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I think our team will be at Denver's record from last season for third in the conference
 
Remember when the strike shortened year started, and the Blazers were something like 7-2? A lot of people thought that the Blazers were for real, and one of the better teams in the conference.

We all know how that ended. Moral of the story? It's too early.
 
julius said:
Remember when the strike shortened year started, and the Blazers were something like 7-2? A lot of people thought that the Blazers were for real, and one of the better teams in the conference.

We all know how that ended. Moral of the story? It's too early.
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Remember in 1999 during the strike shorted season, the Blazers were 7-2 and everyone thought they would be a low seeded team? Yeah we know how that ended. Moral of the Story? Sometimes the good starts create confidence that is built throughout the season. So you can say it's early, but most good Novembers usually have great finishes.
 
magnifier661 said:
Remember in 1999 during the strike shorted season, the Blazers were 7-2 and everyone thought they would be a low seeded team? Yeah we know how that ended. Moral of the Story? Sometimes the good starts create confidence that is built throughout the season. So you can say it's early, but most good Novembers usually have great finishes.
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Remember when the Blazers went on that 13 game winning 5 or 6 years ago and missed the playoffs?

Too early.
 
Remember our great start the season McMillan got fired?
 
julius said:
Remember when the strike shortened year started, and the Blazers were something like 7-2? A lot of people thought that the Blazers were for real, and one of the better teams in the conference.

We all know how that ended. Moral of the story? It's too early.
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I think this is more likely. We don't have as many tricks up our sleeve. When the rest of the league figures out how to defend us, like Phoenix did last night, we're in for a rough season finish.
 
According to some in here that means they are better than the Thunder and 3rd best team in the entire league.

So apparently 8 games in we can book our ticket to the Western Conference finals only to lose to the Spurs.

Great season, can't wait til next year
 
Mediocre Man said:
According to some in here that means they are better than the Thunder and 3rd best team in the entire league.

So apparently 8 games in we can book our ticket to the Western Conference finals only to lose to the Spurs.

Great season, can't wait til next year
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Who here thinks we're better than the Thunder, legitimately the 3rd best team in the league, and headed to the WCF?
 
Nikolokolus said:
Saying that doesn't actually mean anything without expounding on the point.
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Well let me expound it for you!

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/2008_games.html

That team was finding its identity. They just lost their #1 pick to a terrible injury and had a front court of Pryzbilla and a Skinny Aldridge. Then Pryzbilla went down with a season ending injury midway through that streak you mentioned, forcing us to use Outlaw and Frye as our big rotation. Also, by the end of the season, teams knew that Roy was our scorer, so they just took the ball out of his hands and forced everyone else to beat them. We were one dimensional. Also, we were just a game out of the playoffs, having a 41-41 record. A couple more wins and we would have made it.

Our team now is built much better than that team. Instead of ISO offense, we have multiple plays to get the score. We have a legit center and hard hat role players. We have that volume scorer off the bench and more legit starting core. That team is extremely different than this team.

Sorry, not swayed….
 
Mediocre Man said:
According to some in here that means they are better than the Thunder and 3rd best team in the entire league.

So apparently 8 games in we can book our ticket to the Western Conference finals only to lose to the Spurs.

Great season, can't wait til next year
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Yep… They are the 3rd best team.
 
RR7 said:
Who here thinks we're better than the Thunder, legitimately the 3rd best team in the league, and headed to the WCF?
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Please read the Draft class is going to be ridiculous thread.

Many said we are a playoff team even though we are only 6-7 games into the season because we were a playoff team at the time.

Using that same logic, those people have to feel the way I posted above.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Please read the Draft class is going to be ridiculous thread.

Many said we are a playoff team even though we are only 6-7 games into the season because we were a playoff team at the time.

Using that same logic, those people have to feel the way I posted above.
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Make up how you'd assume others would feel so that you can whine and bitch more about people in here. Whatever tickles your fancy, I suppose.
 
magnifier661 said:
Well let me expound it for you!

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/2008_games.html

That team was finding its identity. They just lost their #1 pick to a terrible injury and had a front court of Pryzbilla and a Skinny Aldridge. Then Pryzbilla went down with a season ending injury midway through that streak you mentioned, forcing us to use Outlaw and Frye as our big rotation. Also, by the end of the season, teams knew that Roy was our scorer, so they just took the ball out of his hands and forced everyone else to beat them. We were one dimensional. Also, we were just a game out of the playoffs, having a 41-41 record. A couple more wins and we would have made it.

Our team now is built much better than that team. Instead of ISO offense, we have multiple plays to get the score. We have a legit center and hard hat role players. We have that volume scorer off the bench and more legit starting core. That team is extremely different than this team.

Sorry, not swayed….
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Joel played 77 games in the 2007-2008 season and a full 82 the following year. He blew out his knee in 2009-2010. So I'm not really sure what you're talking about.
 
RR7 said:
Make up how you'd assume others would feel so that you can whine and bitch more about people in here. Whatever tickles your fancy, I suppose.
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I am not making up anything.

It's what they said.
 
Mediocre Man said:
I am not making up anything.

It's what they said.
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Not at all. You're just extrapolating what was said in a different topic to this thread, so that you can mock people for it. Again, whatever gets you off buddy.
 
Oh and lets talk about the team that went 7-2 you pessimists are trying to use as an example.

Felton = fat lazy bastard and started the first half of the season at a dismal 28% from the field.
Matthews = Battling injuries all season
Wallace = Lost almost his entire "game changing" game. Was dismal from the perimeter and didn't have the lift to finish around the basket
Aldridge = He was the only player that played half way decent
Camby = Slow, was a shell of a player he once was just a year earlier.

Bench
Crawful: Ball Hog specialist that was thought he could be our Roy in the 4th. Another mid 30's shooter at starting guard.
Batum: Was used only as a spot up shooter. Nate had no confidence in him.
Babbit: All I need to say is his name and people get it. There is a reason why he couldn't find a gig in the NBA
Nolan Smith: See above.
Jonny Flynn: Is this guy playing in the NBA?
Thabeet: The most awkward player to ever step foot on the court
 
I am always excited when the season starts. It is what I love about sports, you never know how the season is going to turn out.

Now being a Blazer fan, along the line somewhere in the season, I start thinking about next season and what the Blazers can do to improve and make the playoffs for the next season . . . and I hate when that moment comes.

On the other side and as Chris says, I will cherish the time when the Blazers are doing well and in the playoff hunt. I don't know where the Blazers will end up . . . but I do know that I'm having a blast right now and can't get enough Blazer talk and NBA talk in general.

Cherish and suck it all up now because with small market teams things can change so quickly.
 
RR7 said:
Not at all. You're just extrapolating what was said in a different topic to this thread, so that you can mock people for it. Again, whatever gets you off buddy.
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The topic was the same. The comments transfer. And it is an absolute joy to mock them as they do me
 
As the OP suggests things may change, but I am indeed cherishing it now!

Go Blazers.
 
Why is it that we can't just enjoy a great start to this season and root for the team to win as many games as possible? It seems like it always hinges around wanting to have our opinions about whether the team should have been torn down and rebuilt validated. Since Olshey isn't asking any of us for advice, I'm not sure why that matters so much.
 
Mediocre Man said:
So apparently 8 games in we can book our ticket to the Western Conference finals only to lose to the Spurs.
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Uh duh, we already beat the Spurs once this year. Clearly we are going to the Finals!
 
What's wrong with being happy with how we've played and cherishing our place in the standings? Are the pessimists really so scared to get their feelings hurt? Who cares what happens in the future. Enjoy the now. Even though we didn't make the playoff, I loved the 13 game streak. It was fun. Enjoy the present, guys.
 
After all, that's what the thread starter said. Cherish it now.
 
Absolutely cherish it now and enjoy the moment. The only thing I find irritating is the clockwork push to turn a nice little start into some kind of big prediction.
 
Nikolokolus said:
Absolutely cherish it now and enjoy the moment. The only thing I find irritating is the clockwork push to turn a nice little start into some kind of big prediction.
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I haven't changed from my preseason prediction of 47 wins and I probably won't until midseason. I think most others are the same. I just think different people start with different numbers.
 
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