Umm, has anoyone noticed the washington win gaurantees us a winning season for the third year in a row?

by blazerbeliever97504 on Mar 20, 2010 8:56 AM PDT

After all the talk from Ban and Dave about how horrable the Washington game was(and rightfully so) i started checking stats and just being a general stat geek. I notice that, despite a horrable game we now have 42 wins. It was only roughly just under three seasons ago we wished for a 42-40 record.

Please understand i don't mean to chastise or anything even close, this last game was ROUGH. My goal is to point out the as yet unseen positives of were we currently sit. Throw out the game we just played, if you can, and we are 42-28.....WAY over .500. We sit at #8 and very close to #5 (1.5 games separate us and OKC) We have gone through more than any other team could want to save for the Warriors and we have shown more heart than i have seen from a blazer team maybe ever. I think about the Pippen/ Sabonis/ B Grant teams and the Drexler era teams and wonder, which era teams have more heart? (I'm too young for anything pre drexler, sorry)

I will include a poll i think to see what you all think, i will vote for this team personally. Those other teams (from memory) never went through the type of stuff this team has seen this year, Injuries, huge expectations, front office firings, etc,etc. We are supremely fortunate to sit where we do as we all wake up this morning. We have a top 10 PG, a top 3 SG, our SF is a stud defensively and young, our PF who some call soft is still a very good player, AND we now have a legit center in Camby, throw in our bench and this is a very good team. I know some will call Camby a PF who plays center but this is semantics imo. And lastly, as bad as that game was Roy still won it for us. Again, roughly three seasons ago what would anyone of you have given to say to your self "they are down one, get it to <name> and he will win it for us". Fast forward to now and after rookie of the year, three all-star appearances, 2nd team all NBA, and lord knows how many game winners, we have that guy!

I personally love where we are today, good or bad. Just my thought.

Poll

Most heart?

Roy era?

66 votes

Drexler era?

47 votes

Pippen era?

12 votes

125 votes | Poll has closed

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I noticed

thanks for reminding

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by Honka Playboy on Mar 20, 2010 9:27 AM PDT reply actions

The had 41 wins in 07-08, not a winning record.

by sevyms on Mar 20, 2010 9:43 AM PDT reply actions

Sorry… They

by sevyms on Mar 20, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Bah! my bad

I guess since we were so bad before that year for several years i have allways looked at going 41-41 that year as a win, but point noted.

by blazerbeliever97504 on Mar 20, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions

3rd straight...

Non losing season =)

by IndustrialRevolution on Mar 20, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions

We had that clinched before yesterday though...

by GMan83201 on Mar 20, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions

the bar has been raised.

expectations are higher now than three years ago, and rightfully so.

winning 42 games and grabbing a low playoff seed does not make a successful season.

I get your point, but I’m looking forward, not back. Playing the type of ball we played last night this late in the season is a big red flag.

"I want to be traded to a contender" is almost always code-speak for "I'm a loser."
-Dave, 2/5/2010: http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/2/5/1297509/no-amore-for-amare

by douglast on Mar 20, 2010 9:54 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

rec

Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984

by jksnake99 on Mar 20, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions

I hear ya douglast

but the thing is we arent ending the year today, we have 10+ games left and could go on a hot streak and end at 50 wins and maybe a 6 or even 5 seed, is this probable? no……but we are still in great position to do so. Last nights play was disturbing but that was after 4 days off and a let down was not out of the ordinary…..that was bad last night but not something we cant look past, rock it the rest of the way and go hard into the playoffs.

Yes, i am an optimist lol

by blazerbeliever97504 on Mar 20, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions

Agreed.

Even with what has happened this year, anything less than a 6 or 7 game series in the 1st round will be a major disappointment. If they can pull an upset and get into the 2nd round, job very well done.

They don’t hand out hardware for consecutive seasons of 41+ wins.

by Free Bayless on Mar 21, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions

Is the ball we played in a previous 10 games

A green flag? Bah, I need a good freakout anyhow.

by Sound_Automatic on Mar 21, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions

agreed.

My expectations are raised. 41 wins don’t cut it anymore.

The 2012-13 NBA season: a dynasty begins.

by OVERTIME on Mar 21, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Not to criticize but I've seen a lot of heart this year

but not nearly as much as I’d like. There have been games this year where we look like we didn’t care, and not just I were hoping to see more from the team. Last years team had more heart than this years for sure, but I am very happy with the way the team is coming together now and despite the rough season, how much heart has been shown.

Being a Blazer fan is not exactly healthy.

by dpnim on Mar 20, 2010 10:11 AM PDT reply actions

But we did surpass Simmons preseason prediction of 41 wins

Despite the ridiculous number of injuries

Get well Greg! Rip City is still behind you!

by axel360 on Mar 20, 2010 4:04 PM PDT reply actions

Pippon era?

Can we use Arvidas era instead. Pippon smelled up the court and cost me money.

by Blazersaurus on Mar 20, 2010 6:15 PM PDT reply actions

Pippon?

Who is this Pippon you speak of, and to answer your question, NO! It is my post and i will use Pippen if i choose (said tongue in cheek)

by blazerbeliever97504 on Mar 20, 2010 7:02 PM PDT reply actions

more importantly,

if we beat phx 2morrow, things will be looking much better.

spurs have a high chance of losing, because the play vs. atlanta. so we would be in 7th place and 1/2 game behind phx for 6th spot; and we would hold the tie breaker against both phx and san antonio.

by 64-18 on Mar 20, 2010 11:56 PM PDT reply actions

I voted Pippen era because I remember how Pippen went into the most pressure packed games and played

like it was nothing because he had 6 rings.

by BRoyInThe4th on Mar 21, 2010 1:50 AM PDT reply actions

Wait

we’ve had Roy for four years, made it to the playoffs once, and automatically it’s an “era?” Drexler was around longer and alot more successful. Let’s see what our Roy-led Blazers accomplish first before we hail them a success.

The 2012-13 NBA season: a dynasty begins.

by OVERTIME on Mar 21, 2010 11:16 PM PDT reply actions