Game Thread SEEDING GAME# 7: BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - AUGUST 11, 2020 - TUESDAY, 3:30, TNT & NBCSNW

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Which team does POR have the best chance of defeating in the Play-in?

Poll closed Aug 13, 2020.

  1. Grizzlies

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  2. Spurs

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  3. Suns

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

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    Chris Craig, Aug 11, 2020
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Chris Craig, Aug 11, 2020
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    That would be good. Casey Holdal above says he is probable.
     
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    lawai'a Well-Known Member

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    that is from the blazers' very own official twitter page.
     
    lawai'a, Aug 11, 2020
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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

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    No Scott Foster
     
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    at least we know Dame was born for moments like this, and will almost certainly rise to the occasion. mentally so tough. i expect Nurk to answer the call too.
     
    lawai'a, Aug 11, 2020
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    I put a little more useless thought into it....I did do-overs on the 2017 & 2018 drafts

    instead of taking Zach and Swanigan in 2017, the Blazers took Bam Abedayo and Dereck White. Then, for 2018 they traded CJ + 24th pick plus future pick for Doncic (plus Blazers still added Trent in 2nd round):

    Dame - Trent - Doncic - Abedayo - Nurkic.

    That's a pretty awesome lineup

    but maybe, the Blazers went for depth in 2017 and just stayed where they were in the draft and added John Collins, Og Anunoby, and Derreck White. Collins is shooting 40% on three's this season and is still a strong rebounder. But Abedayo is a much better defender. What a quandary
     
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    Refs for the Game:

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    We’re not gonna get any help today so we have to win out.
     
    Scalma, Aug 11, 2020
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    This is feeling like an OT game
     
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    I wonder if the Mavericks would have done that trade. They were very high and for good reasons on Doncic. He is a far better player than CJ
     
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    Casey just updated it to him being out due to leg soreness. I'm fine with that.
     
    Shaboid, Aug 11, 2020
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Or they could have just drafted Giannis instead of CJ. Why does no one talk about that?
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Curry is really doing us a solid here.
     
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    of course not...but reality doesn't belong in my fantasies, otherwise Jessica Alba, Charlize Theron my own tropical island, and a billion dollars wouldn't belong in them either?

    besides that, Atlanta had the 3rd pick and they were settling for Trae Young at 5. Maybe they would have settled for CJ + 24 + future 1st
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    We "let him go" because we had absolutely no legal way under the CBA to pay him what he commanded in free agency.

    If you're going to criticize the team, at least criticize them for something they could actually control.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Aug 11, 2020
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    Here's hoping CJ's rough shooting last game is behind him - and we got more like Denver Game 7 CJ today.
     
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    They were in that position due to some ludicrous contracts that Portland had handed out previously. You have to account for WHY they were in that position in the first place....
     
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