Official Summer League Game #1 Thread Blazers vs Jazz.......

Didn't get to watch the game, but from the highlights and boxscore, it went how I hoped it would go (other than Zach shooting).
Swanigan: 13 reb. in 27 min., double double, 5 ast/1 TO, wow!
Baldwin: 9-13 shooting, wow!
Simons: 11 points in 17 min. on 4-6 shooting (but zero assists).
Trent Jr.: 9-9 FT, 16 pts on 3-7 shooting, very aggressive.

 

I was off by 1, @Scalma was as well.

 

They kept him, they played him, but importantly, he knows the plays.

 

Gotta know the playz G

 

What a horrible question. What if he didn’t? What if something happened? Who knows. And what kind of misguided and disrespectful question is this? Pathetic. Can we talk about basketball?

 

How about all you whiny bitches start PMing and take your crying out of what should be an interesting thread. It’s like listening to junior high girls fight.

 

This is how the board is every time I show up.

I’ve literally posted your exact above sentiments several times here and nothing happens.

 

Maybe we can create a Piss & Moan thread in OT and the mods can move all these type of conversation to that thread.

 

I agree. But that’s what every thread becomes.

 

Baldwin was the one guy out there that looked to me like he is clearly an NBA player, he kind of looked like he could do whatever he wanted when ever he wanted. - I'd be pretty shocked if he's not on the roster when the season starts.

The conversation earlier in this thread about if these are sort of tryouts to see if anyone can step up if CJ gets traded is actually pretty interesting to me.

 

Again, what post in this thread was disrespectful? Quit making broad statements and quote it.

 

I feel like between Baldwin, Trent, Curry, Stauskas, Simons... there is enough talent there that odds are pretty good someone will step up and admirably fill CJ’s shoes should Neil trade him to upgrade SF or PF... plus the biggest benefit will be overall team basketball will improve without CJ’s ISO ball... and defense at the position will not get any worse

 

I don’t know if any of them are ready yet to do that, but it does seem likely that they’re looking to see if CJ is expendable or not
I could see it being a problem to move on from CJ get a SF/PF and have a gaping hole at SG. Cause even with his issues CJ is still a guy just about every other NBA team wouldn’t mind having.

 

I disagree... with how much Dame controls the offense, a SG that plays off the ball is more important... better to have someone that creates at SF or PF... the upgrade at those positions will far outweigh the lose of CJ

 

He could have been...

Grayson was hugging on him like he hadn't had a date in a while. And has anyone seen him and Jeremy Renner in the same place at the same time?

 

Dame has to sit down once in a while. I’d like to see Baldwin get some time at backup pg, and right now really none of those guys have proven they can do much at the NBA level the Blazers do use CJ a lot as the PG for the second unit, and ball handling duties when other teams deny Dame.
Like I see potential in Simons and Trent and Baldwin, but that’s kind of all it is right now, and like it or not CJ has proven to be a legit scorer on the NBA level.

 

I try to be respectful , but I kind liked Baldwin more after that “altercation”, and I kind of want to see someone punch Allen...

 

Baldwin plays with a idgaf attitude that we don’t really have. Hes got a strut like he’s the best player on the floor. Can’t coach that kinda confidence. Thankfully the dinosaurs in Memphis took that as a weakness.

 

Zero. To the contrary, I've spent 16 years posting against the Oregonian. I was just observing that you have apparently already learned my favorite GM and that you were asking rhetorically. (Note the causal relationship between those 2 sentences.)