Game Thread Game #32 - BLAZERS @ PELICANS - DECEMBER 21, 2021 - TUESDAY - 5:00 PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

Who is Nickeil Alexander-Walker? Season high I'm guessing? Career high? We make A-listers out of also rans....ugh.

 

They're really high on Alexander-Walker in the piece I read this summer when they were supposedly offering a package of Ingram, Hayes another player and draft picks for Dame, the journalist said that they could see the team offering any other young player on the team in that deal besides Zion and Alexander-Walker. Take that for what it's worth it was just a trade rumor but that journalist said that the team really thinks this guy is going to be good. He's only 23. Tonight tied his career high that he had early in the 2019-2020 season.

 

He's an up and comer. Not an also ran. Tonight was not his career high. Or season high. He needs more regular playing time.

 

Tonight did not tie his career high. He scored 33 points in a game in November of this year.

 

Actually, this page says his career high is 37.

https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Nickeil-Alexander-Walker/Bests/95702

 

Google got me good, I should have looked it up on a reputable site instead of just googling it and taking the first answer that popped up.

 

Yeah that kid has game... if there were a way for that team to get Zion right, they would have a really bright future.

 

Yep. Zion was a beast last season.

 

Should have been able to win this one.
Im back on the tank wagon…

 

Nas is the X factor.

 

As in, "Nas is going to miss tonight because of X."

 

I had to watch this game late. Nurk played pretty well. That is until he became a complete non factor in the fourth quarter because he had 5 fouls again. Of course i counted 4 times he could have just dunked a ball instead of opting for a frilly soft finger roll. Has there ever been a softer "Beast" this league has ever seen? If i was Bosnian i would be absolutely ashamed of him representing my country.


Little hurt yet again? Remember we went through this last year as well? Maybe last year it wasn't the coach who refused to get this guy in after all? Maybe his development really has been stunted because of nagging injuries?

Tony Snell???????????? Really???????? How many times can this dude play 20 minutes and get ZERO points, ZERO 3's, ZERO Free Throws, ZERO Offensive rebounds, ZERO assists, Lets be nice. He got a steal and a block. He also got 1 TO and 1 PF.
Is there a player ever in the history of a game that has started 4 games and has played a collective 281 minutes that has had as bad of numbers as TONY SNELL? Seriously? He's a 6-6 Shooting Guard/ Small Forward that cannot play in this league! What in Gods Name is Chaucey Billups thinking? Stotts got run out of town for playing Melo and Kanter because everyone else was injured? Billups actually put this man back on the court to start the 3rd Quarter? You cannot be fucking serious?

I'm all for Chauncey Billups getting enough time to become an NBA coach and learn the ropes but he is not there at all. He is not even close to an NBA caliber coach at this time. As has been said on here by a number of posters. You guys got what you all wanted. This season is gonna be tough and it doesn't look to be getting any better. Billups has hardly learned anything. His rotations and game time decisions are as bad as any could ask for. Who in their right mind would go back to Tony Snell at this point? How does he not see the need for a timeout? When exactly is he going to lay into a Ref? Is he scared? Billups himself at this point is looking meek and soft as Charmin. The team has no identity and they are playing rudderless it seems.

32 games? How about we just give Chauncey 82 games and call it a lottery season. If he can't get it figured out in two seasons (164 games) we can start another coaching search. By the way. Lets get rid of the pillow soft center the Blazers have and break up the permanent "Small Ball" lineup they have and give him a chance.

 

Nas was out for a non-covid illness and I think this is not the first time for the same reason.

 

Hangover?

 

The fact no trades have been done yet is discouraging.
We might be giving up on the season

 

i just can't get over how bad we looked. like most of the team was already on vacation and completely checked out. we are so far from being competitive against a good team--- Pels had two players who could score and we let them both go off. Like WTF went into the prep for this game?!

I really want chauncey to succeed but this kinda night does not forecast a good outlook for his future.

 

Also.

Simons: 1-9 FG, 2 pts, 2 rebs, 1 ast, 1 stl, 1 to, -9 -- 31 minutes

WTF is that. Simons is well past his days when he can be a complete 0 but he's done it so often this year. And he's getting slaughtered on defense every night.

Yet he's being forcefed minutes because of injuries. I'm fully on board trading him too. Nas at least contributes on defense and brings energy. If Ant's shot is off, he's completely useless. Enough with the kid gloves. Just rip the bandaid off and trade him.

Snell.... just ugh
Snell: 0-1 FG, 0 pts, 3 rebs, 1 stl, 1 blk, 1 to, -2 -- 18 minutes

 

Thank you! You see my point now. Just wasting time over and over again

 

Who cares he’s trade bait anyways