Can the Blazers go 10-0?
by hotstuffdb22 on Oct 18, 2008 12:48 PM PDT
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"Hustle, swat it, now we got it, blazer fever, hope you caught, true believers every minute, you know you want it, come and get it! "
This song, to a variable degree, reminds me of Rocky.
I believe there is a tiger roaring inside. It is chained up. Further, I think it will be released in a few weeks against the L*kers. The tiger also will not stop eating its 'prey' for at least 10 games.
This tiger is the Portland Trailblazers. Do you think this team can start the season 10-0? Is it too far of a stretch? Will it break your expectations if they do indeed start 10-0?
I think it's a possibility. If it happens, I personally think it will be due to the second unit. Specifically, the Sergio-Rudy tandem, this pair may be the "eye of the tiger."
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Can they? Yes
Will they? no
"I figured out how to get the canoe down the mountain, but I will need a snow blower and all your butter"-Michael Kelso
Agreed
People who think they will, have you looked at the schedule?
I reminded people of this last year and will do so again this year. We have a new team again. The only difference between last year and this year is that we actually have a core now, but a starter, a major back-up, and possibly a substitute starter are all new to the team. Additionally, once again, the starters haven’t played significant minutes together int eh preseason due to injuries.
I think you’re more likely to see a loss of ten games in a row than a win streak. if we win half the games, that will be an incredible feat for this team due to the teams, the travel, and our new team.
Luckily, this will be the last year major changes happen to this team and our core will be stabilized with Greg’s addition.
We haven't done anything yet... but don't blink.
but
If last year they could not start in a perfect manner then this year it will be impossible. Thats the reality.
Ok
Yeah Blazers are Tigers and all those teams are nothing. If Oden would be a monster now it might be possible but as it is standing now.
well, yes, of course
with probability… but, didn’t the ‘eye of tiger’ make the impossible possible?
by hotstuffdb22 on Oct 18, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
i don't think that blazers will start 10-0, but it is possible.
It probably won’t happen for obvious reasons; playing playoff caliber teams, injuries, chance/probability. I do think that we will probably go 5-5. That’s mostly a guess though.
TominHawaii is secretly a huge Jazz fan
I would love to see 2-0
Beat LA!
Protect the Home Court.
GO BLAZERS!
"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."
bad poll answers Hotstuff!
I thought you learned your lesson. Yes and No are boring answers, we need more meat on them thar answers.
Just kidding.
Seriously though, of course they “can” go 10-0, anything is possible, but it’s highly unlikely.
I liked the original question.
Which was, “Can the Blazers go 10-0?”, as opposed to “Can the Blazers go 10-0 to start the season?”
If the question were about the chances of a 10-game winning streak ANY time this season, I’d say yeah.
"Mister Oden is a very, very big human being." - Jerryd Bayless
i'm not delusional and i voted yes
I voted yes, that doesn’t mean I think we will go 10-0. It means we could go 10-0, in fact it should be 100% yes. Of course the blazers could go 10-0. what should have been asked is “will the blazers go 10-0.”
Buy this sig space!
exactly
technically, the Blazers could go 82-0 as well. and technically a monkey could pound out coherent sentences on a keyboard. neither is likely to happen, however.
It was the best of times; it was the blurst of times
you stupid monkey!
"It was halfway through the fourth quarter of an exhibition game, a 30 point blowout, and I absolutely did not want it to end. Time: move slower so this moment stretches.
Dunk Parade.
Forever."
-Ben
"...our second unit is probably going to be a little better than your second unit…and by "probably going to be a little better than" I mean "is going to crush like a dump truck running over an empty beer can""
"YOU MOVE NOW! GREG DUNK BIG!"
-Dave
come on man
did you skip school allot? Yeah I know those day were fun. We are all moder monkeys so Blazers then will go 82-0.
actually
Humans aren’t monkeys or vice versa. We are in the same Order as they do, the Primate Order, but all monkeys are in different family groups. Humans do share the family group, Hominidae, with the Great Apes, so you could call humans apes.
"It was halfway through the fourth quarter of an exhibition game, a 30 point blowout, and I absolutely did not want it to end. Time: move slower so this moment stretches.
Dunk Parade.
Forever."
-Ben
"...our second unit is probably going to be a little better than your second unit…and by "probably going to be a little better than" I mean "is going to crush like a dump truck running over an empty beer can""
"YOU MOVE NOW! GREG DUNK BIG!"
-Dave
edit
same order as they are, not ‘do’
"It was halfway through the fourth quarter of an exhibition game, a 30 point blowout, and I absolutely did not want it to end. Time: move slower so this moment stretches.
Dunk Parade.
Forever."
-Ben
"...our second unit is probably going to be a little better than your second unit…and by "probably going to be a little better than" I mean "is going to crush like a dump truck running over an empty beer can""
"YOU MOVE NOW! GREG DUNK BIG!"
-Dave
From a Zoologist point of view
You could make a case that humans are a chimpanze spevies
by southern oregon on Oct 18, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
OH YEAH
Let’s have an evolution vs. creation smackdown!
"It was halfway through the fourth quarter of an exhibition game, a 30 point blowout, and I absolutely did not want it to end. Time: move slower so this moment stretches.
Dunk Parade.
Forever."
-Ben
"...our second unit is probably going to be a little better than your second unit…and by "probably going to be a little better than" I mean "is going to crush like a dump truck running over an empty beer can""
"YOU MOVE NOW! GREG DUNK BIG!"
-Dave
EVOLUTIONARY CREATIONIST SMACKDOWWWWNNNNN!!!
And on the eighth day God created Chuck Norris.
LET’S GET READY TO EVOLLLLLVVVVE
"Mister Oden is a very, very big human being." - Jerryd Bayless
The evolution and de-evolution of man from an ape to a guy sitting in front of a computer
Like us :)
Odenied: If you're given lemmings—make lemming-ade (Bow4Meow)
Here are the first 10 games and opponent records from last year
Tue, Oct 28 @ LA Lakers 57 25 .695
Fri, Oct 31 San Antonio 56 26 .683
Sat, Nov 1 @ Phoenix 55 27 .671
Wed, Nov 5 @ Utah 54 28 .659
Thu, Nov 6 Houston 55 27 .671
Sat, Nov 8 Minnesota 22 60 .268
Mon, Nov 10 @ Orlando 52 30 .634
Wed, Nov 12 @ Miami 15 67 .183
Fri, Nov 14 @ NO 56 26 .683
Sat, Nov 15 @ Minnesota 22 60 .268
Strength of schedule: .541
SOS without Miami and Minnesota: .670
Only 3 home games, 2 of which are against playoff teams
7 road games, 5 of which are against playoff teams
3 back to backs
The last 7 games are in a span of 10 days
Even the game @Miami might not be easy. A healthy Dwayne Wade is a sight to behold.
A 5-5 record would be good
"It was halfway through the fourth quarter of an exhibition game, a 30 point blowout, and I absolutely did not want it to end. Time: move slower so this moment stretches.
Dunk Parade.
Forever."
-Ben
"...our second unit is probably going to be a little better than your second unit…and by "probably going to be a little better than" I mean "is going to crush like a dump truck running over an empty beer can""
"YOU MOVE NOW! GREG DUNK BIG!"
-Dave
by Magnum on Oct 18, 2008 3:06 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Hey-
Thanks for posting this… always helpful to see the games…
LA is the biggest question mark to me…
SA is without Manu and Portland is Home = W
Phoenix will be tough on a back to back… but you never know… new coach TP might blow it
by hotstuffdb22 on Oct 18, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd love to see Portland win the opener
on National TV, @ LA
I agree about SA and PHX. Maybe the Blazers will retire TP’s jersey during the home game against Wolves to throw TP off his game. Nah, that would be a low blow, not classy at all.
"It was halfway through the fourth quarter of an exhibition game, a 30 point blowout, and I absolutely did not want it to end. Time: move slower so this moment stretches.
Dunk Parade.
Forever."
-Ben
"...our second unit is probably going to be a little better than your second unit…and by "probably going to be a little better than" I mean "is going to crush like a dump truck running over an empty beer can""
"YOU MOVE NOW! GREG DUNK BIG!"
-Dave
I agree. 1-0 would be nice and is possible. 10-0 is a joke.
"It's not a joke -- it's not a game." — B-Rex
Help me to understand your point---
what would this tell us? Don’t teams look different each year? I personally think the L*kers are a good case in point where the addition of Gasol and Bynum is going to mean some chemistry adjustments… they may take a long time and might not look like last year’s Finals team for awhile.
by hotstuffdb22 on Oct 18, 2008 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Well
The Blazers were 13-17 (.433) versus those opponents over the course of last year. Considering 6 of those came against Miami and Minnesota, I’m not thrilled.
Other Team vs. Blazers & average point differential
LA 2-2 Lakers by 2.25 (home team won every game)
Houston 4-0 Houston by 10
NO 2-2 NO by 5 (home team won every game)
Utah 1-3 PDX by 6.666 (won both @ home and won one @ utah)
SA 3-0 SA by 12.3
Minn 0-4 PDX by 10
Miami 0-2 PDX by 6.5
PHX 3-0 PHX by 9
Orlando 2-0 Orlando by 9
"It was halfway through the fourth quarter of an exhibition game, a 30 point blowout, and I absolutely did not want it to end. Time: move slower so this moment stretches.
Dunk Parade.
Forever."
-Ben
"...our second unit is probably going to be a little better than your second unit…and by "probably going to be a little better than" I mean "is going to crush like a dump truck running over an empty beer can""
"YOU MOVE NOW! GREG DUNK BIG!"
-Dave
sorry about the formating
it looked nice before I pressed post.
"It was halfway through the fourth quarter of an exhibition game, a 30 point blowout, and I absolutely did not want it to end. Time: move slower so this moment stretches.
Dunk Parade.
Forever."
-Ben
"...our second unit is probably going to be a little better than your second unit…and by "probably going to be a little better than" I mean "is going to crush like a dump truck running over an empty beer can""
"YOU MOVE NOW! GREG DUNK BIG!"
-Dave
rec'd mag's big post with games and record
if you take all those percentages, subtract each from 1.0, and multiply each of the totals, that is the percentage chance we win all the games
(1 – .695) * (1 – .683)…………etc. In other words, lowww probability. Of course, this is assuming no change from last season to this season. Obviously, we’ve gotten better, but even if you double our odds when you get all done, they’re still gonna’ be lowwww
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
by prezofdeath on Oct 18, 2008 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice work
But it would also be instructive to see the records of those teams thru 10 games last season. Often top teams—e.g., San Antonio—coast a bit early in the season. (I seem to recall the Blazers nearly beating the Spurs early on last year.)
Having said all that: no way these young Blazers come close to sweeping their first 10 games. I’m just hoping they survive them. The key will be getting to the all-star break somewhere around .500. Then the team can hopefully put it all together and make a playoff run down the stretch.
"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla
You're lucky I'm bored
Thru the first 10 games of last season:
Orlando: 8-2
Houston: 6-4
LA: 7-3
Miami: 2-8
Minn: 1-9
NO: 8-2
Phx: 8-2
SA : 8-2
Utah: 7-3
"It was halfway through the fourth quarter of an exhibition game, a 30 point blowout, and I absolutely did not want it to end. Time: move slower so this moment stretches.
Dunk Parade.
Forever."
-Ben
"...our second unit is probably going to be a little better than your second unit…and by "probably going to be a little better than" I mean "is going to crush like a dump truck running over an empty beer can""
"YOU MOVE NOW! GREG DUNK BIG!"
-Dave
no reason we couldn't be one of the 2-4,8-9 losses all their loss colums ;)
The faith (and I'm a guy) perverts. :)
Nice job again!
By ten games into the season, the good teams had already separated themselves from the crummy ones, hadn’t they? So much for my hope that these tough opponents will be less imposing so early in the season.
Clearly, our young Blazers have their work cut out for them.
"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla
Good start yes. 10 and Oh no.
It would be nice if they started 10 and 0. I do think they will get off to a good start. 10-0 seems like a little much. Tough opponents in the first 10. Like San Antonio, Phoenix, and a tough divisional opponent in Utah.
by CanadianBlazerfan on Oct 18, 2008 3:09 PM PDT reply actions
If the blazers go 10-0...
I will make a video of me eating an entire box of kitty litter, soiled kitty litter….
5-5 would make me a happy camper…
RUDY > MJ
I'll be happy enough with 1-0
Let’s take down LA!
"Great Oden's raven!" - Ron Burgandy
by danevan on Oct 18, 2008 5:04 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
5-5 would be amazing
10-0 would be reason to drop out of school, quit my job, dump my girlfriend and hide in the wheel well of the blazers jet on road trips.
Oden/Pryz
LMA/Frye
WebFoot/Trout
Roy/Rudy
Blake/Bayless
**Champs 08-09**
by BigCelPhone on Oct 18, 2008 8:30 PM PDT reply actions
wow...
that’s going quite far… Which of these would you really do?
by hotstuffdb22 on Oct 18, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Run the poll again
and change the “Can” to “Will”. Its the only interpretation that makes sense.
The question allows for confusion. It appears that a large number thought the question meant “Is it POSSIBLE for the Blazers…”. Makes no sense to ask that. Of course they CAN, but most likely won’t. Why bother to ask when there’s only one answer?
I Don’t believe that many folks thought they WILL win 10.
Will the Blazers win the first ten?
In a figure of speech, No Way, but that’s not to say it isn’t possible. Thinking about that killers row of opening games, I see a silver lining. I’ll start with them winning the three games against Minn/Miami. They will need to do that consistently if they expect to compete this year. That leaves 7 games. If they can win 3 of 7, they go 6-4 for a Very good start.
I thought your headline was just a teaser and was hoping for a discussion of how they might actually do in the first 10 games. How many of the first 10 do you think they will win?
Here’s something for Jazz fans (not utah; Sax. utah should trade their name back to N.O. for some heart and become the utah seagulls).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6682C4WOxU
We can go 10-0 even playing our third unit. We do not need to play though, just the NBA surrenders to us.
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
I would pay extra to see that just once
ESPN with breaking news: In a surprise move, the X today announced they are too afraid of the Blazers to play them at home. “I don’t want to get dunked on by Oden again. No, not again!”, a player who requested anonymity stated. “I have nobody to match up against Fernandez. I give up.”, stated the coach.
Odenied: If you're given lemmings—make lemming-ade (Bow4Meow)
Yeah, and "We can bear the humiliation of 30 threes in a row once again".
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
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