Who Will Miss the Playoffs So the Blazers Can Make It?

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Who Will Miss The Playoffs?

  • Los Angeles Lakers

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • New Orlean Hornets

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Houston Rockets

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Denver Nuggets

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Portland Trailblazers

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • San Antonio Spurs

    Votes: 2 4.3%

  • Utah Jazz

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Phoenix Suns

    Votes: 7 15.2%

  • Dallas Mavericks

    Votes: 36 78.3%
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Obviously, there are at least nine teams that are probably good enough to make the playoffs in the West this year. But they can't all make it... yet lots of people see the Blazers making it. So who misses?
 
I would guess Dallas.
 
Heh. Same question I asked Kevin Pritchard at the meet and greet that ABM arranged earlier this fall. He dodged the question, sayin that his crystal ball wasn't working (probably didn't want to risk giving any other team bulletin board fodder). My guess would be Dallas.
 
Dallas doesn't have enough firepower in the loaded West unless they make a significant trade. They start Devean George, who might be the worst starter in the NBA.
 
could easily be the blazers.

basically...its either us or dallas.
 
A week ago I would have said the Suns, but I think Richardson has made them at least a credible threat to get to the post season.

As for now, I'm going to say Dallas; Kidd is going to break down this season.
 
First team in the 3-9 positions to get hit with a major injury.
 
Blazers won't be any worse than the 4th seed so this question isn't relevant. I can't believe how many dumb people there are out there that think the Blazers will be lucky to make the playoffs, if they even make it at all. 4th seed at worse.
 
I think the injury statement is a good one - but I would put a finer point on it.

I believe the Suns will break down due to injury, or just general wear-and-tear, over the next few months. Either Nash or Shaq will miss a bunch of games, or limp through, and cause themselves to miss the playoffs.

The Mavericks could certainly miss the playoffs, too. It'll be an interesting matchup between Portland and Dallas on X-Mas.
 
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ant said:
First team in the 3-9 positions to get hit with a major injury.
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Who's number two? New Orleans?

As for who will miss, well it's obvious to say it's Dallas because they happen to be 9th at the time, but there are others who could miss. Phoenix could miss. Denver could miss.
 
ant said:
First team in the 3-9 positions to get hit with a major injury.
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With no major injuries, Dallas is out of the pitcture.

However, if Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Brandon Roy, Carmelo Anthony, or Amare Stoudemire go down for a major part of the season, Dallas re-enters the picture.
 
OK- if I have to name a second team with decent opportunity to miss the playoffs, it's definitely Phoenix, probably followed by the Nuggs.

I think the Jizz have the depth to survive a stint w/o one of their main guys, as do the Blazers, Houston and San Antonio. Now that Phoenix has traded some depth away in the Richardson swap, If Shaq or Nash miss even a few games, they could be out of the picture in a hurry.
 
im just not a homer. i love the blazers but im being real.

who are we 100% better then in the top 8?

Lakers-NO
Hornets - NO
Spurs - prob not
Jazz - whipped us twice
Rockets- took a miracle shot to beat them
Suns- 2-1 vs us and it took 124 to beat them + a 50 point night from roy
Nuggets - Watch mon n tues


WHICH LEAVES DALLAS...and we will see on xmas
 
I think our team matches up very well with the Hornet. I was at the Blazer/ Hornets game and we beat them and shut Paul down. The Hornet don't want us in the playoffs. If Oden comes alive, Chandler becomes a road bump. Rudy can't wait to show up Peja and then it comes down to Paul vs Roy on who wants it more. Right now I think the edge goes to ROY! Our bench is better than theirs too!

As for UTAH we know they are only good at home. If the Blazers have a better record at the end UTAH can't beat us, not with ROY getting the treatment he gets now.

Teams I don't want: Lakers, Suns, Spurs or Nuggs
 
Mixum does have a point. We COULD be the ones that miss the playoffs if teams like the Suns and Mavs start clicking. Plus, the Mavs have been playing better than they did at the start of the season.

It's going to be close, but I have a feeling that Dallas will be the ones to fall off unless they make some moves.
 
MIXUM said:
im just not a homer.
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That's the understatement of the year.

i love the blazers but im being real.
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You show your love in a weird way by being negative 99 percent of the time.

who are we 100% better then in the top 8?

Lakers-NO
Hornets - NO
Spurs - prob not
Jazz - whipped us twice
Rockets- took a miracle shot to beat them
Suns- 2-1 vs us and it took 124 to beat them + a 50 point night from roy
Nuggets - Watch mon n tues


WHICH LEAVES DALLAS...and we will see on xmas
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What about us currently being No. 5 in the West? No team is 100 percent better than anyone else anyway, except Boston, and possibly Cleveland and LA.
 
MIXUM said:
im just not a homer. i love the blazers but im being real.

who are we 100% better then in the top 8?

Lakers-NO
Hornets - NO
Spurs - prob not
Jazz - whipped us twice
Rockets- took a miracle shot to beat them
Suns- 2-1 vs us and it took 124 to beat them + a 50 point night from roy
Nuggets - Watch mon n tues


WHICH LEAVES DALLAS...and we will see on xmas
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I actually agree with you. (for once) Other than your comments on why each team will make it over us. How we do against them really has no relevance. But you are right the other eight teams aren't going anywhere. They all have excellent talent and more experience. I find myself scoreboard watching every Dallas game because as you all say they are our best chance. Denver IMO is next. 50 wins may be the magic number again.
 
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Or, oops, Jazz and Suns are reversed. My bad. Too lazy to figure out how to fix that.
 
Dallas, but watch out for Utah if they keep getting bit by the injury bug. They were already a poor road team, their stars not being there for a chunk of the season has thrown off of their chemistry and they have some terrible losses so far. You can only play so many home games...
 
That's funny, so far more people think that the Suns will miss the playoffs than the Jazz. The Suns have been playing very well since they got J-rich, I see them making a push for homecourt advantage.
 
Thanks, for posting the poll.

For what it's worth, I voted for Phoenix, because I think that team will continue to struggle to find its identity. I think that team is composed in a very haphazard way. With Raja Bell and Shaq, it had at least some of the hallmarks of a team that could hold its own defensively. With Bell gone and J-Rich in, they lost their best defender and brought in yet another guy who wants the ball (add that to Nash, Amare, and Shaq!). I expect chemistry issues... and a team that will not play good enough defense to keep up with the other high-powered offenses in the West.
 
Drink Your Milkshake said:
Blazers won't be any worse than the 4th seed so this question isn't relevant. I can't believe how many****people there are out there that think the Blazers will be lucky to make the playoffs, if they even make it at all. 4th seed at worse.
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I agree. We're in the top 4 unless Nate blows it somehow.

Backup PF is still our only weak link, with no help in sight this season.
 
MARIS61 said:
I agree. We're in the top 4 unless Nate blows it somehow.

Backup PF is still our only weak link, with no help in sight this season.
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I agree that backup PF is a weak link, but to expect a team as young as the Blazers to vault from out of the playoffs to home court advantage in the first round in a conference as impossibly tough as the West is right now, I think is unrealistic. If it happens, I'll be extremely happy, but I'm thinking the Blazers are going to be in a dogfight down the stretch with the Suns, Mavericks, and maybe the Jazz and Nuggets, for who's where in the 5-9 spots.
 
Public Defender said:
I agree that backup PF is a weak link, but to expect a team as young as the Blazers to vault from out of the playoffs to home court advantage in the first round in a conference as impossibly tough as the West is right now, I think is unrealistic.
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One thing to consider is that while such a jump would be very unusual, historically, adding a rookie class to one team like Oden, Fernandez, Batum and Bayless is also very unusual, historically. And the team was already about a .500 team before adding those players, with their best players still on the upswing.

So, while I agree that it is unlikely...if it were going to happen, the circumstances of this Blazers team seem like the ones required.
 
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