I couldn't help but notice that 41% of you voted (apparently with a straight face) for the Blazers to take the Northwest Division this year and even more are beginning to vote for them in the current poll about who's going to have a breakout season.  Since I'm going to be out of town today (Friday) I decided to open up the floor and let you tell the world exactly why.  So how about it?  Why are the Blazers going to be good this year and what's going to improve to make them that way?   No negativity or Doubting Thomases allowed in this particular post!  Only the positive outlook!  

I at least expect that 41% to step up here...

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)