"Are the Blazers legit?" poll at ESPN.com

[KingSpeed]

87% say we are.

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/10071366/are-portland-trail-blazers-real

 

[Natebishop3]

Yeah, and in regards to the other poll, I chose Aldridge because right now I think he's still better than Dame. I don't know if that will always be the case, but right now it's definitely Aldridge.

 

[BrianFromWA]

13% are voting from China and don't know who Lillard and lMA are.

 

[Sinobas]

IHOP didn't know how many pancakes they'd be giving away when they signed that deal....

 

[magnifier661]

Lmao at this douche

Ayn Bland
Are you kidding me? They beat a team, at home, who's been feasting on the softest schedule in the NBA and they're suddenly contenders?
11 minutes ago

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Yeah, and in regards to the other poll, I chose Aldridge because right now I think he's still better than Dame. I don't know if that will always be the case, but right now it's definitely Aldridge.

Aldridge will be the man who gets us W's in the regular season. Lillard is gonna have to be the guy we rely on in the playoffs.

That's how I see it.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Nice post.

Most of the nation who has no pulling interest in the Blazers have greater faith in the Blazers than the teams own fans.

 

[Sinobas]

Lmao at this douche

The Blazers actually have one of the toughest SOS in the league after tonight, after Okie it'll probably the the toughest.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Yeah, and in regards to the other poll, I chose Aldridge because right now I think he's still better than Dame. I don't know if that will always be the case, but right now it's definitely Aldridge.

Damian has done a nice job of filling in for Roy as the teams closer. They are going to need Damian for that role.

 

[magnifier661]

The Blazers actually have one of the toughest SOS in the league after tonight, after Okie it'll probably the the toughest.

Yeah this soft schedule bullshit is a joke

 

[illmatic99]

The bandwagon is starting to fill up. smh

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

After tonight, at 15-3, I'll let shit ride. It's hard to do much else.

 

[magnifier661]

The bandwagon is starting to fill up. smh

Don't shake your head. Embrace it

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

Lmao at this douche

He sounds upset. I'm gonna send him a nice fruit basket.

 

[magnifier661]

He sounds upset. I'm gonna send him a nice fruit basket.

Haha

 

[Natebishop3]

He sounds upset. I'm gonna send him a nice fruit basket.

With mangos?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

He sounds upset. I'm gonna send him a nice fruit basket.

Peter Venkman is the Socrates of our time.

 

[illmatic99]

Don't shake your head. Embrace it

I kinda liked being the underdog, under the radar team that no one cared about. It was nice to take some frustration out on the haters

 

[magnifier661]

I kinda liked being the underdog, under the radar team that no one cared about. It was nice to take some frustration out on the haters

But we earned it. I know it seems like it sucks, but our team really wants respect. I think this only makes them play harder

 

[Haakzilla]

...vote yes!

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

Yeah this soft schedule bullshit is a joke

No more excuses, and there's a shortage of rocks to crawl under for media types that all said Portland would miss the play-offs, and even the most optimistic one's that said fighting for an 8th seed. The bias is thicker than fossilized Dino dookie.

 

[oldguy]

He sounds upset. I'm gonna send him a nice fruit basket.

Be sure to include some sour grapes.

Go Blazers

 

[mook]

Nice post.

Most of the nation who has no pulling interest in the Blazers have greater faith in the Blazers than the teams own fans.

That's true. But it's pretty understandable. The franchise has had three major title windows in the past 25 years (Drexler era, Pippen era, Roy/Oden era) and has nothing to show for it. The last one was aborted before it even really started.

It's hard for me to buy into the idea that we could have another window dumped in our lap completely out of the blue. Just getting into the second round seems like a minor miracle. I'm struggling to get my hopes up beyond that, even as I admit this team looks ridiculously good right now.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Contender for a playoff spot, or to actually win the west?

 

[BrianFromWA]

C'mon oldguy...you send fresh grapes, and wait for them to be salted with haters' tears.

 

[mook]

Contender for a playoff spot, or to actually win the west?

I think it would have to be considered an epic collapse for the Blazers to completely fall out of the playoffs at this point. Even if LMA or Lillard went down, I think this team can still win enough for an 8th seed at this point.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I think it would have to be considered an epic collapse for the Blazers to completely fall out of the playoffs at this point. Even if LMA or Lillard went down, I think this team can still win enough for an 8th seed at this point.

Portland is 5 1/2 games ahead of the 9th and 10th seed in the west right now. Not sure how 5 1/2 games would be an epic collapse with 64 games left.

 

[mook]

If after 18 games you have the best record in the harder conference, second best record in the league, and you've beaten the Spurs and Pacers, it's a pretty huge fall to be a lotto team in the same season.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

If after 18 games you have the best record in the harder conference, second best record in the league, and you've beaten the Spurs and Pacers, it's a pretty huge fall to be a lotto team in the same season.

*knock on wood* I could see an injury to one of the L's being devastating enough to cause that collapse, but *knock on wood* all have seemed pretty rugged in the last two years or so.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

It's true that Indiana have faced a soft schedule. Apparently they have only beaten two teams with a winning record! [EDIT: My mistake, actually only one.] Of course, playing in the East, it's tough to FIND teams with a winning record. Did you know that Memphis is dead last in the Southwest Division but would be first in the Atlantic? So one entire division is better than the best team in another? How did it get so bad?

I've been burned too often to believe in this team until they win the Finals. Until then, it's all a mirage and reality is about to hit us like a ton of bricks.