Meija: Blazers won't make it this year

by monkeysuncle on Dec 25, 2007 5:41 AM PST Comment 5 comments

The larger premise fails to cover errors on the details.

It is hard to disagree with Tony Mejia's main premise that the Blazers are getting good, but are not strong enough to get into the playoffs this year. http://cbs.sportsline.com/nba/story/10544335

But then he goes on to say that Boston is the NBA team of the week. So far this season, Boston has been the team of the year, but last week, if it did not belong to the Blazers, it did not belong to any other team.

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How many wins will it take to be the eighth seed in the West this season?

45-46

53 votes

more than 16

19 votes

55

2 votes

53-54

2 votes

51-52

4 votes

49-50

8 votes

47-48

26 votes

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I can agree with you

on both counts.

Then again, I've stopped trying to forecast the blazers play. They've been amazing and I'm just living in and enjoying the moment. The future will be upon us soon enough. For now... I'm savoring this moment for all it's worth because wins have never tasted so sweet.

This is Portland. Portland loves its Blazers. Welcome to OUR house.

by ratbastird on Dec 25, 2007 9:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Fox Sports Power rankings

list Blazers 7th behind Mavericks, Pistons, Celtics, Suns, Spurs and L*kers. Not too bad a line up for how we are playing. The Celtics have the best record but have only played Orlando (iffy good) and Detroit, losing 2 of those three. The Spurs, Mavericks, Suns and Pistons remain in my mind better than the Celtics. If we continue to roll the whole league will have done their homework on us the next time around and it only gets tougher. That is needed to prepare these guys./

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/powerRankings

by lee3022 on Dec 25, 2007 9:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Almost every national pundit

is going to forecast us not to make it up until the All-Star break, maybe up to a month after because:

The odds against a young team making such a leap are long.
They haven't seen enough of the Blazers to make them say any different.

However if the team keeps playing well and if we're still around .500 after mid-February you will see more converts.

--Dave

by Dave on Dec 25, 2007 10:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Meh, bad article

It's one thing to give an opinion, it's another to back it up with some evidence.

This author does the former, but not the latter. Like most national pundits, his reasoning is that "They shouldn't get this good this fast, it just can't happen."

That sort of reasoning, or lack of it, is quickly becoming tiresome.

by leeroyjenkins on Dec 26, 2007 8:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs