Game Thread GAME# 6: BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - JANUARY 3, 2021 - SUNDAY, 5:30, NBATV & NBCSNW

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Will McCollum make the All-Star game?

Poll closed Jan 9, 2021.
  1. Yes, this is his year!!

    20.5%
  2. Yes, but only if he leaves the Blazers

    6.8%
  3. Yes, only if he goes to a team in the Eastern Conference

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Not this season, but probably in a future season.

    15.9%
  5. No, unlikely

    52.3%
  6. No way!

    4.5%
  1. KSF-ERIC

    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Doubtful. We should comfortably be a Top 6 seed. No one will care about this game in May.
     
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    I hope so.
     
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    Dame was supposed to step up and take Steph on defense. This is the next step in the evolution of his game: stop hiding on defense and take the toughest one-on-one assignments.
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Can't overcome bad shooting, piece of shit refs and Stotts' idiocy all on the same night
     
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    The thing is i feel Steph Curry is one of if not the best shooter in the league. He has proved it time and time again and on nights like last night he is going to beat you. So handing him 20 at the line and then him taking 30+ shots that defender is gonna work hard. Just the trips to the line is going to put a guy in foul trouble.
     
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    Here is three different looks at what Curry was doing. He was on fire.
     
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    To be expected.
     
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    If you find a bigger taller 2 guard that actually play D and average 16 points a game. But what getting to is in the 1st unit the only one is shooting is Dame and CJ the other players not involved at all. If you split them the other has to be involved in the offense to be successful they has a unit. You remember couple years ago when CJ and Nurk went down that when the offense really work because Dame needed the other players had to be involved. Right now we got 2 guys trying find there shots and barley getting the other 3 involved. I due blame some of that in Stotts because he has no player movement in his offense and ball movement is basically throw the ball to the high post and have either Dame or CJ run around the person and hand off to them and then go iso and that's basically 95 percent of there offense. So basically the whole offense is get Dame and CJ looks and yes both of them can score the ball but it's not championship basketball matter fact it's not very good basketball. I am not even going go into the defense side that's another story.
     
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    They got within 9 points the majority of the time they was down from 14 to 20 points that 2nd half so really they wasn't in the game at the end.
     
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    So tell me what CJ going to do sliding down in the paint?
     
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    Going to respectfully disagree. 9 with 5 mins left is in the game. 14 at half and 12 at the beginning of the 4th is in the game.
     
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    Gotta feel bad for Harry. Dude is given a super small windows of opportunity, plays very well and right back to the dog house anyway
     
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    Where in the holy hell were the in-game adjustments? How about leave 6% 3-pt shooter Oubre open all night long? How about make Green the open man.....who didn't have a FG the entire game. How about make rookie Wiseman have to make more decisions.

    Instead, I suppose the 'adjustment' Stotts made, was to go with the defensive juggernaut Kanter/Melo for the 4th quarter.

    You just can't make this stuff up.... :banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2:
     
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    i re-watched some of the Curry highlights.

    for fucks sake we gave him the exact same defensive coverage ALL GAME LONG. Gave me visions of our sweep in the WCFs last year. Curry comes around a pick, big is in drop coverage, Curry hits a three. Kanter tried to come up on the screen but took horrific angles and Steph just blew by him.

    Like if this is the first time playing Curry, OK, this is sorta forgivable. But we've gotten destroyed by this dude for like 6 straight years. Jesus, Terry. WTF man
     
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    They might make it, they just won't play a minute... that I'd bet on!:smiley-beerchug:
     
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    what message does it send to the team when hard work doesnt translate to PT? Melo has done nothing this year to earn these kinda minutes. It's a slippery slope
     
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    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

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    There's no call-out that can only be made in public. Some coaches use the media selectively to send pointed messages to players, including top-end coaches, like Popovich or Bill Belichick. I'm not convinced it means that there's a bad relationship, but I do think it should be done rarely. And by "call-out," I mean answering a question honestly that they would normally lie or be evasive about just to protect the player.
     
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    There is a huge difference between blaming the loss on the refs and discussing how poor of a job they did last night.

    There were moving screens, pulling, and flopping all game long. And then they review a call to wipe out CJ's 3 because they finally called one? That was comical to me. Again it had no effect on the outcome, but they still were bad last night.
     
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    psssst...don't tell him that....his blind homerism is entertaining
     
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    I didn't mind watching Trent get some experience trying to guard Curry. He got embarrassed but it was still a good experience.
     
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