Game Thread GAME# 1: BLAZERS @ SUNS - OCTOBER 18, 2017 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 (PDT), NBCSNW

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Who should be Portland's starting Power Forward this season?

  1. Aminu

    10.6%
  2. Collins

    40.9%
  3. Davis

    4.5%
  4. Harkless

    1.5%
  5. Layman

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. Leonard

    1.5%
  7. Swanigan

    18.2%
  8. Vonleh (when he returns from injury)

    22.7%
  1. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Collins should play too. He's good enough. I agree, go with a bigger rotation.
     
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    Bad boy Nurkic? Love Nurk but I don't see it.
     
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    Sam Perkins and Ron
    Our Pythagorean projections outmatch even our Kingspeedian Projections.
     
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    A good antidote for a great offense is a great defense. I haven’t really watched them much except for this evening but have been paying attention to the numbers through the preseason. They are showing they can be pretty special defensively. For the last couple years I have felt they had the athletes and the size to be special. But tonight was pretty nice. They are really deep up front. And Connaughton? Who needs Alan.

    Nice game by the Blazers. Let’s hope they have identified themselves. Finally.

    Btw Hail. I never said ‘blow it up’.
     
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    Comparing Pat to Thunder Dan Majerle on Talkin'Ball.
     
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    Well, that's life as a Blazer fan. Biggest margin of victory in an opener ever.... and we're not on the front page of espn/nba. sigh.
     
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    Baby faced killer
     
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    I’m rewatching the game and I’m encouraged by the win even though we looked sloppy at times. As we tighten up we’ll get even better!
     
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    Can we swap Meyers for Chandler ok thanks
     
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    Chandler would be such a great pick up for us. I don’t care if he only plays 8 minutes a game.
     
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    We'd have a legit defensive paint presence on the court for 48 minutes. I love Collins future potential at center, but right now he's a PF. Davis is more of a four as well defensively. And let's be real, bigs don't usually play 82 games. I'd love that kind of depth.

    Chandler knows Stotts' system. Leonard also has some connections with Phoenix' staff.
     
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    Exactly. No let up. Plus he’s a built in big man mentor.
     
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    Usually when you win by around 50 you are not "winning ugly" but tonight I kind of felt like we did. Hark, Aminu, Nurk, ET.....4 of our 5 starters had subpar offensive games. But they all battled and were still effective.

    Huge props to Pat and to Napier. Both filled a void tonight that I was worried about. Not just for this game but for the season. We need shooting off the bench so their play was great to see.

    As for the D...... yeah I get that it was against a bad team. But you have to be encouraged by the improvement in the over all help defensive compared to the last few years.
     
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    I don’t care if it’s accurate I secretly fucking loved Majerle so much in the day
     
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    I loved and hated that 1990-1992 Suns team. Chambers, Majerle and West were a helluva front court to go with the 1990’s version of Dame and CJ... hmmm you know... that might be who the 2017 Blazers remind me of...
     
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    Get out. There was nothing even remotely love able about those Suns teams.
     
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    It felt great beating them because they were so good... but I sure hated them less than the Pistons!
     
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    Would the salaries match up?
     
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    Really? Incorrect. Not only was Majerle impressive , Chambers might be the dopest white dude ever
     
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