Game Thread GAME# 77: HEAT @ BLAZERS - APRIL 2, 2016 - SATURDAY, 7:00 PM (PDT), CSNNW

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Do you believe the Blazers will overtake the Grizzlies for the 5th seed?

Poll closed Apr 2, 2016.

  1. Yes

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    90.6%

  2. No

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  1. 42N8Bounce

    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    Interesting study. It only took 71 players, and it also only looked at Hall of Famers, MVPs and Superstars.

    I've posted this previously, but I looked at every NBA player that played more than 96 minutes per season between 2001 and 2015 and used PER as a basis of measurement of productivity -

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    I found that age 26 (as of Feb 1) is the most productive year (14.14 PER) of a typical NBA player. Their productivity remains strong thru age 28 (PER 13.97). Age 29 is the 'drop off' age (PER 13.48). After that we see a pretty strong slide in productivity.

    With that being said, Dame is currently 25.3 years old. CJ's only a year behind Dame at 24.2 years old. Our 'window' of strongest productivity with those two is over the next 4 years.

    However, I think the key to a long and strong push at a championship is a good balance of older veterans (aged 28-33), a few key players in their primes (aged 24-28), mixed in with a few young guns (ages 18-24). If we build this roster right, no reason we can't expect deep playoff runs for many years to come with CJ and Dame as our centerpieces.

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    42N8Bounce, Apr 3, 2016
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  2. riverman

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    Good win last night, though I missed the whole game with work. 2 more wins to reach my prediction of 43......it's looking good! Go Blazers!
     
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    Its almost like teams game plan for Dame far more than any other Blazer on the team. Nah, that can't be it.

    I mean, it isn't like they put their best defender on him regularly or anything.
     
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    Thats been the case the entire season. Nothing there has changed with Dame's slump the last few weeks.
     
    Draco, Apr 3, 2016
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    Why you getting offended? Cj does play for the home team so it's win-win isn't it? I think anybody would agree when it comes to consistency Cj is way more steady with that and never does much heat check chucking shots
     
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    Wow very well done; I like yours much more.
     
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    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    Dame is averaging 25.2 ppg, with a standard deviation of 6.6.
    CJ is averaging 20.6 ppg, with a standard deviation of 4.9.

    Tunchi is correct, CJ is more consistent. CJ is typically within about 5 points of his average, whereas Dame is typically within about 6.5 points of his average.
     
    42N8Bounce, Apr 3, 2016
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  8. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Tunchi has achieved Sinobas/Aldridge levels of obsession.
     
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    Cj is on the home team ppl so regardless if he's more consistent than dame atleast he's on our team so what's the big deal
     
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    Rarely? He's had weeks where he shot horribly. I remember because I chronicled them for you and you never responded. CJ can have them too. I can get the stats there again if you'd like. But you'd probably ignore that, too.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    It's fun watching you trying to smash square pegs into round holes with your forehead.
     
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    At this point, you could post "I love my wife" and people would respond "why do you hate Dame!"

    Part of it is that you have gained a reputation - and part of it is that Dame is off his game and people are quietly panicking.
     
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    Oh ok that makes sense. I was just wondering what's the big deal Bc thank god we have Cj on the team.

    I can understand the panick tho but let's be glad we have Cj on our side
     
    Tunchi, Apr 3, 2016
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  14. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    He literally posts something negative about Dame in every. fucking. thread.
     
    Natebishop3, Apr 3, 2016
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    "Dame just scored 50 in 10 straight games!"

    "But he didn't do it in 11 straight. SCRUB."
     
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