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But with Denver losing, and Utah playing a close game with the B-cats, the Jazz, Nuggets and Blazers have 20, 20 and 22 losses. And if the Jazz lose tonight (doubtful), they'd be 1 game better in the loss column.

I don't know if that says more about how Utah and Denver are (quality wise) or how Portland is (quality wise) considering the incredible # of games lost to injuries by Portland.
 
julius said:
But with Denver losing, and Utah playing a close game with the B-cats, the Jazz, Nuggets and Blazers have 20, 20 and 22 losses. And if the Jazz lose tonight (doubtful), they'd be 1 game better in the loss column.

I don't know if that says more about how Utah and Denver are (quality wise) or how Portland is (quality wise) considering the incredible # of games lost to injuries by Portland.
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Don't look now but the Grizzles have as many wins as we do.
 
Don't look now but the season is barely half-way over.
 
Nate and the coaching staff have done an amazing job the past two seasons. Most other teams would have just curled into a ball and given up. We keep fighting, not matter how undermanned.
 
Minstrel said:
Zach's revenge is that his team is projected to finish behind Portland? Pretty chilling, indeed!
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43 wins would be Zach's peak as a max contract player. He has been traded 3 times during that contract.
 
KingSpeed said:
Don't look now but the Grizzles have as many wins as we do.
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Wins aren't what to look at. Losses are. They have 2 losses more. Learn the game, then post!
 
OKC is 97%, yet if we pulled out wins instead of 1 and 2 point losses against them we'd be exactly one game behind them in the standings. not sure how meaningful those odds are at this point in the season.
 
We see what happens to Utah when they have injuries. I'm guessing the same effect if Denver loses Carmello. Blazers have Camby and Roy coming back after the all star break and find themselves in the thick of the playoff race.

This could be a fun second half of the season.

Still hurts for me to see OKC. They are what the Blazers were and they look like they are reaching their potential that we never reached. Then there is the whole Durant leading the way and if we got he 2nd pick . . . good for OKC, but it pains me . . . that should be us damn it!
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
Still hurts for me to see OKC. They are what the Blazers were and they look like they are reaching their potential that we never reached. Then there is the whole Durant leading the way and if we got he 2nd pick . . . good for OKC, but it pains me . . . that should be us damn it!
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OKC is reaching their potential? as i just noted we are 3 points from being 1 game behind them in the standings. in fact despite injuries we are only 1/2 game behind them in conference.

if anything i think OKC is underachieving a bit this year.
 
crowTrobot said:
OKC is reaching their potential? as i just noted we are 3 points from being 1 game behind them in the standings. in fact despite injuries we are only 1/2 game behind them in conference.

if anything i think OKC is underachieving a bit this year.
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They aren't quite as 'hungry' as they appeared to be last year, but after a somewhat slow start they've been playing much harder on defense lately and they are still on pace to win 50 games (at least according to Hollinger's playoff prediction tool). The only thing that really matters though is how they perform in the playoffs, and after the scare they put into the Lakers last year I'd say that with two legit All-NBA caliber players in Westbrook and Durant, plus the emergence of Ibaka they're going to be in a pretty good position to make a run.

Time, of course, will tell.
 
I think it's pretty cool that we're still in the thick of things despite how badly things have gone for us. It's nice to have something to feel good about.

But I look at the schedule ahead and it's a little bit terrifying. San Antonio and Denver back to back. I'd like to think Indiana and Cleveland are W's but it's another back to back on the road. And then we play the #3 team in the east. I wouldn't be too surprised if we're up at 27 losses this time next week.
 
crowTrobot said:
OKC is reaching their potential? as i just noted we are 3 points from being 1 game behind them in the standings. in fact despite injuries we are only 1/2 game behind them in conference.

if anything i think OKC is underachieving a bit this year.
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Play with what ifs and have not and everything else . . . reality is we are 5 games behind OKC, they lead the division by 2 games and really are the only team in the Blazers division that can be considered a contender to the Lakers (or this year spurs). Currently they have home court advantage in the playofffs . . . and they are a young and improving team.

Leading your division and fighting for home court advantage in the playoffs . . . from a team that just made their way back into the playoff scene last year.

If this team is underachieving, I'm gald we don't have to witness them overachieve.
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
Play with what ifs and have not and everything else . . . reality is we are 5 games behind OKC, they lead the division by 2 games and really are the only team in the Blazers division that can be considered a contender to the Lakers (or this year spurs). Currently they have home court advantage in the playofffs . . . and they are a young and improving team.
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my point was there is no obvious dichotomy between OKC and portland as you suggested. OKC is not currently "reaching a potential we never reached". i would wait until they show the ability to start winning playoff series before feeling bad about that. if camby comes back 100% we aren't necessarily that far behind them even without roy.
 
Nikolokolus said:
They aren't quite as 'hungry' as they appeared to be last year, but after a somewhat slow start they've been playing much harder on defense lately and they are still on pace to win 50 games (at least according to Hollinger's playoff prediction tool). The only thing that really matters though is how they perform in the playoffs, and after the scare they put into the Lakers last year I'd say that with two legit All-NBA caliber players in Westbrook and Durant, plus the emergence of Ibaka they're going to be in a pretty good position to make a run.

Time, of course, will tell.
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The biggest difference with OKC this year is the emergence of Westbrook. He's incredible. What's hurting them, however, is the step back Jeff Green has taken. If he gets his act together, they'll be scary come playoff time.
 
ebott said:
I think it's pretty cool that we're still in the thick of things despite how badly things have gone for us. It's nice to have something to feel good about.

But I look at the schedule ahead and it's a little bit terrifying. San Antonio and Denver back to back. I'd like to think Indiana and Cleveland are W's but it's another back to back on the road. And then we play the #3 team in the east. I wouldn't be too surprised if we're up at 27 losses this time next week.
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Yet another B2B game here in the Mile High. I think the schedule makers do that just to fuck with us. I go to every Blazer/Thugget game at the Pepsi Center I can when I'm in town and you can just see how blown our guys are when we play a back-to-back here. The altitude issue is a real one.
 
maxiep said:
The biggest difference with OKC this year is the emergence of Westbrook. He's incredible. What's hurting them, however, is the step back Jeff Green has taken. If he gets his act together, they'll be scary come playoff time.
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Although, Green did have a pretty sound game in a loss to the Heat on Sunday. Did you happen to catch that one? Great game! Definitely playoff atmosphere.
 
crowTrobot said:
my point was there is no obvious dichotomy between OKC and portland as you suggested. OKC is not currently "reaching a potential we never reached". i would wait until they show the ability to start winning playoff series before feeling bad about that. if camby comes back 100% we aren't necessarily that far behind them even without roy.
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No obvious dichotomy? I dunno, it seems pretty obvious to me. They've got two young superstar caliber players with their health, we've got ... well, we've got a lot of question marks.
 
maxiep said:
The biggest difference with OKC this year is the emergence of Westbrook. He's incredible. What's hurting them, however, is the step back Jeff Green has taken. If he gets his act together, they'll be scary come playoff time.
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what's scary with them IMO is if they acquire a solid C and they have the assets to get one if they want
 
crowTrobot said:
my point was there is no obvious dichotomy between OKC and portland as you suggested. OKC is not currently "reaching a potential we never reached". i would wait until they show the ability to start winning playoff series before feeling bad about that. if camby comes back 100% we aren't necessarily that far behind them even without roy.
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My guess is only Blazer fans see no obvious dichotomy btwn Ptd and OKC . . . and even then, only some Blazer fans.
 
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