Game Thread GAME# 6: BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - NOVEMBER 4, 2016 - FRIDAY, 5:30 (PDT), CSNNW

not paying off short term but I think the idea was a long term payoff....they value the investment but we're just watching the stock drop early...it'll make gains down the road

 

First since Drexler.

 

I've gotten little reaction but again....CJ is a natural 6 man to me....a shooter...guy who picks up the scoring off the bench...this is my biggest wish for the current roster...I'd start Crabbe in his place..he's the next Jason Terry or Manu Ginobli....unleash the beast! Let him play with Napier as the pt guard

 

CJ IS our 6th man but he starts too. We yank him early and then bring him back when Dame goes out.

 

I want our starting 2 guard to have length and be more of a 3 and D guy...Crabbe to me is that guy

 

Yup he is. He's done exactly what I needed to see.

Efficient Efficient Efficient

 

From what I've seen...CJ will never be a pt guard...he's a shooter

 

How do you know?

 

This is gorgeous.

When did AC learn to do this?

 

A compounding problem with that, is the coach is pressed to play the guys with the big contracts. If Napier players, that means either Crabbe or Turner get little time

 

No. Cry now. It's over.

Seriously, I remember when a lot of us thought McCollum was never going to pan out. Ever since then, I've learned to stay patient and trust Olshey and Stotts. They haven't let me down. They've earned it.

 

I've made some smart investments in my old age.....it's pretty simple...Neil Olshey could explain it to you but to understand my post you must understand that I trust Olshey's vision....if you don't then you'll probably not be a happy camper about the direction of the team

 

Your probably right riverman, CJ would probably be best off the bench. You've been calling it for awhile now.

Convincing him would be a challenge though.

 

The only thing that would make me weep uncontrollably would be winning a championship...until then nobody sucks the joy out of Blazer basketball in the few decades I have left to enjoy it!

 

Can we give the team more than six FUCKING games?

Sweet Christ you guys are embarrassing yourselves. It looks like Dame has taken the Curry-esque leap Steph made during his MVP year. The rest of the team has started off cold from the field and when that happens our small ball lineup and roster is much less effective.

Before you guys wet the bed ask yourselves what you trust more....a 90 game sample size or 6.

Take a damn chill pill and let's evaluate this team at 20 games. Does interior weakness look to be a weakness again this year? Sure does. But Stotts has always shown to adjust given the data. If I remember correctly we were horrid defensively last year and adjusted throughout the year and ended up closer to average?

 

We can only talk about what we see now. Turner is playing a position he's never played before (and looks horrible), so what reason do we have to hope he'll suddenly become a good PG? And no one else is really playing that much worse than their career body of work. They are a group of medicore guys with terrible chemistry because Stotts keeps trying to play Turner at PG.

 

At last a kindred spirit! Always baffles me when Blazer fans attack other fans for cheering the team on........2 of our losses were to contenders of the 3....I guess you're only as good as your last mistake around here sometimes....folks didn't even mention how we limited second chance pts all night with defensive rebounding...to me, it's just going to get better

 

Aminu is another example: he's never been a good 3pt shooter in his career. He shot a respectable % last year, but now he's back down to around his career average. Stotts is insisting on using him as a spot up 3pt shooter. Another example of him misusing a guy.

 

I guess I'm struggling for any possible reason why Noah's not getting minutes. Crazy to say he doesn't deserve minutes.
Trying to stay positive.