Game Thread GAME# 32: BLAZERS @ JAZZ - DECEMBER 26, 2019 - THURSDAY, 7:30 PM, TNT

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, Dec 23, 2019.

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Should the Blazers pursue the recently-waived Jeff Green?

Poll closed Dec 30, 2019.

  1. Yes

    20 vote(s)
    46.5%

  2. No

    23 vote(s)
    53.5%
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  1. bobf

    bobf Well-Known Member

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    Toying with us.
     
    bobf, Dec 26, 2019
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Stotts has gone into "Dame, please save me" mode.
     
    BonesJones, Dec 26, 2019
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    Ultimately as a head coach, Stotts has to sign off on the gameplan, so he's not free of blame.
     
    Tince, Dec 26, 2019
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    Just got home and turned it on. Not really the score I was hoping for.
    70 points through three quarters? Must be getting stuffed.
     
    kjironman1, Dec 26, 2019
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    Problem is the offense is just Dame ISO boring ball hogging
     
    bobf, Dec 26, 2019
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    We have the best player between them.

    They have the 2nd and 3rd best.

    We have the 4th best. Maybe the 5th best as well.

    They're bench is as bad as ours.

    I'd say we're equally talented.

    Snyder is certainly the better coach.
     
    BonesJones, Dec 26, 2019
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    Wade Garrett Exactly right.

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    I'm getting close.
    It would be nice to see more "set plays" rather than just "sets"..
     
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    When did he ever leave that mode?
     
    Strenuus, Dec 26, 2019
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    Don't blame Dame for that, it's not his fault. He has to for us to have any chance. Stotts doesn't give him a choice.
     
    BonesJones, Dec 26, 2019
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    The defensive gameplan, adjustments, and fundamentals have been just as bad as the offense this game.
     
    BonesJones, Dec 26, 2019
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    I’m not really blaming him. Just wish we’d play a way that helps the bench get better even if they F up and Dame can do better on his own.
     
    bobf, Dec 26, 2019
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    If there not then there better coach then.
     
    James lamphear, Dec 26, 2019
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    DUB Da, da da, da dah!

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    Turnovers (Points Conceded)
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    Points in the Paint
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    Say what?!? Vegas had Utah tied for 2nd most wins in the league to begin the season and Portland around 12th. You can't possibly think these rosters are equal.

    Edit: And that was before we lost Collins and Hood for the season. I can't imagine what the difference would be after that.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Synder is an active coach. Always a good thing
     
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    I've always hated the way we defend the pick-and-roll. But then watching Gobert come off that little cross screen and get it for an uncontested dunk and I am thinking to myself "Why don't we ever run a screen away from the ball for something like that?"

    That and watching Baze and Carmelo get rebounds and dribble up the court and fire up 3s that missed badly. That's lazy offense or playground offense or something. It's bad, whatever it is.

    As good as Dame, CJ, Melo and others on our team are, you can't convince me that getting defenses out of position by moving away from the ball and sharing the basketball wouldn't get them even better scoring opportunities. Imagine if our guys were getting the looks freaking Joe Ingles was getting tonight. On the Blazers, Joe Ingles is Anthony Tolliver.
     
    PCmor7, Dec 26, 2019
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    Players too I’m guessing. I mean maybe they get yelled at in practice for letting someone smoke a player going one on one so they always collapse so early to help. Seems like every game we play there’s somebody open for a wide open three. Maybe there’s a balance between always helping out and peer pressuring someone with poor defense into improving.
     
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    Without Conley? Yeah, we do.
     
    AmirIcon, Dec 26, 2019
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    Not without Conley.
     
    AmirIcon, Dec 26, 2019
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    Who told 1M to start launching threes five seconds into the shot clock?
     
    kjironman1, Dec 26, 2019
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