Vegas Over/Under for Blazers: 26.5

[oldmangrouch]

Why?

You can't force another team to make a trade.
You can't force a FA to sign with you.

Draft day is the one time a GM's fate is firmly in his own hands. If you don't trust him on draft day...then you shouldn't trust him at all.

 

[TBpup]

A Draft guru buddy of mine and I went through the schedule and it's tough to find 26 games the Blazers are likely to be favored in. That doesn't mean they will not win that many but they would probably have to be some upsets in there. They will struggle to win a game against the Top-6 in the West so that is 20-22 losses right there. They should have a shot in home games against teams like Denver, Minnesota, Sac, Knicks, Magic, 76'ers etc and maybe grab an occasional road win here and there but wins are going to be tough to come by.

 

[Rhal]

I already placed a bet with a friend at over 30 wins. Guess ill have to place a bet in vegas now.

 

[THE HCP]

I already said 20 Ws FAMS! GIMME BACK MY PREDICTION!


Sent from my Baller-Ass 5.5" iPhone 6+......... FAMS

 

[Denny Crane]

Last season:
Philly 18 wins
Knicks 17 wins
Orlando 25 wins
Minnesota 16 wins
L*kers 21 wins

Those are the only teams that failed to win 26. Only two of those in the West.

I don't think we're that bad. We have something those teams don't. Lillard.

Carmelo Anthony missed 42 games, so the Knicks might have actually won close to 30 if he were healthy. Lillard is to us what Melo is to the Knicks.

The Knicks started Lou Amundson 35 games. An outright D Leaguer. I saw them play in NY against the Warriors and get killed. They were all D-Leaguers. Still won 17 games without Melo.

 

[tlongII]

Mags has it at 30 so I got a good deal.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

This season is gonna be rad!

 

[SpamKing]

Per CBS Sports:

"Portland Trail Blazers (26.5): I believe this will be the worst team in the league. They have some talent, but the fit together, combined with the kinds of issues they have with specific holes (rim protection, playmaking, shooting) has me concerned. I like the under strongly. Hope they prove me wrong."

Nail that shit to the training facility bulletin board . . .

 

[TBpup]

Last season:
Philly 18 wins
Knicks 17 wins
Orlando 25 wins
Minnesota 16 wins
L*kers 21 wins

Philly - likely almost as bad. Endless top-3 picks but they all seem hurt.
Knicks - should be better with Rolo, Afflalo and a healthy Melo.
Orlando - Some nice young players in Harris, Vucevic, Payton, Oladipo, Gordon, Hezonja and Nicholson. Better just from being a year older.
Minnesota - A year of experience for Wiggins, add in Towns and eventually some of their players have to be healthy, right?
L*kers - Hibbert, World Idiot/Randle, Swaggy P, Kobe and Russell. That will be better than last year although still not very good.

Portland isn't that bad, just tremendously inexperienced. Even the guys who have been in the league for a few years haven't played that much i.e. Leonard, CJ, Harkless, Aminu etc. Hopefully they get a chance to get experience, play hard, will probably still lose a lot of games but you add someone like Simmons or Skal to this team and with the development and added maturity of a year, this team gets better in a hurry.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Philly - likely almost as bad. Endless top-3 picks but they all seem hurt.
Knicks - should be better with Rolo, Afflalo and a healthy Melo.
Orlando - Some nice young players in Harris, Vucevic, Payton, Oladipo, Gordon, Hezonja and Nicholson. Better just from being a year older.
Minnesota - A year of experience for Wiggins, add in Towns and eventually some of their players have to be healthy, right?
L*kers - Hibbert, World Idiot/Randle, Swaggy P, Kobe and Russell. That will be better than last year although still not very good.

Portland isn't that bad, just tremendously inexperienced. Even the guys who have been in the league for a few years haven't played that much i.e. Leonard, CJ, Harkless, Aminu etc. Hopefully they get a chance to get experience, play hard, will probably still lose a lot of games but you add someone like Simmons or Skal to this team and with the development and added maturity of a year, this team gets better in a hurry.

Yep. We need another all star, and another to develop from the guys we have. That gives us 3. That's how this league rolls.

 

[blue9]

When did HCP turn into BGD?

Haha - that's exactly what I was thinking!