Predict how the rest of the season goes...

[Ripcity4life77]

Dame is for sure on the lifeboat the rest is TBD as far as I am concerned about the rest of this roster. Do not get me wrong I like Ant and Sharpe and a few others but to me the only true untouchable player at this point is Dame and the rest under the right trade offers are on the table as far as i am concerned and that is how a good GM should see it plain and simple.

 

[riverman]

Chauncey does what Brad Stevens did and moves from coaching to become Joe's assistant and we hire a vet coach with a winning resume who guts the staff and brings in experience. Not sure who that is but we need a much tougher minded coach in my view. Or maybe replace Rogers with Nate McMillan as the defensive coordinator...he was defensive coordinator under coach K for team USA for many years. We also need to get ownership to pay some luxury tax for real talent like the Warriors did....the Warriors will pay just under half a billion in luxury tax this year...that's some financial commitment.

 

[James lamphear]

I was talking to @HomerLovesKoolAid yesterday and threw this out there...

Blazers make the Play-In, face the Lakers.

LeBron and AD both either out with injury or banged up.

Blazers win!

Face Pelicans next.

No Zion, CJ is CJ in the playoffs...

Blazers win!

Next Blazers play the Suns!

7 game grinding series but Durant and CP3 both get injured...

Blazers win!

Face the Nuggets for the WCF!

We get swept!

BUT...

WE MADE THE WCF!

MAX CONTRACTS FOR EVERYONE!

WE'RE BACK BABY!

Then you woke up from your dream.

 

[James lamphear]

I was talking to @HomerLovesKoolAid yesterday and threw this out there...

Blazers make the Play-In, face the Lakers.

LeBron and AD both either out with injury or banged up.

Blazers win!

Face Pelicans next.

No Zion, CJ is CJ in the playoffs...

Blazers win!

Next Blazers play the Suns!

7 game grinding series but Durant and CP3 both get injured...

Blazers win!

Face the Nuggets for the WCF!

We get swept!

BUT...

WE MADE THE WCF!

MAX CONTRACTS FOR EVERYONE!

WE'RE BACK BABY!

Then you woke up from your dream.

 

[Strenuus]

I love that I predicted HCA while most everyone else expected us to be 7th-10th and I'm the only one not freaking out. Mainly because shit happens and it's out of my control lol.

 

[tykendo]

yeah i'm very negative today and really frustrated, frustrated about everything on the Blazers right now. I hate being a fan sometimes

Happens to most of us , including the team, i'm sure. Just got to enjoy the good moments, which there have been this year. And move on from the low as fast as possible. Go Blazers!

 

[tykendo]

Chauncey does what Brad Stevens did and moves from coaching to become Joe's assistant and we hire a vet coach with a winning resume who guts the staff and brings in experience. Not sure who that is but we need a much tougher minded coach in my view. Or maybe replace Rogers with Nate McMillan as the defensive coordinator...he was defensive coordinator under coach K for team USA for many years. We also need to get ownership to pay some luxury tax for real talent like the Warriors did....the Warriors will pay just under half a billion in luxury tax this year...that's some financial commitment.

I think they will go into the tax next year. They just had to get out of paying the repeater tax. Just like if we convey the 1st rounder to Chicago if we make the playoffs, we will have access to using future picks. Or we could get into the Lottery, and hopefully convey the Knicks pick instead.

 

[Quatro44]

Something like this.

 

[blazerkor]

The next three games will be very telling... all of them are winnable, even with what we've been rolling out. If we don't win at least two of them then the rest of the season should be the team trying to set Dame up to win the scoring title while tanking at the same time. Get Dame 40+ in the first three quarters and play the youngsters for the fourth.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Then you woke up from your dream.

What I posted, IMO, would be the worst scenario possible. More nightmare than dream.

 

[riverman]

I love that I predicted HCA while most everyone else expected us to be 7th-10th and I'm the only one not freaking out. Mainly because shit happens and it's out of my control lol.

You're not the only one not freaking out...nor the only one who is yawning through this process....2 seasons...56-88 ...if Stotts had that record you'd freak out.

 

[HoopsFanAZ]

Nurkic is a Top 15 center when he and the Blazers are healthy … but … he isn’t a 32+ minute center … and he can fit better on a half court team. Anfernee turned the ankle and they will hopefully tap on the brakes for his return. Atlanta looks like a loss and the Detroit and Orlando games now look tougher. The 6 games that follow — rough sledding. I wouldn’t be surprised by a 2-7 or 3-6 record. With 11 games after that, pull the plug on any injured player and load manage the others. Out of the final 11 games, Portland wins 2-4.

29-33.
5-15 in the last 20. Lottery. 34-48.
Knicks make the playoffs. Their pick goes to Chicago.
Nurkic and Ant traded in the off-season.

[EDITED the record due to errors in math ... fewer wins .]

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

It goes as the schedule goes. Then it will go no more.

 

[blazerfan11]

Nurkic is a Top 15 center when he and the Blazers are healthy … but … he isn’t a 32+ minute center … and he can fit better on a half court team. Anfernee turned the ankle and they will hopefully tap on the brakes for his return. Atlanta looks like a loss and the Detroit and Orlando games now look tougher. The 6 games that follow — rough sledding. I wouldn’t be surprised by a 2-7 or 3-6 record. With 11 games after that, pull the plug on any injured player and load manage the others. Out of the final 11 games, Portland wins 2-4.

29-33.
7-13 in the last 20. Lottery. 36-46.
Knicks make the playoffs. Their pick goes to Chicago.
Nurkic and Ant traded in the off-season.

I don't agree at all about Nurkic. We have two half-court players, Lillard and Simons. Everyone else on the roster, including Nurkic, benefits from more ball movement which includes full-court ball movement. I'm sure Nurkic would much rather throw a rebound to someone running up the court than to someone who's going to dribble slowly while "the offense" gets set. We know what Lillard and Simons prefer to do.
That Nurkic ever stands around is a symptom of our offense, not Nurkic.
No, he's not the fastest center up the court, but any kind of movement means he's going to be more open than if he needs to back his way into the basket.
I don't mean to say that he is not effective in half-court play.
I mean that Nurk is not the guy shutting down a full-court offense.

 

[KingSpeed]

So you guys are saying we shouldn't order voodoo dolls of Lebron, AD, Zion, CP3, and Durant?

I was ready to start injuring them!

It’s kinda been done. Before Game 3 in 2018, per someone’s suggestion, I stuck voodoo pins in a stuffed pelican and left it in a graveyard,

 

[BassPlaya]

Well....its either a.....

Or perhaps its a.............

 

[Cugel]

same pick as last year

 

[Propagandist]

yeah i'm very negative today and really frustrated, frustrated about everything on the Blazers right now. I hate being a fan sometimes

Samesies. The constant exasperation wears us out!

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Shoulda kept Meyers....smh

 

[riverman]

Shoulda kept Meyers....smh

Bucks picked him up for a second 10 day contract...they like him

 

[julius]

Optimistically, 7 wins.

Realistically, 5.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Tough to call
On one hand it could be great

Second thought, maybe not
Here’s hoping it’s fantastic
I guess it’s too hard to predict
Truly could go either way

 

[Shaboid]

Tough to call
On one hand it could be great

Second thought, maybe not
Here’s hoping it’s fantastic
I guess it’s too hard to predict
Truly could go either way

I feel like this post is supposed to sung but I can't make it sound right. What am I missing.

 

[tlongII]

Poorly.

 

[blazerfan11]

We're backing into the tank.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

We will wake up and play great and go on a couple long winning streaks and make the playoffs as the 5th seed.

 

[THE HCP]

yeah i'm very negative today and really frustrated, frustrated about everything on the Blazers right now. I hate being a fan sometimes

Here’s the key FAMS….. google the definition of “HOPE” and “WILL”. Every preseason you can HOPE for certain things to happen all you want, but you have to consider what realistically WILL happen.
It really is a fantastic tool to keep yourself from freaking out all season.
I promise you it won’t make you any less of a fan to be realistic.

 

[Irish Trader]

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Here’s the key FAMS….. google the definition of “HOPE” and “WILL”. Every preseason you can HOPE for certain things to happen all you want, but you have to consider what realistically WILL happen.
It really is a fantastic tool to keep yourself from freaking out all season.
I promise you it won’t make you any less of a fan to be realistic.

I HOPE you WILL continue to have many long road trips. We all do actually.

 

[LayneStaley]

Blazers win 5 games

Blazers miraculously win the lottery

Blazers draft Wemby

During Training camp Wemby hurts knee

Wemby gets surgery

Wemby comes back to show flashes of greatness

Wemby gets hurt again and never plays more than 50 games for Blazers over 3 seasons

Wemby retires to become a dentist

Wemby comes back at age 26 and plays for Lakers

Wemby becomes an iron man that leads LA to multiple rings.


I couldn’t stop at season.