Blazers vs Jazz preseason game thread 10/18/2015

Plum and Myers better be looking over there shoulders for Davis and Von.

 

That would be entirely "great", especially since most around the NBA world think they took a huge shit this summer. Barely making the playoffs with an average age (excluding kayman) is something like 23 years old.

 

Well at least Lillard had a good night shooting the 3 for the first time in a while

 

Yeah, I saw a couple of those Waltons, too.

Fonz and I saw someone with a LA jersey. We sighed heavily.

 

Re-listening to the play by play... I love the Vonleh-Davis front court. They're vacuum cleaners on the offensive boards.

 

No not at all when it comes to this roster. These geeks think we are making the playoffs. You know........ be cause preseason has always been, like summer league, the best way to evaluate how a team will do in the regular season.

 

Did they play the "HEY" song? I fucking LOVE whenever they bust that shit out.

 

Even better is watching it again (which I just did); a thing of beauty seeing those 2 grab/dominate everything! I really like having Vonleh & Davis out there together (Vonleh & Davis got most of theirs on O from sweet put-backs! ), they play very well together; eventually when Vonleh's offense starts solidifying (~1-2years away)... I'm wanting these 2 as our starters. Was this preseason? Yes, however, the way Vonleh & Davis played CAN translate to the reg. season, this IS 1 of the few things that we CAN get excited about/read into (i.e. ALSO our rebounding will be insane! Let's not forget that Alexander will be back soon!) Our starting bigs (for now...), we've got the "Ivory Towers" & then we follow up w/... THE Ebony Enforcers (playing off the Stevie Wonder thang)! Really liked how Harkless looked out there & Mason did some good things too; w/ Mason, I DEFINITELY see him putting it on the floor more w/ us vs. when he was w/ the Nets.

We couldn't have asked for a better preseason/teaching tool IMO (the win is nice but wasn't the most important takeaways here ooooofff course); this game was an excellent example of needing to b mentally strong/prepared (against a seasoned team of regulars, I don't think we would've won but even IF that were the case & we lost, I think we would've brought the same fight & we STILL would've grown/learned invaluable lessons!). Our guys knew it'd b mostly scrubs they'd b facing, @ 1st our guys didn't handle that well BUT in the 4th/OT, they came together/locked in & got 'er done!

 

I want to see Stotts mix up the front court rotations. Davis and Vonleh are better offensive rebounders while Leonard and Plumlee are better defensive rebounders.

 

To this point, when Dame was at the line with 2.6 left, after he made the first, they switched out Plums with Vonleh, in the case of an O-board put back. Thought it was smart.

 

It's not about preseason wins and losses. Anyone with eyes can see we are a better team than last year. We're faster, more athletic, and deeper and have a true leader. You overvalue Aldridge, Wes, and Batum. We have a better team this year.

 

The reality is we have a better team than last year.

 

The best part of this season will be to see your absolute MELTDOWN on here Jinx. You are setting yourself up for a momentous collapse with these unrealistic expectations. I will commend you on your Glass is Half Full look on things.

 

Nah, he'll claim the season is over after the first loss and that will be that.

 

Always loved the mid January "MUST WIN" game threads.

 

Nah. This is the new and improved Kingspeed. He stayed optimistic all last season, non?

 

Like what Kingspeed said, it isn't about the preseason. Its about the individuals on the team now. Individually, they scrap and hustle more and have different, sometimes even better attributes than last year's roster. It IS pretty obvious. I wont say its a better team because chemistry plays a large part and last year's roster prior to Rolo going down, had some of the best chemistry we have seen the Blazers have in a decade or so

The only thing that Wes Batum and LMA have over this team is the chemistry they had and knowing each others game so well.

 

You honestly believe what you just typed??? Thats the ONLY thing Wes, Nic and LA have over the new players!!!??? Sorry bro, if you really believe this, how can we honestly take any of you opinions seriously?

So you are telling us here on this day that you believe 30 NBA GMS would rather have our new guys than Wes, Nic and LA on there opening night roster? Not trying to be a dick, I'm just getting tired of this blind enthusiasm I keep reading on here!