Portland Trail Blazers 2020-21 season eve roundtable – Wins, Finals, & Dame Time
Q4. Can the Blazers reach the NBA Finals?
Ed Stein
I think they can make it to the Finals, but it won’t be easy. The first step is to take the Northwest Division. Next is to win enough games to be a top-two seed. Then win each playoff series in six or fewer games. Portland has their chance at the Western Conference Finals if they do the above and the other top-two seed struggles through a few seven-game series. Like I said, It won’t be easy.
Chris Phillips
Yes, they can. The better question is, will they, and that answer is no. LeBron will get the calls to make it to the finals again.
Any team can make the NBA finals, except for the Knicks, Cavs, and Pistons. In a vacuum (or bubble?), the Blazers should make the finals, but they won’t as long as LeBron James is healthy.
Teresa Powe
Whether the Blazers reach the Finals has everything to do with them. Portland has the second most amazing backcourt in the NBA, a good center, and a bench so deep Terry Stotts will have to find minutes for some of them. If Portland can keep Lillard, Nurkic, and Rodney Hood healthy, their regular season should be great.
Carmelo Anthony coming off the bench means the second unit should have enough scoring to keep them in every game. In my opinion, the Portland Trail Blazers shouldn’t be in the position they were in last season. They should be the fourth or the very least fifth seed in the West.
Chip Clark
The Blazers can make it, but they have a rough path in the Western Conference and competing against some of the best teams in the NBA multiple times a year. If they were in the East, they’d have a much better chance. But with how good the West is, it’s a long shot.
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