Game Thread GAME# 76: CELTICS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 31, 2016 - THURSDAY, 7:00 PM (PDT), CSNNW

Great win by the Blazers! When we get production from a 3rd scorer; Aminu, Crabbe or Hendo, it really makes this team a nightmare to defend. Glad we won't have to face this defense again this year. This was a good test though; the Clippers have been excellent trapping and taking Dame out of the offense and I expect much of that in the playoffs.

I'm seriously considering if Avery Bradley is the best guard on either roster. Such a game changer on defense and still very effective offensively. He wins his matchup against every allstar. Not sure what that team needs to get to the next level but Bradley and Crowder are a hell of a two way duo.

 

Appreciate that bro.. Idk how many times I tell these guys I LOVE DAME and all but hes too feast or famine for my liking. But if I say that its I'm a hater. I'm not even saying trade the guy or anything but I just love consistency from our star player is that so hard?

Also I'm not big on making the playoffs this year as everybody knows. To me all our players for the exception of the 14th and 15th man has been in the playoffs and had pretty significant roles in them. I Know we won yesterday and facing the clips is SLIGHTLY a better chance to upset them than say OKC but its going to be a quick series that I see really no benefit of losing a value asset FOR THIS YEAR.

I say we go for the kill nxt year and really start our window. But hey its all good when the first round is over people will wish we had a pick to talk about and will remember what I said..

 

I look at it as what do we have a better chance in. Going to the playoffs and winning the championship OR keeping our pick and hitting a homerun with a solid selection (or trade).. I think everybody in here knows what odds are better for us..

Heres a clue, we aint wining a ring this year..

 

I never predicted losses. Please show me. The one time I did, I was right. I'm a huge Blazer fan but I'm also very practical to know THIS SEASON HAS ALREADY BEEN A MAJOR SUCCESS so why lose an asset? But hey do your think pops..

 

Avery would be a great addition to any team. He really is great. But equally as important is the 5'9" Thomas. His shooting percentage might not be great but Boston got better once he joined their team. He gives them that go to player, that every team needs. It always amazes me how effective some small players can be on offense. And it's not like team abuse him on D either.

 

I'm not much of a fan of Thomas; on that team he makes tons of sense because they are dieing for a scorer who can create his own shot. But there's a couple dozen guards in the league who would be that productive. If Lou Williams is there I think he does all the same good things.

This whole season he's had major problems in crunch time when opponents put a big defender on him. Cavs did it with Shumpert. We did it with Crabbe.

So I don't put his value anywhere close to Bradley or Crowder. He might be important to that team because they don't have an alternative to Thomas on the roster today. But theres plenty of those guys throughout the league. There isn't any other player like Bradley out there and very few defensive physical scoring wings like Crowder.

 

He hit 63% from three in the playoffs?

 

Yeah I was thinking of him earlier. I could see Evan Turner and Bismack Biyombo be our two lunch pail free agent signings that impress nobody. We need a defensive center and a defensive wing who can create. We sign them for ~$6 million each and they end up following the Ed Davis/Aminu/Lopez blueprint of being bargains on their contracts.

We say goodbye to Kaman and Cliff, bring back everyone else on the roster and we're set for next year.

Biyombo - Plumlee - Meyers
Aminu - Davis - Vonleh
Harkless - Hendo - Turner
CJ - Crabee - Pat
Dame - Roberts - Montero

 

I guess you have better odds with a scratch off ticket, then with the power ball. But still does it really matter either way? Are either really going to let me retire now?

 

Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA 6h6 hours ago
BOS-POR low-key one of the most entertaining games of season. Maybe best two-way game of Aminu's career. Two teams that play hard, together

 

Both teams played hard, my man.

 

I LOVE how you just assume ( know ) we wil be facing the clips! im with ya.

Tunchi, we love ya even if we hate ya. I know Stren even has a soft spot for ya. So does HailBlazwers.

I think the biggest difference though is your insistance that making the playoffs isn't an asset. Experience is an asset.
So we already have had a successful season? Why not try to continue that in the post season? Why try to regress back to the draft?
Is that young body that will do no more than blend in with all the young bodies we already have provide any type of improvement beyond the mental toughness making the playoffs can create? The confidence this team weill gain when we give the clips a challenge?
The draft pick will not give us anything we cant get in FA and trade in the offseason.

I think your going to have to accept that most here believe the playoffs is a greater asset than the pick at this point. You may not agree, but your gonna have to accept that as the majority viewpoint.

And PS. I noticed you liked one of my posts!!!!

 

So Bismark is finally playing well? He is awfully long even though he only measured in at a little over 6.8.
Is he still raw on offense. I can't help but wonder how much better he is than Cliff.....

 

Just wait till the season is over you'll see a more homer Tunchi. Right now I'm just conflicted at this point of the season (playoffs or asset)

Enjoy the weather brother

 

Leaving work now for a half day, but wish it was to enjoy the weather!1 Its nice to hear we are slowly converting you to the homer side.

 

He's having a great year; basically playing like Ed Davis.

 

Yeah but you know Bismark, eventually he'll sink.

 

I was right about that prediction. Just remember I make predictions only when I know it will be right

 

Didn't you predict we'd lose to Golden State after the all star break?