Game Thread PRESEASON GAME# 2: KINGS @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 13, 2020 - SUNDAY, 6:00, NBCSNW

I'm not digging that player option on DJJ's contract. You're telling me we really couldn't do a longer deal/get a team option?

 

Same with Giles.

 

i think it was intentional with the Nurk extension pending

 

Not even trying to hit a 1/2 court shot....in the pre-season when shots don't count?
We finally found a shot Trent won't take.

 

Didn't finish that quarter out very well.

 

He specifically said it was the single biggest selling point to come here. He had a few teams offering him the full MLE but no one else would give him that option and he believed that he could earn himself a raise.

 

It won't kick in until the season after. Why couldn't we just guarantee both years so that Nurk/Cov/DJJ's contracts all expired at the same time?

 

I read that article and I didn't read it as him wanting the PO. Just that our offer was "better" than other teams. Didn't say why.

 

lol we're getting into our offense with 8 on the clock.

Elleby aint a PG

 

Elleby's jumpshot looks so weird. It's like he hurling the ball.

 

Another open corner three

 

It wasn't an article it was his initial interview... and I watched it. A reporter asked him what made him choose Portland and he said that there were multiple similar offers on the table, his agent got Neil to agree to the option and then he talked to his family and said it was a go. He then kind of backtracked and talked about a chance at starting, playing with Dame and shit like that. The first thing he said was the option.

 

Interesting.

 

I have to keep reminding myself it is just preseason. No sense getting excited about the good or upset about the bad.

 

Elleby telegraphs his passes way to much

 

Jones and Crowder signed for similar $$, but Jones is essentially a one year deal while the Suns have Crowder for 3 years guaranteed. Which team got the better deal?

 

I saw him in the huddle.

 

Not that it really matters in the big scheme of things, but watching this hasn't encouraged me about Elleby's chances to be in the NBA even as long as Joel Freeland. He appears limited athletically. A guy like that has to be crafty but even more importantly has to make his open shots. He's missing and missing badly.

 

Elleby will never play once the season starts. Non factor.