Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #23 - BLAZERS VS JAZZ - DEC 6, 2024 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM - CHARGE - BLAZERVISION

Maybe Grant and Simon’s will get traded

 

Everyone from the coach to the ball boy should be embarrassed.

 

I was in town for the Jazz game and took my whole family last yr. We got destroyed by 30 that game too.

Wtf is this performance.

 

Great finish. Young 3 wins it. LeBron had ridiculous numbers and big defensive plays and he’s 40. Amazing.

 

Blazers shut down Minnesota offense in two wins and had an above average defense.

Ayton and Ant return and we now give up 67 points to a 4 win team. Not a coincidence.

 

Remove Clingan and Rob - put in Ayton and Ant.... This is the result.

67 points in a half by a 4 win team that is resting their all-star.

 

Nope they don’t.

 

Shut off the clank fest before halftime..Netflix wins!

 

At home.

Taking it like that and get out energized on the road is one thing. Having your lunch money stolen by a cellar dweller at home is sad.

 

Give the Blazers credit. When we're bad, we're the best at being terrible.

Despite giving up 67 points, the real problem, to me, was the offense. We run nothing, and we don't shoot well. The lack of flow and movement with all this iso crap keeps everyone out of a rhythm, and that carries over to the defensive end because we let the other team get out and run.

We also get outhustled with regularity. How many of the 3s we gave up were after loose balls?

But, yeah, our issues all start with a non-existent offensive approach and the absence of any consistent shooters.

 

Would love that.

I really do worry about our vets trade value though. They've all consistently lost value the last 3 years (by ESPN 100 NBA rank)

That was the stupid reason to even have this group come back in the summer. If Ayton Grant Ant get wins it hurts our pick. If they lose it hurts their trade value.

The Blazers setup their season so no matter what happens the franchise suffers.

 

This version of the team is so depressing to watch. No Clingan, no Scoot. A bunch of defensive liabilities and a shooting guard parading as a center.

 

Is the problem on offense the offensive system or the players? When we had Ayton Ant sitting out the team had a lot of motion, hustle, and pace. Since they've been back there's little movement or effort, just standing around.

 

I'm fine with losing - but at least give us a team that tries and hustles even if they have less talent.

This vet group we're trotting out now is as depressing as the Raymond Felton / Jamal Crawford year.

 

Yup

 

Ben Handlogten is somewhere just laughing his ass off

 

Just awful to watch, effort sucked

 

5 seconds and Ayton man with an open dunk.

 

I’m watching this game thinking that their prospects are better than our veterans.