Post#5 » by mkwest » Thu Aug 5, 2010 7:17 am
I hope that we can surprise some people, especially Portland. There's going to be some really good match ups and storylines going on in this game. My one hope is that both teams are at full strength and have healthy seasons. Neither team has had the chance to really know how good they truly are due to injuries. Portland has fared a whole lot better than us, but need to see themselves at full strength. We had a near .500 team last season without Griffin before the wind was let out of sails. That was with giving up games that we shouldn't have. The personnel is different this year, so there's going to be some ups and downs, but hopefully more ups than in recent seasons.