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Blazinaway said:
what's scary with them IMO is if they acquire a solid C and they have the assets to get one if they want
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How did they accomplish that feat with employing a former Asst. GM who everyone tells me has no plan?*

*comment not directed at Blazinaway but rather to all those impatient with Cho.
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
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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the only dichotomy is health. we still have a decent team that is almost as competetive, and with the right moves should remain so in the future.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Read your original post. You said "superstar caliber"--ie, good enough to be a superstar (even if not yet). Aldridge is as much "superstar caliber" as Westbrook is.
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Not to quibble too much, but Westbrook has been playing at a near MVP level since last year's playoff series against the Lakers. His season long run of play at this level is a little more impressive than LMA's one great month. Statistically you could also argue that Westbrook's PER of 24 versus LMA's 20 is a fairly sizeable gap in performance too.

If LMA can keep up his 24/10 pace for the rest of the season then I have no problem calling him "super star caliber." My only point is that we still have question marks, whereas the Thunder don't really have any about Durant or Westbrook.
 
crowTrobot said:
the only dichotomy is health. we still have a decent team that is almost as competetive, and with the right moves should remain so in the future.
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You keep wanting to point to that one game as being competitive with them, but being 5 game back . . . we really aren't competitive with them (I understand we played them tough)

But even if that was true, that is a huge "only."

IMO, OKC has one player who is so far ahead of all the other players on the Ptd roster. Clearly OKC is going to build around and fall and rise with Durant . . . as would 90% of the other teams if they had Durant.

I don't think you look at Aldrdige as the one player you are going to build the franchise around. I think you used to be able to look at Roy that way, but not anymore.

If Oden turns out to be what he was suppose to be, then the Blazers are back in the picture. But Oden aside and accepting Roy isn't who he was before, OKC has the better roster. Not many would debate that.
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
You keep wanting to point to that one game as being competitive with them, but being 5 game back . . . we really aren't competitive with them (I understand we played them tough)
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i wasn't pointing to our games against them to illustrate that we played them tough heads up. i was pointing out that big swings in the standings can hinge on very small margins, and often teams aren't as far apart competetively as the standings make it seem.

also teams go through ups and downs throughout the season obviously. since LMA started his streak on Dec 17 we actually have a better record than OKC. of course SOS could have something to do with that. but still it illustrates that at worst, even if they are a little better, we are still reasonably close and there is no dichotomy you should be feeling bad about. it's not like the thunder are considered serious contenders to win a championship or injuries made us into the T-wolves or anything.

I don't think you look at Aldrdige as the one player you are going to build the franchise around.
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assuming the last 6 weeks have not been a fluke, and there's no reason to think it was, i totally disagree. LMA has been a top 10 player in the league over that stretch. there are quite a few teams that would love to have him to build around right now.

OKC has the better roster.
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i'm not disagreeing with that. i'm disagreeing that anyone should feel as bad as you apparently do about where we are in relation to the thunder.
 
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Westbrook has been playing as well as 08-09 Roy.
 
ZBO = Player of the week twice in the last month!
 
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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Whats hurting them is the fact that they have basically no post presence on offense. Even Kristic prefers the 16 foot jumper.
 
B-Roy said:
Westbrook has been doing it all season.

LMA has been doing it for a month.
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westbrook has been doing it for 1/2 a season, LMA for 1/4 (21 games). effectively not a lot of difference. neither is proven. either could hit a performance wall at any time.
 
crowTrobot said:
westbrook has been doing it for 1/2 a season, LMA for 1/4 (21 games). effectively not a lot of difference. neither is proven. either could hit a performance wall at any time.
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Westbrook's been doing it since about mid way through last season.
 
MickZagger said:
Westbrook's been doing it since about mid way through last season.
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if by "it" you mean consistently playing at his current level, that is false. in fact he fell off a lot towards the end of the regular season last year (final PER 17.8).

at best you could say "it" started with the laker series.
 
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