The Blazers are now the best team in the entire NBA.

[tlongII]

21-4 is the best record in the league.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMnZu-QJDY8

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79y_YCkHhso

[spurtech09]

best record but not the best team by the way lol

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8dGhtv1jAw

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHb0-KEi9Ak

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVDoOV4OoLs

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj3ye_G_jOQ

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh6npHfQm6U

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4N1G3gYk7w

[spurtech09]

mmm how long is it going to take intill blazers start losing steam.....don't br surprised if the blazers start losing 10
games in a row

[Reck]

Just wait for the grinding months. :lol

[Clipper Nation]

tschl:lolng

The Blazers are just last year's Knicks all over again, imho.... started out hot shooting the ball, but eventually cooled off and started sucking....

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J-rz4h-n0s

[ElNono]

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[Holden_Caulfield]

http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/maurice-jones-drew-is-busting-out.gif

[Arcadian]

Not sure why people think Portland is a fluke. They have a great all-around PF, a high-scoring PG, good role players, and decent bench. Sounds like they copied the Spurs formula. Tip-o-the-cap to them.

And they don't have any particularly hate-worthy players, either.

Maybe it's just the fact that they sort of came from out of nowhere. Nobody really had them as the #1 team in the west this year. Well...maybe everybody was wrong. :lol It happens.

[tlongII]

https://scontent-b-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1524798_641254045920911_942967338_n.jpg

[Rogue]

Not only the best, they're also the "guest" team in the west (no matter what the hell the "guest" team means)

[Phillip]

Anyone who doesn't take the Blazers seriously is retarded. They are a lethal team, and Aldridge has been growing into a bonafide superstar. Him and Lillard compliment each other well, even though I think Lillard is a bit overrated. Explosive scorer, but highly inefficient.

If they stay healthy, they will be in the finals, but probably lose to the Heat.

[Killakobe81]

Not sure why people think Portland is a fluke. They have a great all-around PF, a high-scoring PG, good role players, and decent bench. Sounds like they copied the Spurs formula. Tip-o-the-cap to them.

And they don't have any particularly hate-worthy players, either.

Maybe it's just the fact that they sort of came from out of nowhere. Nobody really had them as the #1 team in the west this year. Well...maybe everybody was wrong. :lol It happens.

Very likeable team.
But best team in the NBA? No.
Best power forward? Yes
Good athletic wing defenders? Yes.
Best "young" PG? Maybe
Great coach? Maybe.

I dont think they area fluke, but they still have plenty to prove. On paper they have everything you would want in a contender to the Heat except maybe better center play. But Batum and Matthews are at least good defenders to throw at Lebron and Wade. LA would own Bosh ...

But they aint got Lebron. And Lebron usually murders Portland, going back to his Cav days ...

[Rogue]

Anyone who doesn't take the Blazers seriously is retarded. They are a lethal team, and Aldridge has been growing into a bonafide superstar. Him and Lillard compliment each other well, even though I think Lillard is a bit overrated. Explosive scorer, but highly inefficient.

If they stay healthy, they will be in the finals, but probably lose to the Heat.

They'll be top 3 in the west come the end of regular season if they can stay healthy, but which team will you wanna see them mavs facing in the first round, among the likes of Spurs, Clippers, OKC and the "guest" team in the west? No matter how many games they'll win in the regular season, their ceiling will still be no higher than the 2nd round imho. Experience will make tremendous impacts on the playoffs and most of the players on this "guest" team have little to none experience in the playoffs, and to quote my nigga Jacob, this team hasn't won a playoff series since Clinton was president. I think they're just like a poor man's 10-11 Thunder, tbh.

[Bill_Brasky]

the blazers entire defensive strategy is to give up points in the paint in favor of taking away the three point shot. they aren't doing shit.

[hehateme]

Will OP an hero when Blazer's are no longer guest team in the nba?

[scanry]

Let's see how they matchup in the West come playoffs:

Thunder - Could take them 6 games to dispatch the Blazers
Spurs - Could go 6 or even 7, wouldn't be surprised if they beat the Spurs.
Clippers - Will go 6 and i like the Blazers in this one.
Mavs - Blazers in 6.

[Bulaien999]

the blazers entire defensive strategy is to give up points in the paint in favor of taking away the three point shot. they aren't doing shit.

This.

[tlongII]

the blazers entire defensive strategy is to give up points in the paint in favor of taking away the three point shot. they aren't doing shit.

Wrong. We signed Lopez specifically for defending the paint. The strategy is to give up mid-range jump shots in favor of taking away the 3. Mid-range jumpers are the least effective shot in basketball.

[rascal]

They are built to beat the Spurs. they have the defenders who will choke off the easy open perimeter looks and lock down on the Spur perimeter shooters leaving the Spurs with players having to execute off the dribble. Spurs are built with overall weak players who have to create their own shots.

[rascal]

the blazers entire defensive strategy is to give up points in the paint in favor of taking away the three point shot. they aren't doing shit.

Exactly the right recipe to beat the Spurs.

[AchillesHeel]

Wrong. We signed Lopez specifically for defending the paint. The strategy is to give up mid-range jump shots in favor of taking away the 3. Mid-range jumpers are the least effective shot in basketball.

This is what Spurs did to Miami in the Finals, it worked for the first 5 games, then they started making those shots(even Wade).

Lebron's "big shot" in Game 7 was a wide open mid-range J.

[Phillip]

Mid-range jumpers are the least effective shot in basketball.

more like they are the most difficult/least practiced shots in basketball tbh

the deadliest scorers of all time? all had great midrange games. Jordan, Kobe, Carmelo, Dirk, King, Gervin, Durant, etc...

this is a big reason why they won't beat Miami if they face off in the finals

[tlongII]

more like they are the most difficult/least practiced shots in basketball tbh

the deadliest scorers of all time? all had great midrange games. Jordan, Kobe, Carmelo, Dirk, King, Gervin, Durant, etc...

this is a big reason why they won't beat Miami if they face off in the finals

I should have said "least efficient" instead of "least effective". It would be difficult to beat Miami because of LeBron. But it will be difficult for anybody. I'm just enjoying the ride and hoping we stay healthy.

[Double-Up]

I should have said "least efficient" instead of "least effective". It would be difficult to beat Miami because of LeBron. But it will be difficult for anybody. I'm just enjoying the ride and hoping we stay healthy.

Well you don't have to worry there...:lol

[tlongII]

Well you don't have to worry there...:lol

Thanks. I feel good about our health this year too.

[spurraider21]

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[tlongII]

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[spurraider21]

lol "appear to be" sounds like a tongue in cheek shot

[Rogue]

I should have said "least efficient" instead of "least effective". It would be difficult to beat Miami because of LeBron. But it will be difficult for anybody. I'm just enjoying the ride and hoping we stay healthy.

so what you mean is that 3pt shooting is the "guest" way of scoring? Mid range jumpers imho are just as important as midfield play-makers in soccer games. Sure you can still win games playing a classic-English style, or a similar North European style where you only make long passes to your target man and let luck take care of the rest. But that style is outdated and it no longer works in modern football, and even those North European teams are adopting a more techique-based type of game imho. the fact of the matter is, the farther you shoot the ball from the basket, the less offensive consistency you have. You may shoot lights out on one or two nights at the 3pt line but you can't expect to do it four times in a series, that's why 3pt shooting teams always get exposed by elite teams who play their games in 3 dimensions rather than two imho.

[Venti Quattro]

:lol

[benefactor]

21-4 is the best record in the league.
...and 105-81 is a beatdown.

[Venti Quattro]

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:lmao :lmao :lmao

[Thebesteva]

Dont let them break you down Tlong!!

[ElNono]

http://i.imgur.com/wcFfPWp.jpg

[Jacob1983]

I thought they were the guest?

[scanry]

See this is why tlongII has got to be more active on this site. The demeanor, buthurtness, retarded like takes and lets not forget his naked selfies (no homo tbh) is what makes him who he is.

[Sportstudi]

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[Venti Quattro]

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