Game Thread 2022-23 Game #69 - BLAZERS VS KNICKS - MARCH 14, 2023 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. HailBlazers

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    And here I was upset we were gonna win
     
    HailBlazers, Mar 14, 2023
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    So not because he is better, just because he is a high drafted rookie? He is averaging 20 minutes a game and for rookies is 31 in win shares and 42 in VORP for rookies. If anyone else was putting up those sort of numbers they would be at the end of the bench with Keon.
     
    twobullz, Mar 14, 2023
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  3. Chris Craig

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

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    Just so Chauncey won't play him again next season?
     
    Chris Craig, Mar 14, 2023
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    Who?

    You mean "Nobody else has bought" Terry Stotts?
     
    Natebishop3, Mar 14, 2023
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    The Embiid shot broke us. We came to play in that game. We’ve sucked ever since. 31-38. Yikes. Bench Dame for rest of season. It’s over.
     
    KingSpeed, Mar 14, 2023
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    Go Knicks! Get a playoff seed locked up!
     
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    Well try are 11 games over .500

    …
     
    MickZagger, Mar 14, 2023
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    Other than Lillard, there is no talent on the Blazers roster. There is not one player who is consistently even slightly above average from night to night.

    This roster never really recovered from the year Aldridge walked. We were able to put bandaids on some things and even make it to the WCF but, eventually, the bill was going to come due for bad acquisitions, bad contracts, poor drafting and poor development of young players.

    If Watford and Eubanks are meaningful parts of the rotation next year, Cronin should be shown the door. Matisse played about as well as he could tonight, and it's not nearly good enough. There's more intensity in driveway one-on-one games than Reddish plays with -- it's easy to see why he can't stick anywhere.

    This is just a mess. Olshey and Stotts put us in bad shape and aside from winning the No. 1 pick this year I don't see anyway this team gets out any time soon. What a mess.
     
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    Don't see where anyone said it was an "aha" moment. Been saying this for a number of years. This is just another chapter in a sad book.
     
    TBpup, Mar 14, 2023
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    Magic losing isn’t helping us. They want that 5th spot in the lottery more than us.
     
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    This loss moves us into a tie with Indiana for 6th in the tankathon. We need to do what's necessary to clinch 6. Passing Orlando for 5th will be tough.
     
    UKRAINEFAN, Mar 14, 2023
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    Those are definitely good reasons.

    Why would we play a guy who's four years older and a pending free agent? As we continue to lose?

    There is value in determining how much money the Blazers should offer Reddish, but beyond that there's no reason for Sharpe to be not getting more minutes.

    And it's not just Sharpe or Reddish. Thybulle has played 38 minutes. Little has played 10.

    We should be winning or letting our younger guys play. We should not be losing while having our best young players on the bench for the vast majority of the game.
     
    Ed O, Mar 14, 2023
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    check your inbox KS.
     
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    I think the Blazers must be the only team in the NBA that can keep getting worse and still convince themselves they are getting better.
     
    Bingo Bango, Mar 14, 2023
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    I think Chauncey is trying to make a point that you don't get minutes given to you, you need to earn them. I hope Sharpe gets the message.
     
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    A new Bigfoot mascot was revealed tonight. Hmmmmmmm
     
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    did we spend a #7 pick on Keon? has he ever shown the kinda star potential that Shaedon has? i feel like you're being dense on purpose and not seeing the big picture.

    shaedon popping is one of the only avenues we have to get out of the mud. playing him 8 minutes while Cam Reddish takes his minutes in a dumbass showcase is idiotic, and especially so when we are getting destroyed at home by a team missing its best player.
     
    illmatic99, Mar 14, 2023
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    We don't have that convenience. We need him to develop quickly.
     
    Chris Craig, Mar 14, 2023
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    I would love that 5th spot but we have to worry about Indy out yanking us like they did last season.
     
    blazerkor, Mar 14, 2023
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  20. julius

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

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    This should count double tonight. They lost and improved their draft odds, and the Knicks won and improved the Blazers odds at getting that 2nd pick.
     
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