The Portland Trailblazers

[CPHawk]

Blazers are 16-4 in the last 20 games. Pretty good run going.

 

[hawksfansinceday1]

Good win last night, and needed IMO.

 

[m0ng0]

beat the Pacers!

 

[m0ng0]

just took out the mighty Knicks These are the gimme games we are actually winning now!

 

[Atradees]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14877651/chemistry-commitment-blazers-ahead-schedule

This is a good article that defines the season and some of the players.

 

[m0ng0]

a friend of mine tried to sooth my fears when we drafted CJ, he said these two are going to be the next Thomas and Dumars, its starting to come true !

 

[Atradees]

Yes I liked McCullom's potential and Crabbe as well.

I am kinda shocked that these guys are playing defense.

Lilliard and CJ can cut to the rim and shoot the long ball.

Its hard to temper my enthusiasm. At some point, a small forward and power forward need to emerge.

I like Harkless......and Davis though. Wonder if Plumblee or some other guy eventually goes stud?

Plumblee passes so well and runs like a deer, 20 and 10 a game? He can do eet!

 

[m0ng0]

Yeah I agree, as I (and probably you said) they will be fun to watch and win or lose its been an awesome year, Crabbe and Meyer Leonard are at the end of their contracts, what to do, what to do? I am all for resigning Crabbe, but Leonard I am not sure about, however he is only 24

 

[Atradees]

Yeah, I feel that. Leonard is a difficult choice, Maybe his inconsistency will keep his price down at this point???

 

[Hawk-Lock]

I got to give this team its props, and I'll eat some crow. They're playing much better than I thought. This team has cost me a lot of money from through "sports investing." Should be a good game tonight, but I do think they fall to a hot Celtics team. This is their 4th game in 5 nights and the second of a back-to-back.

SportsCenter had a sit-down conversation with Lillard and McCollum last night. Good to see they're getting some attention.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14882481

 

[m0ng0]

4 games in 5 nights and a 2am arrival in Boston this morning was not a good mix. got thrashed tonight!

 

[Alexander]

4 games in 5 nights and a 2am arrival in Boston this morning was not a good mix. got thrashed tonight!

It wasn't pretty, and it sure looked like the schedule affected them. Fortunately, they'll get a day off before each of the next two games. If they can play well (not necessarily win, but at least play well in a losing effort) against Toronto and beat Detroit, this will have been a very successful road trip.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

The Celtics are one tough team. I don't know if there is a better on-ball defender at the guard position than Avery Bradley. He was hounding Lillard all night, even denying him the ball. Rarely do you ever see that in the NBA. Reminded me of college basketball. If more guys played like Bradley, I think people would enjoy the NBA a lot more. Charles Barkley recently said that the NBA is basically un-watchable. I couldn't agree more.

 

[m0ng0]

man that was a tough loss to the Raptors, they were down by 16 at one point and got it to a 2 point game, showed some fire even in a loss like that.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Blazers ran out of gas on the second half of the roadtrip. However, the first 3 games of the roadtrip were against weaker opponents, whereas the last 3 were against pretty quality teams. I said it earlier, but 3-3 would be a success.

 

[hawksfansinceday1]

Blazers ran out of gas on the second half of the roadtrip. However, the first 3 games of the roadtrip were against weaker opponents, whereas the last 3 were against pretty quality teams. I said it earlier, but 3-3 would be a success.

I'd agree with that. They 3 home games this week and I think they need to win a minimum 2 of 3 to get some mo back. All three are winnable, Wizards, Magic and Mavericks.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

The Cavs just lost to the Grizz in a game where the Grizz rested all of their starters. This is why I hate the NBA. I watched most of the game and it looked like the Cavs didn't even care.

 

[hawksfansinceday1]

The Cavs just lost to the Grizz in a game where the Grizz rested all of their starters. This is why I hate the NBA. I watched most of the game and it looked like the Cavs didn't even care.

Only NBA I watch are the Blazers, some playoffs and the finals. And unfortunately I don't get that many Blazer games cuz I have Direc. That whole thing annoys the shit out of me but that's a different discussion.

 

[Atradees]

Blazers need a third chess peice. Consistent scorer and playmaker. No one else beyond the guards has the mojo.

 

[Atradees]

Vonleh is acidentakly waiting to happen. He needs to be in the D league. PF is a spot the blazers need an upgrade. Tenacious defender and inside scorer would really help this team.