Game Thread Blazers @ Suns preseason game thread? 2PM start time

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  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I’m cool with “letting” Dame score 50. Who wouldn’t want the Warriors offense? But if the goal is to change the #2 rated offense in the game, I guess it’s a failure unless were #1?
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    My man…. We don’t Copy & Paste here at S2……. You just broke the Bro Code!

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    In the playoffs, our starters were +20 per 100 possessions and we lost the series. That means the bench was atrocious.
     
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    Well if the players on the floor are playing such bad defense, it can cancel what they bring on the defense side. Meaning- a roster that is 9th in offense and 12th in defense is better than a roster that is 2nd in offense and 29th in defense. Understand?
     
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    No no no, I asked you what THIS seasons bench is doing better?
     
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    It's pretty obvious that it's not the roster. I've explained why it happens.
     
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    C.J. already plays with the 2nd unit...
     
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    Yeah because Dame had an insane series. The larger sample shows it declines and we choked away Game 6 by scoring 20 points in the final 16 minutes against a mediocre defense.
     
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    You gonna ride this all year?

    23 wins! :)
     
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    You continue to bring this up when I was the closest prediction the next season. Keep having fun though.
     
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    im just having a little fun.
    If you get to ride others we should be able to ride you, no?
     
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    He didn’t copy it exactly.
    He did change it to being completely negative instead of just questioning if it could be negative.
     
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    Im going to get bashed for this but Damian Lillard needs to lead and rally his team much like a player i dont like CP3.
     
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    I think you could point to game 3 as well.
     
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    The Blazers offense under Stotts is like the Beavers (football) defense for as long as I can remember. With the former, most teams don't want to devote the scheming or personnel energy to trapping Dame for fairly meaningless regular season games, but always have that option in their back pocket when the playoffs roll around. With the latter, the team has always played competitively until the opponent gets serious and starts throwing the ball down field in the 4th quarter.
     
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    In spite of our defense, that offense got us into the playoffs a couple years that I'm not quite sure we deserved it.
     
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    Being dog shit the first month might be a blessing, with the Dame situation and a new coach it might be the fire that finally motivates a CJ trade.
     
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    You've explained your guess, but at this point that's all it is. If we end up being a top 3-5 offense against multiple teams in this years playoffs, I think you'll have something to back up your guess.

    I'm guessing we won't be a top offense/defense in the playoff yet again because it is more roster based. Time will tell.
     

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