Fess up

I'd like to hear what people got wrong this year. I predicted 42 wins. I know Dave predicted Bayless would be more of an impact player than Rudy in the short term. I've read more than a few posts where people trumpet their prescience. I'd like to know what you got wrong. Fess up.

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I predicted 51 wins...

I thought Oden would average 15 PPG and 12 RPG… I guess he’s been a little, er, underwhelming. But the team as a whole has been overwhelming!

by tominrehab on Apr 15, 2009 11:20 PM PDT reply actions

I thought Portland would be the #7 seed & that Bayless would beat Sergio out & challenge Blake. I also expected a breakout year from Martell & a trade of Travis.

by Marvin100 on Apr 15, 2009 11:21 PM PDT reply actions

i predicted rudy would own the 3pt record for a rookie by making over 165 3pters.

"There are a few teams you have to watch out for in the fourth quarter."
"Yeah, but Portland definitely is not one of them."

-New Orleans Hornets broadcasters at the end of the third quarter with the Hornets leading 74-59. Portland later ends up winning 97-89.

"They don't mind him shooting that shot at all. Rudy Fernandez is not that great of a 3pt shooter."

-New Orleans Hornets broadcasters right after a Rudy Fernandez missed 3pter. Rudy Fernandez finished the game with three 3pters on six attempts.

by Tofu Anonymous on Apr 15, 2009 11:27 PM PDT reply actions

I predicted 48-49 wins

and an 8th seed spot, 3rd in the division, and a Sergio trade before the deadline. Glad i’m bad at predicting!

by Phantom3314 on Apr 15, 2009 11:31 PM PDT reply actions

I bet a L*ker fan "friend" that the Blazers would win 50 games this year

God it couldn’t have turned out better.

Rudy, Rudy, Rudy,
Roy, Roy, Roy!

by joelor on Apr 15, 2009 11:31 PM PDT reply actions

i bet a l*ker fan friend Greg Oden

Would get 10 Points in one of the first ten games. That could have gone better

by usdblazerfan on Apr 15, 2009 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions

...

All I wanted was for us to be in the playoffs and thought we would be #7 or #8 seed. Never expected us to hit 50 wins or have home court advantage.

-brandonmitchell.org

by brandonmitchell on Apr 15, 2009 11:37 PM PDT reply actions

i predicted

48 wins, 8th seed, and a 7 game series loss to the L*kers…

halfway through.. i readjusted myself into dreaming about 51 wins and a 6th seed with the slight chance for a first round upset…

they just kept stepping it up..

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Apr 15, 2009 11:44 PM PDT reply actions

I predicted

That rudy would win rookie of the year and win sixth man …

by YikesItsCameron on Apr 15, 2009 11:53 PM PDT reply actions

I can honestly say that

I perdicted 55 wins and a 4th seed. I also thought Cleveland would barely be over .500, and that Houston would face Boston in the finals. But I got the important part correct!

by ggassen85 on Apr 15, 2009 11:57 PM PDT reply actions

i predicted cleveland in the finals

Truth never was or can be propagated by fire and sword - Albert Gallatin

by Zaron5551 on Apr 16, 2009 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions

i had:

56-2 wins shy but not bad, NW division-a share of it but officially to Den, and 3rd place-was a possibility but 4th will do just fine.

http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/7/7/563250/why-it-should-matter-to-yo#7237134

"Damn the Blazers. Damn them to hell. They are working the rest of the league like a speed bag." - Bill Simmons 6/26/08

by SpyderRyder on Apr 16, 2009 12:04 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Good job.

If I recall correctly, you were also correct about Portland getting Bayless before the draft.

Maybe I should have you picking horses for me.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Apr 16, 2009 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions

56

We don’t have those problems. On to my homeristic prediction of 56 wins for the Blazers.

by tweener on Jul 5, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply reply actions actions 0 recs

by tweener on Apr 16, 2009 12:05 AM PDT reply actions

48 win prediction for me.

But I thought it would be close with division title. Of course, that was before the Iverson-Billups trade.

Very nice to be wrong in this instance.

put a body on 'em

by RayBourque on Apr 16, 2009 12:10 AM PDT reply actions

i predicted 48 wins and a loss in the WCF to the spurs in 7 games

;-)

by prezofdeath on Apr 16, 2009 12:11 AM PDT reply actions

i said 53 and 5th

im happily short one in both

How did you guys win that?
"We scored enough points. We scored 107, they scored 105.
-Nate McMillan Postgame, 3/4/2009

by douglast on Apr 16, 2009 12:11 AM PDT reply actions

52 or 53..don't remember.

I’m guilty of thinking Bayless would have been a rotation player and fighting for the starting spot.

by Bskey on Apr 16, 2009 12:13 AM PDT reply actions

i said 50 wins and a 7th seed

i thought greg would get 10 and 10 and that Martell would break out

Woof

by Charles Barkley McLovin on Apr 16, 2009 12:14 AM PDT reply actions

I predicted that Oden would play 82 games and average a double double.

It was in response to an incredibly annoying “Oden is injury prone” naysayer at work… The first two weeks of the season were hell in the office.

by TimG on Apr 16, 2009 12:15 AM PDT reply actions

I should add, that he's also a HUGE beaver fan

So, needless to say, after that hell of a November at work, 65-38 was sweet, sweet, sweet.

by TimG on Apr 16, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions

I think I had us for 46

by jksnake99 on Apr 16, 2009 12:17 AM PDT reply actions

I didn't think Oden would be foul prone at all

and had us down for about 47 wins.

by Royster on Apr 16, 2009 12:17 AM PDT reply actions

I thought we'd win the division and Oden would be a beast.

I thought Oden 18pt 10+Reb 1.5blks a night

I’m such a Homer and wishful thinking. I also thought the team would be different as far as the trade deadline.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
-John Wooden
If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.
-Herschel Walker

Go Blazerss!!! Playoff time!

by DaNoose on Apr 16, 2009 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions

I had us for 81 wins

Splitting the season series with Cleveland. Whoops!

If you ever hear of someone punching out a girl scout and stealing her Samoas, it was me
- Mortimer

by Clevelander among roses on Apr 16, 2009 1:07 AM PDT reply actions

48

by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 16, 2009 2:18 AM PDT reply actions

53

by coolguyrob on Apr 16, 2009 2:46 AM PDT reply actions

50 wins

7th seed, and im PISSED.

by 5212872 on Apr 16, 2009 3:27 AM PDT reply actions

I predicted 46 wins going game by game through the schedule, and 7th seed

I also thought the Clippers would be pretty good, which turned out wrong. I didn’t remember how bad Dunleavy was and thought they would get their act together instead of trading into a worse situation. I even called out Dave on them ;-)

“Yet you are really underestimating one team by only mentioning them in one passing sentence: THE LA CLIPPERS”

To me, that looks like a team with a good mix of experience and youth able to sneak into the playoffs just as well as our more talented but still very young team. I think we finish ahead of the Clippers, but that’s not guaranteed in any way.

http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/9/18/617508/portland-s-seeding-possibi#8845012

Greg Oden = Robert Parish (HOF, 4x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star). The only other rookie with more than 500 points, 400 rebounds, and 65 blocks in under 1400 minutes played. Since 1946.

by Norsktroll on Apr 16, 2009 4:05 AM PDT reply actions

Although the predictions below were a bit tongue in cheek ...

… the part about winning the championship were not.

http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/9/30/625777/webster-vs-outlaw-part-5-6#9110328

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Apr 16, 2009 7:23 AM PDT reply actions

I had us at 45 victories.

And in the playoffs. I was also convinced that 50 wins would be much more rare for playoff contenders than it was. Everyone is entitled to be wrong once. The good news for the rest of you is that I’m using all of your errors so that you don’t have to. :p

http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/8/3/585935/blazer-victories#7857601

Of all the things that can be expressed in the printed word – love, hate, fear, joy – true humor is the one that is the most difficult of all. Sarcasm, for example, is an art of delicate subtlety. Yet too many people wield it as a bulldozer – loud, smelly, ugly, and destructive – and think they are being funny.

by T Darkstar on Apr 16, 2009 7:51 AM PDT reply actions