Game Thread 2022-23 Game #58 - BLAZERS VS WIZARDS - FEBRUARY 14, 2023 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Who knows. They don't have Hart anymore to start instead, so who would he start instead? I know Matisse is a SG, but not sure that a starting 5 that already lacks offensive punch can handle having another offensive weak starter.

    Not that Shaedon would provide an offensive punch that is unheard of (knowing our luck as a fanbase, he'd have a super underwhelming start), but Dame, Thybulle, Reddish, Watford and Drew doesn't exactly scream "score points".

    Oof, that possibility of that being the starting 5 just makes me cringe. Although, Dame, Shaedon, Reddish (or Matisse) and Drew is only slightly better.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Nurk, Grant, and probably Winslow will be back following the break.

    Dame
    Sharpe
    Reddish
    Grant
    Nurkic

    Or

    Dame
    Thybulle
    Reddish
    Grant
    Nurkic

    Billups has shown a resistance to starting Shaedon.
     
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    I would personally like
    Dame/Sharpe/Thybulle/Grant/Nurkic
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Where Beal started his shot vs where his right foot ended.
    Flagrant on Dame right ? Fuck those refs
     
    SIeepwalker, Feb 15, 2023
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    What about where Dame started and ended?
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I really don't understand how launching yourself forward is a natural shooting motion.
     
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    SharpeScooterShooter SharpeShooter

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    watch the three point contest. It happens and is more normal than you think.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Yeah because they have trained themselves to do it to draw contact.
     
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    Dame moved one foot forward. Beal two or three. Bs call.
     
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    Not so sure about that. Momentum is momentum. You can shoot further or longer with forward momentum. I think its just part of the expanding 3pt shooting distance.

    Edit: im not saying its okay. Just saying i think its more normal than we realize.
     
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