because Rondo gave him fits in the playoffs last year.

>Portland shouldn’t be penalized for playing a weak OKC team
>and then Denver’s missed FYs. Are they THAT much better than
>last year? CJ has taken a leap in the playoffs and Kanter
>looks great so...yes?
>
>You can’t denigrate the league because the Warriors are
>great. There’s more parity this year than any in recent
>memory - but nobody is beating the Ws. That’s ok.

I know the Warriors are great and their competition the west is weaker than ever before.


>Utah made the WCF years ago (maybe it was the year Dallas lost
>to Ws in the firs round) and were significantly weaker than
>these Blazers are. Things are fine.

The last time Utah made the WCF was when Deron and Boozer were there 12 years ago.