Any news? I fear what was already looking like a mugging tomorrow night could end up a genocide if we don't have his length and agility to at least somewhat bother lebron and Mo Williams.
you need teh twitter. @blazersedge- Nate on Nic Batum, who was carried off court by Shav: "Ankle sprain. He's getting an x-ray. Hopefully nothing real serious. Maybe a tweak."
James had 34 points/14 assists/7 rebounds and Mo Williams had 33 points/3 reb/3 assists in the Rose Garden. That was with 20 minutes of Batum.
It doesn't look good. I am not sure what we can do. Even with Wally out, they still have 4 great 3 pt shooters that james can find. So if we go to the zone they kill us and if we double up on James he finds the open 3 pt shooter. Too bad Cleveland is a jump shooting team. I prefer the few who aren't. That way our bigs are more of a factor.
LaMarcus is doubtful with a concussion, too. It's a good thing I'm watching this game at a bar tomorrow. I'm going to need it.
Apparently the word is Nic could be the next Scottie Pippen...?!? 0:50 <object classid=clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000 codebase=http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0 width=430 height=400 id=embeddable_player><param name=allowFullScreen value=true /><param name=movie value=http://www.nba.com/media/blazers/g.swf /><param name=quality value=high /><param name=bgcolor value=#000000 /><param name=FlashVars value=xmlfile=http://images.trailblazers.com/ssp_director/images.php?album=750 /><embed src=http://www.nba.com/media/blazers/g.swf quality=high bgcolor=#000000 width=430 height=400 name=embeddable_player align=middle allowScriptAccess=sameDomain allowFullScreen=true type=application/x-shockwave-flash pluginspage=http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer flashvars=xmlfile=http://images.trailblazers.com/ssp_director/images.php?album=750 /></object>
quick comment I feel the need to make. First initial-Last name first syllable is the lamest nickname.
MJ himself is comparing Batum to Pippen, and Jordan would know better than anyone. Good to hear. I've heard the comparison before but didn't really want to go that far because Pipper was such a great player, but if Jordan says it, that's good enough for me.
honestly, Jordan doesn't have the best track record in identifying talent... For that matter, Larry Bird sure fucked up his draft... Hibbert isn't bad, but Rush is, and that team desperately needs some potential stars.
Maaaybe so. But Jordan knows Scottie. That's probably one of the best complements a young player could receive from Anyone.
If there was ever a game to have to lose Aldridge and Batum, @Cleveland is probably it. That was approaching a 0% chance of victory anyway. Better to lose them for that game than a game Portland could win with them and drops without them.
Without LMA, we'll probably have to feed Oden a bit more than usual and that could be a great thing for Greg and us.
I hope Portland does take the opportunity to feed Oden. I'd like to see him given the green light to try and score a lot. It might not work. But if ever there was a game to try, this game is the one.
I hate to break it to you, but in terms of this season, Jarret Jack has been a bigger asset than Jerryd Bayless would be this year. I really think that trade was more about Jarret Jack, and Rush was a nice secondary piece. Long term, I think Bayless will improve a lot, but I see a lot of Jack in Bayless too, and when it comes time for Jerryd to make plays that count, I'm not so sure we're not going to see the same turnovers from him as we saw from Jarret.
