Game Thread PRESEASON GAME# 1: JAZZ @ BLAZERS - OCTOBER 3, 2016 - MONDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), NBATV & CSNNW

Mike and Mike were perfect in 2008 when they had 22 seconds before the first pass was made in the offense... then another 22 seconds after we got the offensive rebound. Or was Rice still with Wheels back then? Regardless, he needed time.

 

Harkless will share minutes with Turner, Aminu and Crabbe...... he won't have the chance to put up the big numbers that a MIP winner normally does.

 

Yep Harkless is going to be on the floor a lot. He looked very versatile last night. They need his energy. He guards multiple positions and gets his hands on a lot of balls. The only thing that will keep him on the bench now is if he goes into a shooting slump. Which will probably happen at some point. Lets hope it is a short slump when it does.

 

That's his reputation, but last night I just saw an NBA substitute. He'll learn the system better of course, but I don't think he'll challenge Harkless for the starting job for many months if ever.

 

His ability to attack the paint is going to be huge

 

Welcome to the new Fauxtland. It's a caricature of what was once a very real city.

 

Yeah probably not enough minutes for MIP, but still more minutes than last year.

Harkless starting at PF last night to begin the 2nd half seems to suggest that Terry is experimenting with different ways to get him on the floor. He has been raving about his strength.

I still think ET will be mostly used in the backcourt leaving Harkless and Crabbe at SF. I bet Terry gets Harkless 3-4 minutes a half at PF too. Based on the match ups of course.

 

Agreed. I think some ppl may think bc the guys got another early jump on the season that they'd have almost everything worked out (a LOT was ironed out though. Hey, did anyone see that Utah mess? Haha! Not only was Utah unprepared BUT WE MADE them look EVEN worse/exposed!), not so & that's ok. Nothing to worry about w/ ET/how he fits w/ our guys; I think it's going to take ~20 regular season games before you see ET & crew get comfortable w/ 1 another (we're going to see some good stuff along the way but it will take ~ 1/2 of the season to really hit their stride; however, @ that time, there's probably going to be a trade or 2 so things will get another minor adjustment period).

 

One preseason game. Can't take much away from our GOOD play or their "Mess" as you called it.

 

By "Utah mess..." I meant UTAH, NOT our guys; you read that wrong.

ps I edited that post to maybe make it more clear

 

Mark Mason called him that! It's kind of official.

 

I enjoyed the broadcast team much better. My only complaint is Calabro needs to ditch the "red & black" reference. Go with Blazers, home team, our ball, etc. The 'red & black' seemed forced.

 

Looking at that box score, I notice that Aminu better be sent to the D-League. He shot 0-5 from the 3, and had only 2 rebounds in 23 minutes. In a spreadsheet, I divided the player's ESPN efficiency points (right column) by the minutes, and our worst player was Aminu (.29). Our second worst was Turner (.46). We should send both down together so they won't be scared.

 

Chemistry? Mike and Mike have called 1000 Trail Blazer games or more together. Calabro and Hurd have called 1. What do you guys expect!?!?!? I really enjoyed Hurd because of his youthful takes, and his ability to relate to a younger crowd. Moe Harkless, mo problems for example is something you would never hear from rice. They are new, refreshing and will become More in tuned with our team as the year goes on, which will result in more of a homer call if that's what everybody wants, and is whining about after one game. Give me a break.

 

"The Chief has arrived" is literally what Mark Mason yelled to the crowd last night. I don't know how they can make that any clearer. Twitter's 140-character limit probably means a lot of "the"s gets trimmed out.