That was another young team. That was a team that nobody thought could go far in the playoffs. We had a young nucleus in Sheed, Damon, BG, Jermaine and JR Rider. I look at those teams and I see some striking similarities. Here's hoping this team can have similar success
It's pretty interesting if you start going down the two rosters. I wish we had that bench though. That would be the biggest difference between the two teams. That bench would fucking murder this bench.
It seems more like 89-90 to me. The Lopez addition is the equivalent of adding Buck Williams that year.
With the continued emergence of LMA and Dame, we have what neither of those teams had - two star, go-to players. 89-90 had Drexler of course, and 98-99 had Sheed, but having two options is something else entirely.
I don't know if it reminds me of any past Blazers team, but that was fun, we should do that more often.
Not similar at all. The 1999 team was DEEP. 2 starting lineups and that doesn't count Jermaine who didn't do much that season. Damon Rider Walt Wlliams Brian Grant Sabonis Bench: Greg Antony Jim Jackson Stacey Augmon Rasheed Wallace Kelvin Cato
I don't know where to put this stupid tidbit I thought up, so this seems as good as anywhere else. 1977 77 7+7= 14 2014
Stop biting my thoughts. http://sportstwo.com/threads/252274...nning-it-all?p=3183694&viewfull=1#post3183694 :MARIS61: I think we need to trade either Wes or Batum in a consolidation upgrade to get to that next level. Not sure, I love them both and they have good chemistry). we'll see how far we go with this squad, but I think we're still going a trade away from having a WCF/Finals team. I really liked the veteran poise of the squad though. We'll see if it sustains, the Blazers played as underdogs, now that we have the win, Houston has something to prove.
You're right - Rider was fantastic in that series and the opening round with Phoenix. He looked like a star in the making if he could have only got out of his own way.
To me, this team doesn't feel anything like any previous Blazer team. We've never had a player like Lillard at the point. Never. As for LA, he's become what we all hoped Sheed would be (and certainly had the talent to do so). Wes is a grinder. Nico is like a smaller, saner Sheed: He's so damn talented, but you only see flashes of it. The rest of the time you drive yourself nuts waiting for it to emerge. And the bench is just like holding on for dear life. They're better than they were, but they're still horrible. This is a unique team in Blazer lore.