Terry Stotts

2019 Western Conference Finals Preview

Do CJ McCollum, Damian Lillard and the rest of the Portland Trail Blazers have what it takes to pull off the upset against the Golden State Warriors?

2018-2019 Northwest Division Projections

X-Utah Jazz 51-31 (4) For anyone that ever wants to doubt that the Utah Jazz have what it takes needs to watch some film from last season's team. After losing small forward Gordon Hayward in free agency, the Jazz were expected to take a step back, but what ensued was a season where they became [...]

2017-2018 Northwest Division Projections

X-Oklahoma City Thunder 53-29 (3) The 2017-2018 NBA season proved to be a strange, but interesting one for the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder had to deal with the notion that they no longer had the services of small forward Kevin Durant as after nine seasons with the franchise he decided to leave in free [...]

2016-2017 Northwest Division Projections

X-Portland Trailblazers 51-31 (4) After winning 51 games during the 2014-2015 NBA season, the 2015-2016 campaign was expected to be a down one for the Portland Trailblazers. The summer of 2015 saw the Trailblazers ravaged by departures which included power forward LaMarcus Aldridge joining the San Antonio Spurs and shooting guard Wes Matthews signing on [...]

2015-2016 Northwest Division Projections

Y-Oklahoma City Thunder 58-24 (2) The past five years years have seen the Oklahoma City Thunder emerge as a contender for the NBA Championship. But injuries put the Thunder in a bind last season as they missed the NBA Playoffs last year for the first time since 2009 in spite of the fact that they [...]

Things Unraveled Quickly

This past NBA season saw the Portland Trailblazers go through their fair share of trials and tribulations. But under head coach Terry Stotts, the Trailblazers still managed to go 51-31 which was good enough for fourth place in the Western Conference and their first division title since 1999. But in the first round of the [...]