"We can beat any team in a seven game series..."

I don't think we should put Houston in the 'likely' column. That team just for some reason has the mental edge over us. I'd hate to play them again in the playoffs as long as they got guys like Brooks, Scola, Landry and Battier healthy.

 

* edited* and *edited*

Unless we take on the Hornets in the first round we will lose against the Lakers, Denver, Houston, or Utah. I can lay down money for that.



Last edited by Minstrel; Yesterday at 1:21 AM..

P.S. Just messing with the admin quotes.

 

*edited *edited *edited *edited *edited and *edited *edited *edited *edited *edited *edited *edited *edited you *edited *edited *edited *edited *edited *edited

 

So true you *edited* and smart cookie ASS

 

portland could probably beat anyone but the lakers. it would take great play to beat a team like denver or utah(with how they are playing now), but it still would be possible.

 

I love Brandon but he is wrong here.

Portland without a defensive pressence in the middle has zero chance of winning a best of seven series against any of the top 4 teams in the west.

 

I see four potential playoff teams that this team could beat without a legit center.

Houston, Phoenix, Dallas and the Suns ... I'm tempted to add the Spurs, but I still can't bet against Timmy, Manu and Parker in a seven game series. The rest though? they either play too much perimeter defense or have to much inside play for us to beat with a mid-range jump shooting team.

 

Roy better bring this playoff attitude to his teammates now if they want to make a push into the playoffs. Because with Roy gone, LA definitely did not bring that gut into the locker room to fire up his teammates. Only Howard stepped up and went into a rampage in the locker room.

 

The way I look at it, if we make the playoffs, we would want to play a team that we absolutely owned all season long. That isn't going to happen when you are going to be the #8 seed. The way I see it, the Blazers are going to lock into the #8 unless Houston or Memphis makes a run. That means LA in the first round.

 

I can. I mean, I don't think the Blazers would be guaranteed to beat the Spurs in a series, but they wouldn't be guaranteed to beat the Rockets, Suns, Mavericks or Thunder (I assume that was your intended fourth team, you double-counted Phoenix in your list) either. I think the Spurs are nearly as beatable, these days, as those teams, especially at the end of another long season.

The Nuggets and Lakers are the only two teams in the West that I think are out of reach for the Blazers without Oden and Przybilla.

 

D'oh, yes I did mean the Thunder.

 

Great! More fights in the RG. Wahoo!

Last game we had a big disturbance in section 108, and an altercation in the 300 level.

 

maybe roy should shut up and focus on getting back rather then playing gm?

 

Yeah. His not shutting up is probably slowing down his healing process and rehab.

Another good insight!

 

I honestly think if Portland and LA play in the playoffs the mood in the RG is going to get ugly.


Someone is going to get a beat down right outside the arena.



You cannot overestimate the amount of hatred Portland fans have for Laker fans.

 

So, Roy makes a rather innocuous comment that basically shows support for his teammates, and suddenly he's being criticized for trying to be the GM? What's he supposed to say? We suck balls and my teammates are all terrible?

This place rocks. Good stuff.

 

Roy can state what he wants. Fans don't have to agree with him. Some fans here supported him. Amazing. Folks have different opinons. You know how fucking boring this board would be if everybody just agreed on everything?

 

All the while, the poor Laker fan screams "I don't even care about your piddly team! Why beat me up?!"

We've got some serious issues with LA as a fanbase.

 

Thanks for the lecture. I was commenting on this thread more than the overall ability of posters to express their views. I don't give a shit either way about what Roy says. I guess that's my position, as opposed to trying to derive meaning out of what seems a throw-away comment. If me adding my opinion is a problem, no biggie.

 

LOL! Someting I actually agree with you on. Let KP be the GM Brandon and where's the mute button for roy?