Western Conference: #4 seed (4 of 8)

[dirkules_41]

Portland beat Denver? and people complain about Raptor fans...

Well... I just complained about both on the other thread

[rocketsballin]

dallas can do some damage w/ howard/marion at the 2/3. if one of them can play lock down or close to lock down defense it'll be hard for melo not to struggle vs them. denver's bench isnt much for scoring so its on their starting unit for offense, and i dont see denver adding much else to their roster, basically the same team as last year.

[MHZ]

dallas can do some damage w/ howard/marion at the 2/3. if one of them can play lock down or close to lock down defense it'll be hard for melo not to struggle vs them. denver's bench isnt much for scoring so its on their starting unit for offense, and i dont see denver adding much else to their roster, basically the same team as last year.

The same team that handled Dallas in the playoffs? Yep, that same team. Not sure Shawn Marion changes that.

[JordansBulls]

Looks like a Denver vs Dallas 1st round rematch.

[snozard]

Portland beat Denver? and people complain about Raptor fans...

You realize they had the same record last year? It's a matter of which team improved the most this offseason.

[Bskey]

Portland beat Denver? and people complain about Raptor fans...

I don't see why people seem to think Denver will be so much better than the Blazers. They finished with the exact same record last year, Portland has improved their roster while Denver's bench has taken hits without any real improvement anywhere else.

If Portland fans were as bad as people claim they'd be able to get number 1 seed no problem. It's in no way being homers for Portland to pick themselves over Denver, it's pretty realistic.