Why the Blazers will win the NW

by Yawnie on Nov 29, 2008 5:08 AM PST

Despite all the trade talk etc. i think we should be discussing more important stuff like.............

Why the Blazers will win the NW

* We have possibly the deepest team in the NBA (although the L*kers will argue that)

* We arent relying on 2 or 3 guys playing heavy minutes, apart from broy everyone plays about 30 mins or less, meaning if we have injuries it is easier to cover, and our main rotation guys dont get too tired at the backend of the season

* Our +/- is significantly better despite playing a huge number of road games against quality opposition, last year we ended with -3 points per game or something like that. At the moment we are +5, which normally you could translate into a 50 win season

* We have positive assist to TO, rebounding, blocks, steals, practically every major category except FT%.

This is posted at midnight, please feel free to add some points that i have missed, but i really think we can win the NW this season, team chemistry and balance is looking great so far

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It will be a real battle to take down Utah

but I agree that the potential is there to do some wonderful things this season.

by Bust a Bucket on Nov 29, 2008 5:48 AM PST reply actions

Yep

Even if we do win 55, there’s no assurance that will surpass Utah. They might win close to 60. This is their last year to win the NW, and I don’t think they’ll go quietly into the night. With D-Will out, they kept winning. I’m not sure we’d have done the same without Brandon….

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by jscot on Nov 29, 2008 5:57 AM PST up reply actions

It will be interesting. At the moment, the difference between Utah, Denver, and Portland is pretty small...

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by timbo on Nov 29, 2008 8:12 AM PST reply actions

What difference? ;-)

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by amlmart1 on Nov 29, 2008 9:34 AM PST up reply actions

It Utah reaches full strength, they may pull in front again

They’re really underachieving so far this season.

by Timmay! on Nov 29, 2008 10:55 AM PST up reply actions

The Jazz are where they are with DWill playing about 3 games

I can’t see us beating them out.

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by jksnake99 on Nov 29, 2008 9:26 AM PST reply actions

The Jazz have played the easiest schedule in the league thus far...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerranking?season=2009&page=1&order=false

Check out the"SOS" metric. The Jazz have had the lowest in the league.

Their record without DWill is impressive, but it should be pointed outhow fortunate they’ve been that his injury corresponded with such an easy part of their schedule…

by jmerm on Nov 29, 2008 10:39 AM PST up reply actions

To contrast,

the Blazers have played the sixth-toughest schedule so far. Hmm.

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by rockingharder on Nov 29, 2008 1:36 PM PST up reply actions

The Oden factor

His maturation over the course of this year will determine if this is possible.

The sleeping giant that he has become in the eyes of the rest of the NBA is a very good thing for all of us in Blazer land. It has taken all the pressure completely off of him. This will reap huge bennies in the future. This year? More likely to arrive next year.

OT: Batum deserves even more minutes. Will we have 3 rookies in the rookie/soph game come All Star week end? Yes, yes and yes.

OT 2: Will the rookies win this year with Oden, Rudy and Batum? Could happen.

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by Heymoe on Nov 29, 2008 9:48 AM PST reply actions

im thinking if we can stay within 5 games of utah/denver

at the all star break, we can really push in the 2nd half, as most of our guys are not logginh huge minutes, plus our schedule eases up a bit then, so we can try and have a winning streak somewhere there too

by Yawnie on Nov 29, 2008 5:34 PM PST reply actions

FYI: At the moment it looks as if the NJ Nets are being very helpful by beating the Jaws for us.

Stay tuned

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by LaMarvelous on Nov 29, 2008 8:07 PM PST reply actions