The 2007-2008 Portland Trailblazers are for real.
Last night’s come-from-victory over the Nuggets (POR 99, DEN 96) was their 10th win in a row.
In the history of the NBA, mediocre teams do not win 10 games in a row, within any given year … especially with the No. 1 Pick Overall from the preceeding NBA Draft (i.e. All-World-To-Be, Greg Oden/C, 7-ft, 250 lbs), not having played a single game thus far.
The Blazers roster, right now, looks like this:
|
No. |
Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | DOB | Exp | College |
| 12 | Aldridge, LaMarcus | FC | 6-11 | 240 | 7/19/85 | 1 | Texas |
| 2 | Blake, Steve | PG | 6-3 | 172 | 2/26/80 | 4 | Maryland |
| 44 | Frye, Channing | FC | 6-11 | 245 | 5/17/83 | 2 | Arizona |
| 0 | Green, Taurean | G | 6-0 | 177 | 11/28/85 | R | Florida |
| 1 | Jack, Jarrett | PG | 6-3 | 197 | 10/28/83 | 2 | Georgia Tech |
| 33 | Jones, James | SF | 6-8 | 220 | 10/4/80 | 4 | Miami (FL) |
| 9 | LaFrentz, Raef | FC | 6-11 | 245 | 5/29/76 | 9 | Kansas |
| 4 | McRoberts, Josh | FC | 6-10 | 240 | 2/28/87 | R | Duke |
| 23 | Miles, Darius * | SF | 6-9 | 222 | 10/9/81 | 7 | None |
| 52 | Oden, Greg * | C | 7-0 | 250 | 1/22/88 | R | Ohio State |
| 25 | Outlaw, Travis | F | 6-9 | 215 | 9/18/84 | 4 | None |
| 10 | Przybilla, Joel | C | 7-1 | 255 | 10/10/79 | 7 | Minnesota |
| 11 | Rodriguez, Sergio | G | 6-3 | 168 | 6/12/86 | 1 | None |
| 7 | Roy, Brandon | G | 6-6 | 229 | 7/23/84 | 1 | Washington |
| 8 | Webster, Martell | GF | 6-7 | 229 | 12/4/86 | 2 | None |
* - Player injured
and is the youngest in the NBA.
Think about that for a moment, or two …
What’s the magic in Portland’s water at the moment?
As a young “Group of 5″, Brandon Roy (PG), Martell Webster (OG), Travis Outlaw (SF), Channing Frye (PF) and LaMarcus Aldridge (PF/C) are as talented (i.e. skilled, quick & strong, with good size, intensity & Basketball IQ) as any quintet in the NBA today.
Once Oden makes his debut, next season, and effectively addresses their deficiency in Rebounding (Differential = -3.1/#28); with a top flight coach (i.e. Nate McMillan) and a plethora of functional role players (e.g. Steve Blake, Jarrett Jack, Sergio Rodriguez, James Jones, Joel Pryzbilla, Raef LaFrentz) … this team is going to become entrenched in the upper echelon of the NBA for the next decade.
