#1 in the entire league

[-Ace-]

Don't need to rely on a let down from the other team

I have not once gotten that feeling this year about our Blazers. That makes me so damn happy.

 

[THE HCP]

It's easy to overlook in the course of the regular season, but top teams usually get an opponent's best effort. How Portland handles playing with a target on their backs in the near future is going to be very interesting to say the least.

Nik, I have noticed an interesting air of confidence recently. Deservedly so if you ask me......I just haven't seen or felt that around here in a few years.

 

[MARIS61]

We beat Indiana, so we trumped them too!

By that logic, the Suns are the best team in the league.

But they're not.

 

[magnifier661]

By that logic, the Suns are the best team in the league.

But they're not.

You son of a bitch!!!!!!

 

[Strenuus]

By that logic, the Suns are the best team in the league.

But they're not.

Then, by that proxy, Utah would be pretty damn good too.

Repped. LOL.

 

[Natebishop3]

Then, by that proxy, Utah would be pretty damn good too.

Repped. LOL.

Shit... this is going to be hard to keep track of. It's like Six degrees of Kevin Bacon.

The Blazers beat the Pacers, making them the #1 team.... but the Blazers lost to the Suns (twice), so THEY'RE the #1 team..... but then they lost to Utah...... so the Jazz are the #1 team. This is making my head spin.

 

[Strenuus]

Shit... this is going to be hard to keep track of. It's like Six degrees of Kevin Bacon.

The Blazers beat the Pacers, making them the #1 team.... but the Blazers lost to the Suns (twice), so THEY'RE the #1 team..... but then they lost to Utah...... so the Jazz are the #1 team. This is making my head spin.

Not only that, Nate, but Utah ALSO beat Houston. :MARIS61:

 

[Natebishop3]

Not only that, Nate, but Utah ALSO beat Houston. :MARIS61:

That settles it. The Jazz are #1. (until we beat them)

 

[Strenuus]

That settles it. The Jazz are #1. (until we beat them)

Agreed.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Nik, I have noticed an interesting air of confidence recently. Deservedly so if you ask me......I just haven't seen or felt that around here in a few years.

I like to think of myself as an objective realist; in reality I know I'm more on the pessimistic side the spectrum, but the past four or five years there was increasingly less to be optimistic about with this franchise and I said so ... frequently. I also know for a fact this bothered the hell out of a lot of people and people sometimes take this shit personally, but I've always striven to call things as I see them. So now that the team is playing really good team basketball they've got my attention again and I just wanted to wait and see if this was more than just a hot streak before letting myself get invested again.

I have no idea if the way they are playing will hold up over the course of the season because so much depends on good health and a little bit of luck, but I like what I see.