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HCP said:
17th or so in the NBA is about right. Thats what blows me away when some on here say we will finish ahead of Houston and SA! HCA in the first round? Shit, I have a feeling we will be battling for the 8th spot up till the last night at best.
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I think 17th is also realistic but it's a floor/ceiling kind of prediction and 17th is pretty much the floor. I think our ceiling is HCA in the first round and I like our chances. I think we're positioned well for the future as well
 
A middle of the pack projection sounds about right.

If Nurkic stays healthy and motivated, then maybe they have 50 win potential, but if he misses a significant amount of time as he's shown he often does, then their outlook isnt so hot; probably struggling to get to 41 wins.

It's not that the Blazers have gotten a lot worse, but the West (theoretically) just got a lot tougher with all of the infusion of talent from the East.
 
HCP said:
17th or so in the NBA is about right. Thats what blows me away when some on here say we will finish ahead of Houston and SA! HCA in the first round? Shit, I have a feeling we will be battling for the 8th spot up till the last night at best.
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If we stay healthy we’ll be top 4.
 
http://www.oddsshark.com/nba/power-rankings

Looks like #3 to me:

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HOW NBA POWER RANKINGS ARE CREATED?
* Power Rankings are updated every Monday and Friday of the NBA regular season. Ranks are based on rolling past 20 games overall, early in the season, this date range reaches back to regular-season games of the previous year.

How many times have you looked at the NBA standings and seen a team, which seems to have good talent and excellent stats, near the bottom of the standings? Did you think 'That's strange. I'll bet they are an underdog tonight against a team they can beat.'

This happens all the time because standings only detail past wins and losses - they do not foretell the future and they do not give an accurate picture of the true relative strength of each team. That's what an NBA Power Rankings grid is for. We aim to crunch all the important stats - FG %, 3-point defense, ATS road victories, home rebounding and more - and rate all NBA teams based on our unique handicapping formulas.

One team's weakness may play perfectly fit into another team's strength. Compare power rank edges against NBA point spread and NBA money line edges each day and you have a better chance of winning your wagers! See below the ratings chart for details on the math that underlies the rankings.

Beating the NBA point spread is one of the hardest things to do in sports betting. Trying to do it without daily visits to the NBA Power Rankings page is even harder. Betting on basketball requires knowledge and discipline and requires knowing which teams are underrated and under-valued.

This is where you find betting value - a solid team with a losing record where the stats and trends seem to point to them being better than their record. When you find such a team, you bet them until the betting public or the sportsbooks catch on. Before that happens, you can have four or five wins in your pocket. The early NBA betting bird gets the ATS worm!

The NBA Power Rankings page here at OddsShark.com factors in home and road scoring, rebounding, margin of victory average, three pointers per game, free throw percentage and more. We rate each team in each category and apply our weightings to each. We do the same for the defensive end of the court - steals, defensive rebounding, road and home efficiencies, which teams defend the perimeter and more.

We take an overall power number and multiply it by a strength-of-schedule weighting that gives our overall NBA power rank. That list should help you judge the best odds on the NBA spread and moneyline at your favorite sportsbook. It's part of the our commitment to better NBA data, truer NBA rankings and stats that help you win more often!

Good luck with your NBA handicapping and bookmark this page for weekly power rank updates.
 
Denny Crane said:
HOW NBA POWER RANKINGS ARE CREATED?
* Power Rankings are updated every Monday and Friday of the NBA regular season. Ranks are based on rolling past 20 games overall, early in the season, this date range reaches back to regular-season games of the previous year.
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Given that we had, what, 6 elite players switch teams over the summer it's hard to take this too seriously right now. But I think this is the only major power ranking I've seen that actually over-estimates Portland.
 
mook said:
Given that we had, what, 6 elite players switch teams over the summer it's hard to take this too seriously right now. But I think this is the only major power ranking I've seen that actually over-estimates Portland.
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The preseason games make us look dominant.

FWIW
 
Denny Crane said:
Sports Illustrated #14

https://www.si.com/nba/2017/10/09/n...-cavaliers-rockets-lebron-james-stephen-curry
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14. PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
Come here, have a seat. You hear that music in the background? That’s Damian Lillard’s new album. Good, right? Here, drink this. It’s the Jusuf Nurkic Kool-Aid. Now, how are you feeling about these Blazers?

Jusuf Nurkic Kool-Aid?

Smart ass writing needs to at least be smart. This guy is just an ass. How great is it that the writer's name is Kenny Ducey? Guy is so full of crap it even affects his name.

4-1 and dominating teams in pre-season. I'm feeling pretty good about these Blazers.
 
e_blazer said:
14. PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
Come here, have a seat. You hear that music in the background? That’s Damian Lillard’s new album. Good, right? Here, drink this. It’s the Jusuf Nurkic Kool-Aid. Now, how are you feeling about these Blazers?

Jusuf Nurkic Kool-Aid?

Smart ass writing needs to at least be smart. This guy is just an ass. How great is it that the writer's name is Kenny Ducey? Guy is so full of crap it even affects his name.

4-1 and dominating teams in pre-season. I'm feeling pretty good about these Blazers.
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Is Sports Illustrated, proper, still relevant?
 
e_blazer said:
4-1 and dominating teams in pre-season. I'm feeling pretty good about these Blazers.
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Don't let that preseason record go to your head - it's about as meaningful as our Summer League record.
 
blue9 said:
Don't let that preseason record go to your head - it's about as meaningful as our Summer League record.
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A. I'm not letting it go to my head. I do think that it's a good sign though that the Blazers are building up double-digit leads on the competition in these pre-season contests.

B. Somehow I suspect that if the Blazers' record were 1-4, a lot of folks around here would be caterwauling about how the pre-season record was a certain indicator of doom.
 
yuyuza1 said:
For the rockets, they say they should trade Ryan Anderson for Evan Turner and Zach Collins. LMAO
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Can we do that deal, but send them Meyers instead of Collins?
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Can we do that deal, but send them Meyers instead of Collins?
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To drop Anderson's contract, they'd probably take Turner and a bag of rocks.

In before somebody else uses the bag of rocks > Meyers line.
 
e_blazer said:
A. I'm not letting it go to my head. I do think that it's a good sign though that the Blazers are building up double-digit leads on the competition in these pre-season contests.

B. Somehow I suspect that if the Blazers' record were 1-4, a lot of folks around here would be caterwauling about how the pre-season record was a certain indicator of doom.
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A - Sure.
B - ABSOLUTELY!
 
yuyuza1 said:
For the rockets, they say they should trade Ryan Anderson for Evan Turner and Zach Collins. LMAO
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Are you kidding me...that just proves anyone of us slappies on this board could be writing articles/trade proposals for ESPN!
 
Vegas has us 200 to one. Good..That's where we want it. MOTIVATION!8-minnesota-timberwolves.png.jpg Press earrings........ Make chia hair grow!
 
Denny Crane said:
http://www.oddsshark.com/nba/power-rankings

Looks like #3 to me:

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HOW NBA POWER RANKINGS ARE CREATED?
* Power Rankings are updated every Monday and Friday of the NBA regular season. Ranks are based on rolling past 20 games overall, early in the season, this date range reaches back to regular-season games of the previous year.

How many times have you looked at the NBA standings and seen a team, which seems to have good talent and excellent stats, near the bottom of the standings? Did you think 'That's strange. I'll bet they are an underdog tonight against a team they can beat.'

This happens all the time because standings only detail past wins and losses - they do not foretell the future and they do not give an accurate picture of the true relative strength of each team. That's what an NBA Power Rankings grid is for. We aim to crunch all the important stats - FG %, 3-point defense, ATS road victories, home rebounding and more - and rate all NBA teams based on our unique handicapping formulas.

One team's weakness may play perfectly fit into another team's strength. Compare power rank edges against NBA point spread and NBA money line edges each day and you have a better chance of winning your wagers! See below the ratings chart for details on the math that underlies the rankings.

Beating the NBA point spread is one of the hardest things to do in sports betting. Trying to do it without daily visits to the NBA Power Rankings page is even harder. Betting on basketball requires knowledge and discipline and requires knowing which teams are underrated and under-valued.

This is where you find betting value - a solid team with a losing record where the stats and trends seem to point to them being better than their record. When you find such a team, you bet them until the betting public or the sportsbooks catch on. Before that happens, you can have four or five wins in your pocket. The early NBA betting bird gets the ATS worm!

The NBA Power Rankings page here at OddsShark.com factors in home and road scoring, rebounding, margin of victory average, three pointers per game, free throw percentage and more. We rate each team in each category and apply our weightings to each. We do the same for the defensive end of the court - steals, defensive rebounding, road and home efficiencies, which teams defend the perimeter and more.

We take an overall power number and multiply it by a strength-of-schedule weighting that gives our overall NBA power rank. That list should help you judge the best odds on the NBA spread and moneyline at your favorite sportsbook. It's part of the our commitment to better NBA data, truer NBA rankings and stats that help you win more often!

Good luck with your NBA handicapping and bookmark this page for weekly power rank updates.
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Portland #3 !!!???!!thfake news.jpg
 
yuyuza1 said:
For the rockets, they say they should trade Ryan Anderson for Evan Turner and Zach Collins. LMAO
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Why does this board have to be smarter than 95% of basketball "information sources" out there? And 95% is being generous to them.

The average basketball fan knows less about their sport than the average football, baseball, or hockey fan...
 
In terms of how good teams are here's my rankings:
1 GSW
2 CLE
3 BOS
4 SAS
5 HOU
6 OKC
7 POR
8 TOR
9 WAS
10 MIN
11 MIL
12 LAC
13 DEN
14 MIA
15 CHA
16 NOP
17 MEM
18 DET
19 UTA
20 PHI
21 PHX
22 DAL
23 IND
24 ORL
25 SAC
26 NYK
27 LAL
28 BKN
29 ATL
30 CHI
 
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