For the Blazers, the Real NBA Season Is Beginning

[ABM]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/126317-dear-portland-trail-blazers-the-real-nba-season-begins

At the end of every NBA game (except for maybe a team's 82nd, or third loss in a Playoff round) there is a nearly-invisible "To Be Continued..." that appears.

You can't see it unless you look deep into the faces of the players and their coach. No matter how a game ended, how bitter the defeat or how ecstatic the victory, professionals always realize that the season is long, and like two immortal warriors, these two teams will meet again.

One will seek vengeance, the other another salvation.

As we resume the regular season after the All-Star Break, those hard-to-see "To Be Continued..." endings will only get more dramatic. Every game will conclude with the participating franchises either closer to achieving their goals or farther from them.

If the Portland Trail Blazers can get closer to the Playoffs, each game will leave the viewer with a "To Be Continued..." that motivates them to stay tuned.

If not, well, look the other way, because a train wreck is about to take place.

Tonight, the Blazers will pick up where last we left them, a tragic trampling in Golden State that injured C Greg Oden and damaged their spot in the standings.

Brandon Roy played well in the All-Star Game, and our beloved Rudy Fernandez got screwed in the Slam Dunk Contest.

Though Portland currently holds the fourth or fifth spot in the Western Conference, in three games they could slip all the way to the ninth spot.

And there are plenty of enemies with great sagas of their own developing.

Let us examine our foes:......

 

[VivaRipCity]

Yeah, I don't feel safe for the playoffs yet. If we make a good trade in the morning locking in a good SF then I'll feel better. But as of right now I say its probably a 45% chance we'll make the playoffs. Just because the current team that we have "as is" is not experienced enough. THey are not very good at destroying teams...they make some of the easy games look tough, and thats going to tire them out down the stretch. We need a VC or someone to pick up some of the scoring slack, and make it so we don't have to win games at the buzzer. Lets run people out of the Rose Garden...and embaress teams in there houses.

 

[mgb]

I agree I don't think the playoffs are a lock by any means. I think we'll make it, but you never know. I also don't think a trade will make it a lock to make it to the playoffs. Sometimes a new player takes a while to get use to their new team. It might disrupt team chemistry if only for the rest of the season. Perhaps the trade deadline coming and going without us making a trade will help the team focus with the task at hand. It'll be interesting to see how the team plays from here on out!

GO BLAZERS!!!!

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

CP3!



Some say "bake it"


I say


"CP3"



trade Oden, I don't care - just get me CP3! He and Roy together would become the NBA's most forbidable backcourt in its history.

 

[tlongII]

Bake it!

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Any of the current 4-9 Western Conference teams can play their way out of the playoffs with a small losing streak. This will be good stuff.