Game Thread 2022-23 Game #82 - BLAZERS VS WARRIORS - APRIL 9, 2023 - SUNDAY - 12:30 PM (PDT) ROOT

[Chris Craig]

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STARTERS


Skylar Mays Shaedon Sharpe

Kevin Knox Trendon Watford

Drew Eubanks



Stephen Curry Klay Thompson

Donte DiVincenzo Draymond Green

Kevon Looney

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TRAIL BLAZERS - 33-45 - 13th W

WARRIORS - 41-38 - 6th W

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WHEN: APRIL 9, 2023 - SUNDAY - 12:30 PM (PDT)

WHERE: MODA CENTER, PORTLAND OR



TV BROADCAST



RADIO BROADCAST



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BENCHES


Cam Reddish Jeenathan Williams

Jabari Walker Justin Minaya

Chance Comanche

INACTIVE


Damian Lillard Anfernee Simons

Jerami Grant Jusuf Nurkic

Nassir Little Justice Winslow

Keon Johnson

John Butler Jr Ibou Badji

Mattisse Thybulle




Gary Payton II Jordan Poole

Moses Moody

Jonathan Kuminga JaMychal Green

Patrick Baldwin Anthony Lamb

Lester Quinones

INACTIVE


Andre Iguodala Ty Jerome

Andrew Wiggins Ryan Rollins

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COACHES


Chauncey Billups


Steve Kerr

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INJURIES

TRAIL BLAZERS

Damian Lillard - Tank - Out
Anfernee Simons - Tank - Out
Jerami Grant - Tank - Out
Jusuf Nurkic - Tank - Out
Nassir Little - Ankle - Out
Keon Johnson - Finger - Out
Cam Reddish - Back - Questionbable
John Butler Jr - Ankle - Questionable
Ibou Badji - Knee - Out
Mattisse Thybulle - Knee - Out
Shaedon Sharpe - Quad - Probable
Trendon Watford - Ankle - Probable
Drew Eubanks - Ankle - Questionable

WARRIORS

Andre Iguodala - Wrist - Out
Andrew Wiggins - Personal - Out
Ryan Rollins - Foot - Out
Ty Jerome - Out

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NOTES
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• This is the fourth of four games this season between the Trail Blazers and Warriors
• The Warriors defeated the Blazers 118-112 on 12/30 in San Francisco
• The Trail Blazers defeated the Warriors 125-122 on 2/8 in Portland
• The Warriors defeated the Trail Blazers 123-105 on 2/28 in San Francisco
• The only former Blazer on the Warriors is Gary Payton II.
• This will be the first game the Trail Blazers will have played the Warriors since Payton II was traded to the Warriors and they ran the Trail Blazers name through the mud...awkward
• This is both teams last game of the 2022-23 NBA season

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[Chris Craig]

Going for a win?

 

[blazerkor]

Going for a win?

No!

Thank you for putting the time in on all of these game threads... your efforts had great results. We can't say the same thing for our team this season. I'll be relieved when the game is over tomorrow. I hope to never root for our team to lose again. Fuck this season but let's hope something good comes out of it.

 

[Chris Craig]

No!

Thank you for putting the time in on all of these game threads... your efforts had great results. We can't say the same thing for our team this season. I'll be relieved when the game is over tomorrow. I hope to never root for our team to lose again. Fuck this season but let's hope something good comes out of it.

Thanks. Wish they would have resulted in more wins. I hope the same. Ugh.

 

[TBpup]

Look forward to getting back to games we can try to win....after this one.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Thank you, Chris for taking over for Darkwebs and making some amazing game threads! Anything to keep that Herpes Cream Puff guy away from making them.

 

[Cugel]

What do you do with Knox? I like his length and speed for his size. You give him the 3M come June?? Can he give you 12-15 good minutes a night, say 8 and 4?

Cam needs 7.7 M qualifier offer...
I like his potential and his personality but that is a lot of cash IMHO. He has to give you 12 pts at least on super efficient shooting to be worth it.

 

[Tince]

What do you do with Knox? I like his length and speed for his size. You give him the 3M come June?? Can he give you 12-15 good minutes a night, say 8 and 4?

Cam needs 7.7 M qualifier offer...
I like his potential and his personality but that is a lot of cash IMHO. He has to give you 12 pts at least on super efficient shooting to be worth it.

I'd bet the under that Knox gets $3m/year from anyone next year. Seems more like a minimum guy to me, at this point.

Reddish isn't worth $7.7m/year either, IMO.

 

[bemac]

What do you do with Knox? I like his length and speed for his size. You give him the 3M come June?? Can he give you 12-15 good minutes a night, say 8 and 4?

He's shown his potential, and Chauncey seems to be a fan of his. He will be here and contributing. Reddish is a bigger question mark.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

If Magic and Pacers win then Blazers will be locked into the 5th slot, should know at tipoff. Then we can finally root for a Blazers win. Probably won't happen but would be nice.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

He's shown his potential, and Chauncey seems to be a fan of his. He will be here and contributing. Reddish is a bigger question mark.

Do you have this on inside info? I certainly hope you are not listening and taking what he is saying in post games as what he really is thinking?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

There is no way the Warriors will lose today. Lakers play the Jazz and they will win that game as well. If the warriors lose they end up falling into the play in with a Laker win. The Suns don't have to beat the Clippers to stay in 4th so you figure they will rest players. Nuggets will want to beat the Kings but it makes no difference if the Kings lose so that game won't really be in question either.

The Mavericks tanking takes all the drama out of the play in for the West. Grizzlies will try to beat the Thunder i would presume but the Thunder have no reason to play if the Mavs lose to the Spurs.

Weird really??? As much as this season was in question all year today pretty much is a wash other than the Warriors and Lakers.

Too many teams tanked this year. You literally have 10 teams that don't want to win a game and you have another 14 that don't need to win. 2 teams need a win. The rest simply don't care?

The NBA has the last day wired to be watching 6 games at once but just didn't happen this year.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

They are done for the season.
Great Job everyone.

 

[blazerkor]

I'd bet the under that Knox gets $3m/year from anyone next year. Seems more like a minimum guy to me, at this point.

Reddish isn't worth $7.7m/year either, IMO.

So I agree that on the open market be might not fetch 3M but I think that maybe given what he's just shown the last few games, some GM might be crazy enough to throw the bi-annual exception at him if it's available to them.

I don't think any of that matters though because I think Knox has shown that he belongs on an NBA roster and picking up his option costs us next to nothing. If we're re-signing Grant then we aren't going to have cap space and the difference between what Knox's min would be in his 7th season (~2M) and 3M is negligible. If you think this guy is worth having on your roster at all then you pick up his option.

 

[inconceivable]

There is no way the Warriors will lose today. Lakers play the Jazz and they will win that game as well. If the warriors lose they end up falling into the play in with a Laker win. The Suns don't have to beat the Clippers to stay in 4th so you figure they will rest players. Nuggets will want to beat the Kings but it makes no difference if the Kings lose so that game won't really be in question either.

The Mavericks tanking takes all the drama out of the play in for the West. Grizzlies will try to beat the Thunder i would presume but the Thunder have no reason to play if the Mavs lose to the Spurs.

Weird really??? As much as this season was in question all year today pretty much is a wash other than the Warriors and Lakers.

Too many teams tanked this year. You literally have 10 teams that don't want to win a game and you have another 14 that don't need to win. 2 teams need a win. The rest simply don't care?

The NBA has the last day wired to be watching 6 games at once but just didn't happen this year.

Pelicans v Wolves is a meaningful game
Winner needs to only win one more to be in the playoffs, loser needs to win two to make the playoffs

 

[TBpup]

Do you have this on inside info? I certainly hope you are not listening and taking what he is saying in post games as what he really is thinking?

Quite right. Last year Chauncey said, "Every team needs a CJ Elleby."

 

[Blazinaway]

I'd bet the under that Knox gets $3m/year from anyone next year. Seems more like a minimum guy to me, at this point.

Reddish isn't worth $7.7m/year either, IMO.

How bout we just forget about Reddish, not impressed at all with his play, adios dude

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Quite right. Last year Chauncey said, "Every team needs a CJ Elleby."

A CJ Elleby who could shoot would be pretty awesome!

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Pelicans v Wolves is a meaningful game
Winner needs to only win one more to be in the playoffs, loser needs to win two to make the playoffs

Okay. I think there is kind of the same thing going in the east with Raptors and Hawks? Still not a bunch of ramifications today. The Mavs throwing games did change the entire outlook for the play in.

 

[illmatic99]

Shaedon needs 29 pts to hit double figure average in scoring for the season

 

[OneSport3]

So is Shaq Harrison playing for us today then joining the Lakers for the playoffs?

 

[OneSport3]

So is Shaq Harrison playing for us today then joining the Lakers for the playoffs?

 

[Graduate32]

We hardly knew ye, Shaq. Either way... good for him. I hope he gets a lot playoff minutes when the Lakers insert the end of their bench as they are getting blown out.

 

[Irish Trader]

e Warriors
43-38 (38-42-1)-17.0-200079.9%
Portland Trail Blazers
33-48 (39-41-1)234.0+105020.1%

we are a solid 17 point underdog. Looking good for 5th pick in the draft

 

[wizenheimer]

might as well drop this here:

according to Spotrac, Portland exercised the 2023-24 option on Keon Johnson last October. that's for 2.8M. I sure hope that was because of planning to use that salary as trade-filler. either Mays or Harrison would be better deep bench backup PG's

 

[Graduate32]

might as well drop this here:

according to Spotrac, Portland exercised the 2022-23 option on Keon Johnson last October. that's for 2.8M. I sure hope that was because of planning to use that salary as trade-filler. either Mays or Harrison would be better deep bench backup PG's

Yeah, I remember that from the Fall. I can understand that it was worth the gamble to see if he could take the next step (it appears he hasn't). Even if he is on the roster next year, it's kind of meh, not really devastating. But yes, if the Blazers make a bigger move (i.e. something involving Simons/Nurk/Nas), I'd assume the Blazers will try to attach as part of the deal.

 

[TBpup]

A CJ Elleby who could shoot would be pretty awesome!

Quite a large caveat.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

might as well drop this here:

according to Spotrac, Portland exercised the 2022-23 option on Keon Johnson last October. that's for 2.8M. I sure hope that was because of planning to use that salary as trade-filler. either Mays or Harrison would be better deep bench backup PG's

Does this mean he'll be a free agent? 22-23 season is ending today...

 

[Rastapopoulos]

So is Shaq Harrison playing for us today then joining the Lakers for the playoffs?

TRAITOR!!!!

He was probably our best player in the last game, too

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Quite right. Last year Chauncey said, "Every team needs a CJ Elleby."

He meant every OTHER team, for our benefit.