Game Thread GAME# 52: PISTONS @ BLAZERS - APRIL 10, 2021 - SATURDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

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Which option would you like to happen this coming offseason?

Poll closed Apr 10, 2021.

  1. The Blazers organization staying with the status quo (Stotts, Olshey, Lillard, McCollum, Nurk, Melo

    16 vote(s)
    84.2%

  2. Lillard gets traded away

    3 vote(s)
    15.8%
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  1. DDolla

    DDolla Well-Known Member

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    Even against a garbage team, 30 Rebs is 30 Rebs. That’s hard to do. Respect to the Turkish Warrior
     
    DDolla, Apr 10, 2021
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    DJJ not looking as disgruntled as some are implying.

     
    Tince, Apr 10, 2021
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    Is he fasting by the way?
     
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    AldoTrapani Well-Known Member

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    Exactly. Fuck him
     
    AldoTrapani, Apr 10, 2021
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    AldoTrapani Well-Known Member

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    I hope he quits
     
    AldoTrapani, Apr 10, 2021
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    Honestly if he even played slightly below average defense he would be the best center in the league
     
    AldoTrapani, Apr 10, 2021
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    Nassir is coming along nicely. Good to see him close out the game (before they emptied the bench) He is looking more and more comfortable.
     
    Pinwheel1, Apr 10, 2021
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    Doesn't matter if it was against a bad team. 24 points and 30 rebounds doesn't happen much.
    Nice job Enes Kanter.
     
    kjironman1, Apr 10, 2021
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Nas is clearly the SF of the future. He may be the franchise player depending on what happens in two years...
     
    B-Roy, Apr 10, 2021
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    We must find the negative my friend.

    <see below>
     
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    No excuse that Nas should not absorb Melo's minutes.
     
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    If only Olshey traded Nurk plus picks for Vucevic, keep Trent and CJ for Harden. Now that’s a team
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    One would think he was fasting, seeing how hungry he was on the boards.

    But no, I don't think he wasn't fasting. Ramadan doesn't begin until Monday
     
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    This is kind of what i figure Stotts did this weekend.
    He looked at the two games and felt Kanter was a better matchup and rested Nurkic. Gave him a chance to play Little more as well as RHJ a few minutes.
    I feel you will see a couple different looks vs the Heat and They will continue to try to work out some wrinkles.
    If this system starts working and the minutes restriction produces better effort on defense while keeping a few players more healthy then I'm all for it.
     
    kjironman1, Apr 10, 2021
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    Franchise player? Stop lol

    but he’s good
     
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    About 6:32 AM Monday morning he will start fasting.
     
    kjironman1, Apr 10, 2021
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Nas doesn’t play enough but I think his best position is PF. Basketball-Reference also lists him as strictly a PF.

    He’s the same exact size as Draymond and Milsap.
     
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    Like Charles Barkley said, Kanter may have his faults, but you know he will play his ass off and always give you rebounds.

    If it came down to choosing to sit Kanter or Melo, it should always be Melo. Both are bad defensively but Kanter provides efficiency, rebounds and unselfishness. While Melo is the epitome of inefficiency and the whole legacy thing.
     
    OneSport3, Apr 10, 2021
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    Milsap is 6'7".
    Green is 6'6"
    Little is 6'5"
     
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    I sure hope you are right on that. This team needs this so badly.
    I want to be a fan of the team that has the Player they took with the 25th pick that became the solid player.
    Look at the 10 picks before him in the 2019 draft. That draft actually had some good players that are starting to become rotational players.
     
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