Game Thread 2023-24 - GAME #62 - BLAZERS VS ROCKETS - MARCH 8, 2024 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM PST - ROOT

I'm not worried about Banton and the number of shots. He wouldn't get those on a healthy team. I think he can beat third or fourth guard.

 

Wrong on both topics.

 

Simons had some PTSD (Post Traumatic Slam Disorder) after this Jalen Green rim rocker.

 

I appreciate a guy who is willing to contest a dunk even if they might get posterized.

 

Lol

 

and 7 assists to go with it.

 

No, just listed other recent Blazer players who have also had chucker nights to get their points.

 

Kris Murray is 23 years old and shooting 27 percent on 3-pointers.

He's not a center, so there's no place in the modern NBA for him.

Everyone knows that, which is why he attempted 6 three-pointers last night. Some of them were awful misses.

 

uhhh...wut?

that may have been the dumbest 43 seconds of Ant's career, on both ends of the floor

 

That's dramatic. Nothing that happened last night was that big of a deal.

Why do you see him jumping to potentially make the dunk attempt more difficult as dumb? You prefer the guys who just bail and give up the points? It's not like we need to break down that scenario in terms of it making or breaking an important game.

 

wut...really?

you don't see Ant doing anything dumb in that sequence? OK

and just who is "breaking down the scenario"? Wyachi made a PTSD joke at Ant's expense. You're the one that stepped on the punchline trying to find virtue in Ant's synchronized jumping with Green. By the way, don't forget that Ant synchronized his jumping with Green twice in that clip. Twice the virtue for half the price!

 

Change the password during pregame warmups. Keep the old one and pump bogus replays.
Can you imagine the looks on their faces when the refs get the call wrong?
Hmmm? I guess we already seen that but you get the point.

 

I know Banton is already 24 but never played more than 10 minutes a game until this year. If I had a 6'9" PG who rebounds well, works on defense and seems to be a decent ballhandler (in a team high 38 minutes last night, had five assists and only 2 turnovers), and my team was going nowhere; I would let him shoot as much as he wants. Either he develops a decent shot, which makes him a valuable asset or he doesn't, in which case it makes an easy decision to get rid of him and look for other options.

 

Nah bro, players who go up to try to stop an opposing player is always good in my book.

 

Got to visit with Ime post game ……said he LOVES coming home. Always feels a TON of pressure though.

 

Did I say Ant didn't do anything dumb in that sequence? All I commented on was him contesting the dunk attempt. If you're right and that really was the dumbest 43 seconds of his career, than we're all greatly under-appreciating him.

 

or...possibly...you're taking somebody's joke and my hyperbole way too seriously

 

Quality guy. No matter what anyone has to say. Wish we had him.