If you need a top flight PG to win in the playoffs.....

.....then why are the Lakers the favorites to win it all?

My point is that Steve Blake is better than anyone the Lakers have at the PG position. And he held Brooks down for most of the game tonight. Brooks' last 8 points were scored when the game was already lost for them.

 

They have Kobe Bryant? The best player in the game...

 

They play the triangle offense. We do not.

 

The Lakers have (arguably) the best player in the league over the last ten years and run far less isolation and have far more team movement than us. Figure that one out big guy.

Steve Blake's a shitty undersized SG, not a PG. He doesn't run sets, make passes to cutters, or lead the team on the break, how is he a PG?

 

Ding ding ding!

 

Aaron Brooks, all of 5'10" of him, is torching the Blazers.

When you're that quick and can shoot the way he can height isn't a factor.

 

realistically I like an undersized off the ball SG with good court vision (Stephen Curry or RUDY) next to Roy or a real PG with a shot good enough to succeed off the ball a little more than many. We need someone to push the tempo, reward movement, and guard 1's (by default).

I still think a Rudy/Roy/Batum 1/2/3 would be loads more effective than Blake at point. Rudy can do what Blake does, while making better entry passes, and pushing the pace much more effectively. Batum can guard superstar 1's (as he does now), and we'd have some nice size on the court.

I even wouldn't mind...Aaron Brooks, the question being can he succeed a little more off the ball and I'm not so sure he has that excellent of court vision, two things we need desperately.

 

Start Rudy and put Batum on Brooks.

 

Shamelessblazers Nash-to Portland rant starts in

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Seriously, I think Conley would be a good fit.

 

I like our team as is.

I'd just like to see Sergio and Jerryd in the mix as we're sooooooooooooo much better when we use all our weapons.

No way we'd be in the playoffs this year without them.

Bake it!

 

Fact is he can't really shoot that way.

He's usually around .400.

Streaks happen.

 

Just no.

 

Brooks scored a bunch of quick points that we pretty much let him score at the end because we already had the game locked. For most of the game, though, Blake had Brooks locked down.

The guy who's killing us is Von Wafer.

 

The thread starter is shameless, Blake was absolutely ATROCIOUS tonight, and I'm talking about running the offense. It was so horrible to watch and there is absolutely no reason why Sergio didn't get any burn in the 2nd half. Blake was THAT bad. He needs to stop playing afraid and get aggressive instead of him solely depending on Roy to carry his weight.

 

the lakers have kobe, gasol, bynum, and odom and that's why they are one of the favorites(though i wouldn't call them the favor. my money would be on the actual best player and team in the league, the cavs).

blake isn't better than fisher. fisher is basically blake with better defense.

but the blazers don't need a top pg to win a championship(or get far in the playoffs). guys like jordan, lebron, wade, kobe, and yes roy make having a great pg not necessary.

 

I fear a Blake bashin' a comin'.

 

why do you fear that? maybe because he looked lost out there tonight and when he did get open looks he put them off the side of the backboard? but he did have 14 asts. in one quarter so all is forgiven.

 

I'd rather get some good production in a playoff game than in a game vs an injury riddled Clippers team who was going to lose by 20+ anyways. That's just me though. Blake was terrible tonight and I really hope he steps up because he's supposed to be this team's veteran.

 

*sigh.

Why? Because it's unearned. For most of the game Blake did a decent job on Brooks. And he was the only other Blazer beside Roy and Aldridge that looked like they knew what they were doing.

4-8 for 10 points and 5 assists is not a bad statline.

That is worlds better than how he played in game 1. So I'm not aboard the Blake hater train.

Personally I think most of you need to mellow out.

 

Agreed. He had Brooks in check for most of the game. I think Brooks had like 2 pts in the first half.