While most NBA analysts have predicted the Los Angeles Lakers to finish as the top seed in the Western Conference, many of those same people have chosen teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks, and Houston Rockets to earn the other top seeds.
These predictions may become reality as the course of the NBA season plays itself out. But I also can't help but think that the Portland Trail Blazers may be one of the most overlooked teams in the NBA. Although few NBA pundits are talking about Portland’s team, they should take notice of the team’s potential.
Long gone are the days of the Portland Jail Blazers, where players such as Shawn Kemp, Rasheed Wallace, Bonzi Wells, Ruben Patterson, and Damon Stoudamire had their share of off-court troubles and earned the team a bad reputation.
Over the past few years, the Trail Blazers have quietly put together a deep and talented team. With team owner billionaire Paul Allen willing to spend on building a quality team, the Blazers acquired one of the best coaches in the league in Nate McMillan.
Certainly the core of players on the team are highly talented in ...
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Portland Trail Blazers: Dark Horse Contender in the NBA
September 13th, 2010 by Ethan S Leave a reply »
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