We could use a better PG- but that will come later. I personally wouldn't mind signing Bibby in the off season. He's playing pretty decently this year.
That's just LaMarcus though. He'll never put up Zach-type numbers on the boards, and it's a good thing we have Joel and Greg who swallow up everything in sight, and we have guards who really rebound well. Aldridge outrebounded Bosh tonight, and had the same amount of boards as Jermaine... and those six offensive boards gave us six more offensive possessions.
I have to say I was also bitching about Blake in the first half and after the game winning shot I have to say I was wrong. Way to go Blake and prove me wrong again!!
I don't see a lot of whining. I see a lot of people pointing out things Portland can improve on. Personally, Portland should win beat Toronto. So you have to be happy with a win, but the good teams and good players take things from every game to improve on in the next game.
I don't think we need a better PG. I think Blake fits in perfectly for this team. His defense is inconsistent. One game, it looks solid, other times he looks like a matador. BUT his style of play is perfect for the guys we've got, and I really think Roy is going to be playing PG in the future for longer stints with Rudy as the SG, Webster at the 3. So we don't need another PG.
Man.. they had highlights of about four, five blocks by Greg, how did he only get credited for 2? Crazy Toronto stat keepers..
As bad as the writer that picked Bargagme for ROY! I wonder if Toronto would rather have Roy or Aldridge?
Steve Blake is a total different player when he's hitting his shots. PG is slowly becoming a strength of this team. We'd be a much improved team, IMO, if we were able to land a star SF. Travis is a lot like Zach in regards to bringing the offense to a screeching hault. Nicolas Batum would be better off coming off the bench - he only plays 15 min. a game anyways. Greg's offense is still raw but I think when he slows down and lets the game come to him he'll be OK. He had officially 2 blocks but I counted at least 4. The Raptors rebound like little girls. Seriously.
yep, Oden and Prz really do help. Didn't mean to complain about it, that was just the first thing I noticed looking at the boxscore. Nice win nice to end the road trip 4-1.
Couldn't agree more. Blake is what this team needs, and more importantly what this team HAS! S. Blake G 32:56 7-14 5-8 0-0 +4 7 Boards 4 Assists 19 Points Someone please tell me where he had a bad game, I know everyone talks about getting a better PG, but we have one! He is great. Thanks Blake for being a Blazer and hitting many shots like that last one!!!
8 of the next 10 at home will be really nice, one against Utah and two big games against Denver. We have a chance to separate ourselves from the division.
Why should Portland beat Toronto? There are very few games that we "should" beat anyone on the road. As well as we have played we are 1 game over 500 on the road. IMO any win on the road is huge. I am surprised we pulled this one out since this was a big game for the raptors. I know Toronto has struggled this year, but they were picked to do very well and they have some big time talent. Having said that.....Blake was the player of the game. He is a great stop gap until Bayless is ready. If not next year, then the year after.
I didn't think you complained, it's a legitimate issue or question as to why LaMarcus doesn't get more defensive boards but we won, that's all that matters.
He didn't have a bad game. Nowhere near a bad game. It is a far cry from meaning he's "great", though. He hit five three pointers. If he shoots over 60% from 3's, then he can be considered "great". As it is? He doesn't create offense for others. He doesn't get to the line. He's not a good defender. That doesn't mean he's not good or useless... but there's a LOT more that we could get from the PG position in the long run. Ed O.
they have a reason to be. they're a limbo team not bad enough to get high lottery picks but not good enough to contend, and their best player is gonna leave in less than 2 years because of it. on the plus side they'll probably have about 50 million in cap space in 2010 : )
