[Blazers start play at 9:40 and win out] Sharpe definitely not looking Sharp. Everybody afraid to challenge Clingan. Banton ballhogging (as usual). Murray quietly doing the little things (as usual).
There weren't too many guys out there, Banton's size, running and gunning like him. His size, ball handling and shooting can be a factor.
Too busy to watch. Looks like we had a Sharp look good and Sharp looks bad. Sounds like a regular season game thread.
The shots at 3:17 and 15:10 are so smooth. Layup at 11:45 was a nice move. His D is less than ideal... but it's also a pickup game. Side note -> Clingan was frequently in no-mans land on D. He may have a tough adjustment to the league.
That was the best video I've watched in a month. Expert David Thorpe said that Scooter looked bad this summer in a game. Everyone thought he meant in a mere workout or pickup game, so I introduced them to open runs and private runs. http://www.sportstwo.com/posts/5701013/
ROOT wouldn't broadcast some of the summer league games. We were in the dark unless someone pirated a cheater-head stream. bootleg pickup games on YouTube are infinite percentage better then Root Sports blackouts.
No disrespect but EVERY SINGLE one of your takes regarding the Blazers and ROOT have been wrong. Literally EVERY SINGLE one.
The biggest, dorkiest guy in a pickup game with literally no structure and Banton as the "PG". I'm not too worried.
sooo it was my imagination that Summer League games weren't being televised ?? Are we to keep blaming Comcast to appease whatever spin cycle Root relayed to Blazer fans ?? It's over now, Jody canceled Root. It was the worst NBA broadcasting deal in the NBA. People were turning on NBA League Pass to watch Portland, only to get a Root restrictions blackout signal. Where am i wrong ?? For instance, I turned on MLB Network to watch Mariners & Rangers just 3 days ago. Guess what was on my TV ?? "We're sorry, but due to broadcasting restrictions, this game cannot be shown on MLB Network. We apologize for this inconvenience." It was 2 1/2 hours of a screen saver with this message on a floaty flag.
I don't know. Root freaking sucked. So while the details may be wrong, the sentiment feels right to me... Lol
Clingan looked like someone with soft hands in the paint, but out of position a bit (albeit, it's not exactly a structured game) and he's going to have to work on his conditioning. Not saying he needs to be ready to play 40 minutes a night on day 1 of training camp, but he looks more like a guy who you can't rely on for big minutes for a while. It's a good thing they have DeAndre.
Every market has home games blacked out on league pass, that wasn't a "Root" restrictions thing, that was a league thing.
Had nothing to do with ROOT. Everytime this dude blames the Blazers it was actually ROOTs fault. Everytime he blames ROOT, it’s actually on the league or team’s fault. EVERYTIME he throws blame somewhere it’s at the wrong target EVERYTIME! You gotta do your homework if you are going to blame people for shit is what I’m saying.
