The blazers are loaded?!?!?

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Originally Posted by J.T.

Greg Oden couldn't win the NCAA championship and you are expecting him to come into the NBA and instantly give his franchise 10 rings? That's ridiculous. I'd like to see a team of rookies and sophomores win the NBA title. I really would. Greg Oden was on a really good Ohio State team and he couldn't beat the Gators because they had great players who all came back committed to win another title, and the right coach to lead them there.

Funny how the 07 Gators sound a lot like the San Antonio Spurs.

The Blazers have the potential to be a dominant team, and a team that can win championships, but not while the Spurs, Mavs, and Suns are still competing with their current lineups. We should bump this thread at the All Star Break and see who was tripping and who wasn't.

The difference between Duncan and Oden is that Duncan came into a team with solid veterans and a great role model to follow in David. The Blazers are rebuilding around Oden, and they have good talent with Roy and Aldridge, but that team is very young. The Spurs just SWEPT the youngest average-aged team in the NBA Finals, and arguably one of the best if not the best young talents in Lebron James. You expect a team full of rooks and 2nd year players to challenge for TEN NBA rings in the near future? Please. The Western Conference will continue to run through San Antonio until #21 is hanging in the rafters at the AT&T center alongside our seven NBA championship banners.

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you're a dumbass, learn to fucking read

Lots of potential.

Time will tell if any or all of em play well together, and play the right way. Or if they can play well at all.

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Originally Posted by Fast Dunk

Young team while the Spurs window of opportunity is closing really fast and getting older...and older...and older...

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And we've all seen what youth got you.

SWEPT

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Originally Posted by Fast Dunk

Young team while the Spurs window of opportunity is closing really fast and getting older...and older...and older...

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So what young team has won the championship lately?

I believe most of the recent champions have been a very good mix of veterans and a few young players...

Besides we have a farm team now and players overseas that are getting developed..

Spurs championship teams...mostly old.

Heat...mostly old.

Pistons...mix.

Lakers...mix.

later Bulls...mostly old.

It seems that young teams rarely win, and old teams often do.

You fucking morons. They are too young and some of them will leave for more money soon enough. get this shit out of the spurs topic. PHX and Denver are the only teams that can challenge the Spurs for now.

The scariest thing about the Blazers is Paul Allen. You can tell that he's gotten over his disilluionment with that old jailblazer team and has gotten personally involved in rebuilding that franchise. He's already proven once he will spend whatever it takes to get and retain talent and a couple dozen million of luxury tax is totally irrelevant to him. His ability to pay makes Mark Cuban look like trailer trash and Sarver look like a homeless vato.

Paul is too concerned about the image of the team. you got to have some crazy fuckers on the team to win. Sheed, patterson and Bonzi are all good players that you cannot just get rid of without the teams wins falling off.

Im glad Paul was.

I wish all the teams in the NBA worried about their team having good people.

Are you listening Indiana?

At least with the Blazers coming back and Presti blowing up/rebuilding Seattle, Denver won't be a guaranteed lock at the 3 seed many more years LOL

Denver will be #2 with a healthy Kmart

I believe we are putting the wagon before the horse here....Who knows who pans out and who doesnt...and again the youth thing...a team needs a few playoff proven vets...even if this team stays intact they will not be a championship team IMO...alot of maturity is needed....and lets face it....a Oden or Jack or whoever you want to name from the roster in 4 years doesnt mean WINNER....You have to learn to win....You have to have vets...and you have to have chemistry...And as said before even if all these players are all stars I am willing to bet half of em wont be there when there contracts are up...Especially if they all do become all stars.....Potential and talent are different then being proven...some seem think the blazers already are....I would be willing to bet they do not turn out to be what some of you say...to long of a time for what ifs...and everyone knows in pro sports there are alot of those....

Oden hasn't played a damn minute in the NBA and people are ready to hand out championships to the Blazers.

It takes more than talent on paper to win it all.

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Originally Posted by tlongII

We will be playing for the championship within 3 years and we will be a contender immediately. We're back!

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Um, no. You will be a contender in 3 years.

You've got a bunch of nice young players, most of whom haven't even played in the NBA yet, and the next two years will tell you who the keepers are. You'll also be able to use those expiring contracts to bring in the kind of veteran leadership young teams need to succeed.

Great draft, well done, but don't get ahead of yourself. You haven't leapfrogged the Jazz, Mavs, Suns or Spurs yet.

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Originally Posted by mikejones99

Denver will be #2 with a healthy Kmart

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Hahahahahaha... that was a joke, right?

Nene is far better than Kenyon at this stage. His only value is his bloated contract.

Most over-rated player in the league and always was.

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Originally Posted by Fast Dunk

Hey and your team got back swept as well... :lol

Four straight losses after leading 2-0.


Fact of the matter is both the Spurs and Pistons are done!

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heh, a six-game series is not a sweep. Who cares if we lost 4 straight? We won two. Your cavs couldn't even win ONE. :rolleyes
Done? Dude, people have been saying that about the Pistons for at least 2 years - the Spurs have been called too old and slow pretty much every year 3-5 years running; they've won about two championships in that span.

Fact of the matter is, the cavs have little to no room for improvement themselves without picks and players of value to trade - and in about 2 years Lebron will be out playing for his buddy Jay-Z in Brooklyn.

one thing people don't know about Oden. He likes fushia umbrella

http://images.sportsline.com/u/photo...mg10241367.jpg

Spurs dumped pink and fushia colors long ago right?
:D

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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear

English not your native language?

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What part of the word "inept" you don't understand?

in·ept(n-pt)
adj.
1. Not apt or fitting; inappropriate.
2.
a. Displaying a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; foolish: an inept remark.
b. Bungling or clumsy; incompetent: inept handling of the account.

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Inept = "four rings" in your world?

Note to asshole Cav moron:

1. '05 Pistons would have swept your fucking one-dimensional "team." BTW--hope you like the new Addidas commercials--if you haven't seen them to need to "witness" them.

2. Your biggest problem--keeping Queen Lebronze. Luckiest team in the history of the NBA Playoffs--your sorry ass "team." Series against injury depleted Wizard team--wow--fantastic achievement. How does it feel now that the Caves are being considered as being the WORST team to ever contend for an NBA title? Hey buddy--look at the bright side--the Caves are at the top of the list in at least one category.

3. Giving shit to Piston fans is fucking moronic--they will re-group and will be back in the Eastern Con finals AGAIN next year--the Caves--if they even get into the playoffs at all--will probably lose in the first round (who knows--may even get swept again).

4. Reading smack from a Cave fan? Damn! Like having George W. Bush lead a reading group.

5. Hope you enjoyed the Spurs celebration on your home floor a few weeks ago. Better get a copy of the Spurs Championship DVD--it will probably be another 40 years before you get in the NBA Finals again.

Conclusion:

Your team is fucked.

You're fucked.

Your city is fucked.

CLEVELAND SUCKS!

CLEVELAND SUCKS!

(Performed while Drew Carey jacks off to a poster of Queen Lebronze sucking Boobies boobs)

PS--"inept": See--Cleveland Cavaliers

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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear

Inept = "four rings" in your world?

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We were talking about the Cavs front office and coaching staff, something Spurs fans always brag about.

We were not taking about your "every other year" titles.

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Originally Posted by Man of Steel

Note to asshole Cav moron:

1. '05 Pistons would have swept your fucking one-dimensional "team." BTW--hope you like the new Addidas commercials--if you haven't seen them to need to "witness" them.

2. Your biggest problem--keeping Queen Lebronze. Luckiest team in the history of the NBA Playoffs--your sorry ass "team." Series against injury depleted Wizard team--wow--fantastic achievement. How does it feel now that the Caves are being considered as being the WORST team to ever contend for an NBA title? Hey buddy--look at the bright side--the Caves are at the top of the list in at least one category.

3. Giving shit to Piston fans is fucking moronic--they will re-group and will be back in the Eastern Con finals AGAIN next year--the Caves--if they even get into the playoffs at all--will probably lose in the first round (who knows--may even get swept again).

4. Reading smack from a Cave fan? Damn! Like having George W. Bush lead a reading group.

5. Hope you enjoyed the Spurs celebration on your home floor a few weeks ago. Better get a copy of the Spurs Championship DVD--it will probably be another 40 years before you get in the NBA Finals again.

Conclusion:

Your team is fucked.

You're fucked.

Your city is fucked.

CLEVELAND SUCKS!

CLEVELAND SUCKS!

(Performed while Drew Carey jacks off to a poster of Queen Lebronze sucking Boobies boobs)

PS--"inept": See--Cleveland Cavaliers

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Kill yourself!!

You are like that dude TPark that not even Spurs fans like

So, they are molded by the Spurs example, but the inept part is a little sumptin-sumptin extra bonus thrown in by Quicken?

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Originally Posted by RuffnReadyOzStyle

Um, no. You will be a contender in 3 years.

You've got a bunch of nice young players, most of whom haven't even played in the NBA yet, and the next two years will tell you who the keepers are. You'll also be able to use those expiring contracts to bring in the kind of veteran leadership young teams need to succeed.

Great draft, well done, but don't get ahead of yourself. You haven't leapfrogged the Jazz, Mavs, Suns or Spurs yet.

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Pfffft! Puhleeeeeaze! We are definitely contenders now. I wouldn't say we have leapfrogged those teams yet, but we can definitely play with them.