Game Thread 2025 SL GAME #3 - BLAZERS VS PELICANS - JULY 15, 2025 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM PST - ESPN - ESPN+

I cannot stand Loves game especially for a guy who is older. He’s a “ME” player that isn’t a good scorer but thinks he is and makes little effort as a guard to make players around him better. Exact opposite of the type of player I want as our 3rd guard.

damn read your draft bio and realize why you didn’t get drafted. Should have come into summer league with mindset of showing he’s working on his weakenss.

as far as Yamg I can t wait to see him with good players around him. Offensively he should be really good fit defensively he’ll definitely struggle to stay in front of quicker guys but some of that is conditioning and pace of NBA game. He’s got good work ethic and high BBIQ I think he’ll adjust as season goes on. His rebounding numbers has me a little concerned

 

Because the other centers he will be playing against will eat him up and take that rebound.

 

Define "fair amount". How many minutes per game do you think they'll play together?

 

That's certainly true. When I do depth charts, I don't factor in injuries, even though we know they're likely to happen. If 4 rotation players get injured, then I would think the Grant/Yang minutes would go way up.

 

Nobody should be putting RWIII near any depth chart unless that chart includes towel wavers

 

I calculated in another thread - if you look at mpg for the Blazers with the 10 or so most minutes last year it was 280mpg. So yeah I think that's a far more accurate way to estimate PT than the 240mpg posters here list.

 

I would like to see Love with good players around him as well. Right now, he is the only player on the SL team who can create his own shot. That generally leads to forcing bad shots. And although he did not have a good game last night, he still filled the box score. He could have had more assists with better finishers. He plays hard on both ends of the court. And no one had more rebounds than him yesterday....... on any of the 14 teams that played

Bottom line is he will not be a starter. So what he does in SL will not be the same role. The difference between him and other combo guards we have complained about in the past is that he is physical and plays defense. He might be an older rookie, but he is still a rookie. He needs to get better, just like the rest of them.

 

12 rebounds is outstanding. Wish he had better decision-making on when to take a shot, but I'm guessing his coaches for five years in college also did.

 

Rupert was a plus 27 last night; the only guy who came close to him was Carton, who was plus 9 and I thought had a pretty decent game. Love a plus 4

 

Rupert's 3 ball last night was looking sweet. Solid 3 and D player. Still won't be on the 2nd team but should be the next guy up at both SG and SF when injuries occur

 

12 is even better

 

this confuses me. So, Yang will draw eyeballs in China so the Blazers will get more national games in the USA?

I'd wonder if China will tap into Blazer broadcasting. New partnership?

 

Well, there are 5 million Chinese living in the US. And China does get ESPN via Tencent.
But yeah, I would imagine the Blazer would want to tap into that market via Blazer broadcasting.

 

Caleb Love is a chucker. He was a chucker in college. And in 3 SL games he's averaging 17.7 points on 17.7 shots. Maybe he'll finally develop discipline and better shot selection under NBA coaches....that's possible. But he'll be 24 when the season starts and likely busy chucking away in G-League

 

A chucker who actually is willing to play D. Unlike the others we have had.

 

Does Caleb potentially grow into the Ant role? I don’t think anyone is expecting All Star potential. But on some teams he might fill a role/need. Willingness to create and take shots off the bench

 

Maybe the role many wanted. He is not currently as good offensively as Ant, but he checks the other boxes. (Cheaper, would be thrilled to come off the bench, pretty good defender) Neither are true PGs.

 

No. He sucks. He's going to be on the Remix.

 

No chance in hell

 

More likely what’s going to happen is we run an extra cable out of the back of the TV truck and that signal gets shot back to China. Their announcers would call the game from home. We did that during Ichiro’s rookie season in Seattle. I made a lot of money that season FAMS!