Game Thread Game #42 - BLAZERS @ WIZARDS - JANUARY 15, 2022 - SATURDAY - 4:00 PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

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Should the Blazers keep sitting CJ, Powell, and Nance when they get healthy?

  1. Yes, tank speed ahead

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  2. No, never go full tank

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  3. No reason to

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  4. We will lose anyway

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  1. riverman

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    You'd think they'd know enough to sign crappier players!
     
    riverman, Jan 15, 2022
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    What did we won? A basketball game - Michael Holton
     
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    FWIW, Blazers pass Kings tonight, and are now in sole possession of 10th place - we're in play-in position.
     
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    I thought we had it when Blevins came in for that LONG run.
     
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    We got a Tony Snell dunk for his trade package highlight reel!
     
    riverman, Jan 15, 2022
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    anfernee simons is much more enjoyable to watch than cj mccollum

    get cj mccollum & powell outta here
     
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    Mr. Robot, Jan 15, 2022
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    If only we could bottle that second half for future tanking.
     
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    Ugh. Come on sac
     
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    simons & nurk seem to have a good chemistry which can become even better

    makes you wonder if we keep both simons & nurk, along with dame, how would that trio look in the starting unit
     
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    Why? It's the best case scenario. We can get a lotto pick AND win a championship in the same year!
     
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    I cant bring myself to root for us to lose. Can root for others to win. Easier to cope with mentally
     
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    I hope the front office is realizing how utterly expendable McCollum has become. Ant playing better, appears to have a more complete game, younger, cheaper.

    I’d just rather not have to watch CJ again (unless he is playing for another team).
     
    GrandpaBlaze, Jan 15, 2022
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    If CJ/Norm are both still here after the deadline I want Cronin launched into the sun.
     
    Scalma, Jan 15, 2022
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    The whole league is also seeing how expendable CJ is. Not the best time to trade him unless he balls out before the deadline in 3 weeks.
     
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    They're only seeing that he's expendable because Ant is so good not because CJ is so bad. Look at the dude's numbers... he's one of the best bucket getters in the league. There are only a couple of national reporters who think CJ is a negative trade asset and even they say that he's seen that way by only a few GMs. The fact is that we can get good value back for CJ, we just can't get the value back that Olshey was demanding, which is just fine. Trade CJ for a piece that fits better, package CJ with other assets to get a star player but for sure you've got to trade the guy.

    My issue is Ant. I think he's CJ 2.0 and him and Dame would have very similar problems to those that have plagued us with the Dame/CJ back court. I think unless someone blows us away with an offer for Ant that we keep him here and re-sign him in the off season. If my suspicions are correct and he's not a good match for Dame then we get fair value for him after featuring him for a bit next season.
     
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    This team just does the opposite of whatever I want/expect them to do. Goddamn contrarians.
     
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    Nas plays like Miles Bridges.
     
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    Ain't trading Nurk.
     
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    remember when some people were saying he was only good cuz of Dame

    btw billups singled him out in the post game presser. Every time he talks about Nurk it sounds like he’s a big supporter of him and his game.
     
    Scalma, Jan 15, 2022
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    When he is engaged, he is absolutely a difference maker. If we can keep him engaged….
     
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