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What position will the Blazers finish in the West?

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How would you rank the West? DraftKings WC odds;

1/2 Clippers/Warriors
3 Suns
4 Lakers
5/6/7 Grizzlies/Nuggets/Mavs
8 Timberwolves
9 Pelicans
10 Blazers
11 Jazz
12/13 Kings/Thunder
14 Spurs
15 Rockets
 
My ranks;

1 Clippers
2 Nuggets
3 Grizzlies
4 Suns
5 Warriors
6 Pelicans
7 Timberwolves

8 Blazers
9 Mavs
10 Kings
11 Lakers
12 Thunder
13 Spurs
14 Rockets
15 Jazz

I've never seen the West with such strong rosters up and down spots 1-7. Timberwolves are probably too young, otherwise I wouldn't be shocked if any of those top 7 teams went to the finals.

Lakers or Mavs have the MVP players to make a finals run from the bottom group but probably need a trade.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
How would you rank the West? DraftKings WC odds;

1/2 Clippers/Warriors
3 Suns
4 Lakers
5/6/7 Grizzlies/Nuggets/Mavs
8 Timberwolves
9 Pelicans
10 Blazers
11 Jazz
12/13 Kings/Thunder
14 Spurs
15 Rockets
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I said 6 - optimists of the world unite! - but hard to argue with your analysis. 9 teams are def better on paper.
 
Warriors
Suns
Clippers
Grizzlies
Nuggets
Mavericks
Blazers
Wolves
Lakers

kings
Pelicans
Thunder
Rockets
Jazz
Spurs
 
6th on the low side. 4th if Ant progresses, and Sharpe makes a decent contribution. Top three if trade is made for Durant or Mitchell.
 
Warriors
Lakers/Clippers
Blazers
Suns
Mavs
Grizzlies
Wolves/Pelicans
Nuggets
Scrub Team
Scrub Team
Scrub Team
Scrub Team
Scrub Team
 
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PDXFonz said:
Warriors
Lakers/Clippers
Blazers
Suns
Mavs
Grizzlies
Wolves/Pelicans
Scrub Team
Scrub Team
Scrub Team
Scrub Team
Scrub Team
Scrub Team
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Why on earth do you have the Lakers even in the playoffs? Did they trade Russ for KD? They didn't even make the play-in last year and haven't made any changes except for the fact that LeBron is now in his 20th season. And the NUGGETS are NOT scrubs. They genuine contenders to win it all.
 
If Sharpe is relegated to playing as the 9th or 10th man in our rotation I still think this team will finish 6th in the West and think that is highly probable. At the same time I think there is a chance that we hear about how much further along Shaedon is during training camp and he wins the starting SF spot by the end of the preseason if that's the case then we should end up with HCA.

Most likely top 10 in the West as it stands today... knowing that Utah will trade away Mitchell and tank and also not knowing if the Lakers will be able to improve through trade:
Clippers
Warriors
Suns
Grizzlies
Nuggets
Your Portland Trail Blazers!!!!
Mavericks
Pelicans
Timerwolves
Lakers
 
By the way when's the last time we missed the playoffs with a healthy Dame? And our supporting cast is not worse than the previous years, i'd argue the opposite even.
 
KSF-ERIC said:
Why on earth do you have the Lakers even in the playoffs? Did they trade Russ for KD? They didn't even make the play-in last year and haven't made any changes except for the fact that LeBron is now in his 20th season. And the NUGGETS are NOT scrubs. They genuine contenders to win it all.
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Unfortunately I think they will do better this year.

Fine… Edited my original post
 
1 Clippers
2 Warriors
3 Suns
4 Grizzlies
5 Nuggets
6 Blazers
7 Timberwolves
8 Mavericks
9 Pelicans
10 Lakers
11 Jazz
12 Kings
13 Thunder
14 Spurs
15 Rockets

Tiers:
Tier 1 - LAC, GSW, PHX
Tier 2 - MEM, DEN
Tier 3 - POR, MIN, DAL, NOP, LAL
Tier 4 - UTA, SAC, OKC
Tier 5 - SAS, HOU
 
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KSF-ERIC said:
Why on earth do you have the Lakers even in the playoffs? Did they trade Russ for KD? They didn't even make the play-in last year and haven't made any changes except for the fact that LeBron is now in his 20th season. And the NUGGETS are NOT scrubs. They genuine contenders to win it all.
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You have the Blazers #1 so you shouldn't be calling anyone's predictions out like this.
 
Suns
Clippers
Warriors
Nuggets
Griz
Wolves
Blazers
Pels
Lakers
Kings
Thunder
Spurs
Jazz
Rockets
 
Clippers seem to be big favorites to take West. I think the Nuggets could surprise with healthy Murray & Porter, addition of KCP & Bruce Brown. Warriors probably get off to great start. Suns bring back same, but loss of McGee will hurt more than they think, and CP3 a year older. Mavs got things to fall right last year. I don't like them as much as others, even though additions of Wood & McGee are Nice. Loss of Brunson will hurt IMO. Wolves look to be better with Gobert. Could surprise to a top 3 finish. Did lose some firepower with Beasley leaving. Beverley loss will hurt defense. Griz, it's all on the trick knee of Ja Morant. If he's focused on improving his outside shooting, and taking the high flying act only on occasion, he might stay healthy. Then they will be right back. But that's a big if. Pels. It's all about Zion. He still looks too big. If he can play more like ZBo, lower to the ground , he might stay healthy. Like Morant, can a tiger change his stripes. If he does, the Pels could be awesome. Lakers C'mon man! LeBron ain't getting younger. Tick,tick, tick. Mr. Glass , enough said. Media darlings will get much love. Not buying that roster. Kings look better with addition of potential best player in draft Murray(damn!). Sabonis and Fox, Barnes underrated. Could slide into top 7. But probably a year away. Thunder getting there . Jazz, WTF Ainge. Rockets, still misfiring. and the Spurs (whatever). Which brings us to our favorite (minus HCP & Laker Wes) team, the Portland Trailblazers. Dame continues to get shade from some. I believe he's a top 5 player healthy. There's no better closer. I like the additions of Grant and Payton II. But this year is all about the progression of Ant & Nas. They teased us with what can be. If they continue to ascend , the skies the limit for this team, IMO. Sharpe is a wild card. Just don't know. I think it will take another offseason of tweaking, but the Blazers finish at least in the top 6 if healthy. The 2 biggest differences this year, a healthy Dame (special), and better defense under Coach Billups. Go Blazers!!
 
tykendo said:
Mavs got things to fall right last year. I don't like them as much as others, even though additions of Wood & McGee are Nice. Loss of Brunson will hurt IMO.
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Mavs also welcome back Hardaway who was out with a broken foot last year

STOMP
 
THE HCP said:
Blazers AHEAD of Wolves and Pels??????????
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In the sense of the Wolves, chemistry matters, and in the sense of the Pelicans, health matters.

Until Zion can play a full season, relying on him for your estimation of how the Pelicans are going to do is foolish.
 
How about a ranking of which teams are most likely to have their season derailed by injuries to their star players? That’s what usually determines who wins the title.
 
Stevenson said:
The Pelicans are going to have Zion back. Plus CJ. They are going to be scary good.
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I remember when the Blazers were going to have Oden back and were going to be scary good

games played in first 3 seasons:

Zion 85
Oden 82

Zion won't last 30 games if he hasn't lost 50 pounds from where I saw him last...



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I don't think it's clear sailing for the Pels either. CJ is a ball-hog. He always has been but he's not good enough to consistently beat defenses with his mad-is0-over-dribbling. He's going to have to really ratchet down his tendency to call his own number when the ball is in his hands. Zion is a much better player than CJ; Ingram is a much better player than CJ; Valunciunas and Herbert Jones are more efficient than CJ and deserve their opportunities. If CJ ranks higher than 3rd on the Pels in FGA's the ball will be sticking in his hands too much and I doubt Zion and Ingram will be as patient with CJ's tendencies as Stotts was
 
Not buying that Pels team and especially not buying that wolves team
 
We don't even know what rosters will look like in the west yet....one of those teams may have Durant, etc.....and if you're going to be a top 4 contender in the west you're going to have to beat the good teams....with improved defense and a deeper bench I think we'll surprise the low ballers who predict us low now......if we're healthy and Dame is 100% I think we can push up to the 3 seed as it stands....the media will have us in the playin game at best.....local writers like Richman have us 10th ...he thinks we were more talented last year than this year...I don't. If I'm predicting early, I'm going to predict success.....3rd seed....Warriors, Clippers, Blazers.....(Clippers dependent on George and Kawhi being healthy) Point of attack defense is a game changer and we have that with the starters and the bench now.
 
Phoenix
Denver
LA Clippers
Golden State
Memphis
Portland
Dallas
LA Lakers

New Orleans
Minnesota

Sacramento
San Antonio
OKC, Utah, Houston

Load Management Teams — Clippers, Warriors, Lakers
 
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