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For anyone thinking Portland might be a play-in team. The west has never been better and this is the perfect time for a “down to the studs” rebuild



For anyone thinking Portland might be a play-in team. The west has never been better and this is the perfect time for a “down to the studs” rebuild

by blowdarts69

19 Comments

  1. toadtruck

    I see a bunch of old washed bums. Blazers in 5

  2. Sum_Dum_Gui

    Who in their right mind would think the Blazers will make the playoffs?

  3. Mean-Cockroach-8802

    We need an ACE up our sleeve to capture the FLAGG!

  4. blazer4ever

    Although I agree that Blazers are no where near a playin or playoff team, usually teams do not progress linearly, when things click it would be super fast for a team to become good. Nobody talks about Edwards or KAT last year but one year later they are probably the favorites to win the West.

    And also, even though West is good, there is no single team is as good as the Warriors had been, so I would be cautious optimistic about the Blazers being competitive down the road.

  5. ateamhasnonam3

    Dude all those fools have to go through Deni now. They’re the ones shaking..

  6. grimyliving

    In any normal year having two fringe all-stars (Ayton, Simons) would be enough to sneak into the play-in. This year? We’ll see how things shake out.

  7. It’s just so hard to project a team with so many young players as we have little to no history of what they provide and how consistently they provide it. Honestly if we’re better than we were this past season I think I’d be happy. Wasn’t too excited about Clingan at first but after doing more research on him I’m super hyped for what he can be and he seems excited to be a blazer. And I still believe in Scoot and think if Shaedon is healthy he can one day be a star player. Haven’t even gotten into the Deni trade yet. Overall we got a long way to go but I think we’re going somewhere good and that’s good for me rn

  8. Krustykrab8

    If blazers can land ace or Flagg next draft (and they live up to expectations of course) I want next season to begin the ascension.
    Future lineup of
    Scoot
    Shae
    Flagg/ace
    Deni
    Ayton /clingan?

    Would be an awesome core

  9. gerrard_1987

    An underrated part of the Clingan signing is how he’ll defend those elite bigs like Jokic and Wemby into the future. Don’t know why I haven’t heard any mention of that in the 3-4 draft reaction podcasts I’ve listened to. Not to mention that Clingan has shown range out to three, separating himself from the limitations of someone like Gobert.

  10. ciroc__obama

    If you don’t put a second of thought in it and take things completely out of context this tweet is completely right

  11. BunkHammer

    All these dudes are afraid of getting dunked on by Shaedon

  12. No serious Blazers fans are predicting playoffs or even play-in. They’re at least 2 years away from making real noise.

  13. househeadfan

    Why is Dejounte on this list

    Also no one is scared of Harden, Kat, and the inevitably injured corpse of Zion in the playoffs

  14. RunninOnMT

    Good. The best outcome is for us to look great, be in the hunt for a playoff spot, realize that’s not going to happen and then shut down a bunch of our guys for “injuries” (read: they’re fine, we’d just be tanking) and then win the lotto or get a really nice pick.

    I mean don’t get me wrong, that’ll make the second half of next season hell to watch as a fan, but that’s the best outcome of our team.

  15. mighty_hubris

    hardest Western Conference of all time? they all looked pretty mediocre in the playoffs

  16. jackalope503

    If we suck we suck but I just don’t want us to intentionally suck. Being competitive and in the mix is so much better for our young guys’ development than getting wrecked every night.

  17. rexter2k5

    I don’t think we will be a play in team. But I also don’t think the Spurs will be any closer. Clippers and Suns look poised to continue regressing. Rockets are still waiting to see if they have a star in all those draft picks and so on.

    Are the Blazers better than these teams? No, I don’t think so. But I don’t think it’s gonna be lonely at the bottom entirely because somebody’s gotta lose.

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