Game Thread 2022-23 Game #35 - BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - DECEMBER 30, 2022 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. wizenheimer

    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    some perspective: Payton is already 30 years old and has been in the NBA 6 seasons. Prior to last season, his career high for games played is 29. He played in 71 games in his first 5 seasons and 71 last year. Now, I'm assuming a lot of those 'missed' games were DNP-CD's. But the reality is he's 30 with only one season of having any significant impact. He hasn't really established much of a baseline for realistic expectations. He might be a late-blooming gem; or he might be a flash-in-the-pan that has already flashed
     
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    I really needed green font? Really?
     
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    Or he might get injured again. No guarantee he stays healthy the rest of the season after he returns.
     
    blazerfan11, Dec 28, 2022
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Didn’t he fracture his elbow last year in the playoffs?
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Yes, exactly, he will be back friday, knock on wood, but I imagine will take a bit to get GP2 back up to 100% speed. Maybe not though. Excited to see his intensity
     
    Cugel, Dec 28, 2022
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    You don’t even mention Trash Curry.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Curry isn't playing.
     
    Chris Craig, Dec 28, 2022
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    Subject to blackout. Unless this is nationally televised I have to just listen to radio.
     
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    Tell them you are watching as a Blazer fan and could care less about GSW and since Portland is like 700 miles away, they need to lift that blackout for your address!
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    I would be fine unloading Payton at the deadline to a contender who needs a defensive oriented guard. He is too old, too expensive for my tastes. It was a bad signing. Probably one championed by Dame? Get him on the court to show he is ok then unload him at the deadline!
     
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    It was kind of weird there. I was just down in Benicia and a Warriors game on TNT was also blacked out for me in the Motel.
     
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    I honestly don't understand this? So if he gets on the court and plays well then they should trade him? If he gets on the court and plays poorly they should trade him? All season they have needed exactly what that guy brings on the court but now they need to dump him?
     
    Fairly-Hard, Dec 30, 2022
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    Looks like Nurkic is not going to play, this season just gets worse and worse.
     
    BlazerBeav, Dec 30, 2022
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Whoa,whoa,whoa….I thought it was only the Blazers that didn’t “care about their fans”!!!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    No, it’s just staying mediocre. For a .500 team they are staying the course FAMS.
     
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    he is too expensive and will not be enough (need length and not another small guard)to make this team really better next year
     
    Cugel, Dec 30, 2022
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    If you’re GP2, why would you play when you already got a ring and money? It’s like AD, why play hard or even play.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Once again….How are you able to hit the POST REPLY button after this collection of thoughts?
     
    THE HCP, Dec 30, 2022
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    So he had enough length last year to play D but not this year? Did he shrink? He might not be the answer, but "another small guard" is used too often on this board. I agree his salary is a few million too high, but his height is not an issue. The guy guards players much bigger than him very well.
     
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