You and Manzell are preaching loud and proud, my brother, and I hope that you are prophets letting us now that the promise land is here and now. The Blazers are certainly stacked with talent and Paul Allen has more paper than God. And KP practically walks on water. We just need to stay healthy, gain experience and continue to gel as a team.

Is this a force of nature about to erupt into a dynasty? I believe!

you sound just like me when I’ve had a few too many… usually by that point I don’t have the ability to type. I like your style dude.

or anything really. There is a lot of baggage with that term in addition to it sounding extremely arrogant.

I do like the optimism though. Sometimes I just watch Roy’s amazing 3 against Houston over and over.

I know, the connotations and baggage that Magnum alludes to aren’t good… but it does make a unique and creative catch-phrase/book title for the coming era of Blazers basketball.

Aka the “Free Agent Sweepstakes of the Century”. That could significantly alter the landscape in the NBA, and change the balance of power for the next five years and more. I don’t need to repeat which names are in play. After that summer, Cleveland could be a dominant force with two max players. Or New York. New Jersey. Orlando. Memphis (don’t laugh). The Lakers might be dead. Or not.

Also, the Isiah Thomas dumbness is not out of the league already. E.g. Utah owns the Knicks 2010 first round pick. Unprotected. If the Knicks continue to screw up and send out all of their expensive guys hoping to land The One, a collateral damage could be that Utah lands a top draft prospect. Maybe it doesn’t matter when Boozer and AK47 run away before that.

Or an aging team sucks massively for one or two years and lands a Tim Duncan in the draft process like the Spurs did. Mavs anyone? Suns? Celtics?

Little things like that can prevent a decade of Blazer dominance. We will see.

just kidding. :)

Your enthusiasm is great, so while you may be jumping the gun a little here, it still made for a fun read.

Right now I am just hoping that the Blazers can sustain this level of play for most of the regular season and go strong into the playoffs.

In the words of Tom Petty “The Sky is the Limit!”

MANIFEST DYNASTY!!!! Right back at ya!

What if you are right? What if the Blazers do manage to win it all, and very shortly? And what if they stay right there at the top for the next ten years? What if they fashion an NBA dynasty to make all others pale in comparison?

Now consider what that means if the conventional wisdom is correct — if it’s true that the league can only be successful if the major market teams dominate. Then, Portland’s dynasty spells the doom of the NBA!

So, ponder this for a minute. If the triumph of the Blazers must inevitably lead to the downfall of the NBA, shouldn’t we, as sophisticated and caring sports fans, instead hope for a resurgence of the kind of rivalry that infused such vitality into the league back in the days of Bird and Magic? Shouldn’t we hope for a decade of Lakers-Knicks finals? Ought we not to set aside our selfish hopes for Blazer dominion and root against our team for the sake of all?

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Nah. :)

There are some dudes that own futbol/football/soccer teams in Europe that out-rich Mr. Allen. A couple crazy rich crazy dudes with crazy pasts and crazy stories about how they got so stinkin’ crazy rich.

Just an FYI.

I’m freakin’ excited, too. I really really really really REALLY hope that we can avoid the devestating injuries… minor ones we can deal with.

I love that!!

See, that’s the deal – if they all like each other and are not fighting over the available minutes, but working hard with each other to make each other better, then of course the right move is to stand pat and let them continue to develop.

Nice post R&BA – Elgin.

Enough perfectly laid down R&B Attak!.

The pages of destiny have turned quickly in recent weeks.