In spite of the fact that the Blazer roster has no major changes and might possibly be marginally improved over last season, I find my best guess about their eventual record, seeding and playoff success to be as uncertain as it was at the start of last season, when almost the whole roster was turned over and they lost 4 of 5 starters.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 24 October 2016 03:10 (seven years ago) link
blazers were one of the healthiest teams last year iirc, my personal guess is they regress by a game or two
― call all destroyer, Monday, 24 October 2016 03:16 (seven years ago) link
yeah i think they'll flex back a bit. they prob played a little over their heads last season and i don't think adding evan turner is going to push their team anywhere. i think they prob end up more like the 7th seed than the 5ht.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 October 2016 03:19 (seven years ago) link
they'll have a much harder time pulling away from the pack this season if the jazz/grizz/mavs/pels are healthier. they kinda had everything break their way last year. my best guess is they'll be fighting for the bottom seeds
― ciderpress, Monday, 24 October 2016 03:22 (seven years ago) link
yeah and specifically in their division utah, denver, and minnesota all figure to be better to much better
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 October 2016 03:30 (seven years ago) link
last year definitely had outlier written all over it
― Clay, Monday, 24 October 2016 04:25 (seven years ago) link
i think the hornets are the more likely one to stick of last year's surprise standings climbers
― ciderpress, Monday, 24 October 2016 04:28 (seven years ago) link
beantown too but they added al
― Clay, Monday, 24 October 2016 04:39 (seven years ago) link
nah theyre still gonna suck
― Spottie, Monday, 24 October 2016 04:45 (seven years ago) link
ayoooo
― Spottie, Monday, 24 October 2016 04:46 (seven years ago) link
blaze shield be ok, every single rotation player on that team should be better than they were last year except ET
― Spottie, Monday, 24 October 2016 04:47 (seven years ago) link
*blazers should be
yeah the optimistic side is that you've got a borderline superstar hitting his prime, a genuine scorer and shooter really only playing in his second full year with heavy minutes, and a bunch of ~25 year olds who now have a year of playing together under their belts, which is all pretty good stuff pointing to improvement this year. also stotts is v good too.
― Clay, Monday, 24 October 2016 04:50 (seven years ago) link
yeah i like the blaze from the pov of youth improving particularly mccollum and crabbe, dame seems a lil closer to peak tho he cld still have another leap in him, i watched a blaze preseason game and cj was balling out just getting whatever he wanted making perfect reads throwing some good passes hitting tough shots hitting easy shots he looked really good and confident in the flow
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 October 2016 05:40 (seven years ago) link
feel like hes one of thse players where when youre watching him youre like how is he doing this it doesnt make sense like hes not that quick or athletic or big it doesnt look like hes doing insanely skilled wizardry but the ball just keeps going in
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 October 2016 05:43 (seven years ago) link
I'd really like to see plums make a significant jump this year but he's never gonna really be a scorer so I guess it'd have to be in defense and idk like bruisering / intimidation factor. Dude needs to learn to swat some shots or something.
― Clay, Monday, 24 October 2016 06:04 (seven years ago) link
plums is such a disappointment, all the physical tools in the world and even flashes of having a good feel for the game but just cant put it together
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 October 2016 06:10 (seven years ago) link
Steve Kerr on the MVP race is pretty hamhanded but I like his conclusion: “I think KD is kind of like Gary Johnson, a third party guy who is going to come in and take a few votes from Steph, takes some from LeBron and then Damian Lillard wins the election. That’s my forecast.”
― Clay, Monday, 24 October 2016 06:11 (seven years ago) link
imo kd averages 32 and never once passes to steph all seasom
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 October 2016 06:12 (seven years ago) link
In this metaphor I'll assume steph is Hillary and bron is Trump and Damian is... Jill Stein?
― Clay, Monday, 24 October 2016 06:13 (seven years ago) link
damian is not a presidential candidate, bud
― k3vin k., Monday, 24 October 2016 06:22 (seven years ago) link
he's not even old enough to be president I'm worried about steve kerr
― Clay, Monday, 24 October 2016 06:24 (seven years ago) link
Since taking the Cavs worked for me, I'll take the Indians in six or seven.
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 24 October 2016 12:32 (seven years ago) link
in a proud tradition of blowhard-ass cbs sports NBA writers, chris towers went IN with the brad stevens takes on twitter this a.m.
― i've watched a lot of cats do weird and interesting things (slothroprhymes), Monday, 24 October 2016 16:28 (seven years ago) link
lol its funny to get all riled over whether hes the 3rd or 5th best coach, like yeah maybe
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 October 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
yeah nothin really wrong w his claims imo
― Spottie, Monday, 24 October 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
brad is magical just to be clear
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 October 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
it's not the claim so much as the way in which it's made, which is as if he's responding to an overrating of stevens that doesn't actually exist among rational fans. like you wouldnt catch me saying stevens was as good as pop or carlisle or peak-wizardry SVG, or some such shit.
although, to be fair, i know that high- and medium-high-profile NBA writers' mentions are a maelstrom of homerism from all quarters, insults, bad takes etc, so if he was getting savaged by dumbasses with "617" or "jae crowder MVP" in their twitter handles/DNs, i can understand the urge to snark back. (this urge informs about 45 percent of matt moore tweets)
― i've watched a lot of cats do weird and interesting things (slothroprhymes), Monday, 24 October 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
rn, as a blazer fan, if I had the chance to trade terry stotts for brad stevens, I'd think about it for a bit, but I'm pretty sure I'd stick to stotts, on the basis of his proven ability with these players. they are both in the upper echelon and nearly neck and neck over the past 3 seasons. also, terry is almost literally my next door neighbor. god knows what kind of stupid neighbor I'd get if he moved out.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 24 October 2016 17:00 (seven years ago) link
hot scoop ovah heyah
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Monday, 24 October 2016 17:22 (seven years ago) link
For now, Mitch McGary is hoping to resume career in China or Europe, sources tell @TheVertical. Wherever he plays, he has issues to resolve.
http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/smoke/smiley-smoking-bong.gifcounselor Woj!
― moullet, Monday, 24 October 2016 18:36 (seven years ago) link
haha
― Spottie, Monday, 24 October 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
my god just let them toke the lai, i dont understand how the players let that shit in the cba
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 October 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link
the suns just released archie goodwin
― Spottie, Monday, 24 October 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
xp i wonder how hard they fight against this and what the terms are that the owners offer for removing it from the cba. the only reason it makes sense to remain is that ownership wants something the players don't want to give
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Monday, 24 October 2016 21:14 (seven years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/front-office-insider-the-nbas-top-50-salaries-202436701.html
― Spottie, Monday, 24 October 2016 22:43 (seven years ago) link
I notice that Portland's second and third highest paid players, Alan Crabbe and Evan Turner, are unlikely to be starters when the season begins.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 24 October 2016 22:47 (seven years ago) link
can we just nba
― moullet, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 02:18 (seven years ago) link
plz
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 03:14 (seven years ago) link
I'm going to opening night tomorrow and not v psyched about it (100% bc of the person I'm going with, should be fun to see gobert in person)
― Clay, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 03:23 (seven years ago) link
hey dickheadsbillionaire techbros club - 2016-17 NBA regular-ass season thread (the first of a series)
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 03:45 (seven years ago) link