Game Thread GAME# 3: BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - OCTOBER 27, 2019 - SUNDAY, 4:00 PM, NBCSNW

Tollivers second tenure in Portland shouldn’t be much longer than his first lmao

 

Is everything alright with Dame btw? He only has 2 pts

 

Luka could be an MVP soon. No joke. What is his weakness? Does he have any?

 

What? C'mon now. How about we watch the whole game first.

 

Defense and outside shooting.

 

I’m with you. That’s why I’m here saying Dallas isn’t even that good outside of Doncic/Porzingas.. we should be smacking these guys with our role players compared to theres

 

Maybe. If so, not for long.

 

Until we figure out how guard the 3 line there going to be a lot of these nights.

 

If we don't improve in the 3rd quarter, I'm shutting this shit off. I'd rather watch 9er highlights than this. At least one of my teams will have a winning record.

 

yea is everything alright with him? It’s only the 3rd game of the season and he looks like he’s tired

 

He’s amazing. Everything as hyped. I fucking hate how they got him Porzingas so easy.

 

He will still finish with 20+, he’s not playing great right now at all but he’s earned enough clout to play bad here and there.

 

Surprisingly ever one talking about Zach but he is +9 and CJ is the other with a plus.

 

well I’ll be damned. He’s better than any of our guys outside of dame/cj??

 

if Dallas had played with a little intelligence and pace, and a little less helter-skelter they's have a 25 point lead

 

There is no question in my mind Luka Doncic is going to be considered one of the best players in the league very soon.
Again like i said in the pre game. He is almost Larry Bird type good. He doesn't look flashy or fancy. He doesn't move faster or jump higher. He just plays basketball very very good.

 

Blazer's need a defensive leader. I've said this for a long time. Someone who is going to direct people where to go on defense and not be afraid to call guys out. When I'm watching these last 3 games and the preseason ones, Zach is the only guy that is actually in the correct defensive position on every possession. I wish he would talk more.

None of the other guys, particularly the guards, play defense as a first priority. They only know how to switch a basic screen and roll. When guys on the weakside need to switch off ball because someone is running around the perimeter it always takes him a few seconds before the rotation happens. When teams are running in transition no one goes to pick up their man, because they all expect someone else to. Instead of recognizing that they are on a fast break, taking initiative by picking up the nearest guy, and telling your teammate to go run to the guy in the corner everyone just kind of jogs backwards expecting the other guys to know exactly what they should do. When there is a double screen, forget about it, two guys run towards the ball while an opponent flares to the corner or the angle. Everyone is so focused on what they're gonna do on the next offensive possession.

Individually we don't even have bad defenders. They all play isolation defense pretty well. They can make reads in the passing lanes, we have shot blockers. But they don't play as a unit, they need to TALK.

 

Read my pre game.