Well the truth has come back to bite us...

We need a point guard and you can not just give up a starting spot like we do at SF.

We are still going to be FUCKING awesome and we'll be the #2 seed next year... But this is a MASSIVE MASSIVE wake up call...

And hey,


See ya Tuesday

 

hmmm basically why i wanted a trade so badly.

we need to upgrade PG and SF....

beating a dead horse.

 

Yes the problem here is that coming from you it means nothing.

You complain about everything.

Broken clocks....

 

i don't see why we give up the SF spot. why does batum only play his 14 minutes and he sits? he can do things if given the time.

 

i dont really agree about the small forward part. batum only plays like 16 minutes a game(please nate play him more!!)...outlaw and roy make up for whats lost from batum, IMO.....

but i agree with point guard. i hope bayless really works all summer on his game, so eventually he can take over steve blake as the starter, and move blake to back up...unless we sign somebody like andre miller and let bayless sit on the bench again(summer league anyone?)..

 

dude... get a clue....

we need a vet at pg....did u watch brooks vs blake? i just hope blake accepts the backup role

 

Fair point, but I don't think we should have to "make up" for our starting SF.

I like Nic very much, but we give up a lot at that position IMO... too much. We don't have an starting NBA SF.

We don't.

We have 3 guys trying to patchwork together that spot. They've done a pretty good job considering, but it's never going to be enough to take the next step.

 

are you talking to me?

 

i agree with the patchwork part...the team isnt fully built yet...but do you consider martell a starting NBA SF?

 

Why are you guys so down on your team? Its just 1 game guys, there are still many games left to be played. I am sure the Blazers will come out with much more intensity in the next game. You guys are acting as if you got eliminate. Damn, just down 0-1. Rockets were up 2-0 beating the Mavs at Dallas in the first 2 games but went on to lose the series in 7. Anything can happen still.

 

I hope so

 

why was frye playing tonight? trav should be the 4 and play batum more at the 3

 

Apparently Nate said before the game he doesn't want Travis playing much four in this series.

 

i hope he does now....ruffin>frye?

im just kidding but sometimes i really wonder who is better.

 

Well when Dallas lost in the first round after that 67 win season, a part of it was because they changed their game for the first game to what they thought would help them beat the Warriors rather than making the Warriors change to them. I would rather play our game first and see how that goes then make adjustments when needed, than throw things off before they need to change. I don't think it would have made that much of a difference this game, but just on principle...

 

Agreed.

Panic seemed to set in pretty quick tonight, although it may have been planned, it didn't feel right. The sub patterns changed etc.

I'm fucking gutted, but I refuse to lose it until I see what happens Tuesday night.

This is only 1/7 of the fight.

 

channing loves portland but portland doesnt love channing! thank god we only have a few games left of him. no way they resign him

 

Good post.

Big mistake, and hopefully all parties involved on the PDX side learned a few things tonight.


And we did learn tonight that Roy truly is a fighter and a leader. Still too young to make it all happen, but the team is in good hands with him as the head.

 

I can't believe he got what he got today in three quarters, despite being guarded by two different great defenders, and having virtually no one else (other than Greg) help him out.

 

Yep. The balls of an elephant.