How many wins do you expect from this team?

[Harry's Raincoat]

Our friends at BlazersEdge wrote about Nurkic and his "affect" on the team. After the Plumlee for Nurkic swap, the Blazers won at an astounding rate of .700 until he broke that leg bone.

So....the question remains.....how many wins do you think this team (assuming NO changes from today) will earn? We bring back the same 15 players on the roster today and Stotts does his best to coach them up. No Ezeli, but Quarterman back on a hockey contract.

Lillard - McCollum - Harkless - Vonleh - Nurkic
Turner - Crabbe - Aminu - Davis - Collins
Napier - Connaughton - Layman - Swanigan - Leonard

Was it a mirage? Was it an easy schedule? Was it luck? Or is it sustainable for a season??

VOTE!

 

[PDXFonz]

Our friends at BlazersEdge wrote about Nurkic and his "affect" on the team. After the Plumlee for Nurkic swap, the Blazers won at an astounding rate of .700 until he broke that leg bone.

So....the question remains.....how many wins do you think this team (assuming NO changes from today) will earn? We bring back the same 15 players on the roster today and Stotts does his best to coach them up. No Ezeli, but Quarterman back on a hockey contract.

Lillard - McCollum - Harkless - Vonleh - Nurkic
Turner - Crabbe - Aminu - Davis - Collins
Napier - Connaughton - Layman - Swanigan - Leonard

Was it a mirage? Was it an easy schedule? Was it luck? Or is it sustainable for a season??

VOTE!

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Upper end of 45-49 seems fair, but really we should ask this question in October

 

[tlongII]

82-0!

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I know we are probably only going to use the Mini-MLE but I would still like to wait until after free agency to answer this one. We could have a trade (here's to hoping!).

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

I think the improvement is real. I don't think they'll race out to 60 wins, but I do think they're capable of getting more than 50.
I believe the addition of Nurkic makes Vonleh and Harkless play better with the starting guards. I also think that Collins will add needed DEFENSE to our squad with his energy, toughness and length! Anything we get from Swanigan is bonus.

I expect DL, CJ, Harkless, Vonleh and JN to start. I expect ET, AC, AFA and Collins to get most of backup minutes with a little Davis, Napier and the occasional Leonard sightings. I still expect PC, Layman and Swanigan to ride the pine.

I voted for 50-54 wins. I think we're better than we were with Plumlee and expect the record to show it when extrapolated over the 82 games.

 

[Dougnsalem]

I predicted 60 last season before Festus went MIA. Now we have Nurk, and Collins. Going 60 again.....

EDIT: Damn! I'm the only one at 60+??? Where's @KingSpeed ?

 

[ripcityboy]

Not even gonna bother to answer this until Nurk makes it through camp unscathed. Also want to see Swanigan and Collins in action in the Summer League.

 

[Road Ratt]

50-54 seems reasonable with a healthy team. I would feel more confident in that assumption if we could make a decent trade to bolster the bench.

 

[Minstrel]

Upper end of 45-49 seems fair, but really we should ask this question in October

I'm also currently thinking upper end of 45-49. If things largely go right, 50 wins seems reasonable. Any injuries to significant players (Nurkic seems most relevant here), any major underperformance from players without counter-balancing overperformance and they could drop down to 40-45 wins.

 

[TBpup]

98-0 .....they can't guard us!

 

[42N8Bounce]

50-54 seems reasonable with a healthy team. I would feel more confident in that assumption if we could make a decent trade to bolster the bench.

I'd feel more confident in my prediction if we could bolster our starters.

 

[barfo]

98-0 .....they can't guard us!

980-0 over the next 10 years, or heads should roll.

barfo

 

[Hobbesarable]

Upper end of 45-49 seems fair, but really we should ask this question in October

This. And I may revise my prediction (45 to 49 wins) at that time.

 

[MarAzul]

Current coach, I say 48.
But I think this roster should be hitting 60.

 

[Trackjack]

It going for us to stay healthy if so I can see 50-54 wins.

 

[BlazerBeav]

It had better be 50+ after this downer of a season.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

98 Wins!

 

[SIeepwalker]

I don't know what to pick between 23 and 82.

But for real I voted 55-59 because I have a good feeling about the team, Nurk, our Rookies and other guys maybe improving. Also because I'm just a f'cking homer

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

IF healthy: 54 wins

 

[Chris Craig]

56

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I'm saying 52-54 wins (yes, I know the option was 50-54).

I'm also sticking with that option, and I think we're going to battle some injuries. If we're healthy, I'm going 59 victories.

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

A home team and an away team will play each other until there is a victor.

This will happen 82 times per team

 

[Mediocre Man]

I'm not casting a vote until I see if they add defense or not. Right now I say same ol same ol.

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm not casting a vote until I see if they add defense or not. Right now I say same ol same ol.

Way too early to start talking about win projects. It's not just about what OUR team is going to look like, but also what other teams are going to look like. Impossible to make a prediction.

 

[barfo]

It's not just about what OUR team is going to look like, but also what other teams are going to look like. Impossible to make a prediction.

Other teams will look like a bunch of young, very tall guys. That's my prediction, hope it helps.

barfo

 

[Minstrel]

Other teams will look like a bunch of young, very tall guys. That's my prediction, hope it helps.

Young? Some of them will be 30-32!

 

[barfo]

Young? Some of them will be 30-32!

That might not seem young to a whippersnapper like you, my friend, but that makes them almost 100 years younger than MarAzul.

barfo

 

[dviss1]

It's way too early to answer this question IMO. Let's revisit this when the roster is set.

 

[Road Ratt]

I'd feel more confident in my prediction if we could bolster our starters.

I would love to see the Blazers bolster the starters, but knowing how often that happens with a small market team like the Blazers I kind of had to stick to the bench. Sucks.