Game Thread Tuesday, July 9th, 3 PM PDT: Blazers vs. Jazz on ESPN2

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by ABM, Jul 9, 2019.

  1. Jade Falcon

    Jade Falcon Just to piss you off.

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    He certainly passes the ball better than CJ.
     
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    blazerkor Well-Known Member

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    Both Simons and Trent have shown their ability to score during this SL. It's good to see and I think they should both be able to help the team this season. Also looking forward to what Skal can do. Not that he'll help a lot this season but Little's dunk today was nasty.
     
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  3. StumptownHoliday

    StumptownHoliday Y'all know what time it is.

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    I know it seems like high praise considering thew quality of dame as a PG, but simons honestly reminds me so much more of dame than he does CJ. Maybe it’s his demeanor on the floor, but the impression i get is he’s an interesting hybrid of the two with more dame in him than CJ. People like to discount the quality of CJ as a player and by saying i think simons is more dame is not an indictment against CJ - CJ is honestly one of the most talented scorers ive ever seen on a basketball court. But man, i feel like were watching baby dame. Who knows, maybe simons will start hitting clutch shots like dame too - he has the right attitude.
     
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    James lamphear Well-Known Member

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    Everyone needs to calm down it a summer league game it don't count worth shit. I bet the coaches want Simons and Trent to shoot the ball. Simons really good shooting game and Trent didn't so what. Everyone down on Trent yes he made some bad decision but he also did a lot good things too. 8 boards 5 assist 2 steals and play solid defense. A lot you guys only looking at scoring and that it there a lot more to basketball then scoring.
     
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  5. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Just an ankle sprain. Walk it off. Kid needs to play
     
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    over the last 20 years or so, I've learned not to believe anything seen in SL will translate to the regular season

    one thing that will translate is injury and seeing Simons go down when he's supposed to be a backup PG candidate is just another argument for Portland actually adding one.
     
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  7. BonesJones

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

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    Trent has bad habits. This is the perfect time to work on breaking them. He did that in game 2, and then in game 3 with Anfernee hot and him being cold, he didn't look to set up Anfernee at all. He chucked. Up 1 with 38 seconds left and Anfernee killin it and he calls his own number and drives hopelessly into traffic and gets stuffed and it turns into a transition 3. Those types of plays are losing plays. Dude needs to work on playing a better brand of ball. Been talking about it before SL and after that 2nd game I was hoping that he stumbled upon doing so.
     
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  8. TBpup

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    Nice one-man show from Ant. Wanted to see if Trent could string 2 good games together....not yet. Simons still without a game of more Assists than Turnovers. Thought this group would be somewhat better.
     
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    Gary Trent: Let me be the hero and hit the final shot. lol. Dude drives and if he look in the middle, another guy is running towards the rim and can easily dunk the ball.... shhh go watch the video Gary.
     
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    Man if they shut down Ant this team will be unwatchable.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    I would've been fine with Trent missing shots that were good shot-selection and if he made an effort to set up Simons. It's more about the way he plays for me. And the way he played today was CJ-esque but worse..
     
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    Dame has always been more of a score-first PG, but Simons has considerably more TOs than assists at the moment. Right now Simons is Vinnie Johnson.
     
  13. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    This is why guys like Zion and Ja aren’t playing.....this just doesn’t matter.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    For those guys it doesn't because they'll get so much leeway and opportunity off the bat to learn from their mistakes. But for a guy like Simons to get reps running a unit as the point, or for a guy like Trent to try and break some bad habits in terms of the way he plays when he likely isn't a rotation player next year, I think it matters. For other players it matters because they have the opportunity to try to push their game and add things that they otherwise wouldn't have the privilege to do. Players just need to focus on getting improving areas of their to make these reps worth it.
     
  15. wizenheimer

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    yeah, like somebody said earlier, SL is just eye candy for fans...a chance to go all kinds of homer-apeshit and fantasize incredible futures

    somebody already talking about Simons the future all-star. I remember several Blazer fans, when Bayless was going crazy in SL about 10 years ago, just about guaranteeing that Bayless was the PGOTF and a future all-star. Their fantasy-momentum coudn't be stopped till the reality of an actual regular season or two passed by
     
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  16. BonesJones

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

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    Anfernee >>>>>>> Bayless.
     
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    not in summer league.
     
  18. BonesJones

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

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    Yes, at the NBA level instead.
     
  19. wizenheimer

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    wut?

    I was talking about how people tend to overrate the meaning of SL. That for damn sure happened with Bayless. He was the MVP of SL his rookie season and set a scoring record at the time. Some Blazer fans went batshit about him and how high his upside was
     
  20. AldoTrapani

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    All Bayless did that summer is go to the rack over and over again. But yes ur right that summer did generate ridiculous hype.

    Why this is different is because Simons is showing valuable skill sets. Step back 3s, pull up jumpers off screens, etc plus there’s been a ton of hype behind the scenes about Simons that made you question if it was real
     

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