Predict the Blazers season

[Village Idiot]

I saw this at the Miami board and loved the format RexBoyWonder put together so I am repurposing four our use.


1) How many wins will the Blazers have in the 2022-2023 season?

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Little, Keon, Sharpe, Walker, Watford, Sarr, other)?

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

10) What will our board posters write about Chauncey once this season is over?

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

13) Predict a RealGM Blazer-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

[Village Idiot]

1) How many wins will the Blazers have in the 2022-2023 season?

28 - It's going to quickly pivot to tanking

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?

no, not even close

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

Dame 26
Ant 21
Grant 14
Nurk 11
Hart 11

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?

Grant

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Little, Keon, Sharpe, Walker, Watford, Sarr, other)?

Walker. I can see him getting pt at forward once we give up hope

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

Keon. We can already see massive improvement

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

Nurk - I love the screens and the passing but the rest is pretty blah and his body language grates on me

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

Dame and Nurk to Miami for Bam, Lowry and their 2023 1st

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

The poor defense

10) What will our board posters write about Chauncey once this season is over?

your five best paid players aren't necessary your best five man unit. He didn't hold players accountable

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

Ant doubles his ppg after Dame gets traded

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

The Moda center is only half full for January games prior to the trade deadline

13) Predict a RealGM Blazer-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

TBPup and Discovery69 come back with a new "hold your shorts" thread in late January and again in June. We miss you Larry and Jim

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

A top 2 pick is success, failure is a your turn, my turn offense getting us the 8th seed

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

Getting Dame and Ant to give effort at both ends

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

Milwaukee wins it over the Clippers

[Case2012]

1) How many wins will the Blazers have in the 2022-2023 season?

32

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will they be?

No

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

Dame-25
Ant-19
Grant-16
Nurk-13
Hart-11


4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?

Grant

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Little, Keon, Sharpe, Walker, Watford, Sarr, other)?

Sharpe... He should be starting over Hart IMO. Could be roty with minutes

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

Dame.. He'll be more efficient.

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

Nurkic. He's trash, I can't rationalize his contract other than using it for a trade.

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

I don't see us letting Hart have the opportunity to walk, especially after we massively disappoint this season. I also think we'll trade Nas.

I'm hoping we make a big consolidating trade with most of our young guys for a proven vet or 2 but I don't trust Cronin's trading skills. My prediction is OG and or Vanderbilt.

Nurkic needs to go too.

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

Shaeden winning the starting 2 position after we sit Dame for the year again and Cronin making a big trade but overpays greatly.

10) What will our board posters write about Chauncey once this season is over?

How crazy it was that Olshey gave him a 5 year deal with no experience.

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

Shaedon averaging 2 steals and a block.

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

Billups getting fired. I can't see Jody doing it, but she did I would be shocked.

13) Predict a RealGM Blazer-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

I get banned after a trade deadline rant.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

Trading for win now vets, preferably an all star/ deciding to tank too late In the season again.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

Coaching and trades.

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

Golden State beats Milwaukee in 7.

[BlazersBroncos]

1) How many wins will the Blazers have in the 2022-2023 season? 30

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be? No

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

Damian Lillard 25ppg
Anfernee Simons 19ppg
Jerami Grant 17ppg
Jusuf Nurkic 15ppg
Josh Hart 13ppg

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)? Jerami Grant

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Little, Keon, Sharpe, Walker, Watford, Sarr, other)? Shadeon Sharpe

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year? Keon Johnson

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment? Anfernee Simons

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)? Josh Hart for another EC and a FRP

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both) Positive - Shadeon Sharpe displays absurd talent in maddingly few minutes Negative - Ant doesnt take the next step and has lower efficiency than last season

10) What will our board posters write about Chauncey once this season is over? 'The man who wasnt there'

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player. Nurkic is the only starter with over 4.5rpg

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season. Dame gets pissed at some point

13) Predict a RealGM Blazer-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s. Everyone is ready for a OKC / UTA / HOU level rebuild by the trade deadline

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year? Vic or Scoot, realistically the youngsters show more promise than head scratching moments

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year? Lack of top end talent will relegate us to fighting tooth and nail to make the play in

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions? Golden State Warriors beat the 76ers in the finals

[Norm2953]

1) How many wins will the Blazers have in the 2022-2023 season? 36

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be? Yes, 10

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be? Dame, Grant, Ant Nurkic, Hart
PPG is unknown for Portland likely will be tank mode again after the AS break

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?

Grant will have the best stats but Trendan Watford might be playing a lot of minutes if Nurk gets hurt (again)

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Little, Keon, Sharpe, Walker, Watford, Sarr, other)?

Watford

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year? Watford

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment? Grant given the expectations

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?rtlan

Portland will trade Hart who is an expiring contract

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

Portland looking to tank despite their payroll

10) What will our board posters write about Chauncey once this season is over?

Portland wishing Chauncey best wishes in his future endeavors. He is an impossible situation

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

Portland playing better without Lillard

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

The fans cheering the end of the season

13) Predict a RealGM Blazer-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s. ???

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

The season will be useful if the team finally realizes what needs to happen before the team begins to win again

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

I'd like to see solid development of the younger players, Watford, Sharpe, etc

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

Boston defeats the Clippers in six

The 2022-23 season will be two races to the top and bottom. One real dark horse to be a force will be the
Pelicans if Zion can play 70+ games. Portland will eventually find itself if Chauncey relents and allows the team
to play the way Dame wants. He either relents or gets fired but by the time this gets settled, Portland will be
lingering around 9/10 in a very tough western conference. They will have to decide whether to tank enough to
get into the lottery or finish 9/10 and be a tougher out against the 7/8 seed.

[HoopsFanAZ]

1) How many wins will the Blazers have in the 2022-2023 season? 42
2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be? 7

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Little, Keon, Sharpe, Walker, Watford, Sarr, other)? This year, Little will get more time on court followed by Watford, but Little at a 50-50 chance of being traded.

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)? Hart, Johnson, Little [Cronin not done with Toronto and OG]
9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both). Two rookies as part of a 10 man rotation by season’s end — both Sharpe and Walker.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year? Reaching the 2nd round of the playoffs.
15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year? Health.