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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Those are no gentlemen. And a sweep is a sweep is a sweep.
     
    Rastapopoulos, Aug 26, 2020
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    If you have a bottom-of-the-barrel team and you want to get them to middle-of-the-pack then Nate is viable choice. What he can't seem to do is get a middling team into the top tier.
     
    Buffalo Custard, Aug 26, 2020
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Bucks are boycotting their game today, it appears. Magic win by forefit?
     
    illmatic99, Aug 26, 2020
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  4. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    They might've but they have decided to boycott as well, which is honourable.
     
    speeds, Aug 26, 2020
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  5. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I would bet money that you could go back and find threads of us complaining about Nate not being able to deal with teams trapping BRoy.
     
    Natebishop3, Aug 26, 2020
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    If only games got postponed earlier, some head coaches would still have their jobs.
     
    Titan, Aug 26, 2020
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    Postponing the Laker-Blazer game is just cruel.

    I have to be honest. With the Blazers having no chance I don't really care about the play-offs. I'm rooting against the Lakers, but that's pretty much it.

    What I want is the draft, free agency, and trade season. I want the 19-20 season flushed away and some reason to feel optimism (if only briefly) over 20-21.

    (sorry, just had to vent!)
     
    Buffalo Custard, Aug 26, 2020
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    I don't recall that ever being an issue. ISO ball was the complaint with Roy, and the ability to defend it better when things slow down in the playoffs.
     
    handiman, Aug 26, 2020
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  9. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    It was the exact same problem. Nate would bring a big out for Roy to screen above the three point line and the other team would instead trap Brandon. It happened all the time.
     
    Natebishop3, Aug 26, 2020
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    Looks like NBA is done
     
    DDolla, Aug 26, 2020
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    God thank god this didnt happen after game 1. Lmao... We would be like “We had them!!”
     
    AldoTrapani, Aug 26, 2020
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    Well most of us know Lebron was "ES SCARED" of the Blazers coming back so he pulled this whole walkout thing. Not sure why you can't see that?
     
    kjironman1, Aug 27, 2020
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    the superstitious part of me thought they'd figure out a way to make this a Lakers Celtics finals...it's like a bad flashback or something ..
     
    riverman, Aug 27, 2020
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Funny, that sounds like a Stotts complaint lol.
     
    BonesJones, Aug 27, 2020
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    The easier to defend in the playoffs part, or the ISO part?
     
    handiman, Aug 28, 2020
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    Literally has been the complaint for about 20 years. The only team that didn't have this complaint in the last 20-25 years was Steve Smith, Rasheed Wallace, Sabonis, Brian Grant, Scottie Pippin
    But of course since then the game has changed and the Blazers have not had that much talent or depth. Not even close.
     
    kjironman1, Aug 28, 2020
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    A lot of big guys here
     
    DDolla, Aug 28, 2020
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    That’s not how I remember it. Roy just went 1 vs 5 and scored 21 points in the last 12:01 of Game 4 vs Dallas in 2011, his last playoff win.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Aug 28, 2020
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    I'm with you there. Sending multiple defenders to slow Roy isn't the same as trapping Dame above the 3pt line to make him give the ball up. Roy's effectiveness went down in those situations, where teams could better plan for him in the playoffs, but it didn't really change his style of play like it does with Dame.
     
    handiman, Aug 29, 2020
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    Magic cut 21 pt deficit to 3. Now 11 but lots of time to go.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Aug 29, 2020
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