Game Thread GAME# 73: BLAZERS @ THUNDER - MARCH 25, 2018 - SUNDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

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Gut feeling: how many wins will the Blazers notch on this 3-game road trip (vs OKC, N.O., & MEM)

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  1. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    I wonder if they would consider Turner+Our 1st+A Future 2nd for Lee?

    Send out Meyers with a couple future 2nds to Chicago and then we might have our full MLE.
     
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    I'm sure they will. The problem will be getting Nurk/Aminu/Mo' to replicate the 80% they had that night. Unbelievable!
     
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    Good job Donovan! Hope you stick with Melo the rest of the way. :D
     
    kingslayer, Mar 25, 2018
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    How. Do. We. Get. Them. In. The. First. Round.
     
    Scalma, Mar 25, 2018
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    Moe Harkless has been great. He's always been a good defender, but now he's shooting the three at 41.6% on the year on top of it. Hopefully this is a lasting thing, because the Blazers are so much better with Harkless locked in like he is.
     
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    SportsAndWhine Dumbass For Hire

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    Let the jazz overtake both of us to get the 4/5 matchup; trouble is, we get Houston instead of GSW in the second round.

    I like 3rd seed because we might get the winner of an upset against Golden State in the 2nd round.
     
    SportsAndWhine, Mar 25, 2018
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    Look at Nurkic straight up laughing at Melo around the 1:30 mark.
     
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    Melo is Nurkic’ bitch. Look at the fear lolll
     
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    Btw why did Davis get a tech? He literally did nothing.
     
    Scalma, Mar 25, 2018
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    I don't think it'd be much different.
    Both have similar advanced metrics.
     
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    The shove. It's there.
     
    Strenuus, Mar 25, 2018
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    What advanced metrics? The shooting isn’t even comparable.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Collison is still playing? What is he, like 80?
     
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    What are you talking about? Their TS% is damn near identical.
    TS% 0.543 to 0.546

    Their other advanced stats are relatively similar.
    WS/48. 0.081 to 0.058
    VORP. 0.2 to 0.4
    ORTG - DRTG: +1 to -7

    Pats stats are first.
    Neither one is great or anything to be excited about. Given the WS and ORTG-DRTG advantages, one could argue Pats the better player
     
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    So you’re using Crabbes current season? Why, when you have data of him in our system? His role in Brooklyn is also a lot different than Connaughtons in Portland. They don’t take the same shots. Connaughton gets open set shots. Crabbe actually has to create and has more responsibility.

    And if Pat were actually a better player, it’d show up on a spreadsheet. There’s nothing stopping him from playing 28 minutes a night like Crabbe did, or putting better numbers. Same with Napier.
     
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    What shove??
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    When Ed was rolling off, the shoved the other guy down to the ground.
     
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    He extended his arm and made an intentional shove to the ground.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Bullshit. I thought the Crabbe dick sucking would stop after we finally traded him. Crabbe doesn't create shit. Even with his "expanded role" in BRK, he still relies on others to create for him. He is assisted on .725 of his 2FGs and .940 of his 3FGs. For comparison, Connaught is assisted on .714 of his 2FGs and on .925 of his 3FGs.

    Crabbe's minutes are going to both Pat and Shabazz. We don't miss Crabbe's shooting and our defense is WAY better without him. Last year he was the worse defender on a bad defensive team. Pretty much the same thing this year. Crabbe has been exposed as what many of us knew he was all along - a 1-dimensional player who can't create for himself, or others, and sucks on defense. We're a better team without him.

    BNM
     
    Boob-No-More, Mar 25, 2018
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    I'm watching the relay of the game right now. I like beating OKC so much, I couldn't resist a second helping, or maybe I should say a fifth helping.

    BNM
     
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