Game Thread 2022-23 Game #41 - BLAZERS VS CAVALIERS - JANUARY 12, 2023 - THURSDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. Propagandist

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    Clearly, although I was way tired of Stotts after nearly a decade.

    That being said, I think this roster is better than any roster Stotts got to work with.
     
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    With this roster that is for sure and with figuring out a rotation early in the season and sticking to it like a fucking robot for the rest of the season no matter what... yeah Terry is better. Chauncey needs to learn to better manage the game and Joe needs to get him players that make sense with his frenetic philosophies, to see if they can work. Dame has shown he's a much better defender under Chauncey than he was under Terry. I just don't know if we have the right players around Dame to make that matter... actually I do know that we don't have the right players around Dame to make his elevated defense matter.
     
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    You play scared. Every post is like don't-rock-the-boat even when the boat is literally sinking.
     
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    But where we are today is garbage. We might improve a bit to mediocre, but that isn't exactly the bar we are looking to clear.
     
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    Good news: Mavs might not have Christian Wood
     
  6. Chris Craig

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

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    Oh, they will
     
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    That last part is a joke right?

    You think this is better than the roster we had before the Nurk injury that went to WCF without Nurk?!? Really?!? And that was basically our roster for a few seasons. This is actually a far far worse bench than any bench that Stotts had. It's also a starting lineup that has talent but doesn't fit... which Terry also had to deal with. But come on. This is a roster that's better than any that Terry had? I don't think that Terry had a worse constructed roster during his time here. He certainly never had one this small.
     
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    Luka gonna score 90 minimum combined in those 2 games
     
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    Doesn’t matter
     
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    I would have thought some tougher questions would have been asked in that interview.
     
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    5 game losing streak sucks. Facing a team for the next two games that is better constructed than ours, with a more experienced coach and a better superstar than ours (as much as I love Dame) really sucks!
     
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    The worst part is they are falling apart right as they are camped at home for a month and I’m forced to go watch 4 nights a week.
     
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    How is he light years ahead of Stotts? We suck. We were a solid playoff team with Stotts. His last, we were a 6 seed. This year, we’re not even in position for the play-in. You have to appreciate what Stotts did here and stop being a broken record about your weird hate for him,
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    About to be 7
     
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    You can call it scared, but that isn't close to the words I would use. Emotional and reckless isn't my style.
     
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    We better not trade Sharpe for some win now bandaid bullshit.
     
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    I mean what is Billups competent at exactly?
     
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    It might not. The truth is that I don't think that Joe is a dumb guy. I don't think it matters if we go on a run and win the next six games (it's not happening but still) Joe has seen that this roster doesn't work and he will make moves. Let's just hope they are good moves that end up with a roster that makes sense for the first time since LaMarcus, Nic, Wes and RoLo left.
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    I think the reference to Stotts was sarcasm
     

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