Game Thread GAME# 32: BLAZERS @ LAKERS - FEBRUARY 26, 2021 - FRIDAY, 7:00, ESPN & NBCSNW

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, Feb 23, 2021.

?

Which team in the NBA do you dislike the most?

Poll closed Mar 2, 2021.
  1. Lakers

    84.1%
  2. Some other team

    15.9%
  1. hoopsjock

    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2018
    Messages:
    16,302
    Likes Received:
    26,279
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Business Owner
    Location:
    North Plains
    Blazers lose their 4th straight. The Blazers Uprise Postgame Show starts now:

     
    HailBlazers and Darkwebs like this.
  2. Tince

    Tince Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 14, 2008
    Messages:
    14,729
    Likes Received:
    14,095
    Trophy Points:
    113
    6 out of 10 is ok... that's the only way to spin it... this was brutal to watch!
     
    KSF-ERIC and PHXBlazer1 like this.
  3. AmirIcon

    AmirIcon Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2008
    Messages:
    5,351
    Likes Received:
    4,901
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Writer, Director, Actor
    Having LeBron James does that for you.

    Still has nothing to do with what I said.

    The personnel on the floor sans LeBron and Lillard, the Blazers are far superior. And, it's not even close.
     
    Tince likes this.
  4. DUB

    DUB Da, da da, da dah!

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2008
    Messages:
    6,635
    Likes Received:
    5,265
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Joe Ingles' hometown
    We played great! For the first five minutes.
     
    HailBlazers, Tince and Darkwebs like this.
  5. Tince

    Tince Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 14, 2008
    Messages:
    14,729
    Likes Received:
    14,095
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Possibly. Both would be lottery teams for sure. Just comparing marginal players at that point.
     
  6. PHXBlazer1

    PHXBlazer1 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 9, 2009
    Messages:
    7,079
    Likes Received:
    4,555
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Eugene
    Not even close? I want some of what you're smokin
     
    lamlor likes this.
  7. AmirIcon

    AmirIcon Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2008
    Messages:
    5,351
    Likes Received:
    4,901
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Writer, Director, Actor
    Harrell was considered unplayable on defense. Ie, Kanter. We have Covington and Jones. It's not very close. Caruso and Horton-Tucker wouldn't make our rotation.
     
  8. Serbian

    Serbian Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 18, 2019
    Messages:
    946
    Likes Received:
    994
    Trophy Points:
    93
    Why do i grow old with terry stotts? Why is he not fired. How how how. Every year dead last in assists. The guy cant coach. If i was the coach i would say “ i don’t know shit about tactics X and Os Dame save me just do whatever you can . The offense is such shit its unbelievable. The notion of our GM not seeing this is staggering. Terry Stotts you sorry sack of shit. Almost 10 years of stotts
     
  9. DDolla

    DDolla Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2018
    Messages:
    8,478
    Likes Received:
    7,813
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I want to see us win all our home games
     
    PHXBlazer1 and Tince like this.
  10. AmirIcon

    AmirIcon Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2008
    Messages:
    5,351
    Likes Received:
    4,901
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Writer, Director, Actor
    Trent > Caruso not close
    Covington, Jones > Kuzma, Morris
    Kanter = Harrell

    Finish the rest.
     
  11. riverman

    riverman Writing Team

    Joined:
    Nov 15, 2013
    Messages:
    66,304
    Likes Received:
    64,441
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Butt ugly second half tonight.....I'm getting really sick of the 3 pt clank fest...it's like a ring toss at the county fair but you don't win a prize!
     
  12. Tince

    Tince Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 14, 2008
    Messages:
    14,729
    Likes Received:
    14,095
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Kanter = Harrell?!?!?!?!?!
     
    B-Roy and PHXBlazer1 like this.
  13. PCmor7

    PCmor7 Generational Poster

    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2014
    Messages:
    5,740
    Likes Received:
    8,748
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Saying this for years
    People were complimentary of it at the time, IMO, because they were HOPING it was the spark of genius that was going to cure our ills. I think a lot of those same people, if they were being honest with themselves, knew it was too much to give up for a role player when the Blazers weren't a role player away from competing, and, arguably, not even a role player that really fit our needs as much as he seemed to on the surface.

    Acquiring Covington, though, wasn't a bad move. Acquiring him for three assets -- one of which is going to be a mid-first-round pick in a very strong draft -- is unconsciounable.

    I'm almost at a point that, despite where we are in the standings, that I'd say have Dame come down with a phantom injury, tank the rest of this season, keep the 2021 draft pick and get serious about building a team around Dame or just throwing in the towel completely and starting from scratch.

    And I realize how extreme and unrealistic that sounds. But here's how I see it: We just got beaten -- toyed with, if we want to be honest -- by a Laker team that doesn't have AD and lost four in a row. You think we're going to be beating them, the Clippers or the Jazz in the playoffs, even with Nurk and CJ back? Is it going to be in any better position to compete next year with no real resources to acquire someone that can make us better and no first-round pick?

    I thought a few weeks ago we had a chance. I took heat here for being overly optimistic about how this team would be in the playoffs if healthy. I deserve the heat. These guys fooled me.

    There's the thing: It wasn't that we lost tonight. It was that we lost to the Wizards by playing dumb and we lost tonight by showing no guts. It was like the Lakers were playing Dame and 10 school children. Melo smiling as the Lakers are going to the foul line to go up 13? Give me a break. Yeah Melo, Olshey's going to protect your legacy ... what legacy is that exactly? Oh yeah, the one about being a guy who never understood this was a team game and whose teams perpetually underachieved. Some legacy.
     
    Serbian likes this.
  14. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    56,114
    Likes Received:
    53,918
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    NYstateofmind
    why is this allowed

     
  15. kjironman1

    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 16, 2014
    Messages:
    18,868
    Likes Received:
    19,668
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Exactly.
     
  16. riverman

    riverman Writing Team

    Joined:
    Nov 15, 2013
    Messages:
    66,304
    Likes Received:
    64,441
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Trent couldn't tie Caruso's shoes tonight....he got one rebound at the end of the game...shot 16% from deep in the first half...I quit checking in the second half...had turnovers...Trent dug us our first hole in the game bricking about 5 jumpers in a row
     
    HailBlazers likes this.
  17. PHXBlazer1

    PHXBlazer1 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 9, 2009
    Messages:
    7,079
    Likes Received:
    4,555
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Eugene
    Your talent evaluation is way off from mine so I'm not gonna get into it with you
     
    B-Roy likes this.
  18. kjironman1

    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 16, 2014
    Messages:
    18,868
    Likes Received:
    19,668
    Trophy Points:
    113
    This is what i watched also.
     
    riverman and Darkwebs like this.
  19. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2008
    Messages:
    90,157
    Likes Received:
    52,173
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Portland, OR
    This losing streak isn’t a surprise. We called it a mile away. And we very well might not get a win until Sac.
     
    AldoTrapani likes this.
  20. AmirIcon

    AmirIcon Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2008
    Messages:
    5,351
    Likes Received:
    4,901
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Writer, Director, Actor
    Numbers are pretty comparable. The difference is negligible.
     

Share This Page