Game Thread 2023-24 GAME #66 - BLAZERS VS KNICKS - MARCH 14, 2024 - THURSDAY - 7:00 PM PST - ROOT

OG appears to be playing with 1 arm in a blowout.

 

That's hyperbolic. He was 1-for-8 last game. In his first three games coming back, he was 11-for-32 with 9 turnovers and 12 fouls. He started this game like 1-for-7 and had two fouls almost immediately.

To try to act like a trend is invalidated by a hypothetical 7-for-8 game is ridiculous. First, let Scoot have a game anywhere near 7-for-8 before you dream about him having one. He hasn't been anywhere near that ever this year. He has to string a few more games that are at least 45-50% shooting before we can start fantasizing about one good game trumping four straight very poor performances.

 

It’s not a horrible loss when you consider the
team out there = 75% Rip City Remix…

 

I agree, judging off a half, or a few games, would be crazy. Really, coming to any conclusion in less than 50 games seems like a major rush to judgement.

I haven't seen near enough for me to be comfortable trading Ant to make room for him or to be worried.

 

Blazers trying to beat up Brunson. It doesn't seem to have any effect.

 

The advanced stats aren’t even close

Scoot PER - 8
TMac PER - 17

Not to say Scoot can’t turn it around, but up until now, Telfair was better than him statistically at the same point in time.

 

so tired of brunson flopping every damn time

 

You're sharing on a message board so I'm assuming you want discourse. I didn't say you were completely unjustified.

 

Ayton b2b tip-ins

 

Ayton with the palindrome stat line

 

He is gonna have to have a *major* hot streak to end the season to have respectable numbers.

 

Ayton has been the best story of the season.

 

Banton missed his stat padder.

 

Ayton is going to really help this team moving forward...he impresses the hell out of me since he's come back from injury

 

he had 4 steals but also 4 turnovers...

 

Knicks shot like poodoo
6-29 from distance 20%

They'll be knocked out in 1st round shooting like that

 

apparently, some people in Blazer management have received the it's-time-to-tank memo. Too bad they didn't get that memo 10 days ago. Blazers might be 4th seed in the lottery. Probably doesn't matter much though

Ayton had b2b 40 minute nights. I think that's excessive minutes for a lot of players, especially a big man. Not sure what the logic was

and yeah, Scoot has a long ways to go

 

Scoot has years to go.

 

Josh Hart 15 boards & 3 stls

 

What were your expectations for his first 50 games? He wasn't a great shooter last year and he's a 19/20 year old rookie, who is now playing with 1 NBA starter-level player.

I don't get the folks trying to talk him up as clearly our future franchise PG anymore than the folks who think we've seen enough to decide he's destined to be a bad shooter and decision maker. Seems far too early to worry or clear out a pathway for him.