Game Thread 2022-23 Game #19 - BLAZERS @ KNICKERBOCKERS - NOVEMBER 25, 2002 - FRIDAY - 4:30 PM (PDT) ROOT

Kinda the same impact Kobe had his rookie year. Take the good nights with the bad.

 

in the month of november, trail blazers played 10 games

in three of them, nurk has had at least 10 rebounds (10, 11, 13) and in seven of them, hes had (8, 7, 5, 8, 7, 6, 8)

i think as long as we get the rebounds, it shouldnt matter who it is, but its just something that i noticed given hes a center

 

Seriously i watched him pretty close when i went to the Jazz game. He's so raw at this point. Pretty much was on a leash out there. He's gonna need at least this year to start really contributing. That is if Chauncy is a miracle worker. Work in progress.

 

I think you might be able to add some context to that if you added his playing time. For instance if he is in foul trouble he will not have the same impact. Also, some games they played more small ball. That might be why the Per 36 part comes into play?

 

Amazing performances from the Law Offices of Grant, Ant & Hart. Ant had a chance to join Grant in each getting 40 points, but Trendon rushed an inbounds to Grant when Ant was wide open. That is right after he had gone over the back of Randle to stop the clock and give the Knics FT's to make it a one possession game. You could tell from Ant's immediate reaction, he was bummed. Just a brief display of disappointment, and then back to stoic.

 

Joining the teammates scoring 40-40 in a game at Ant’s age would’ve been amazing. With his getting all the way to the rim, running hooks, single motion 3’s … and working on his D … the “kid” is seriously dynamic.

 

Imagine if we could merge Josh Hart and Shaedon Sharpe...

 

Celeb Highlight of the night @THE HCP

 

Part of the issue is the "2-for-1" term itself is a bit of a misnomer. Teams aren't after two chances to score so much as they're trying to ensure they get the last shot. That way, they know what they have to match at the other end.

 

Sharpe is in boot camp right now....when he figures it out he's going to be a monster...the kid has all the skills he just needs to put them togther and make the playbook second nature

 

Just finished watching. Quite a few impressive things from Grant, Hart, and Ant for sure, but Nurk had some great moments as did Winslow and Watford.
Ant's 3-ball was not great tonight yet he still scored 38. That is encouraging. He has so many different skill sets on offense and the fact that he played 47 minutes and still did not look tired at the end was another good sign. The starters all played huge minutes in a physical game and played hard til the end.

Nice to have a SF who can rebound. Hart is so fun to watch.

 

He's 19x the rebounder Grant is.

 

Certainly last night.

 

I believe it’s close to 10 wins and that’s being conservative.

 

I recalculated. 82 wins!

 

I didn't realize how historic his attempt rate was. Nice share!

 

and except for one 'iffy' call, I think he earned all of those FT's

 

Grant certainly proved me wrong. I saw him more as a good 3 and D type player.
I did not trust him to put the ball on the floor. But his handles are proving to be good enough to get to the basket and with his length
he can lay it in easily, thus why he is getting hacked.