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Domihatin said:
Sorry, no offense but are you kidding? You can't be that blind. They ADDED Jrue, Yang....got rid of Ayton and Simons.....they started playing really well in the 2nd half of the season. Yet you think they are going to do the same or WORSE??????


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I hate these cynical, mindless takes that people have like this.....get out of here with that naysaying, parade-raining, baseless and brain-dead crap! Go root for the Warriors or something. Why are you even a Blazers "fan"?
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So you think they get 40 wins? Okay.

Please don't show your ignorance and say 50.
 
I mean really now. Just the western conference. Who on this list will the Blazers be better than?

Thunder
Rockets
Twolves
Warriors
Nuggets
Grizzlies
Mavericks
Spurs

That is 8 teams

Probably Lakers also.

Yeah get outta here with that naysaying parade raining baseless brain dead crap.
 
kjironman1 said:
I mean really now. Just the western conference. Who on this list will the Blazers be better than?

Thunder
Rockets
Twolves
Warriors
Nuggets
Grizzlies
Mavericks
Spurs

That is 8 teams

Probably Lakers also.

Yeah get outta here with that naysaying parade raining baseless brain dead crap.
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Obviously I think it's very unlikely that we're better than any of those 9 teams including the Lakers but the Grizz have been incredibly inconsistent season to season so we could end up with a better record than them. The Mavs are depending a lot on AD, Klay and eventually Kyrie all of whom have problems staying healthy and really aren't elite anymore so we could end up with a better record than them as well. This might just be the season that the Warriors age out, so they are another team we could conceivably end up with a better record than too.

Not likely that we end up with a better record than any of the teams listed but possible given what we know about the flaws to some of their rosters even though those rosters are more likely to be better than ours when healthy.
 
Domihatin said:
Sorry, no offense but are you kidding? You can't be that blind. They ADDED Jrue, Yang....got rid of Ayton and Simons.....they started playing really well in the 2nd half of the season. Yet you think they are going to do the same or WORSE??????


Ahahaahahahaahahahaahahahaahahahahahahhahhhhahhahahhaahaahaahahaahaahaabahahabahabahbahabahahahahahahahahahaaha


I hate these cynical, mindless takes that people have like this.....get out of here with that naysaying, parade-raining, baseless and brain-dead crap! Go root for the Warriors or something. Why are you even a Blazers "fan"?
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They do not have a star right now. Give me a top 8 team in the west without a single All Star. They need a star on Dames level when he was in his prime and we don’t currently have that.
 
kjironman1 said:
I mean really now. Just the western conference. Who on this list will the Blazers be better than?

Thunder
Rockets
Twolves
Warriors
Nuggets
Grizzlies
Mavericks
Spurs

That is 8 teams

Probably Lakers also.

Yeah get outta here with that naysaying parade raining baseless brain dead crap.
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And every one of those teams has one or more stars.

Thunder - SGA and JW
Rockets - Durant and Sengun
Twolves - Edwards and Gobert
Warriors - Steph and Butler
Nuggets - Jokic
Grizzlies - Morant and JJJ
Mavericks - Kyrie, AD, and Flagg
Spurs - Wemby and Fox

We have none of that.
 
IMO, Both the Griz and Mav's will drop this year.
 
I think we should keep JG over drafting Flagg.
 
julius said:
I think we should keep JG over drafting Flagg.
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blazerkor said:
Obviously I think it's very unlikely that we're better than any of those 9 teams including the Lakers but the Grizz have been incredibly inconsistent season to season so we could end up with a better record than them. The Mavs are depending a lot on AD, Klay and eventually Kyrie all of whom have problems staying healthy and really aren't elite anymore so we could end up with a better record than them as well. This might just be the season that the Warriors age out, so they are another team we could conceivably end up with a better record than too.

Not likely that we end up with a better record than any of the teams listed but possible given what we know about the flaws to some of their rosters even though those rosters are more likely to be better than ours when healthy.
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That is a well thought out post and I totally agree. Now let the homer in me speak for a minute. I sure do hope this is the season Sharpe and Scoot take off. I sure do hope Deni is really the glue guy that helps put it all together and Camara is a DPOY candidate. If all that happens they might just make some noise because they did add Jrue and Dame will be an assistant coach this year.
Would love to have all that just fit together so nice. Also I sure do hope Young Hansom kid is really a steal and Clingan gets his shot falling. So many things can go right.

Still think it's probably a 40 win season at best.
 
I keep reminding myself that we have a certain number of structural losses on the schedule this year. aka, we are simply not going to be able to keep up in terms of made 3s.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
All these metrics about Grant tell me one thing: for whatever reason, he had a bad season last year. It means very little about how he will fit in this next year. Some of his teammates are gone, and others will have improved. We just don't know how his role will be yet, but it appears obvious that when Scoot and Deni are on the floor, his role should be more of a receiver than a QB. He needs to accept that.
That does not mean he won't have opportunities to create his shot; it just means he will have fewer opportunities. As it should be, because he will be more effective at it if they don't know it is coming.

On paper, he should be a good fit because he offers the team something it desperately needs: more outside shooting. He shot 40% the previous two years from 3, and he is still in his prime, so there is no reason he can't get back to those numbers. (although 36.5 last year was not bad) But yeah, his 2-point percentage dropped way off. That is a bit concerning, but if I had to guess, I would blame it on him not being comfortable with his role. He needs to buy in, and that is where our two vets can help.
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Someone (HCP?) posted a video of him house shopping with his wife in the Portland area recently. She mentioned they have a 1 & 2 year old. Maybe he's been a bit busy and hasn't been getting much sleep. Dude sure seemed spent in the video

STOMP
 
blazerkor said:
Obviously I think it's very unlikely that we're better than any of those 9 teams including the Lakers but the Grizz have been incredibly inconsistent season to season so we could end up with a better record than them. The Mavs are depending a lot on AD, Klay and eventually Kyrie all of whom have problems staying healthy and really aren't elite anymore so we could end up with a better record than them as well. This might just be the season that the Warriors age out, so they are another team we could conceivably end up with a better record than too.

Not likely that we end up with a better record than any of the teams listed but possible given what we know about the flaws to some of their rosters even though those rosters are more likely to be better than ours when healthy.
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Mavs with injuries could definitely fall.

Grizz, with more star power and better coaching though? I'm thinking not...
 
Phatguysrule said:
Mavs with injuries could definitely fall.

Grizz, with more star power and better coaching though? I'm thinking not...
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The Grizz have a clear number one guy who just can't get out of his own way. So if Ja can keep his head on straight, I'm totally with you but after him and JJJ who else do the Grizz have? I mean I know they have Edey, Aldama, Scottie Pippen Jr. and some other useful role players but they are highly reliant on having those two pillars in and one of them is hard to count on. The season before last they had 27 wins and it wasn't because they didn't have as good of a roster (if active) as they had last season.
 
STOMP said:
I think we should stop pretending there is a trade market for JG. We've decided to keep him is like Clingan deciding he's going to remain tall

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Agreed. They weren't going to get anything of substance or value for him. If he's willing to be a reserve, albeit massively overpaid, I'm ok with him on the team.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Mavs with injuries could definitely fall.

Grizz, with more star power and better coaching though? I'm thinking not...
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All teams with one key major injury can fall.
This can and most likely will happen to some extent to the Blazers as well.
 
blazerkor said:
The Grizz have a clear number one guy who just can't get out of his own way. So if Ja can keep his head on straight, I'm totally with you but after him and JJJ who else do the Grizz have? I mean I know they have Edey, Aldama, Scottie Pippen Jr. and some other useful role players but they are highly reliant on having those two pillars in and one of them is hard to count on. The season before last they had 27 wins and it wasn't because they didn't have as good of a roster (if active) as they had last season.
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I think you'll find them a bit less reliant on Ja. They have a very good coach.
 
The Blazers as a 41-win team? Maybe.
1. Center health and serious D.
2. Camara is an all-star level defender and is entering his 3rd frickin' season. Steps. Is he the future star? All star? He's good.
3. Deni's template is pretty unique, and he plays at both ends. If he takes that one more step, he's all star level. All star not superstar.
4. Besides the young centers, it's about the guard play and being stabilized by Jrue.

Yes, it's the West. 41 is doable with reasonable, individual progress AND health.

Grant can be the best 6th man in the League as a starting quality forward off the bench. He's an expensive 'luxury' but before Deni and Toumani, he was the best Blazers forward since LMA bailed.
Grant will be a significant part of why 41 wins is doable -- if it happens.

It is unlikely they win 41 games.
It is also unlikely that Grant repeats last year's poor 2 point shooting, lack of free throws, and being right at his career 3 point shooting than what he did over the last 5 years when he became a volume 3 point shooter -- good, but not elite.
 
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