Do The Blazers Make The Playoffs?

[ABM]

This is so weird. I'm now wanting them to get into the lotto for all the fun of it.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Playoffs won’t be fun if we squeeze in.

 

[wizenheimer]

I think Dame might very well lead them into the playoffs. All the teams they are competing with for that 8th seed, except for the Spurs, are young and haven't been in a playoff stretch before

and then, the Lakers will probably sweep them

 

[BonesJones]

I think Dame might very well lead them into the playoffs. All the teams they are competing with for that 8th seed, except for the Spurs, are young and haven't been in a playoff stretch before

and then, the Lakers will probably sweep them

I'll say this: Memphis and Portland (if healthy) have the two best defensive frontcourts to match up against the Lakers in the entire conference.

 

[Cugel]

Pels got it IMHO. They have a good schedule and they are rolling pretty well since Zion came back. Portland has to kill their starters with 35 plus minutes to beat bad teams.

 

[Natebishop3]

I hope not.

 

[tlongII]

Memphis

 

[hoopsjock]

Pels got it IMHO. They have a good schedule and they are rolling pretty well since Zion came back. Portland has to kill their starters with 35 plus minutes to beat bad teams.

They've lost 3 in a row and are 5-5 over their last 10. That's rolling?

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I'll say this: Memphis and Portland (if healthy) have the two best defensive frontcourts to match up against the Lakers in the entire conference.

How so...? WS is ok, but Carmelo...

 

[Bruno_Sabino]

I believe. Dame and CJ are not giving up

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Pels got it IMHO. They have a good schedule and they are rolling pretty well since Zion came back. Portland has to kill their starters with 35 plus minutes to beat bad teams.

Rolling? They’ve lost 3 straight and are 5 full games behind the Grizzlies. Their home record is awful. I think they’re done.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I hope not.

You’d prefer the 14th pick over the 15th pick?

 

[KSF-ERIC]

This is so weird. I'm now wanting them to get into the lotto for all the fun of it.

This thread was already started; http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/will-we-make-the-playoffs.354362/page-4

 

[Natebishop3]

You’d prefer the 14th pick over the 15th pick?

I would prefer the chance, however small it is, at the #1 pick, over getting blasted by LA in the first round.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Playoffs won’t be fun if we squeeze in.

Oh now we are saying that. Well thank you

 

[Labinot41]

If Dame gets swept again in the 1st round, which is highly likely, his legacy is gonna look pretty bad with all those sweeps

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

If Dame gets swept again in the 1st round, which is highly likely, his legacy is gonna look pretty bad with all those sweeps

Nah they’ll make the narrative look at the roster he dragged to the playoffs.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Playoffs won’t be fun if we squeeze in.

BELIEVE HARDER!!!

 

[BonesJones]

How so...? WS is ok, but Carmelo...

Collins.

 

[BonesJones]

I would prefer the chance, however small it is, at the #1 pick, over getting blasted by LA in the first round.

The chance of getting the #1 pick with the 14th best odds is lower than the chance we knock LA out in the first round.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I would prefer the chance, however small it is, at the #1 pick, over getting blasted by LA in the first round.

There is a much better chance that we knock the Lakers out of the playoffs than there is of us getting the #1 pick.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

If Dame gets swept again in the 1st round, which is highly likely, his legacy is gonna look pretty bad with all those sweeps

Shaq was swept out of the playoffs in 5 of his first 6 playoffs:

1994- swept out of first round by Pacers
1995- swept out of NBA Finals by Rockets
1996- swept out of ECF by Bulls
1997- lost in second round to Jazz in 5
1998- swept out of the WCF by the Jazz
1999- swept out of the second round by the Spurs

His legacy ain't bad, right?

And in WCF last season, Dame was hurt (separated rib). If Dame was healthy, we win 1 or 2 games at least.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

BELIEVE HARDER!!!

Do we have a source for "Believe Harder"? From my end, it was a little girl holding a sign that said that during the 2003 playoff series vs the Mavs. I adopted it as my playoff catchphrase on this board. Did the little girl make it up or was there another source she got it from?

 

[KSF-ERIC]

The chance of getting the #1 pick with the 14th best odds is lower than the chance we knock LA out in the first round.

Exactly. And the Lakers' weakness all season has been against teams with dynamic guards. We just happen to have two of the most dynamic guards in the league and if Collins comes back, we have the bigs to hang with their bigs.

 

[ABM]

This thread was already started; http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/will-we-make-the-playoffs.354362/page-4

Yup, and already bumped, to boot.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Collins.

Not even sure Zach or Nurk are coming back

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Oh now we are saying that. Well thank you

Isn’t everything circumstantial? The worse our season gets, the less likely we’ll perform well in the playoffs.

I’ve always had hope that we would turn this season around. However, now that there’s only 20 or so games left, I just don’t see it anymore.

 

[BonesJones]

Not even sure Zach or Nurk are coming back

Thats why I said "(if healthy)".

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Thats why I said "(if healthy)".

If Zach comes back this year do you think he gets minutes over melo?

 

[BlazerWookee]

Collins and Nurkic coming bach makes us a force to be reckoned with in the playoffs.