我本来打算发布有关开拓者队外面的一面，但是在周末我开始考虑我们的阵容，这让我的果汁流动了，所以另一个至少必须再等一天。当我考虑我们的阵容时，这让我感到震惊，如果这是我们发送到本赛季开始的小组，那么有很多有趣的问题需要回答...
The Backcourt
--Who starts at point guard, Jack or Blake?
--How will Jarrett cope with the pressure either way?
--Will Sergio play well and consistently enough to earn minutes. (One thing is for sure this year...if he's seeing the court for decent minutes it either means he's playing well or they really believe in him as our future.)
--If Taurean Green makes the squad can he surprise everybody and earn a spot in the rotation?
——将罗伊跟踪恒星赛季with a reasonable leap forward or will we see a sophomore slump?
- Can Martell找到了作为备用得分后卫的分钟？想一想，他可以在任何地方找到好几分钟吗？
The Forwards
- 威尔·特拉维斯（Travis）取消赢得首发位置还是至少要大分时间？每个人都认为三巨头是罗伊（Roy），奥登（Oden）和奥尔德里奇（Aldridge），但在得分方面，我们的三巨头可能是罗伊（Roy），奥尔德里奇（Aldridge）和特拉维斯（Travis）。这是他的突破年吗？
--Who is James Jones and how much will he affect things?
--How much will we miss Ime?
--Is Lamarcus ready to take a leap forward and become the main guy on this team?
- Channing Frye在哪里玩？他是小前锋的首发球员，有时是备用中心，还是可以像某些人建议的那样发挥小前锋。整个6'10“及以上的阵容都可能会很恐怖。
--Will we see a situation where the crowd is chanting for Josh McRoberts to shoot because he is the only guy who hasn't scored as the game winds down?
The Centers
--Can Greg Oden stand up to the pounding first physically, then mentally and emotionally? What are people going to say if he has a so-so year? More importantly, how will他handle it?
--What is Joel Przybilla's role on this team?
Coaching
--What kind of offense are we going to run? Will we try to push it to the moon or play ball control and try to take advantage of our size?
--How good of a teacher and bench coach is Nate really? As with every coach that comes through town there are arguments either way among the fans. So far we haven't seen what he's capable of because the team has been so...well...nobody could have coaxed wins, or even a great effort, out of them. This is a new team, however. This year won't make or break Nate or even come close, but the next three years should show something about how he'll deal with potential prosperity. For the first time in his Portland tenure he has a few tools in the belt. How will he use them?
Off Court
--Will Darius Miles ever return to the team and in what capacity?
--Will the fans be back in droves yet? And will they actually make somenoisein the Rose Garden?
--Will this be the long-awaited year that we get through an entire training camp, pre-season, and regular season without a single messy off-court incident?
That's 19 questions. I'm going to leave the 20th to you in the comment section. I'm sure you have at least one I've missed and I'll try to go through later tonight and pick my favorite. If you want to take an early stab at answering some of these questions too feel free.
It's exciting to me to actually have real issues on the table like this. This is the first year in forever that feels like we might be on an upswing instead of rebuilding or flat-lining. You really get the sense that some of these questions could have an impact on our future, which wasn't so in past years. Other than Miles (and I don't know too many people who think the team's future hangs on that issue) there's not a single "Can Player X turn it around on and off the court" question in the bunch. Also there are very few trade issues. I don't know about you, but I think that both of those are good signs that we're back on the right track.
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
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