Game Thread 2022-23 PRESEASON - GAME #1 - BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - OCTOBER 3, 2022 - MONDAY - 7:30 PM (PDT)

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Are you upset this game isn't televised?

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  2. No

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  3. I listen to the game on the radio anyway

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  4. HCP!!!!!

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  1. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Glad Williams won't be playing in the regular season. Sheesh.
     
    Chris Craig, Oct 3, 2022
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    All I can say is… we got two great rookies
     
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    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    No dude. It's good. No injuries! Oh wait. Still, Walker was great.
     
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    For the 32nd consecutive season: My expectations for the team remains unchanged after one preseason game.
     
    Tince, Oct 3, 2022
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    He drove away from him several times in a row.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Which team? The Seattle Clippers or the Seattle Blazers?
     
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    How is there no FIRE BILLUPS thread yet? We are going to need one by the end of the season...
     
    Propagandist, Oct 3, 2022
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    I thought Grant looked real nice. Wasn’t a huge fan of his acquisition. But if he can consistently play defense like that and score without his number being called than I’m sold.
     
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    The Sharpe thirst is a full go. After a 2pt, 2reb, 1asts performance, we are still finding the positives!

     
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    yup, need to also see how watford has progressed. i'm good with eubanks sitting.
     
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    MODA will be rocking tomorrow. Unleash Shaedon Sharpe !!!
     
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    oh we're gonna coddle the hell out of our rookies like we always do. year 2 or 3 is when that love turns to criticism
     
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    Shoutout to Greg Brown III....he had some good good minutes tonight out there.
     
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    Blazers Uprise Postgame Show (Preseason Game #1)

    The Blazers took on the Clippers in Seattle! Come join us as well talk about how the Blazers looked in their first tune up before the regular season!

     
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    i just wish he'd crash the glass. 4 rebounds in 27 mins, while hart pulled down 10 in 25. rebounding might be an issue for our front court
     
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    Trade Simons and Nurk. Get a good center and pick in the deal. Trade with Pelicans again? Or the Clippers for Zubac?
     
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    I completely forgot there was a game.

    Mainly because the game doesn't fucking matter.
     
    Strenuus, Oct 3, 2022
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  18. Chris Craig

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    Knows he's not playing come the season. Trying to get his. In facts that's most of what I saw tonight. A bunch of players trying to get theirs and not playing team ball. Alot of that is figuring out how Grant fits in and who the starting three will be.

    Alot of the game was just Hart and Simons trying to take over. The bench was hectic. Drew was good but he kept getting pulled out to play defence on the perimeter. Not good. Greg Brown is just chaotic energy. Williams was terrible. Walker and Sharpe were fun to watch.

    Lots of rust to get off. We haven't seen this team nearly at its best yet.
     
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    I’m cautiously optimistic about the team. The starting unit looked like a bunch of guys that haven’t played with each other. I think it’ll take some time to learn to play with each other and far from a finished product.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    What? Simons and Nurk for Zubac and a pick? Hell no.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Some positives:

    Dame is back.
    Grant looked really good.
    Hart rebounded well and can run the point as a backup/2nd unit.
    Sharpe eventually looked good
    Walker looked decent.
    Nurk looked ok.
    Defense was better (at times).

    Some negatives:
    Simons looked like he was rusty as hell.
    Defense still is a work in progress.
    Sharpe wasn't getting any decent looks for a while.
    Little clearly was rusty.


    Some sorta positives..

    Eubanks wasn't horrible.
    Winslow looked good.
    Johnson looked good.
    Payton should help some.

    Still super early, and considering that 9 of these guys have either never played with Damian, or barely played with him (or each other), it wasn't as bad as it seems. These guys as closers tho (in either blowouts) are going to drastically change the score, but not in a positive manner.

    Over all take:

    Shaedon is gonna need minutes, so he can get repetitions and slow the game down for him (tho his mistakes tonight, if you can call them mistakes, weren't because the game was too fast for him).

    Simons shouldn't go 2-12, and Little shouldn't look like this was his rookie or 2nd year either. Give the team some to grow together, and not have their first game against a stacked team, and it'll look different. Not saying the team will have a better record than the Clippers, but they should have a better record than the Jazz. That game should look different.
     
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