Game Thread 2022-23 PRESEASON - GAME #5 - BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - OCTOBER 11, 2022 - TUESDAY - 7:00PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. DDolla

    DDolla Well-Known Member

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    I’m just here to see Shaedon Sharpe’s highlights
     
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    Greg Brown... what is up with that guy.

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    OneSport3 The Knowledge Hoarder

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    Geez, Chauncey has barely been the head coach for a year and people already calling for his job. His first season was a tank year with high roster turnover. At least give him a chance with a stable roster.
     
    OneSport3, Oct 11, 2022
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    calvin natt Confeve

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    He’s got a roster full of vets and they look totally discombobulated out there. Lillard will come in and save the day a few times a month and Nurk will have his obligatory great game once a month, and it’ll be lipstick on a pig. Or maybe they’ll suddenly figure out how to play defense and run a good offense in the next few weeks.
     
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    OneSport3 The Knowledge Hoarder

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    I don’t disagree with anything here but he’s barely been here a year. I don’t know if he’s the right guy or not but he deserves more than a year to implement his system. He only had Dame for 20+ games last season. There are vets on this roster but there are also a lot of young guys as well.

    If he inherited a roster that was ready to win immediately and this was the result, then yes, the seat should be hotter. But by no means was this a roster that was ready to win immediately.
     
    OneSport3, Oct 11, 2022
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Roster "full" of vets?

    They have (realistically) 3 seasoned vets on the team.

    Hart, Little, Simons, Winslow, Payton, and Eubanks are "vets" because they've played a bit, but they're not really vets.

    5 players are in their 1st or 2nd years Walker, Sharpe, Brown III, Johnson and Watford.

    And of the actual vets they have, 1 is coming off of a surgery that has changed his game a bit, the other is a brand new player on the team (and done surprisingly well) and the third is the Bosnian Least.

    The team needs another vet.
     
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    Oh My
     
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    Hart, Little, Winslow, Grant, Eubanks, Nurk, Lillard, Payton, Simons are all vets and all play a lot except maybe Eubanks. So yes that’s a roster full of vets. This isn’t the Spurs or OKC.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I would never sink so low as to tell you I told you so. Not me.
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    I’ve reached the age where seeing young players be freaky athletic does not get me excited anymore. I’m tired of alley oops and breakaway dunks being considered elite play.

    Obviously Shaedon is talented. I want to see quality defense and high % 3pt shooting.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    The last nine weren't the guy either.
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Fair enough i guess? Not sure i agree though you might be right? I see 5 or 6 players that could really gel and start to win some games. Blazers need to add a solid player to that mix.
    Things don't seem to look right as it is right now? I also don't think Billups has much of a clue yet? I'd like to see where they are at the end of November. This will address the GP2 core surgery issue as well. Last we heard on this was around mid September he was "on schedule" to be back for the start of the season.
    It's just my take at this point? What else can they do but try to make the very best of what they have?
     
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    You really think Chauncey could take this team to the Western Conference Finals with an injured Enes Kanter as the starting center?
     
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    GrandpaBlaze Predictions Game Master

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    I'm not ready to pronounce any judgement on Chauncey at this point. He has a lot of new people, young people and the most important person returning from being out most of last season who hasn't really played with a large portion of the roster.

    I think preseason has been more experimentation than worry about winning.

    Still - what we've seen in preseason doesn't give a lot of reason for optimism as we head into the regular season.

    Offensive scheme - do we have one?

    Defense - has that been discussed/emphasized?

    I hope we see something different as the season starts but as others have said, I'll give it a while before I get overly judgmental - doesn't mean I won't get frustrated has all get-out on occasions but I'll try to keep that in check.
     
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    No Curry, no Draymond, no Wiggins, no Thompson....and we still got blown out? Again? I get it's pre-season, but it's getting worse, not better.

    Time to watch the Shaedon highlights again. Wembanyama may not be that small of a chance after all.
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Things I expect under Chauncey

    Better defense

    Better ball movement

    That’s it, and neither of those two things are happening….so far

    wins and losses will take care of themselves, but it’s been really sad to watch this trash Dame and Ant-J are still bogging down the offense. Nurk is still super frustrating. Hart is undersized. Grant looks good so far.

    No one boxes out. Really disappointed so far. I know it’s incredibly early
     
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    Man. Our starters, minus Dame, throttled by the second unit.

    ouch…
     
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    SharpeScooterShooter SharpeShooter

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    Huh? We have alot of young guys.
     
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    It's always the talent. A coach is easier to fire though...

    STOMP
     
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