Game Thread GAME# 5: BLAZERS @ JAZZ - NOVEMBER 4, 2015 - WEDNESDAY, 6:00 PM (PST), KGW

Very excited for Harkless. He was huge for us. That and the 62-16 advantage we had over their starting back court.

 

LOL "big rebounds". Dude has 10 points and 13 rebound in 73 minutes of play this year. And tonight he had 0 rebounds. Only you have said to cut him. I say put him in d-league.

 

I would think so. Can't imagine a team having 4. Just from logistics its crazy we're a week into the season and a team hasn't played a home game.

 

It's not "totalitarian". I just don't need to see anymore of Vonleh to see he's not ready to contribute as a rotational player.

 

He's been bad, really really bad. If he was 30 years old people would say he's one of the worst basketball players they've ever seen. I'm excited for his potential but not sure if putting him in positions he's failing is best for his long term growth.

 

Haha awesome! You could tell someone this was from 1970 they'd believe you.

 

Yeah all players have some negatives. Its about finding the right mix where they mask negatives and highlight positives.

 

It's not just that he misses them. It's the way he misses them. Ridiculous. Just fucking do the Rick Berry underhand shot. It would be less embarrassing and more effective.

 

I'm not seeing much about him to get excited about either. He looks more like someone who might be a decent backup in the league.

 

If a 30 year old Wes got a max deal with a torn Achilles whats Harkless going to get?

Glad we got cap space because we might need it just to keep our young guys the next few years. Glad we didn't lock $10+mil a year on Meyers too!

 

No HD in 1970

 

How the hell do you win a game with the team only getting 11 assists?
Play a team that will only get nine.

 

That give and go with Mase and Dame was sick.

 

I saw Meyers played 11 minutes. What happened?

 

Nasty ankle roll.

 

If we can do that consistently we'll have the best record in the NBA.

I'll be happy if we can keep up the effort, decisions, and gameplans. This game was abnormally bad offense from Utah. Opponents won't always be this cold and when we don't shoot so well we won't have the chance to get our defense set. Very encouraging game though!

 

Teams did it because Dwight, Shaq, DeAndre were some of the most dominant physical centers in the game and their teams were elite. I don't think it happens with us much until we are regarded as a legit playoff team.

If it does Stotts can just change the rotation, always play Plumlee the start of quarters and be ready to pull him out when opponents are in the bonus. I don't think it matters much.

 

Dame has been killing these last two games. Glad I can shut up about his 3 pointer. Hope this continues Bc I've been saying his finishes are elite level now.

And what's up with vonleh? What do you guys see in him? He plays ok defense I'll give him that but he's weak to me other than that. Randall is the same age as him and is muuuuch better.

Harkless and Aminu are night and day better than Batum..

 

I was actually going to say/post ^ but u beat me to it I'm not anti-Leonard/haven't been & feel a little bad for saying this but... after he went out... I REALLY like how our guys looked/what they did out there; they looked locked in, cohesive, & there was a good flow to their game/attack/defense. I gotta say, after seeing the display tonight after Leonard went out, I'm thinking it best when the time/deal is right, we trade him/package him up while he's got so much value/while we still can. Will Leonard get better? I still think he will improve some (not a ton) but as far as how our team plays/flows best... even an improved Leonard isn't what our team needs; we trade for what we need, what we've got now w/o Leonard I'm liking!