Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #31 - BLAZERS VS MAVS - DEC 28, 2024 - SAT - 7:00 PM - CHARGE - BLAZERVISION

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  1. Cugel

    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    The only thing they can do is bench/trade the vets and play all the young guys. I would like to see Rupert get more minutes. Put him on Kyrie for the fun of it. Couldnt a been any worse.
     
    Cugel, Dec 28, 2024
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  2. 42N8Bounce

    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    Is it a coincidence that Scoot has had his best 2 games of the season while Billups is not coaching?
     
    42N8Bounce, Dec 28, 2024
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    Awesome win even though they were playing with a lot of guys out. Ayton was really really good tonight...him and Deni are starting to really build chemistry
     
    riverman, Dec 28, 2024
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    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    Quality win. Dallas played good.
     
    42N8Bounce, Dec 28, 2024
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    Baking. Fun to watch. Portland is not in the race for Flagg.
     
    bemac, Dec 28, 2024
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    Yeah, we should have already and need to ASAP trade Jerami, Ant and Deandre. We don't get these wins without those guys but we do have competitive games with our young players getting even more reps.
     
    blazerkor, Dec 28, 2024
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    Nothing a 5 game road trip can't cure.....where they are 3-13
     
    Pinwheel1, Dec 28, 2024
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    If we're not in the race for Cooper Flagg then our management is worse than I think they are... and I already think they're pretty damn terrible.
     
    blazerkor, Dec 28, 2024
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    dumb wins

    Grant - 42 minutes/Simons - 40 minutes/Ayton - 36 minutes (Clingan 12 minutes). Those 3 averaged 39 minutes, for fuck sakes. Contributed 57 pts; 28 rebs; 12 ast. Seems kind of like this is the kind of season Cronin and the coaches want. 5 games out of the 10th seed, but hey! only 3 wins from being 11th in the lottery odds, and 4 wins from being 13th. Ride those 3 vets huge minutes for the worst possible outcome....good plan!
     
    wizenheimer, Dec 28, 2024
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    Like stealing candy from a baby
     
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    Yeah, hard to stomach this kind of mismanagement but I really do like the young core we have developing... they just really really need a superstar type of player out of this draft and we seem to be thumbing our noses at trying to increase our odds of getting that superstar.
     
    blazerkor, Dec 28, 2024
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    Absolutely
     
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    I have to be honest, I was kind of hoping one of these guys was waiting in the wings to take over for Chauncey.
     
    Phatguysrule, Dec 28, 2024
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    Come on, that's a low blow... She's just a kid.
     
    Phatguysrule, Dec 28, 2024
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    Is Phoenix good? Who cares who beats them? By by the way, Mavs were 7-1 when Kyrie plays and Luka doesn’t.
     
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    He needs to be the starter and in charge of the team. He won’t have to prove himself. We’d be behind him 100% to go out there and figure it out. Trade Simons now.
     
    KingSpeed, Dec 28, 2024
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    Dallas still had 2 sure fire Hall of Famers so they have no excuses.
     
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    I disagree. When Ant and Ayton were out, we played our best ball of the season. Trading them doesn’t mean we’ll suck.
     
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    Sharpe and Scoot are developing and it’s turning into wins. What are we supposed to do? Bench them?
     
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    Hawks competed all last season and won the lottery. Something to think about. You can have the worst record in the league and the odds are still stacked way against you. Let the season play out and see where we’re at the trade deadline.
     
    KingSpeed, Dec 28, 2024
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