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In one season?
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insid...3fid%3d4434705
A young 54-win team that kept all its parts and added a veteran point guard, Andre Miller, to the mix means the Rose Garden may finally be ready to live up to its name. Assuming Brandon Roy and Greg Oden stay healthy -- no small assumption -- the Blazers could flirt with 60 wins this season. A fantastic regular season, though, is only going to heighten expectations to get out of the first round, a pressure the Blazers blanched under last spring. And if Roy, Oden and LaMarcus Aldridge are truly a championship-caliber triumvirate, getting out of the first round is a must.
In one season?
Fortunately you're as blind as a bat. The only team in the West with a chance at beating the Blazers is the Lakers. It's too bad for the Lakers fans that it's just a very small chance.
Last edited by tlongII; 09-01-2009 at 11:30 PM.
West:
Portland 54-28
San Antonio 54-28
Denver 54-28
btw
I can see the Blazers being better than the Nuggets.
Lakers
Spurs
Mavs
Blazers
New Orleans
Utah
Then a toss up for the last two spots.
I don't see them being all that much better than last year.
portland beat LA twice last season
They added a non-selfish point guard. This means less pressure for Roy and the frontcourt. If they click and Oden improves they are a very deep scary team. Right now I'd rank them behind Lakers, Spurs, Mavs - pretty much tied for fourth place with the nuggets.
There's no way anyone can legitimately rank them lower than #2 in the West.
Yes they can. An injured Spurs team won the same amount of games at the Blazers last year. Spurs got healthy and added RJ and Dice.
The Spurs are a year older. In fact, Dice may have increased their average age.Parker looks real healthy too.
Is Parker sitting out games? He looks healthier than Oden.
Yes, replacing Finley with RJ and KT with Dice raised the age. Same with Hill replacing Vaughn and Ian replacing Oberto and Blair coming in.
I guess Andre Miller is younger than Blake as well....
Basically where I stand as well. There's definitely a lot of uncertainty, what with Oden as well as Batum's progression but also the return of Webster. Anyways they should definitely be fun to watch.
The Spurs have gotten younger, bag...with Oberto, Thomas, and Bowen gone, we're younger and more athletic with RJ, Blair, and McDyess...he's not as old as KT...And in his last game with the French NT, Parker scored 16 points in 26 minutes...I'd say that's pretty damn healthy...The Spurs are a year older. In fact, Dice may have increased their average age.
60 wins for Portland? Sure....
in 2 seasons
You forgot the Nugs... I think they're better than Hornets/Jazz for sure and maybe Blazers/Mavs.
even with 60 wins, i dont see roy winning mvp....
If they improve from the mediocre road team they were last year and then with Miller and if Oden stays healthy I think that could get them 6 more wins. Definitely not out of the question. I still think they win one playoff series at the most though.
I don't like Miller on that team at all, I thought it was a bad signing. They need a shooter at point. Roy is gonna dominate the ball and setup all the plays, while Miller plays off the ball, which he is awful at. They would of been better off pursuing Bibby or even Sessions, who despite not being a great shooter, could of grown with the team.
Oden may get better, but from what I have seen he looks to be very far away from even being servicable. What they need is a few players who have a heavy commitment to defense. They won't get better than they are now without better defense.
Utah is irrelevant. The only thing good for them these days are Stockton and Sloan going in to the HOF.
Denver is still the class of the Northwest division.
60 wins? Be happy you have the chance to crack 55.
I think there's a good possibility they won't match last years 54 wins, even with the acquisition of Miller.
The Blazers went a ridiculous 8-2 last year in games decided by 2 points or less. Such luck usually isn't replicated. There's also a concept known as Plexiglass Principle, where teams that have breakout years usually have a dip the year after (sort of evident with Rays this year, Hornets last year, probably quite a few more examples that I can't think of
I don't think they'll crack 55.
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