No more hedging my bets, I'm all in! Magnifier is a genius!

[Further]

This team is damn awesome, that's it. No SOS, no sample size, no nothing, this team is the straight dope and we are all in for ride of the ages! I believe! They do it at home, on the road, against crap teams and against great teams, with rest or back to backs, no matter what's thrown at this team, they WIN!

 

[magnifier661]

I would like to thank the bus driver for making room for the bandwagon!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

This team is damn awesome, that's it. No SOS, no sample size, no nothing, this team is the straight dope and we are all in for ride of the ages! I believe! They do it at home, on the road, against crap teams and against great teams, with rest or back to backs, no matter what's thrown at this team (except Phoenix, those jackasses), they WIN!

FTFY

 

[Further]

FTFY

I believe so much that I hope we face the suns in the playoffs, this team will figure out how to annihilate them.

 

[Shooter]

Yeah, this win is for all the unbelievers out there. I bet there's a lot fewer of them now.

 

[Mediocre Man]

It's a very different situation, but Philly beat the Heat at the beginning of the season. 1 win means nothing. if you believe the team was good before last night, you still believe that...obviously. If you think the team will come back down and finish around .500 at seasons end you probably still think that.

 

[julius]

I'm still hedging my bets. Beat OKC, and I might have a hard time not believing

 

[BlazerCaravan]

It's a very different situation, but Philly beat the Heat at the beginning of the season. 1 win means nothing. if you believe the team was good before last night, you still believe that...obviously. If you think the team will come back down and finish around .500 at seasons end you probably still think that.

As the season has continued along, those that think the team will finish around .500 are having to predict worse and worse results for the fewer and fewer remaining games. At what point do their predictions of collapse face an overall floor of performance, where they will be able to admit the team will finish maybe 10 games above .500?

 

[Mediocre Man]

As the season has continued along, those that think the team will finish around .500 are having to predict worse and worse results for the fewer and fewer remaining games. At what point do their predictions of collapse face an overall floor of performance, where they will be able to admit the team will finish maybe 10 games above .500?

I'm not sure? I know for me, I said after the all star break. Mine however is based more on the potential for injury than talent. Our bigs are thin, and Lopez has proven to be a bit injury prone throughout his career.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

The blazers should absolutely be tanking, why there's probably a 1% chance to get a top pick!

Them are some good odds, you'd be a fool not to umm trade lillard and LMA or whatever

 

[Mediocre Man]

The blazers should absolutely be tanking, why there's probably a 1% chance to get a top pick!

Them are some good odds, you'd be a fool not to umm trade lillard and LMA or whatever

As yu applaud another poster for "calling me out" about making threads about myself, you mock me. Again, it's my opinion, and was trying to talk about basketball. Instead, you are turning it from that into being about me.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Aww, toughen up bub

Let the tank begin! Who's with me!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Aww, toughen up bub

Let the tank begin! Who's with me!

I'm tough enough, just wondering why you applaud a poster for telling me I make threads about myself, and then you make a thread about me? Seems odd to me

 

[PHXBlazer1]

As yu applaud another poster for "calling me out" about making threads about myself, you mock me. Again, it's my opinion, and was trying to talk about basketball. Instead, you are turning it from that into being about me.

What happened to this guy? The more we win, the more of a bitch his posts become. (I'm attacking the posts)

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

I would like to thank the bus driver for making room for the bandwagon!

It's an L-Train.

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

What happened to this guy? The more we win, the more of a bitch his posts become. (I'm attacking the posts)

If you hadn't quoted him, I wouldn't have known he said anything. lol Sometimes, you just have to block out the negative and stick with the people that want to have fun and enjoy the ride.

 

[Mediocre Man]

What happened to this guy? The more we win, the more of a bitch his posts become. (I'm attacking the posts)

I disagree. I have been trying to talk basketball

 

[Mediocre Man]

If you hadn't quoted him, I wouldn't have known he said anything. lol Sometimes, you just have to block out the negative and stick with the people that want to have fun and enjoy the ride.

And I am not being negative

 

[PHXBlazer1]

If you hadn't quoted him, I wouldn't have known he said anything. lol Sometimes, you just have to block out the negative and stick with the people that want to have fun and enjoy the ride.

Haha the crazy thing is, in another thread, he told me he was "trying to just talk basketball, what should I do?" I replied, "just enjoy the ride man"..that was before reading the quoted post. Great minds etc..

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

I'm still hedging my bets. Beat OKC, and I might have a hard time not believing

I don't think losing to OKC means anything more or less than any loss. If the Blazers have a bad game, we can stick to the "8th seed - lottery" narrative? I also don't understand hedging your bets. As a sports writer, their entire lively hood is to make people think they know more than everyone else so people tune into them, and God forbid the mind-reading and voodoo predictions the make aren't perceived as gospel. But I don't understand that thinking at all if you consider yourself a fan. What do you have to lose?

 

[Nikolokolus]

I said if they went 7-3 over the stretch of games that started with Milwaukee, I'd be convinced they are "good" ... maybe not great, but at least "good," putting them in the mix of teams that are probably going to finish 7th-4th in the west. They've exceeded my expectations quite a bit. Mission accomplished - good for them. Now beating Indiana might be a step toward becoming "very good" or it could just be a good team beating a very good team at home by 4 points. It's hard to say this early in the year.

So I'm not downing what they did, but how will this translate to April? That is to say: Are they going to be playing this "hot" and this well at the end of the season going into the playoffs? We'll see.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Addendum: The Indiana game definitely feels like a game any Blazers team in the past 10 years would have probably found a way to lose - the last couple of years by double digits and the Roy led teams in some last-shot heartbreaker.

 

[magnifier661]

I said if they went 7-3 over the stretch of games that started with Milwaukee, I'd be convinced they are "good" ... maybe not great, but at least "good," putting them in the mix of teams that are probably going to finish 7th-4th in the west. They've exceeded my expectations quite a bit. Mission accomplished - good for them. Now beating Indiana might be a step toward becoming "very good" or it could just be a good team beating a very good team at home by 4 points. It's hard to say this early in the year.

So I'm not downing what they did, but how will this translate to April? That is to say: Are they going to be playing this "hot" and this well at the end of the season going into the playoffs? We'll see.

You son of a bitch!!! I was waiting for the 7th win before I quoted you! I'm sad now

 

[BBert]

You're only as good as your last game.

Bring on the Zombie Sonics!!

 

[julius]

Agreed, last years team would've lost this game easily. And the Chicago game. And the Lakers game. And Toronto, Denver and either Boston or Brooklyns game.

 

[Nikolokolus]

You son of a bitch!!! I was waiting for the 7th win before I quoted you! I'm sad now

Why? Is the I-told-you-so, double-barreled "fuck you" dance that important?

 

[Elton]

Could it mean that having such a rigid "long view" of things means you can't presently enjoy a great team that fell into our lap? Is tanking, rebuilding and waving bye bye to LMA worth it?

The pundits on NBA TV are calling Lillard/Aldridge one of the best duos in the league. Against my gloomy instincts as a blazer fan...I'm beginning to agree. I for one am happy to ride this gift horse hard as a fan and not look it in the mouth.

There's plenty of time in the future to suck again. There will be other great drafts to tank away at. For now, I think this team can possibly open a window of title contention by just being damn good and attracting an all-star caliber vet.

 

[magnifier661]

Why? Is the I-told-you-so, double-barreled "fuck you" dance that important?

No I was waiting for the last of the realists to finally believe. No "I told you so" in order!

 

[Natebishop3]

This season I've tried to steal the Chip Kelly philosophy and just think about "winning the day!"

I'm beyond caring whether national pundits think we're for real. We don't have to worry about swaying voters or computer rankings, so SOS means nothing to me. The only thing that matters is wins and losses. If we win enough games, we go to the playoffs, and then it's anybody's game.

So instead of trying to please everyone, just yell "WIN THE DAY" with me and enjoy the ride

 

[Elton]

I'm really not a soccer mom fan. I accept that the team has weaknesses and isn't close to as stacked as say...'99-2000. That team was insanely deep...but flawed in character. You replace Sheed with LMA on that team and you have a mini-dynasty.

But what I may have discounted from the punditry and failed to see through all the gloomy post-Roy/Oden era fogginess is GREAT team play! These guys share the ball and really pull for each other. Stotts has them buying in and its a joy to watch. Chemistry really matters for a team without "super friends" to really get somewhere.

This optimism is all basically assuming decent team health this season.