The fact that he agreed with the idiot experts, who seriously thought the Lakers would be a better team then the Blazers that year was more than enough reason for everyone dump on
@HCP for his 23 wins prediction.
But he was cool with all the jokes about his #23 wins so it's a moot point.
Dame by himself is better then that entire Lakers team that season and it is for that reason alone he should have realized how 'realistic' that prediction was and that the experts didn't know what the fuck they were talking about when it came to Dame and the Blazers.