SBNation: NBA Power Rankings

by Rafael Figueira on Oct 26, 2010 12:52 PM PDT

Blazers are ranked #6 in the West, as one of the "Teams That Could Go Either Way (Not That There's Anything Wrong With That)":

The Blazers did very little to improve their team from last season and are banking on getting key guys Brandon Roy and Greg Oden healthy. If they can keep their core group off the training table and on the court, they should be decent again. They traded away a lot of depth by moving Martell Webster and Jerryd Bayless, and they still haven't resolved the questions about how Andre Miller and Rudy Fernandez fit. They will be a good team and win games but the magic seems to be gone from Rip City. Or is it?

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I don't understand why people don't consider Camby as an improvement that we didn't have last year

I haven’t seen the rankings but I’m gonna go ahead and assume the Thunder are ranked higher. Their offseason improvements exactly? I’m done with preseason power rankings, people can think whatever they want, we’ll let our play do the talking.

by sammymohawk on Oct 26, 2010 1:03 PM PDT reply actions

yes, Thunder are #3

Behind Lakers and Mavs. You’re right, preseason rankings are just another way to handle the hoopless months…

by Rafael Figueira on Oct 26, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Cole Aldrich man

Must be it

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by RyanRTE on Oct 26, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions

I guess so...

Someone must know something I don’t because a lot of people are expecting a major jump from the Thunder…we’ve covered this topic a million times here, but for me Durant was already scoring 30 ppg last year and it got you to 50 wins. You didn’t significantly improve in the offseason and you’re not sneaking up on anyone this year. Oh well…preseason rankings are wrong 99.9% of the time, they’re just speculation and they give us something to talk about while we wait for the real deal to start.

by sammymohawk on Oct 26, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions

not to mention

It’s very unlikely they’ll be as healthy as they were last season, starters averaged 79 games each. I just can’t wait to get the season started and let the play do the talking..

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by RyanRTE on Oct 26, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Westbrook is still learning, too. Don't underestimate that.

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by KeepItCopacetic on Oct 26, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions

I agree that people are forgetting about Camby

We only had Camby for 23 games last year.

Here’s a little research I did with last years numbers…
with Camby we were 17-6 -— .73 winning %
without him we were 33-26 -— .56 winning %

Keep in mind, this doesn’t take into account the schedule, or other players that missed significant time — but interesting nonetheless.

by blazerbeliever on Oct 26, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions

First

by Rafael Figueira on Oct 26, 2010 1:04 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs

Bevis!

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by timbo on Oct 26, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Talk about a weak write up

Says they should be decent again? Wow, what an insightful prediction.

No mention of Matthews, who is a better fit than both Webster and Bayless. No mention of Camby. Nothing about the fact that the Blazers missed 300 games last season. I hope someone sends all these idiotic rankings to Nate so he can use them to fire up the team.

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by koyote on Oct 26, 2010 3:12 PM PDT reply actions

this is really lazy journalism

no real digging to see if we are better or not, its almost like he/she read the headlines for blazers for the last 3months and went off that.

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by lanepete on Oct 26, 2010 4:18 PM PDT reply actions

+1
i won’t belabor the point but it is obvious that the writer is completely unfamiliar with the team or the circumstances of last season.

by revdjweb on Oct 28, 2010 6:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Blazers are indeed less deep than they were last year...

……………………….. Not to mention that OKC stole the team’s Best Kids in the NBA mojo.

“Could go either way” strikes me as accurate.

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by timbo on Oct 26, 2010 4:59 PM PDT reply actions

Strange Win Loss Predictions

They predict that the Thunder, Spurs, and Blazers will all have 50 wins. Then Utah is 4th with 53 wins. Denver, at 7, also has 53 wins. Makes no sense at all.

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by NoGame on Oct 26, 2010 5:24 PM PDT reply actions