Game Thread GAME# 64: BLAZERS @ SUNS - MARCH 6, 2020 - FRIDAY, 6:00 PM, NBCSNW

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What do you feel is the biggest blunder by Olshey in the past 12 months?

Poll closed Mar 11, 2020.
  1. Not re-signing Aminu

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  2. Signing an injured Pau Gasol

    19.6%
  3. Failing to sign a back-up point guard

    9.8%
  4. Trading Meyers+Mo for Whiteside

    2.0%
  5. Signing CJ to a 3-year extension

    19.6%
  6. Signing Anthony Tolliver

    2.0%
  7. Signing Mario Hezonja

    7.8%
  8. Failing to re-sign Kanter or Curry

    7.8%
  9. Not trading away Whiteside at the trade deadline

    25.5%
  10. Other (Please specify in the comment)

    5.9%
  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2019-20 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    28 - 35
    (11-22 Road)
    PHOENIX SUNS

    24 - 38
    (11-22 Home)


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    PROBABLE STARTERS---------


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    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    DAMIAN LILLARD VS RICKY RUBIO

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]

    C.J. McCOLLUM VS DEVIN BOOKER

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]

    TREVOR ARIZA VS MIKAL BRIDGES

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]

    CARMELO ANTHONY VS DARIO SARIC

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]

    HASSAN WHITESIDE VS ARON BAYNES


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    WHEN: 6:00 PM (PST), FRIDAY, 3/6/2020

    WHERE: TALKING STICK RESORT ARENA, PHOENIX, AZ
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------
    - PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS -
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    SIMONS , TRENT Jr. , HEZONJA
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    LITTLE , HOARD
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    GABRIEL , SWANIGAN , BROWN


    - PHOENIX SUNS-
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    HARPER , CARTER , LECQUE
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    OKOBO , JEROME , JOHNSON
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    OWENS , DIALLO



    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Zach Collins (dislocated left shoulder): OUT
    Jusuf Nurkic (left leg): OUT
    Rodney Hood (torn Achilles): OUT
    SUNS
    Deandre Ayton (sprained left ankle): DOUBTFUL
    Kelly Oubre (right knee): OUT
    Frank Kaminsky (right patella stress fracture): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS --- MONTY WILLIAMS


    :reading:OFFICIAL SUNS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES








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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Portland is still alive in the Playoffs hunt, as are the Suns. Neither team has given up hope of making the post-season, so this game is huge for both.

    Phoenix has lost 4 games in a row, and their chances of a playoff berth are slipping away.

    Meanwhile, the Blazers have won 2 games in a row, but just can't seem to catch up to 8th-place Memphis, who has won 3 straight.

    Portland needs to build a big win-streak if they want to gain ground on the Grizzlies, so the Blazers cannot afford to lose this game against a sub-.500 team.

    Rip City!!!
     
  3. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    BATTLE FOR THE 8TH
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  4. KSF-ERIC

    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    I took the Pau Gasol option on the poll question. It was Ezeli all over again and what doesn't make sense is not signing another big after it was clear Pau couldn't play. A healthy Pau or a Joakim Noah was exactly what this team needed all season.
     
  5. SIeepwalker

    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Trading Skal for nothing
     
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    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    Blazers need a three game win streak.
     
  7. BonesJones

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

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    The answers to this poll question confuse me. We sign a healthier backup big, we dont ever sign Melo. Sign a backup PG? For the minimum? We wouldnt get anyone good. Curry was impossible to keep. If we kept Kanter, no Hood...
     
  8. SIeepwalker

    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Skal !
     
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  9. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    My guess is there were viable backup pg's available for the minimum who would be better than Simons... Now I am in favor of giving Simons minutes and letting him figure out the NBA game with actual playing experience, but also if they were actually good and going to the playoffs I think having a good backup to Dame would be really good to have, but it turns out that doesn't really apply.
     
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  10. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    My answer to the question could be either signing Mario or signing Tolliver, but really it's not offering Layman enough to keep him around.
     
  11. tester551

    tester551 Well-Known Member

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    Many of Olshey's decisions in the last 12 months can be directly tied to the contracts he handed out in 2016. So, the 2016 contracts are the correct answer on the poll question.
     
  12. Labinot41

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    Relying on Zach Collins, who was the only good power forward on the roster
     
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  13. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    Giving Stotts an extension.
     
  14. BigGameDamian

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    Not having a back up point guard is the Blazers biggest issue right now.
     
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  15. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Hindsight is 2020
     
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  16. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    right now is 2020.:breakdance:
     
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  17. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    So you see what I did there
     
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  18. hoopsjock

    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    I would've put money on you saying that not trading for Kevin Love and making most of the roster "untouchable" would be the biggest problem.
     
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  19. TorturedBlazerFan

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    I can't until 2021.
     
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    Bruno_Sabino From Brasil (Belem-PA)

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    No kelly and no ayton. This is a MUST win game. memphis lose tomorrow and we still on hunt. lets go!
     
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