Game Thread 2023-24 Game #1 - BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - OCTOBER 25, 2023 - WEDNESDAY - 7:30 PM PST - ROOT

Ayton should just collect his paychecks and walk in the summer od 2026 then.. If I was Ayton i'd mail it in if thats how it was... Luckily, thats not how it is..

Ayton can face up and Back down opponents, he's got a solid hookshot in the arsenal, u dont need to baby him... He can punish smaller opponents.. Zubac isnt a smaller opponent n Ivica feasted last night because other parts of the offense were totally shut down in that 1st quarter..

 

https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/...s-just-part-of-the-trail-blazers-journey.html

 

I have a pretty good feeling that final score woulda been the same with last years roster too.

 

What's positive. Although Ayton didn't do much, he did get 12 rebounds and 3 steals in 23 minutes. I think Anf is trying harder on defense. Sharpe and Toumani had decent games and it showed up in their plus/minuses. Scoot recovered and had a decent second half. That's about it, isn't it?

 

Maybe the same for Walker too? I like to see him aggressive to the hoop, but he often dribbles into a crowd.

 

But we are also tied for the best odds at the number one pick!

 

Knew we would miss Nurk on defense.

 

I think Dame is the best Blazer of all time as well.

 

That's easy for you to say...

 

Gotta have a coach that teaches young guys to play the right way, win or lose.

 

You don’t get it. People aren’t criticizing Billups for the loss. They’re criticizing him for the lack of any system on either end of the court.

 

Shaedon seems to have come a long long way on both ends of the court in the last year. Ant is light years ahead of where he was when Chauncey took over, both as a scorer obviously but even though he sucks on defense he is out of position far less often.

If you're not seeing the development then you're not looking. Chauncey hasn't been given the personnel at any point since he's been here to put in place systems that would look good. Completely unbalanced rosters and now a youth rebuild with a few vet holdovers who just need to maintain their value until they're traded.

I'll be looking to see Shaedon take the same kind of huge leap forward this season he did last season. I'll be looking to see Scoot make huge huge gains from where we just saw him to the end of the season. I also want to see Ayton playing the best he's ever played and not regressing. I'd like to see some of our young forwards make big gains too but I don't have as good of an idea of what they (Kris, Toumani, Jabari and Rayan) are capable of. I've got a pretty good idea for what Shaedon and Ayton can do but what I think Scoot is capable of is absolutely just an assumption, it's just a far more educated assumption than what I can even make for our young forwards.

 

Don’t need to look it up. Here you go:

Damon
Rider
Walt Williams
Grant
Sabonis
Cato
Sheed
Augmon
Jimmy Jackson
Greg Anthony
Jermaine

 

I thought he looked pretty good while watching but at the end of the night his stats didn't look too hot, and he had the worst plus minus on the team.

 

Terrible foul trouble. I think Ayton is going to understand just how tough it is to get calls playing for Portland. He literally had 4 fouls in the 2nd quarter. What's crazier is that Billups let that happen.

 

Plus Minus of the guy who started and played against their best players during the most meaningful minutes of the game seems like the reason people dislike stats.

 

Ayton didn't get any touches. WTF is he supposed to do? He took 4 shots and made two. That is on his teammates and Billups, especially Billups.

 

How about 6 for 14 shooting?