Game Thread GAME# 37: BLAZERS @ TIMBERWOLVES - MARCH 13, 2021 - SATURDAY, 5:00 PM, NBCSNW

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Which Blazers' jersey is your favorite this season?

Poll closed Mar 18, 2021.

  1. ASSOCIATION (white)

    5 vote(s)
    16.7%

  2. ICON (black)

    7 vote(s)
    23.3%

  3. STATEMENT (red)

    6 vote(s)
    20.0%

  4. CITY (brown)

    10 vote(s)
    33.3%

  5. EARNED (gray)

    2 vote(s)
    6.7%
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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    not gonna win many games against even average teams with this defense. how have we shown no improvement at all on that end?
     
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    We could have easily brought in a guy or different guys on 10 day contracts after Giles went down. It really is inexplicable why we wouldn't. Fire Olshey!
     
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    interesting

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    I've trashed Melo plenty and especially the reasons he was re-signed, but the Melo from the last 2-3 games has been a much different cat than a lot of the games that gave me indigestion
     
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    Our communication on defense is abysmal, which leads to a ton of open looks for the opposition ... don't get me started on our transition defense. Also, aside from Kanter, who is rebounding the ball for us? I feel like we've been getting dominated on the glass this entire season.

    I don't think he's available, but I wonder how our team defense would look with a player like Draymond Green out there, acting as a "coach on the floor" and directing traffic.
     
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    Congrats Melo...
     
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    How much do you have to pay to get the audio of the players? I would be willing to pay if the price is reasonable!
     
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    It doesn't.
     
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    Why not?
     
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    Nassir Little reminds me of a young Jerome Kersey... yes or no?
     
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    Yes, but likely a better shooter. He reminds me of the type of player I want on my team.
     
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    Assuming you just heard the guy call into the 5th quarter and say that 10 minutes ago?

    I hadn't made that comparison, but I can kinda see. Nas has better range already. Not as strong as Kersey.
     
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    Specifically it does indeed count in the NBA. At one point Kevin Durant said he doesn't like to take them because they count against his stats.
    But most people simply don't count them. In College it's up to the scorekeeper is what i have read.
     
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    Sorry but don’t know what is 5th quarter. Is that like a tv show after a game?
     
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    So it seemed kind of weird how many times Hurd brought up how well they played against the Pelicans but i guess it was warranted.
    The T-Wolves have some players that can heat up and make a game out of it any night. The Edwards kid is pretty good. We know Rubio and Towns can play. Nowell, Vanderbilt and Reid can all play pretty scrappy. Hernangomez can shoot the ball. They have players that could play better.
     
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    Some guy just called in the blazers post game radio show about 10 minutes prior to your post and made that same comparison.
     
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    Yes, you had me double-checking. After the all-star game I got into it with a Warriors fan who was trashing Dame and saying Curry is the best deep shooter. That debate got me familiar with all the 3pt numbers by distance so I was pretty sure all the long ones are included. BTW Dame is a better deep (30+ ft) shooter than Curry.

    CURRY 2017-2020 3-pointers by distance
    <30 695 of 1609 0.432
    30-34 50 of 131 0.382
    35-49 2 of 20 0.100
    50-98 1 of 19 0.053 <-- respect to Curry not worried about taking heaves.
    TOTAL 748 of 1779 0.420

    DAME 2017-2020 3-pointers by distance
    <30 753 of 1993 0.378
    30-34 119 of 309 0.385
    35-49 13 of 33 0.394 <-- for 35-39 Dame is above 0.400 but this is a small sample.
    50-98 0 of 3 0.000
    TOTAL 885 of 2338 0.379
     
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    I think it does count when there is 1-2 seconds left and they heave a long ball. But I'm not sure on the 60-70 footers at the end of a quarter if the scorekeeper actually charges them with the shot? I mean if it doesn't even hit the backboard who's to say it wasn't a pass?
    I would like to hear that from someone in that position.
     
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    CJ / Nurkic / Little get it done

    Towns and Rubio coming back

    We’ll have to offer Towns a Max deal over the Summer and have some (wink) arrangement worked out as this trade is made. We probably trade Rubio in the off season as we’ll need the cap space to sign Trent.

    but this trade gets us a title in my opinion and after all...championships don’t come around often so let’s pull the trigger and bring in the pieces we need to win now - a really good big and a back-up PG that can run the team.

    We’re doing great without CJ and Nurk...what if we could add Towns and Rubio to this squad? WOW! Beats LaMarcus Aldridge
     
    BoomChakaLaka, Mar 13, 2021
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