Game Thread 2023-24 Game #18 - BLAZERS @ CAVS - NOVEMBER 30, 2023 - THURSDAY - 4:00 PM PST - ROOT

Absolutely.

 

Robert Ford!

 

Cool... if we're great this season you won't find me complaining. I'll gladly eat crow. I'm just saying that from my perspective teams have been taking us lightly and that is about to change so I don't want to see a bunch of you in here expecting unrealistic shit melting down and putting it on Chauncey if/when we are losing a lot of games... with Scoot and with Ant. I also think we'll have a worse record at the trade deadline than we did last season and we can expect Joe to complete the youth rebuild and that point. But hey again I'll be happy to be wrong.

 

They're going to get better with age too.

Next year, Camara and and Walker will both have an additional year of experience. Mays and Reath both seem like great third string guys that we can bring back on the cheap at any time. Whether or not Scoot is still on the bench remains to be seen. Add another rookie or two to this bench like Tyler Smith and/or Cody Williams, and this is a very solid bench for many years to come. We still don't know what Rupert or Kris will be yet.

It helps to have someone who can identify talent in the draft.

 

Crazy game, great win, Sharpe leads the way

 

I agree. There’s a fine line with tanking and building a losing culture. If we have one of the worst records in the league but we are playing like this, I would consider that a major success. We don’t want to be like Detroit where years and years of tanking has permeated the organization and fostered a losing culture.

I think our absolute floor this season will be 26th. We’re not going to be worst than Detroit and Washington. The Spurs should be better but they are low key tanking. Chicago will probably blow it up and suck. Memphis will probably surpass us once Ja comes back. We’ll probably be in the same tier as Utah and Charlotte.

 

And a roster that is amenable to that. Good luck with a guy like CJ.

 

Good riddance Neil.

 

If Markkanen is playing with Kessler back, we'll see on Saturday if we're in the same tier as the Jazz.

 

I'm still not sure if we have that. He didn't draft Camara and Rupert and Murray haven't done anything yet.

 

Rupert is the youngest player on the roster. His style of play fits the team perfectly. He just needs to refine his game and be consistent, like any player hoping to be in the rotation.

 

Cavs shot 21% from deep.
the great Ohio Chuckwagon

 

That will be an interesting matchup. Utah will probably lose in Minnesota today and want to make up for that and their blowout loss to the Blazers.
They haven't played well on the road, but Utah beat the Pelicans twice in their last two home games.

Markannen and Clarkson are not playing today.

 

It's about as indicative of how good we are as the Toronto win was.

 

good god...What a bunch of miserable sods. This place.

 

I had a ton of fun watching that game but when it was over, I had to deal with a bunch of people talking about our team being in the playoffs. Then I had to come to the realization that when we don't come close to the playoffs the same people talking crazy tonight will be melting down and looking to place blame where no blame needs to be placed.

 

Scoot 7 assists in 22 minutes.

 

Sharpe’s gonna be a good one.

 

That's very good