Game Thread GAME# 46: MAVERICKS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 23, 2020 - THURSDAY, 7:30 PM, TNT

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, Jan 20, 2020.

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Out of these young Blazers, who do you think will have the best career?

Poll closed Jan 27, 2020.
  1. Moses Brown

    1.9%
  2. Wenyen Gabriel

    7.7%
  3. Jaylen Hoard

    7.7%
  4. Nassir Little

    36.5%
  5. Gary Trent Jr.

    46.2%
  1. kjironman1

    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah. I'm way too damn lazy for all of that. I'll just continue to post facts and piss people off.
    Problem solved for me anyway.
     
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  2. Neil O. Shyster

    Neil O. Shyster Well-Known Member

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    Yes, because the Blazers being 8 games under .500 with Dame, CJ, and Whiteside healthy is made up? The Blazers being DEAD LAST in assists in entire NBA for 2 of last 3 season is made up? The Blazers having the highest payroll in NBA is made up?
     
  3. CupWizier

    CupWizier Well-Known Member

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    Yes, that is made up. Check your facts shyster. :biglaugh:
     
  4. CupWizier

    CupWizier Well-Known Member

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    Are you tossing grenades kj? :devilwink:
     
  5. oldmangrouch

    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    We know very little about Gabriel, but way too much about Swanigan!
     
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  6. julius

    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Nice deflection. Just another clue as to who you used to be.

    What does any of that have to do with someone making up an account with a screen name that makes fun of someone who works for the franchise?

    Here's a hint:
    It has nothing to do with what I said.
     
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  7. UKRAINEFAN

    UKRAINEFAN Well-Known Member

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    I think people are thinking that the unknown has to be better than the known-to-be-bad.
     
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    UKRAINEFAN Well-Known Member

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    That was a very thorough analysis! And quite convincing actually. I can't wait to see the Hoopsjock response!
     
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    What people aren't addressing is that it was only ONE game and that Gabriel barely had a practice and has been a g league player for the most part. Sure Swanigan has flaws but he does know some of the players and has played for the coach for over a year. It might have been an opportunity for Stotts to see where Swanigan is at right now. Way to big of a deal is being made of this decision. Posters need to relax and see how things play out as it seems some are way to quick to jump all over the coach for every little thing as Swanigan didn't cost us the game and I highly doubt Gabriel would have been a difference maker as well.
     
  10. Pinwheel1

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    How can I be wrong when this is pretty much exactly what I said? I said he played so many minutes because we have no other BU center, and I said he should not be playing PF.
     
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  11. kjironman1

    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    Been known to do that on occasion also.... You know me well.
     
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  12. kjironman1

    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    I'll check back tonight to see if he does.
    Understand Hoops is quite possibly one of if not the smartest dudes on this forum. He will counter and he will counter with an argument that will be tough to deny.
    That also is fact.
     
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  13. Wade Garrett

    Wade Garrett Exactly right.

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    Dam KJ!!
    Reading your takes on this thread....
    Wish my calculus professor went to the end depth effort you have here....
     
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  14. Tince

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    I think you're right this is the view of some for sure. I wish most undrafted G-League players had to be better than the ones on our roster because that would be a much easier path to imrpove. Unfortunately, there are very few examples of this being true, and I hope this isn't our strategy of how to best surround Dame in his prime.
     
  15. hoopsjock

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    http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/terry-stotts-nassir-little-pascal-siakam.350574/

    I admit I was wrong. ABOUT it just being the 4th quarter! Siakam went 9/10 after Little left the game not 7/8, my bad, it was worse than I imagined.

    I don't know why any offensive numbers for the Blazers are being brought up in a defensive conversation. I never said anything about that end.

    Finally, the most damning part of that thread where you responded to Little not playing in the 4th as "criminal." Your words, not mine.
     
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  16. hoopsjock

    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    Here are some of your quotes from the Raptors game thread:

     
  17. hoopsjock

    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    But yeah, I'm the one with the revisionist history!
     
  18. hoopsjock

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    Sorry if I took it the wrong way but you said he played 23 minutes because there was no other option at BU C. Whiteside played 33 minutes so 8 of Caleb's minutes were with Whiteside.
     
  19. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    I heard Meyers has the knowledge, just slow to process in game speed
     
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  20. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    But games are ehat matter, and Little has played better in games. You think Stotts has perfect rotations? I think he's far from that.
     

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