Game Thread GAME# 14: BLAZERS @ PELICANS - NOVEMBER 18, 2016 - FRIDAY, 5:00 PM (PDT), CSNNW

They gave effort tonight. 47 to 37 on the glass.

 

Pelicans hit some crazy shots they don't usually make. I saw lots of possessions in which we played good D but then they'd make some crazy shot.

 

Just telling him that his perspective doesn't make any sense. Why is he bitching when he says he wishes we were playing badly?

 

The forum gave me a lot of shit for simply asking if his seat is warming up. But if I were Paul Allen, I wouldn't be too pleased at spending 140 million per year on this squad.

 

Difficult to watch get blown out again and I have to say the games are also difficult to watch because of the horrible announcers, they are soooooooo boring. #BringBackMike&Mike

 

I like Lamar Hurd. He's fun and stays positive.

 

Remember Open Court with Neil Olshey and the other GMs....they said what keeps you up at night....his answer...are we good enough? I'm thinking Neil isn't getting much sleep these days

 

I like him and Calabro...they just don't have any back stories yet or history...road trips will develop that bond between them and the team...Hurd is a likeable guy by players and Calabro is a consummate pro

 

Maybe I am crazy(tell me if I am everyone) but giving effort to me means NOT GETTING BLOWN OUT IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF EVERY GAME!!

 

Neil has been good in the draft, but the rest of his body of work isn't very good. The Affalo trade, letting go of Rolo while signing Meyers, overpaying Crabbe. And heck, if he was so desparate for a ball handling SF, why not just keep Batum? I was not a Batum fan but at least he was a fair 3pt shooter.

Hell, we may as well have just kept Rondae Hollis Jefferson, at least he'd bring us good defense.

 

Nice to see them win the board battle but if you go by that to determine effort, they've only given effort twice this season.

 

I cant even watch the games anymore because i want to cut my ears off by the end of the first quarter listening to hurd and calabro.

 

So who else is checking the draft sites for lotto players already?

 

If this was still M&M, this would all be the refs fault and the other team wouldn't even be on the court. Like them because they were so familiar but to me, Calabro is so much better in his description of the actual game instead of how he wished it was going.

 

Don't worry, Calabro will drop us as soon as Seattle gets a new team so we probably won't have to listen to them for more than a few seasons.

 

Schonely came from Seattle....that worked out pretty well.

 

i dont care how people want to spin any kind of stats - watching the game proved we're in a fuckin rut and aren't playing with the confidence or execution we had last year.

right now, we're playing bad. the last handful of games have been exceptionally tough to watch. we've struggled in many facets of the game, and lost to teams we all thought we should be wiping the floor with.

it sucks
and it hurts my eyes.

I'm also massively pissed at the results coming from off-seasons signings. utterly feeble.

i can't blame people for hating on the play of the team atm, its hard to watch - especially after the joys of last year.

even though our record is even, our current trajectory is what i'd loosely call, 'mega fucked', what's next? player only meetings? maybe they need to print off the box scores, pay for some billboards around town, and post em up - its about time some of these PAID guys start getting asked the hard questions, cause seriously - wtf.

i just dont know whats going to inspire these guys to pivot or to rediscover the form and dominance of last year, but whatever that is, it seems a looooooooooooooooooong way away.

god damnit.

 

Checked in on the mock drafts last night ... will definitely be paying much more attention to the collegiate season this year.

 

Calabro is great. He's like a breath of fresh air. Although I do find myself missing "Wild Rice" from time to time.