Game Thread Game #45 - BLAZERS @ BOSTON CELTICS - JANUARY 21, 2022 - FRIDAY - 4:30 (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

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Should the Blazers trade for Jaylen Brown

  1. Hell Yes

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  2. No

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  3. Boston will never trade us Brown

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  4. I'd rather have him than CJ

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  5. Not if it takes Little or Simons

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  6. That'll happen when pigs fly

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    Simons TOTALLY SUCKS....at tanking.
     
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    Well it might blessing for Dame and CJ go down for this team start playing as a team not individual play. No I don't wish anyone hurt but this team wasn't playing as a team 1st of the year and players around our guards seem little unhappy. Now they look happy and engaged and competing and have a lot confidence too.
     
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    Long term... Gaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!
     
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    I can only imagine what this place would be like if the Blazers went the final 7+ minutes of a game without a field goal.

     
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    lol the lowly blazers more like the lowly Celtics they fucking stink
     
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    If we were tanking properly we would have done it too.

    Ah, someday.

    ;)
     
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    A reporter for the 10th best team in the east calls the 10th best team in the west "lowly". That's funny.
     
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    Late 90’s here Represenin’
     
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    I do too! I liked Brad Steven, Ime, Stotts, and Billups as well. I would've been perfectly happy if we got Ime, though I don't think it would change much.

    Interesting how Boston's problems from last year and still their problems this year with a new coach. Same with us.
     
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    I remember people on here saying we made a mistake letting Kanter leave. Hes truly unplayable in today’s game.
     
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    They won't be once we do trades.

    You forgot that little part needs to be cleaned up. Only half of it's done from the Stolshey debacle.
     
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    Team play, team play, team play.

    How about idea, that this is not Dame's and CJ's team and it is The Team for a change?
     
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    The Blazers are 5-2 in their last seven games. Three of the wins were on the road.
     
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    I noticed that too. Same with the last game. He's not a good fit but kudos to him for taking a back seat in the fourth quarter since he came back.
     
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    I agree, and I certainly didn't forget... Once the thing that matters (roster construction) change significantly, then I suspect we'll actually see equally significant improvement in areas we've been struggling at for years. The guy switching up rotations, PnR scheme, and timeout philosophies was never likely to provide that significant improvement in my opinion.

    I guess where we disagree is you think it was a 50%/50% problem where I think it was a 90%/10% problem and we've only attempted to change the 10% part.
     
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    Same with Stotts. I remember people making memes of Stotts laughing at the team's lack of success this season.
     
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    lol Stotts got a decade. Billups got a couple months.
     
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    Yeah, this 19-26 team is having so much more success. After this nice 7 game stretch, you'd still have to go back 9 years to find a Blazer team who had less success.

    Seems like someone has lowered the bar significantly from the "we should be contenders" status from last year.
     
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    exhibit A ^
     
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    Honest question: Do you think Billups gets any further that Stotts did over the next decade?

    I'm not asking this question to crap on Billups, I think he's doing a fine job, but I can't find one person who would bet that Billups leads a Blazer team further in the playoffs.
     
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