Game Thread GAME# 45: WARRIORS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 20, 2020 - MONDAY, 7:00 PM, TNT

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Grade the Bazemore/Tolliver/Two 2nd Rounders for Wendell, Ariza, Swanigan trade.

Poll closed Feb 2, 2020.

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  2. B

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  3. B-

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  4. C+

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  5. C

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  6. C-

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  7. D+

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  8. D

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  9. D-

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  10. F

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  1. Tince

    Tince Well-Known Member

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    I agree with most everything you said. Who do you think is deciding for Dame to play "normal" minutes? My gut is Dame refuses to back off and lose. Stotts' job is to try to win games. That leaves Olshey to be the one to tell both of them to pull it back if he believes that's the right thing to do.
     
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    outside of maybe #3, those aren’t very big assumptions.
     
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    I hate to say this, but I don't think it's likely 1 of those 3 things happens, let alone all 3.
     
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    You aren’t really going to say that the team that’s suiting up for tBlazers now is representative of what they’d have in the playoffs, are you?
     
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    Dame very clear in his post-game interview that he wants to make the playoffs this year more than any other season. If he's playing, he's going to give it his all.
     
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    if there is blame there, I put it on Stotts. He knows how many minutes Dame is logging and he needs to weigh the value of 2 or 3 or 4 extra wins vs the value of not grinding Dame down. Dame can't put himself back into games

    this mess of a roster though is on Olshey
     
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    :smiley-squint: OK, when did Kingspeed hack your account and/or brain?
     
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    I get what you're saying, but I don't agree.

    Stotts is under contract for 2 more seasons. Dame is under contract through 2025; Olshey until 2024. You want the guy with the least amount of job security to throw games without the blessing of the two guys who will be with the franchise the longest?
     
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    awesome game

    didnt think it was gonna be that good, but it was pretty riveting
     
    BlayZa, Jan 20, 2020
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    I’m as negative as anyone on this season, but if you can’t even enjoy a 61 point game....maybe you should stop watching altogether, for your sanity...
     
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    Hood is not coming back this year....Collins may not be back this year and even if he is it's going to be late in the season....Nurkic might not be back till after the all-star break at this rate. If Portland is 22-34 or 21-35 at the all-star break, they might not even make the playoffs. OKC is 7th seed and they are 5 games over .500. If the Blazers are 21-35 at the break, they'd have to go 23-3 over the last part of the season to be 6 games over .500. They'd have to go 20-6 just to be .500

    and the way this season has gone injury-wise it's bop-a-mole....we don't know what the playoff roster would look like, assuming Portland made it there
     
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    where did I say to throw games? All I said was try and keep Dame's minutes down. He should be at 34 or 35 minutes a game. Stotts isn't just responsible for winning games...he has to protect his players and weigh priorities
     
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    As great as Dame's performance was tonight, I have to agree with this.
     
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    Like always
     
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    He didn’t shoot great but he scored 15 points including a crucial 3 in OT . He also had an important chasedown block.
     
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    Yes. Dame is one of those people too. Gotta be in it to win it.
     
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    If Stotts plays Dame 34 minutes tonight, does Portland win? I think we all agree that's a no. So by limiting his minutes he would've thrown the game tonight.

    If Stotts is running guys into the ground making it so they're dead in the playoffs, that's on him. Why shouldn't Olshey be the one thinking long term?
     
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    Warriors don’t have the worst record in the league.

    Love,
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    Tince, Jan 20, 2020
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    I mean early in the season Simons was trying to get to the rim,.. Only to be finishing like Baze.. so he quickly figured out that wasn't going to work well.
    Now he's going to the runner. Which looks a little better than it did early in the season as he's not trying to get as deep... But still wonky.
    I wish he'd get back to the 10-15foot jumper he was taking early in the season. Seemed like his best shot. Abuse it until the defense adjusts and tries to take it away from you.
    For whatever reason doesn't seem like he's even looking for that shot anymore.
     
    H.C., Jan 20, 2020
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