Game Thread GAME# 46: MAVERICKS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 23, 2020 - THURSDAY, 7:30 PM, TNT

In what world is Simons a good defender? I have no interest in the injury plagued Love, but Simons gets abused on the defensive end.

 

My response actually even read "I understand why..."
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Did you actually read somewhere that Seth was unhappy here? I mean that has him quoting that? Not talking about the multitude of draft and trade threads that seem to go on for endless discussions about what a player/coach/GM/owner thinks.

 

Link?

 

Except it isn't....

 

"Someone mentioned (not sure here or heard it somewhere else)...."

No link and as mentioned, not sure where I heard it. Something to do with a comment at the end of the season or when someone asked him about his exit interiew. Don't remember specifically but it made it clear, he wasn't thrilled with his role here. Given his eFG towered over someone like CJ who jacked up shots as often as possible regardless of defenders, that is easily understandable.

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28551456/blazers-damian-lillard-frustrated-no-call-loss-mavs

Christ....

 

So you are basing your statement about Curry's unhappiness here on something you may or may not have heard in this forum (which is essentially worthless) or may or may not have heard elsewhere outside this forum but don't know where and by who? Sounds like some compelling evidence you have there.

 

So god awful Swanigan can get 23 minutes but Little and Gabriel can't see the floor

Man Stotts can fuck right off. I'm so pissed

 

If i ever see a Swanigan Post up again i'm gonna shot a Bullet in my head

 

I would have to see Gabriel out especially when you seen swanigan get abuse trying to guard the premeter. I give swanigan credit he tries but just slow a foot to keep up. He definitely not rim proctored so I seen no use having swanigan out there. Maybe next game Stotts will see how Gabriel will work and sit swanigan.

 

Yeah, because Stotts is well known for changing things up and not be stubborn at all. I predict that I'm gonna lose my mind for the next 10 games or so watching Swanigan play 20+ a game

 

Curry is making 7.5M this season, and has a 4-year/32M deal. Aminu is making 9.5M. You can argue that Olshey made major miscalculations last summer about about roster changes, and it would be true. But more than that is he was still dealing with his idiocy from 2016, and the tax implications for this season. Keeping Curry and Aminu for instance, would have hammered Portland's luxury tax up to 50M or more
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by the way, and unrelated, over on RealGM in the general forum/nightly games thread there was some discussion about how bad Hezonja is. There was an amusing post:

"He is just dumb. I am a Croatian and reading his interviews, even in mothers tongue, does not help him. The vacuum between his ears screams louder than 856 intoxicated hyenas ..."

 

That’s pretty much my takeaway from now watching Hezonja full time. He’s an elite athlete, has some skill, but low bball IQ. Almost the antithesis of a European player lol.

 

After all we've been through this season, dressing up Swanigan with Blazers uniform is adding insult to injury.

 

he’s got some Meyers in him, in that he’s just generally clueless. One possession last night he got the ball in a broken set with 14 seconds left. Everyone including Dame telling him to attack and he ends up holding the ball for 10 seconds trying to get it to Dame or Melo before making some stupid move.

another one late second where he waived a bunch of guys off to post up biggie for a fade-away airball. Like what is the thought process for him?

 

I don’t think there is one. Wonder if it’ll improve as he gets older. Not like he’ll be in Portland to find out, but it still sucks to see all that talent wasted. Meyers is a good comp.

 

Again.... my post says” I understand why...”

 

We did not have Curry's bird rights so the best we could offer is what was offered to Hood which as can be proven wasn't enough and short of what Dallas offered in which he played the year before. Blame Olshey for what you want, but he had no choice in this matter.

 

Meyers was a good shooter from mid to long range and a good rebounder. I can't find 2 things that Mario can do well, i don't even trust him with catching a pass.

 

Ariza played 36 minutes. That is why Little didn't play.
Swanigan played 23 minutes because Stotts has ZERO other options at back up center.