Game Thread PRESEASON GAME # 5: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - OCTOBER 16, 2016 - SUNDAY, 6:00 PM (PDT), NBATV & CSNNW

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What kind of season do you foresee Meyers having?

Poll closed Oct 16, 2016.

  1. Regression from last year

    2 vote(s)
    5.9%

  2. Around the same production as last year

    22 vote(s)
    64.7%

  3. A step up from last year

    9 vote(s)
    26.5%

  4. Breakout season; in the running for MIP award

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------


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    EMMANUEL MUDIAY VS DAMIAN LILLARD

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    WILL BARTON VS C.J. McCOLLUM

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    DANILO GALLINARI VS MAURICE HARKLESS

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    KENNETH FARIED VS AL-FAROUQ AMINU

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    JUSUF NURKIC VS MASON PLUMLEE


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    WHEN: 6:00 PM (PDT), SUNDAY, 10/16/2016​


    WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR
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    --------------BENCH--------------

    DENVER NUGGETS
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    NELSON , WOLTERS , MURRAY
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    BEASLEY , KENNEDY , TOUPANE
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    MILLER , HUMMELL , SAMPSON
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    CHANDLER , HERNANGOMES , STOKES
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    ARTHUR , JOKIC


    ---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----
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    NAPIER , TURNER , CRABBE
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    CONNAUGHTON , QUARTERMAN
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    LAYMAN , VONLEH
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    JERRETT , DAVIS , STIEMSMA



    INJURIES
    NUGGETS
    EMMANUEL MUDIAY (Right Ankle Sprain): OUT
    JAMAL MURRAY (Right Ankle Sprain): PROBABLE
    DARRELL ARTHUR (Left Knee Surgery): OUT
    GARY HARRIS (Right Groin Strains): OUT
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    PAT CONNAUGHTON (shoulder): QUESTIONABLE
    MEYERS LEONARD (back): OUT
    FESTUS EZELI (left knee): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
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    MICHAEL MALONE --- TERRY STOTTS



    :reading:OFFICIAL NUGGETS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​




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    Last edited: Oct 16, 2016
    Darkwebs, Oct 14, 2016
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  2. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I am hoping Meyers just needs to dust himself off a bit, and get into better form. I don't think we will see regression, and know he will at least attribute as much as last year, but want to see him bring more. Do I think he'll be MIP? Look, I hope all of you who are on the Meyers is gonna have a bust out season wagon, are right. I almost hopped on the wagon myself this year ( last year one of my predictions was that he was going to be MIP. It was one of the only predictions I got wrong) but, being being desensitized by reality, I am going to try and stay on the middle ground this time. Meyers definately has the attitude of wanting to play better, it's whether he has the ability to do it that remains unseen.
     
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  3. riverman

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    I think he improves....not MIP level, but contributes...I just want him playing his best in the spring and to stay healthy
     
    riverman, Oct 15, 2016
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I can't help wondering how much he would have helped us in the playoffs
     
    Chris Craig, Oct 15, 2016
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    People saying it's OK for Meyers not challenging for the MIP level are being way to soft on this guy. Meyers needs to show he deserves this new contract he just got. It's not about baby steps anymore.
     
    BigGameDamian, Oct 15, 2016
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    DUB Da, da da, da dah!

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    Leonard is coming back from a bad shoulder injury, and lots of missed game time; I think he'll have to work very hard to even get his game back to where it was before the injury.
     
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  7. riverman

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    Leonard gets to practice eventually against Festus which should really put him through a workout in the paint...
     
    riverman, Oct 15, 2016
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    That new contract he got is cheap anyways. It's the equivalent of like 5-6M a year with the old cap. Which is fringe bench player money.
     
    Tunchi, Oct 15, 2016
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    Agree but we are talking about being in the running for MIP not necessarily winning the MIP.
     
    BigGameDamian, Oct 15, 2016
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    Now THIS I agree with. Good shit, BGD!
     
    Strenuus, Oct 15, 2016
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    And good shit, Darkwebs! How do you get a whole new idea every single game? The themes never repeat!
     
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    Ooooh.... The People's Champ is COMIN' for you CJ...
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Just to make it a fair fight, Stotts should start Crabbe against The Thrill.
     
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    Hopefully this game will bring out a serious can of
    rust buster.jpg
     
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    So they just gonna play our whole season on nba tv or what?
     
    illmatic99, Oct 16, 2016
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    I say we start Layman and see how he looks with the starters.
     
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    I agree with that
     
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    Man the NBA screwed the Nuggets this preseason. They have to play 6 out of 8 games on the road with four straight to start off the preseason on the road. Why so few home games for the Nuggets?
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Fuck 'em...... we travel way more than anybody in the league EVERY year. I feel no sorry sorry for anybody.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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