Recent content by wizenheimer

I see a red horse and I want it painted black

ok...some players and coaches have a feeling. Maybe they are right; maybe not; maybe they are too close to the situation; maybe they are thinking about the extra money they get for playoff experience I was just asking for the evidence that the 'first' playoff experience actually pays off. You'd...

where is the evidence that getting that playoff experience really matters? Especially for the Blazers? * in 2013-14 Portland won their 1st round series and ended up winning 5 playoff games. The following season they won 1 game and looked weak doing so * in 2015-16, with a mostly new roster...

may come down to Kawhi vs Toumani

it's not certain that Portland can't beat out LAC for 8th. Blazers have to win both remaining games though but yeah, the advantage is that the 7th-8th teams only have to win one game at home while the 9th-10th have to win two games, one on the road

Pre-Play-In Seeding: * Phoenix is currently 7th seed. Portland trails Phoenix by 4.5 games with 6 games left. Phoenix owns the tie-breaker (head-to-head) so effectively, they have a 5.5 game lead with 6 games left. All Phoenix has to do is win two of their final 7 games and that would lock...

this thread has potential once the meme-warriors find it

if the Blazers had drafted Wemby instead of a PG, Dame would probably have stayed and the Blazers wouldn't have had the assets to trade for Deni

I'd point to something else: remember how Dame re-energized Nurkic in the pick-n-roll? Dame + Clingan might really upgrade Clingan's offense. I'd think with a little work, Dame + Deni in the pick-n-roll/pick-n-pop might also become pretty dynamic

climate change

I'm as big a Dame fan as anybody, but I think the assumptions about what Dame will be next season are premature. Maybe he'll defy logic and be 90% of his old self, and be so from day 1. Or maybe it will take him lots of time to shake the rust off and his three won't be a prolific as it used to...

Hart is one of my favorite Blazers from the last 15 years. Class act + junkyard dog

it's not a big deal, but Portland isn't that young anymore; at least they aren't one of the 3 youngest teams anymore: 3 Charlotte Hornets24.0 6 Orlando Magic24.7 8 Toronto Raptors24.8 9 Atlanta Hawks25.2 10 Oklahoma City Thunder*25.2 11 Portland Trail Blazers25.2 14 San...

no...that's not what we're "saying" or what I said...anywhere. I honestly don't have a clue how you landed on that straw man what I'm saying, and demonstrating, is the assertion that Scoot''s poor assist/turnover ratio is a function of Portland being a bad shooting team isn't logical I doubt...

that's false....lol...right...Scoot is the first PG ever to have teammates miss shots. Bad luck but out of curiosity, let's do the math: * Portland averages 40.7 FG's on 90.1 FGA. That's a .452 FG% which ranks 29th * the average FG% in the NBA is .4675. If the Blazers were an average team...