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What position will the Blazers finish in the West?

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Fairly-Hard said:
They drafted a project.
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Maybe, but he's a different kind of project. Like Kobe didn't score a lot his rookie season, then took off. That's got to be the trajectory they see for him.
 
tykendo said:
Maybe, but he's a different kind of project. Like Kobe didn't score a lot his rookie season, then took off. That's got to be the trajectory they see for him.
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The Blazers drafted a project who hasn’t played and is now injured so he can’t even work out at this point.
Seriously? This guy is sitting this year unless the team is rebuilding or tanking again.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
The Blazers drafted a project who hasn’t played and is now injured so he can’t even work out at this point.
Seriously? This guy is sitting this year unless the team is rebuilding or tanking again.
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I choose to think otherwise. That he's so talented he will play some minutes, small amounts early, more later in the season.
 
tykendo said:
I choose to think otherwise. That he's so talented he will play some minutes, small amounts early, more later in the season.
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That would be awesome! Unfortunately I feel it's a bit unlikely.
 
THE HCP said:
What about the Blazers health and talent level in this scenario? People above actually typed their prediction out thinking Sharpe is going to contribute….. the dude isn’t even going to play.
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Yes, the blazers health does matter. But acting like Zion *WILL* do something is not the same as talking about Damian returning from injury.

Imho, it's like depending on Nurk for a while season (or Anthony Davis).

Until Zion shows he can remain healthy all year, you should base their wins on how the team did with CJ last year, just above .500.

As for those who are talking about Sharpe, I think the people basing the teams record off of him playing are saying stuff like "IF" before their qualification.

As in, IF Sharpe can actually earn minutes, that will help the team.

We also don't know what he's going to do this year. He might play, he might not. But the same is true of Zion.

He's played what, 85 games in 3 seasons? Not a good track record. Now IF he's healthy, they *could* be good. But they also might be the NY Knicks of the western conference.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
They drafted a project.
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He's not a project. Travis Outlaw, he was a project.

Doesn't mean I think he will get minutes right off the bat, but projects don't tend to look as fluid and developed (game wise) as he does.

Hell, I'd say Nassir was a project more than Shaedon was.
 
tykendo said:
I choose to think otherwise. That he's so talented he will play some minutes, small amounts early, more later in the season.
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That’s be fantastic. But I am not expecting that. Thats the reason I mentioned that. Above some stated we would be better than the Wolves and Pels because of Sharpe. That ain’t happening FAMS.
 
julius said:
Yes, the blazers health does matter. But acting like Zion *WILL* do something is not the same as talking about Damian returning from injury.

Imho, it's like depending on Nurk for a while season (or Anthony Davis).

Until Zion shows he can remain healthy all year, you should base their wins on how the team did with CJ last year, just above .500.

As for those who are talking about Sharpe, I think the people basing the teams record off of him playing are saying stuff like "IF" before their qualification.

As in, IF Sharpe can actually earn minutes, that will help the team.

We also don't know what he's going to do this year. He might play, he might not. But the same is true of Zion.

He's played what, 85 games in 3 seasons? Not a good track record. Now IF he's healthy, they *could* be good. But they also might be the NY Knicks of the western conference.
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You keep mentioning ZION. WHat about Ant, Nas, Nurk? When I make predictions, I look at the roster/talent and make my decision. Even with all our guys healthy we are about 9th or 10th,.
 
one could argue Zion is a project: never plays, stuggles with food addiction probably, cant stay healthy, cant control his weight. A different kind of project but a project nonetheless. You cant tell me David Griffin is estatic about what Zion has given the team thus far.
 
THE HCP said:
Above some stated we would be better than the Wolves and Pels because of Sharpe.
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Nobody said that. If you're going to critique people's unreasonable expectations, do so honestly. No need to make crap up.

The ONLY person in this thread who said anything about Sharpe factoring into his prediction was @blazerkor, who said he thought the Blazers were a 6 seed with Sharpe relegated to 9-10th man status, and said that if Sharpe surprised and played well enough to earn the starting SF spot, then that unexpected contribution could elevate the team to HCA-caliber.

However, if you'd like to link a post that actually says what you claim someone said, I'd love to read it.
 
THE HCP said:
That’s be fantastic. But I am not expecting that. Thats the reason I mentioned that. Above some stated we would be better than the Wolves and Pels because of Sharpe. That ain’t happening FAMS.
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You doubting Dame's greatness? And you know him.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Nobody said that. If you're going to critique people's unreasonable expectations, do so honestly. No need to make crap up.

The ONLY person in this thread who said anything about Sharpe factoring into his prediction was @blazerkor, who said he thought the Blazers were a 6 seed with Sharpe relegated to 9-10th man status, and said that if Sharpe surprised and played well enough to earn the starting SF spot, then that unexpected contribution could elevate the team to HCA-caliber.

However, if you'd like to link a post that actually says what you claim someone said, I'd love to read it.
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I can’t see this post. Can someone help?
 
BonesJones said:
You have the Blazers #1 so you shouldn't be calling anyone's predictions out like this.
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Ummm... you don't know the league like I do. There's a reason I won the playoff prediction game.
 
Takeaways

Grizzlies are overrated (But they do play a great style of basketball and play it well. So it’s slight)

Nuggets are overrated.

Blazers are somewhat surprisingly underrated; but I understand why a lot would do so. After last season it is a year of low expectations, and I look forward to the Blazers hopefully exceeding them for many.

Nobody is arguing about the Spurs being bad

The T-Wolves and Pelicans really mess all of this up more than I think people give credit for.

Prepare to watch the Nuggets get clobbered by the Western conference this regular season. Jokic will not win MVP this year and his performance this year will be down from his two MVP seasons. West is too deep…

CJ and the Pels did well after that trade last year. Now they have an entire off-season and regular season together.

So many teams will game plan against the Nuggets. Every game Jokic is going to be gassed with what he faces.
 
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andalusian said:
I believe in the Wolves more than the Pels.
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I believe in the Pels more than the Wolves even without Zion. With Zion it might be a nightmare.

But the Wolves could be surprising this year. Just depends on how the roster works together. They could be mediocre.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Seriously speaking. If you don't look at this roster and see a championship team if they are all playing and healthy then you simply are not paying attention.
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they should be deep with a 195M payroll. I won't even bother to calculate the luxury tax but it has to be in the 150M range. Yeah, they are a contender; but they have a lot of money invested in a lot of players that have had a lot of injuries and had a lot of trouble staying healthy
 
wizenheimer said:
they should be deep with a 195M payroll. I won't even bother to calculate the luxury tax but it has to be in the 150M range. Yeah, they are a contender; but they have a lot of money invested in a lot of players that have had a lot of injuries and had a lot of trouble staying healthy
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So your problem with this is that the owner has a lot of money invested in winning and he still does even though they have dealt with injuries?
Okay.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
So your problem with this is that the owner has a lot of money invested in winning and he still does even though they have dealt with injuries?
Okay.
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did you see me register any problem?

all I said was that the Clippers depth had a big price tag and a lot of the players have fairly extensive injury histories. It wouldn't take a lot to derail their contention. 3 months ago, one Covid diagnosis and the Clips, at home, couldn't beat the 9 seed

in the last 5 seasons, Kawhi has played 178 games....that's less than 36 a year. In the last 3 seasons, PG13 has averaged 44 games. LAC is not a contender without both of those guys healthy
 
wizenheimer said:
they should be deep with a 195M payroll. I won't even bother to calculate the luxury tax but it has to be in the 150M range. Yeah, they are a contender; but they have a lot of money invested in a lot of players that have had a lot of injuries and had a lot of trouble staying healthy
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But they will contend for a championship. That's the goal right? It's OK to admit another team is better than our Blazers sir.
 
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