I'm here to give props to the Spurs

[tlongII]

You guys might get a top 4 seed after all. I still think we'll beat you, but you're not bad.

[honestfool84]

you think the blazers would beat the spurs in a 7 game series?

[tlongII]

Yes.

[honestfool84]

Yes.

hmm.
im not going to say anything, cause the blazers are playing well in the regular season.


but then again, the spurs are playing well, and it's not even february yet.


personally, i don't even think the spurs are completely oiled up yet.

[DMX7]

You guys might get a top 4 seed after all. I still think we'll beat you, but you're not bad.

You wouldn't touch us in a 7 game series, please...

[45 bank shot]

an awesome win n a great gift for all the spurs fans!!
however, we have to face it that we are gettin slaughtered in the paint. we are desparately in need of another big who can play D n has an okay low post game

[lefty]

Yes.

Man, I like the Blazers, I love Roy

But please.........be realistic

[sexinthatsx]

brandon roy is the blazers most clutch player. All the games in which the blazers have won by like 1 or 2 points were when brandon roy took the shot. If you were going to play against a defensive team... say... the spurs do you really think that we would let a guy like brandon roy get the last shot off?

[WildcardManu]

You guys might get a top 4 seed after all. I still think we'll beat you, but you're not bad.
:lmao you will get schooled in the playoffs by these savvy vets.

[peskypesky]

Spurs will demolish Blazers in a series. Just ask Lebron. Oops, I meant Lebroom.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Hes a Blazers fan just let him be. Its the first time his team has won even in the regular season pretty much this decade. Hes been trolling around here long enough to know that what we do in November has no bearing on what will happen in April.

[honestfool84]

the blazers won't beat us as long as we have duncan.

[jack sommerset]

If we stay healthy, we will get number 2 seed. Portland is the team of the future but no way they beat us over the next two years in a series.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA

[tlongII]

I think we'll beat you if we match up in the playoffs. We have too much size and too much depth for the Spurs to deal with.

[leemajors]

i'd be more worried if tlong was saying the blaze had no chance :smokin

[honestfool84]

we'll see, we'll see.




the spurs are built for the playoffs, not the regular season; we're doing good in the regular season, and we're not even at 100% yet.

what does that mean? idk.

[rayray2k8]

flavor of the month basketball....

[bdictjames]

I dont think the Blazers are even going to the playoffs.

[MrChug]

...The Blazers :lol

[SequSpur]

Thanks Tlong...

:lmao

[SenorSpur]

You guys might get a top 4 seed after all. I still think we'll beat you, but you're not bad.

I'm certainly not surprised that you feel brave. However, you should already know that young, inexperienced teams have relatively short playoff lives - if they get there at all. Hopefully we'll see you guys in the playoffs.

Appreciate the props - even coming from a "blinded" Blazers fan. :lol

Now give us back Batum, you thief. :lol

[Flux451]

I think we'll beat you if we match up in the playoffs. We have too much size and too much depth for the Spurs to deal with.

And zero experience! So that negates everything you just stated.
It's great to dream isn't it.

[jack sommerset]

Whats ya laughing at Nuggets fan? As of now we would have the second seed! We own you guys too....As long as Karl is your coach your out in the first round!

Now I am really laughing. 1) I will change teams AGAIN. Don't have a favorite. 2) "We"..I donot play in the NBA and I am guessing you don't either.

[timaios]

I dont think the Blazers are even going to the playoffs.

:toast

[tlongII]

Experience is overrated.

[honestfool84]

Experience is overrated.

:lol


let's look at the last 20 championship teams.

what team won it that was YOUNG?

[WildcardManu]

Experience is overrated.

Yeah, that's what the Hornets said in game 7.

[mystargtr34]

I think we'll beat you if we match up in the playoffs. We have too much size and too much depth for the Spurs to deal with.

Aldridge is a 6'11" mid range jump shooter, he negates his size himself but hanging 15 feet out from the rim 90% of the game.

Oden has no real offensive game whatsoever.

So offensively, they wont really punish the Spurs anywhere near as much as teams like LA, Phoenix or even Houston.

Defensively, Aldridge will be out on the perimeter on Bonner, but its not like he blocks shots or rebounds well anyway.

Oden will likely have 2 fouls on Duncan's first two possessions.

The key will probly be how well Przybilla can defend Duncan and how much the Blazers have to double.

[Slinkyman]

when was the last time the blazers won a playoff series? and they're going to beat the spurs? Blazers looked really good in December last year let's see how they look in April.

[honestfool84]

ok, ill do it for you.

off the top of my head.

celtics.
spurs.
heat.
spurs.
pistons.
spurs.
lakers.
lakers.
lakers.
spurs.
bulls.
bulls.
bulls.
rockets.
rockets.
bulls.
bulls.
bulls.



and that's as far as my mind goes, off the top of my head.
but that's actually 20, ironically.

anyways.
my point, YOUNG (i.e hornets, blazers) teams don't win championships.

[Josh810]

Portland has a basketball team?

[MarHill]

I think we'll beat you if we match up in the playoffs. We have too much size and too much depth for the Spurs to deal with.

Now you are on crack with that statement!

Plus, you don't know anything about NBA history!

Portland is a good young team and I like Brandon Roy. He's legit!!

But teams like that have to learn how to win in the playoffs especially against a veteran team like the Spurs. The Hornets found out that painful lesson last season.

So before...you can say that Trailblazers can beat the Spurs in a 7 game series..learn your history!!

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

:flag:

[tlongII]

Aldridge is a 6'11" mid range jump shooter, he negates his size himself but hanging 15 feet out from the rim 90% of the game.

Oden has no real offensive game whatsoever.

So offensively, they wont really punish the Spurs anywhere near as much as teams like LA, Phoenix or even Houston.

Defensively, Aldridge will be out on the perimeter on Bonner, but its not like he blocks shots or rebounds well anyway.

Oden will likely have 2 fouls on Duncan's first two possessions.

The key will probly be how well Przybilla can defend Duncan and how much the Blazers have to double.


Too bad we would KILL you guys on the boards.

[m33p0]

Props received. Now, go away!

[tlongII]

ok, ill do it for you.

off the top of my head.

celtics.
spurs.
heat.
spurs.
pistons.
spurs.
lakers.
lakers.
lakers.
spurs.
bulls.
bulls.
bulls.
rockets.
rockets.
bulls.
bulls.
bulls.



and that's as far as my mind goes, off the top of my head.
but that's actually 20, ironically.

anyways.
my point, YOUNG (i.e hornets, blazers) teams don't win championships.

The 92 Bulls and the 00 Lakers were both young teams.

[angelbelow]

well thanks but we already knew we were good. i think weve been good for several years but im not sure?

[honestfool84]

The 92 Bulls and the 00 Lakers were both young teams.


the bulls had already won it in 91.

they'd been there, and done it.

they weren't inexperienced young players.

plus, they had michael jordan. brandon roy doesn't compare.




and the 00 lakers is one exception, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.

[Biggems]

hmm.
im not going to say anything, cause the blazers are playing well in the regular season.


but then again, the spurs are playing well, and it's not even february yet.


personally, i don't even think the spurs are completely oiled up yet.


i dont ever want to see the Spurs completely, much less partially, oiled up.....Now the Silver Dancers....that is another matter all together.

[Juanobili]

ok, ill do it for you.

off the top of my head.

celtics.
spurs.
heat.
spurs.
pistons.
spurs.
lakers.
lakers.
lakers.
spurs.
bulls.
bulls.
bulls.
rockets.
rockets.
bulls.
bulls.
bulls.



and that's as far as my mind goes, off the top of my head.
but that's actually 20, ironically.

anyways.
my point, YOUNG (i.e hornets, blazers) teams don't win championships.


Wow, I just realized that if we had won in 2001, the way people view the Spurs and Lakers rivalry would be much different

EDIT: with the Spurs looking better by still winning well after the Lakers

[jonnybravo]

You guys might get a top 4 seed after all. I still think we'll beat you, but you're not bad.

A 100% healthy Spurs team would rock the Trailblazers.

[tlongII]

the bulls had already won it in 91.

they'd been there, and done it.

they weren't inexperienced young players.

plus, they had michael jordan. brandon roy doesn't compare.




and the 00 lakers is one exception, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.

Actually I meant the 91 Bulls. So it's two exceptions.

[50 cent]

I like this young Blazers team, but there is no way they are ready to beat the Spurs in a series. Maybe in 3 or 4 years.

I am rooting for them to beat the faggot ass Mavs tonight, but their D is atrocious. Dallas is shooting 65% so far.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

A team that hasn't even made the playoffs in the last 5 years is gonna beat the Spurs.......SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU RE.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Experience is overrated.

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[honestfool84]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

listen to the experienced words of a phoenix suns; he knows what it's like to play the spurs in a playoff series.

[honestfool84]

Actually I meant the 91 Bulls. So it's two exceptions.

still.

the 91 bulls had michael jordan, the greatest player to ever play the game.

the lakers had kobe and shaq, two great players, who had been in the playoffs already (shaq had even been to the finals with orlando), and done it.


the 08-09 blazers DO NOT COMPARE to these teams.

i repeat, they DO NOT COMPARE.

[L.I.T]

If I remember correctly, didn't that Lakers team have Glen Rice, Ron Harper, Robert Horry, AC Green and Rick Fox?

Those are some fairly experienced players.

Edit: And I think that Bulls team lost in the Easter Conference Finals the previous two years before making it to the finals.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

listen to the experienced words of a phoenix suns; he knows what it's like to play the spurs in a playoff series.

tlong is acting like he doesn't remember the last time Portland and SA met in the playoffs, but back to your post he is obviously taking them for granted.

Just because you're a fan of a rival conference team doesn't mean you have to disrespect, the Spurs are a great team to watch and never panic. RMS dropped 29 on the Suns last year, so when SA signed him I figured he would have a big play against the Suns this year, didn't expect it to come so quickly.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

The 92 Bulls and the 00 Lakers were both young teams.

Cartwright was 33, Paxson was 30, MJ was 27 but that doesn't matter given the fact he played like a vet from day 1, and Horace Grant and Pippen were both 25. The average age of those 5 is a few years older than that of the 5 Blazer starters I'm guessing. Chicago's team had also been together for years and had made the playoffs FOR awhile, in other words, they had more EXPERIENCE than the 2009 Blazers.

00 Lakers weren't a young team so it's not even worth arguing.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Ages of the team's starting lineups tlong is comparing to one another:

Blake - 28
Roy - 24
Batum - 20
Aldridge - 23
Oden - 21

Shaq - 27
AC Green - 36
Glen Rice - 32
Kobe Bryant - 21
Ron Harper - 36

Not even comparable.

[50 cent]

remember, even the Spurs couldn't get over the hump until we had a Champion experience leader like Mario Elie pulling the team along emotionally in 99.

[honestfool84]

age doesn't even matter.

it's experience that counts when it comes to nba championships.

[Cry Havoc]

Honestly though, I can't wait to see how good the blazers are in 3-4 years.

[mrspurs]

You guys might get a top 4 seed after all. I still think we'll beat you, but you're not bad.

Yeah..........Sure you'll beat us.

[Bartleby]

I'm here to give props to the Blazers. They almost beat the Mavs last night and will probably make the playoffs.

[spurspokesman]

an awesome win n a great gift for all the spurs fans!!
however, we have to face it that we are gettin slaughtered in the paint. we are desparately in need of another big who can play D n has an okay low post game
exactly. They hung me for saying we looked horrible but im with you in saying tim is our frontcourt. very sad.

[spursfaninla]

watching t-thong getting owned in this back-handed complement of a thread was priceless.

Portland looks like a team of the future, with a great shot at being a central playoff team for the next few years.

But they have no chance at the Spurs this year if we are healthy.

Give them 2 years, If Oden improves offensively and Roy continues to grow as an all-around player, then we can talk.

[Horse]

You guys might get a top 4 seed after all. I still think we'll beat you, but you're not bad.
Your dreaming the blazers are good but need to growup. And oden is looking like a bust.:ihit

[Man of Steel]

T--

You are one of my favorite posters!

Happy New Year buddy!

MOS

[Rummpd]

You guys might get a top 4 seed after all. I still think we'll beat you, but you're not bad.


Absolutely no friggin way a healthy group of Spurs lose 4 in a series to the Blazers. What a joke.

[TampaDude]

The Blazers might be able to win a single game during the regular season, but the Spurs would beat the Blazers in a 7-game playoff series, no question.

[superbigtime]

I could see Rudy Ferndandez going absolutely fucking nuts on the Spurs for a game, maybe 2.