Game Thread PRESEASON GAME# 3: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - DECEMBER 16, 2020 - WEDNESDAY, 6:00, NBCSNW

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  1. 1 Horrendous

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  10. 10 Gorgeous

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  1. Tince

    Tince Well-Known Member

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    We a certainly in a lower tier than the team you listed, but that was obvious before the preseason. I think we'll be somewhere around Denver when the regular season ends, assuming we stay healthy.
     
    Tince, Dec 16, 2020
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Is Rodney hurt?
     
    B-Roy, Dec 16, 2020
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    yeah...Melo apparently has never met a shot he won't take
     
    wizenheimer, Dec 16, 2020
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  5. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    CJ point guard play right there. Dribble ball for 20 seconds and then take a tough shot.
     
    Natebishop3, Dec 16, 2020
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I know it's just a pre-season game, but it's the way they play that is troubling.
     
    julius, Dec 16, 2020
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  7. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    CJ is the king of compounding bad plays.
     
    B-Roy, Dec 16, 2020
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I hate how easy three pointers are for the blazers opponents.
     
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    I understand the frustration. I think things will be better in the regular season.
     
    Tince, Dec 16, 2020
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    CJ refuses to pass, dribbles into the corner, still refuses to pass, turns the ball over.....open '3'.

    SMH....
     
    TBpup, Dec 16, 2020
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  11. PHXBlazer1

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    Lol I just have to laugh at this point
     
    PHXBlazer1, Dec 16, 2020
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    You know you lost the argument when you're trying to change the subject.

    Seems you didn't watch much of the national coverage last season since there was criticism of our coaching on more than one occasion.

    Your arguments come across completely disingenuous when you haven't even considered that coaching might be the issue after Olshey got him a bunch of shiny new toys.

    Oh, and he just preached his reluctance repeatedly to change any of the defense.

    The evidence is no longer mounting up.

    Be honest.
     
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    I'm looking at the box score. Did Stotts just not watch the first two games, why has Giles played 4 minutes?
     
    noknobs, Dec 16, 2020
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  14. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    we take the toughest threes you can take and we give up the very easiest threes.
     
    Natebishop3, Dec 16, 2020
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    No one should write this off as a preseason game. We've played our rotation for the most part.

    I watched Jamal Murray run down Covington to block a breakaway layup. I watched Melo emotionallyless foul a guy coming the other way when he was standing between the offensive player and the basket.

    If this team struggles early, I could see the second most unpopular Blazer team after the Felton-Crawford mess, because when they get down, they don't show a lot of fight and losses become blowouts and snowballs. I don't think that will happen, but I won't be shocked if it does. There's a bit of a negative chemistry/negative vibe I've gotten off this team the last two preseason games. Too early to tell whether it's just preseason or not, but the attitude and effort's been concerning to me.
     
    PCmor7, Dec 16, 2020
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    Blazers shooting is atrocious.
     
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  17. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    That should be clear path.
     
    Natebishop3, Dec 16, 2020
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  18. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    I cannot stand Melo.
     
    B-Roy, Dec 16, 2020
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  19. PHXBlazer1

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    I don’t even know what’s going on anymore..we should have had a clear path or an open dunk and then all of a sudden it’s Denver ball?
     
    PHXBlazer1, Dec 16, 2020
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  20. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    this is just not enjoyable to watch, even when shots go in.

    need to keep reminding myself that it's only preseason
     
    illmatic99, Dec 16, 2020
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