Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #18 - BLAZERS @ GRIZZLIES - NOV 25, 2024 - MON - 5:00 PM - CHARGE - BLAZERVISION

No he’s good

 

Sharpe floats way too much. I still don’t see primary scorer. Maybe really good second option.

 

Moore, on the other hand..

 

Yuki time!

 

There are many players that can do what he is doing right now. He is simply not noteworthy. Maybe he and Scoot will undergo tremendous transformations? Probably not. If not they are both role players.

 

I think the players were offered a bonus for missing at least 5 threes.

 

RWIII needs to be put in bubble wrap until we can trade him. I been saying it for weeks.

 

He’s been getting better each year. Even tonight wasn’t so bad. 15 points on 12 shots. Only 1 turnover.

 

5 players missed at least 5 threes.

 

Hmm... What's changed?

 

The Griz are just a bad matchup for the Blazers. They are just as big, but stronger and more physical. They also have by far the best player on either team.

There are better teams in the NBA the Blazers can compete with just because they don't check all the boxes on the Blazers' weaknesses the way Memphis does.

 

We lost because we missed threes.

 

I agree with this statement. We will likely struggle against Cleveland as well( who doesn't) for the same reasons.

 

Only 34 points off

 

I think the answer is a question. Why did we miss so many threes? Were they wide open or contested?
I don’t recall many open threes compared to them.

 

Sharpe had a bad night shooting the ball. So that means he's not a primary scorer?

One of the hallmarks of a primary scorer is that they can still get more points than shots on a bad night. Maybe even on a very bad night.

Look at the drastic difference between Anfernee Simons and Shaedon Sharpe.

 

Looking at our team 3pt% for the season, I am not sure we should expect much different. We do not seem to be a good three point shooting team. We seem to be settling for them far too often early in the shot clock, when we should be running more off ball screens combined with on ball screens to take advantage of switches with the off ball screen benefactor dashing for a lob, pass or rebound/putback.