Game Thread GAME# 26: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - DECEMBER 12, 2019 - THURSDAY, 7:30 PM, TNT

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, Dec 10, 2019.

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We've seen the RipCity jerseys in action three times now. How would you rate these jerseys?

Poll closed Dec 17, 2019.

  1. 1 - Terrible. Can't get much worse

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  2. 2

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  3. 3

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%

  4. 4

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  5. 5 - Meh. Not bad.

    3 vote(s)
    8.6%

  6. 6 - It's nice, but nothing special.

    3 vote(s)
    8.6%

  7. 7

    7 vote(s)
    20.0%

  8. 8

    11 vote(s)
    31.4%

  9. 9

    2 vote(s)
    5.7%

  10. 10 - Wonderful. Can't really be topped

    8 vote(s)
    22.9%
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  1. DDolla

    DDolla Well-Known Member

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    Dame talking about being lock in before the Knicks game then lay another egg in this game lol
     
    DDolla, Dec 12, 2019
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    Why did we have 2 guys running at the same 3-point shooter? I guess that's better than leaving him open.
     
    blazerfan11, Dec 12, 2019
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Blazers are allergic to defense.
     
    BonesJones, Dec 12, 2019
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    There’s optimism, then there’s delusion...
     
    OneSport3, Dec 12, 2019
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    What an embarrassment.... smh.
     
    DDolla, Dec 12, 2019
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    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    K just sit the starters.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Danny misspelled Moron
     
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    You pick the oddeet arguments to have. Everyone knows nurk is better for this team tha. Whiteside. There literally is no argument.
     
    Strenuus, Dec 12, 2019
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    The problem with Whiteside he doesn't move his feet very well. That one thing Nurk does decent job doing.
     
    James lamphear, Dec 12, 2019
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    How could anyone watching this game, this team, think that offense is the problem? This team misses Zach, Nurk, Aminu, and Harkless like nobody's business.
     
    B-Roy, Dec 12, 2019
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    You can't win when your top 2 scorers don't show up
     
    Chris Craig, Dec 12, 2019
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    It literally looks like they didn't practice defense at all during camp... How can the entire team even the vets like Dame and CJ not know who they're responsible for, who should rotate and all that the team defense is about as bad as I've ever seen a Blazer team...
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Dec 12, 2019
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    OneSport3 The Knowledge Hoarder

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    This team has problems on offense and defense. So pretty much they’re no good.
     
    OneSport3, Dec 12, 2019
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    Who the fuck dressed chris paul?
     
    Jon, Dec 12, 2019
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    How can you win when ever game the other team has one or two bench players outscoring your entire bench.
     
    twobullz, Dec 12, 2019
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    So frustrating watching this team.

    -- Defensive rebounding. Yuck. If we aren't going to send five guys to the defensive glass, then at least release CJ so the other team has a consequence to hitting the offensive boards hard. Our reluctance to run any kind of break just makes it easier to defend us.

    -- Defensive rotation = garbage. And not only don't we get out on shooters, we give up dunks. Our bigs in the pick and roll always are stuck in no-man's land, playing completely between blitzing the screen and defending the rim. They just hang 12 feet from the hoop guarding no one. Meanwhile our small guards end up defending 6-9 guys or no one at all.

    -- Dame's fallen into this trap that he thinks there's a four-point shot. If he misses from 32 the next shot's going to be from 35.

    -- CJ trying to dribble through three guys. Ugh.

    -- Ant's a black hole with the ball. Once it gets to his event horizon it's never coming back.

    -- Dame and CJ need to start using their skills to get to the line. I'm sorry, but doing that gets us easy shots and stunts opponents' runs, and they get defenders off-balance so much they definitely can draw the contact. Beyond our two leaders, though, we make bad decisions in general, and that seems to become worse in critical stretches.

    -- I don't get how these guys have seen how well we play when we move the ball ... and then we just stop doing it. We've had multiple games where we've had double-digit or close to double-digit assists in the first quarter and a half-dozen or less assists in the second half.

    -- Herzonja needs a change of scenery. He doesn't know his role or fit it or something.
     
    PCmor7, Dec 12, 2019
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    We don’t play any damn perimeter defense. We haven’t since Stotts has been here! Look at how many wide open looks from deep Denver has got tonight and how many we have had. Crazy.
     
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    Hassan has been great on offense tonight.
     
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    Dame with 11 assists
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Whiteside is not the greatest defender, but faults and all, I still think he's been the second or third best player on this team.

    We needed Zach badly.
     
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