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

Nas was hurting (his back maybe?). He was being held out of the game.

 

Your right, there was an in game report that Nas was suffering from back problems and was doubtful on TNT.

 

Mario has been taking minutes for Nas for the last 4 games

 

My post actually wasn't out of the blue. It was in response to this post below but had already moved past it and read other posts and didn't quote it. It was not an empty "we suck" post. I stated what I think we need to try to do about our diminished talent. Most of my posts in game threads are positive, cheering the guys on when something good happens.

Right, scoring efficiency of Melo has nothing to do with the fundamentals you brought up, which I agreed with. It was a counter to you saying "It'd [my post] make sense if...our starting PF [didn't go] for 20 pts...". It makes sense to me in spite of Melo having a great game because he's been not good so far, and he's likely to continue to be not good based on his last 100 games. To me it's counterproductive to play Melo, Tolliver, Mario. We need to play Skal, Trent, Simons, and Little and hope some of them blossom.

Just like you want to fix our fundamentals, I want to fix our depth. Not that playing our young guys is guaranteed to work. It's probably a long shot. But at least it's a shot.

 

I want to fix our depth as well, but basketball starts with fundamentals for me, and the whole team is struggling in that area. I also look at that as something the coaching staff and players can control, so its something that needs to be a big area of emphasis.

 

They are independent ideas, nothing is keeping us from doing both.

 

That doesn't dispel the fact that he was only getting around 11-12 minutes per game the last few games. My prediction for the game was that Nas wouldn't play very much, but I guess I got right for the wrong reason this time.

 

Well then, i guess we fundamentally suck.