Blazers have no chance to win this series; are you excited for next season?

[Draco]

Blazers in 6

Just stop; you're embarrassing yourself.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Just stop; you're embarrassing yourself.

Keep going King. Draco 's opinion is just his. HE is the embarrassed one because he picked 32 wins. Much easier to be embarrassed when you low ball and are wrong than when you highball and are wrong. I'm pretty sure he is just butt hurt because the Blazers proved him wrong.

Personally, If we get swept, I would not consider you embarrassing at all. I love the continual optimism even in the face of such adversity(whether valid or not)

Let Draco live in his negative world. Dont join him.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Keep going King. Draco 's opinion is just his. HE is the embarrassed one because he picked 32 wins. Much easier to be embarrassed when you low ball and are wrong than when you highball and are wrong. I'm pretty sure he is just butt hurt because the Blazers proved him wrong.

Personally, If we get swept, I would not consider you embarrassing at all. I love the continual optimism even in the face of such adversity(whether valid or not)

Let Draco live in his negative world. Dont join him.

Here is a serious thought exercise: imagine the Blazers were up 2-0 and I posted "Clips in 6!"

You would rightly suspect me of trolling/taunting. Is what Eric is doing really all that different? Don't you sorta suspect he is doing it just to get under other poster's skin?

 

[barfo]

Here is a serious thought exercise: imagine the Blazers were up 2-0

And you claim Eric is the optimistic one?

barfo

 

[KingSpeed]

Here is a serious thought exercise: imagine the Blazers were up 2-0 and I posted "Clips in 6!"

You would rightly suspect me of trolling/taunting. Is what Eric is doing really all that different? Don't you sorta suspect he is doing it just to get under other poster's skin?

Yes because this is a BLAZERS messageboard.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Yes because this is a BLAZERS messageboard.

Fair enough.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Here is a serious thought exercise: imagine the Blazers were up 2-0 and I posted "Clips in 6!"

You would rightly suspect me of trolling/taunting. Is what Eric is doing really all that different? Don't you sorta suspect he is doing it just to get under other poster's skin?

Eric beat me to it. Huge difference. Now if Eric is down in the Clips board saying Blazers in 6, def. taunting.

 

[illmatic99]

Thad Young is still dangling there. I'm guessing he can be had for a non-starter now. Same with Monroe.

Dame/CJ/Aminu/Young/Monroe

Keep Crabbe/Plums/Davis for the bench and go after some more complementary pieces. So you lose Henderson/Harkless/Noah/Meyers.

Does that win you 50 games and get you a top 4 seed?

 

[BlazerWookee]

Clippers may win the series, but who would really care? It's funny that some people expect others to be so outraged if we don't make a deep run. Like they need to manufacture something out of nothing.

News flash: People just wanted to make the playoffs. What happens after that is what it is.

Exactly what I said the first year Brandon and Nate dragged us into the playoffs three years ahead of what anyone had any right to expect.

 

[KingSpeed]

Thad Young is still dangling there. I'm guessing he can be had for a non-starter now. Same with Monroe.

Dame/CJ/Aminu/Young/Monroe

Keep Crabbe/Plums/Davis for the bench and go after some more complementary pieces. So you lose Henderson/Harkless/Noah/Meyers.

Does that win you 50 games and get you a top 4 seed?

Current team would win us 50 games in my opinion. Just on internal growth, we can win 6 more games than this year.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Umm the thread doesn't hurt me. I doubt it hurts VG. We just think it's wrong. You're a bad fan. Wait til the series ends until you come to terms with anything. Unless you're trying to jinx the Clippers. Then you're cool. Nonetheless, I'll bet you HCP's $100 we win the series.

So HCP ponnyed up the $100 Dollars?

 

[KingSpeed]

So HCP ponnyed up the $100 Dollars?

No. Here's the bet. If I win, I get $100. If I lose, HCP owes Draco $100.

 

[Denny Crane]

The Blazers have no chance to win this series. I've moved on from hoping the Blazers can compete.
The Clippers have:
++ The vastly superior center
++ The vastly superior power forward
+ The superior two way point guard
= An extremely effective shooting guard evenly matched to ours
= A defensive small forward in A Moute
= A smart effective coach (even if annoying as hell)
= Productive role players and bench players.
Maybe we can have an advantage with our bench players for a game or two. Maybe CJ can outplay Redick for one game. Maybe one of their stars gets outplayed by a stater of ours for one game. In the end its just not going to happen in enough matchups at the same time for this to be a competitive series. If Griffin was hobbled we had a chance; he's not.

The rest of the series I'll be interested to see if we have any young players step up in the last few games as CJ and Meyers did last year.

It was a hell of a fun season. Glad we made the playoffs. I'm excited for what moves we do in free agency and the offseason.

1. Do the Blazers trade for a pick in the draft?
2. Does Neil go after a starting level free agent?
3. Does Neil go after value free agents?
4. Do we lose any of Meyers/Hendo/Crabbe/Harkless?
5. Do we explore the trade market?
6. What Blazer will make the biggest improvement next season?

Have you met @HCP?

 

[Orion Bailey]

Have you met @HCP?

IF we win the series, this post should be emailed to draco once a day to force him to delete it..just as a simple reminder.. HAHAHAHAHAH

 

[Natebishop3]

Someone should really tell the players that they have no chance. They're just wasting their time.

 

[HailBlazers]

I went to the game on Saturday, THAT was exciting. Entire Arena Booing Rivers every time he talked to the refs, CJ going off. Great Times.

Next Season? No, I'm excited for Summertime in Oregon.

 

[Natebishop3]

I went to the game on Saturday, THAT was exciting. Entire Arena Booing Rivers every time he talked to the refs, CJ going off. Great Times.

Next Season? No, I'm excited for Summertime in Oregon.

It's all about that summer league!

I wonder if Noah will play in SL...

 

[e_blazer]

Well, Draco, at least your thread may go down in RipCity 2 history.

 

[Strenuus]

About that....

 

[HailBlazers]

@Draco @Draco @Draco

 

[Draco]

 

[BBert]

 

[Orion Bailey]

I went to the game on Saturday, THAT was exciting. Entire Arena Booing Rivers every time he talked to the refs, CJ going off. Great Times.

Next Season? No, I'm excited for Summertime in Oregon.

I lost my phone a while back. send me a text. might have something for ya.

 

[Orion Bailey]

I wonder how Draco feels now???? HAHAHAHAHHAAH

 

[crandc]

My plans for a Bay Area watch party if Portland plays GSW in Round 2 are still operative.

I even have a tentative menu.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

My plans for a Bay Area watch party if Portland plays GSW in Round 2 are still operative.

I even have a tentative menu.

Does it involve 4-and-20 blackbirds baked in a pie?

 

[HailBlazers]

My plans for a Bay Area watch party if Portland plays GSW in Round 2 are still operative.

I even have a tentative menu.

Tells us more..

 

[Sinobas]

You know, I think this fate was sealed in the Pre-Season, when the clipper announcer kept repeating that "Blazers have no chance, no chance, no chance.....to make the playoffs". You can't do stuff like that!!! It's like calling the Titanic unsinkable.

 

[Natebishop3]

To be fair, Draco didn't know Paul and Griffin (and to a certain extent Redick) would suffer injuries.

Paul is done for the series. That's a HUGE development.

Griffin might be out for the next game. That's HUGE because we haven't been playing well on the road. This could give us a chance to steal one in LA.

Redick hasn't been nearly as deadly since hurting his heel.

 

[Han Dolo]

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