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What the fuck do you expect when C.J. and Dame play so many minutes and the 3 is Norman Fucking Powell? JFC! The way you express disappointment for a back end 1st rounder who was the youngest person in his draft class is just fucking pathetic.

 

Also it seemed the team flew commercially vegas. What amateur hell is this

 

My statement still stands

 

...I thought they had Alaska Air contract for private charters

 

Okay, but 77% of his shots were twos which were all extremely inefficient. You can find a 3pt specialist that isn't a black hole, doesn't force tough 2s, and plays a little defense. I'd rather have George King.

 

#FuckingBlazersBroadcasting

 

I missed the game. Was Chauncey there?

 

I just got done watching the SL game had to DVR it and a few NON Over reaction takes after ONE game :

1) Greg Brown III -- He is raw but I can see upside from him -- I think he should start the year in the G-League if possible
2) Beasley -- Mildly impressed by him but part of me thinks if I were to squint I might think he was Melo lite
3) CJ -- when I watch him out there I see SOME talent but more often then naught it looks like he is playing in a rec league game or something kind of all over the place in a bad way at times ( maybe a tad lost )
4) Faried -- IF the Blazers do not make a trade or sign another big or hell even if they do -- I WANT him on the bench cause I swear if we had him out there OVER Kanter in the playoffs we would have been in a much better position. He does the little things that this team is missing so i could see him being a 6 to 12 min a game player or maybe none but he is someone you NEED on your bench that can be called on at any moment. Also I was surprised to find out he is only 31 ( will be 32 in Nov ) but I thought he was more like 34 / 5 to be honest.

There were other things I liked player wise but these were my highlights but got one more thought but more as a team observation ....

Now I know it's just SL and play can be sloppy at times but at times I saw something I did not see much of last year -- Defense and hustle -- fact is I had to google what is done when WE did not have the ball cause seeing D is such a foreign concept for the Blazers I had to refresh my memory on what it was ( LOL ) -- ok that is a slight exaggeration but not much.

 

yeah I heard a lot of yelling from the blazers bench, guys are clearly getting coached. Little things like that I never thought mattered until I noticed the contrast.

 

Lost in the fuss over Blakeney: George King hit 5/6 three pointers and got 3 steals:

 

Another thing to remember about Elleby: he was the 46th pick in a draft that was supposed to be weak.
Having said that, there's a cluster of promising players around him:

 

More on George King:
Stats from his time with Chemnitz of the German League
Highlights from Chemnitz:

Probably his best game (Chemnitz/Hamburg, 4/19/21)

 

We're the Lakers of Summer League!

(Did not realize Gary Payton II was already that old...)

 

Anyone see this on Antonio Blakeney?

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/new...0210522-y7j4dy6qojgxpcbcmftt6gehfi-story.html

 

That might be why hasn't stuck in the league.

 

It only happened in May of this year so it's recent... <shrug>

 

I think we can eliminate him from any consideration. Maybe Neil is doing a favor for his agent by helping to show case him.

 

that'll be a hard pass from me....not what you want as a teammate

 

The cherry on top of Olsheys off-season?

We should get Zach Randolph as a big man coach/marijuana consultant.