Notice This is the worst Blazer team I have seen in my lifetime.

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  1. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    The collection of talent.

    The pissing away Dame's prime.

    The complete lack of ball movement and defense.

    Put it all together and this is a worse team than the Telfair years or the Felton years. This team is shameful and Stotts need to be fired immediately.
     
    Natebishop3, Dec 23, 2020
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    Its why I never buy into the "paper" hype.
     
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    don't you think it's a bit premature to give up on this team already? It's only 1 game after all (as long as you ignore the pres-season)
     
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    While the defense continues to be atrocious, I thought we were supposed to be elite offensively? I cringed every time we made one pass then shot the ball. Where was the ball movement?
     
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    Jazz game plan:

    Shoot 3’s. Lots of them
     
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    We lost 4 starters for the 15-16 season. This included losing an all-star for nothing in return.

    The Blazers won the first 4 of 6 games, with 4 new starters.

    This season's roster has no excuse for playing so poorly.
     
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    It's super effective!
     
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    Way too early. But it is troubling.
     
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    Every opponents game plan vs Portland
     
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    I keep trying to tell myself that and every time I keep going back to this being a reoccurring issue with this team. Our defense has been problematic for years now and the NBA really took a turn for the 3 in 19-20 and the Blazers failed to adapt ... we still play basketball like it's 2010.
     
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    Nope.
     
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    Oh shit!
    the sky is falling
    the sky is falling
    its one dame game! relax!
     
    BoBoBREWSKI, Dec 23, 2020
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    I expect better from a SportsTwo vet like Nate. Much better. Relax. Call me after 10 games. And dont forget that the start of our season is pretty tough.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    and ignore how they ended the playoffs last year...and the year before...and the year before...and the year before...and the year before...
     
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    It's not just 1 game. It's a track record. It's several seasons of shitty defense, leaving players WIDE open for three, relying on Damian to bail them out of many games, the lack of effort, the lack of creativity in the offense, the lack of changes when needed...
     
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    This statement is absolutely preposterous. This is the same team as last season except potentially healthy. Minus Hassan, Rio, Wenyen and subbing out Ariza for RoCo. Then you add DJJ. So how is this team worse than last season's team?

    They played a terrible game on both ends of the court but Dame, CJ, DJJ, RoCo, Nurk, Gary, Melo, Enes and eventually Zach is a better rotation than we had last season. If you add in the possibility that Hoodie can get closer to his old self and maybe one of our young players pop... I just don't get why you are saying the sky is falling after a short preseason and one game. It can't be a dumber reaction from you. There are a lot of guys I could imagine a dumber take from but not you.
     
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    If this were a one-off I’d agree with you. But this is the 4th straight blowout this year. I do count preseason because it was the only time to sharpen the players’ skills before it really counted. I’ve seen no innovation in getting Lillard shots other than allowing him to dribble and create. Our offense has no flow and teams are keying in on our sets because they haven’t changed in years. Throw 2-3 players at Lillard and let Nurk fire 3s as the shot clock winds down.

    The time really is now with this shortened season and the West becoming more stacked!
     
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    Melo and CJ are two of the worst ballhogs to play the game. They freeze the entire offense to get their shots up. It doesn't even matter if they go in or not, the whole team cannot get into any sort of rythm if the ball is not moving. And I don't even want to talk about their defense.
     
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    This year started tonight. We never talk about the preseason games so in a year with an unprecedentedly short training camp... stop talking about them. This is one loss and one loss only. This is the only game that has counted and we absolutely sucked but it is still just one game.
     
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