State. Any move made, has to be one that helps us beat Golden State. If it's not going to do that, then it's not a move worth making. Better to take a long term approach, and position ourselves to be a contender in the post Golden State superteam NBA era. That gives us time to develop, and assess players; and make moves that pay off over time. There's no need to make desperate moves that leave us short of Golden State, and hurt us in the long run.
Move Turner and Meyers to a stupid team willing to dump an actually good player who makes a ton of money for their exorbitant salaries, and we're maybe top 4 in the West.
I agree, we'll have some good streaks to go along with the bad but basically a treadmill 500 team that is boring to watch. For a coach who is supposed to be a really good offensive guy Stott's offense scheme just sucks, last in NBA and assists, and Iso-ball to the death - WTF is this all about?
Lost to the Raptors (at home) who were missing 2 starters in one of the most uninspired efforts I've ever seen of a Blazer team. Lost to the Brooklyn Nets AT HOME. Put up 82 points in a loss to the Kings. Lost by 20 to the 76ers....game was over in the first 5 minutes. A couple of good wins. The Pacer game on the road and the Thunder and Nuggest at home. Outside of that, this team is either barely scraping by bad teams (the 2nd PHX game and the Lakers at home) or generally playing uninspired basketball. It's quite disappointing to see. 18 games into the season and so few quality wins offset by more pretty bad losses. Unfortunately, it seems like that is just what this team is. They should get a win at the Nets, likely lose to the Wizards and the Knicks game looks like another loss. That comes out to a 2-3 road trip with wins against the hapless Nets and a Gasol and garbage Memphis team. Not exactly blowing Kenny Vance's skirt up.
That Philly loss was not totally unexpected. Its the way we started the game and finished that pissed me off. In the first quarter we couldn't throw a brick into the ocean.
I think its to early. For real. I dont think we have one big game yet this season. We're not playing good offensive, and thats the thing. We need in my opinion a 3pt scorer like morrow, crabbe, korver, players who can make 3s in transition or in cold nights for the team, like last game. Vonleh is playing very good. I think ed is have some minutes but i dont think he'll stay with us along the season... Olshey will make a trade, you guys will see. We dont suck and we are way far from suck, but we need play better offensive.
pretty normal "hope springs eternal" early on preseason and early on and then reality sets is, seems like a yearly even as a Blazer fan
I thought they'd be a slightly above .500 team. IIRC you thought they'd be about a .500 team. Right now they look like a below .500 team. So yeah, I thought they'd be better than they've shown so far. But it's not even about their record. Some nights they are just bad.
