Blazers predicted to be 11th in West
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Gronk Brady
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They don’t deserve respect... they got swept in the 1st round of the playoffs by a lower seed and Neil decided to make no moves and bring back same roster... like I have been saying, they are a 7-10 seed at best without making any trades
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Getting swept doesn't suddenly make you go down regular season standings. Toronto got swept and then won 59 games the following year. We still have the core that won 49 games. That hasn't changed.
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Toronto made it to the 2nd rd and lost to LeBron who made it to finals... apples to oranges.
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Look at our season though, minus our winning streak we were very medicore.
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Denver, 3rd or 4th in the West? I don't think so.
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and what did the same person predict for us last season?
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Minus a few losing streaks we were really good...?
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I'm a big Ed Davis fan, but who knew he was worth 12 wins?
If losing Ed and Shabazz decreases our win total by 12, shouldn't it also increase BRK's win total by the same amount?
Something isn't adding up here. Must be the new math.
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If losing Ed and Shabazz decreases our win total by 12, shouldn't it also increase BRK's win total by the same amount?
Something isn't adding up here. Must be the new math.
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Yep, of were going to throw out our best 13 games when evaluating our season, shouldn't we also throw out our 13 worst games?
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It's a lot easier to lose than it is to win. Also we beat some beat up teams during our streak. It was not an impressive season.
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Because they swept Portland without Cousins, and added Julius Randle and Elfrid Payton
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Anthony Davis and they picked up randle I guess?
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Hey now, don't forget about pat connington
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Why don't you become a devout Laker Fan or even Warrior fan dude!
You come across like you are really suffering or just flat out composive.
I challenge you to come up with something positive about the team.
I think we all understand now how you feel about NO, so move onto something else.
I do like your passion but spread it out some.....Holy Moly, Twab Nabby!
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Do we take wins away from teams who beAt us at the end of the year when Dame / ED and Harkless were hurt or banged up?
I mean I get it, it was a frustrating season in a lot of ways...
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Payton is no Rondo, and Randle doesn't frighten anyone.
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Yup, the addition of two players who have never even come close to playing in a playoff game and who were dumped by bad teams is going to make up for losing Rondo who is a really good playoff player.
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He's so forgettable you don't even remember his name.
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To be fair, I would’ve loved to have Randle if the Blazers could afford him. I think he’s pretty good, but I agree with you.
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So...the logic is Portland is trash because they got swept and is not worth shit, but New Orleans swept them (and lost 2 starters) and won 1 game against the Warriors...so...never mind they'll obviously be a playoff team?
Anthony has lead his team to the playoffs *twice* in 6 seasons. And arguably the biggest reason he did last year was because of Rondo.
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Who cares. Chicken chokers that they are. They can analyze all the numbers they want. They can't measure heart, especially the heart of one Damian Lillard.
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He was a good player on a bad team. Those don't always translate into wins.
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I'm not trying to pick apart each win or loss, just saying that the win streak was more of an anomaly than anything. I bought into it at the time, I thought we might have caught fire in a bottle. Looking back though I am not surprised we were swept, actually I am surprised we were swept but I'm not surprised we were bounced in the first round. Our off-season has banked on developing talent to improve so looking forward I can see why were are getting such low expectations and I have to agree, even if I don't like it.
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I can’t believe how far this off season has gone to now I’m defending the Blazers, please October come soon...
The Blazers won 49 games, and the way I see it they had some stretches of playing really good and some where they played really bad. They frustrated me so much... However it was 49 games and everyone including the Blazers dealt with injuries, and sure maybe the Blazers were more fortunate than others but nothing about this off season has made it look like they’re 12 games worse... Could I see them going down to 44-45ish because the West got even tougher, I could even see them missing the playoffs but literally if ANY of these pop Simon / Trent / Collins / or Curry they will be probably win about 49-50 games again next year.
The Blazers won 49 games, and the way I see it they had some stretches of playing really good and some where they played really bad. They frustrated me so much... However it was 49 games and everyone including the Blazers dealt with injuries, and sure maybe the Blazers were more fortunate than others but nothing about this off season has made it look like they’re 12 games worse... Could I see them going down to 44-45ish because the West got even tougher, I could even see them missing the playoffs but literally if ANY of these pop Simon / Trent / Collins / or Curry they will be probably win about 49-50 games again next year.
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You’re right, I’m just saying I think has he ended up here most of us wouldn’t have minded it.
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The same people that said Rondo isn’t that good after he joined the Lakers, to support their opinion the Blazers are still better than Lakers, are now making him out to be a superstar to support Their opinion that Blazers are better than Pelicans because of Rondo leaving...
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I dunno what the logic is, I was throwing out a hypothesis as to why they aren’t getting crapped on as much.
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