Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #28 - BLAZERS @ SPURS - DEC 21, 2024 - SAT - 5:30 PM - CHARGE - BLAZERVISION

You show 'em Jabari!

 

Showcasing Grant, he will be traded

 

Jerami Grant: 30 minutes, 0 rebounds.

 

Let's hope so.

Our team just didn't have the effort needed tonight IMO. You have Shae as hot as he's been in any games and we don't go to the hot hand enough. We lost to a better team but a lot of our guys played lazy defense, and stupid offense... especially in the second half and there just doesn't seem to be enough want to.

 

I don't wanna hear about it from Cronin anymore. This is the last deadline he gets to move these vets because they are retarding the development of bigger priorities on our team. Even if you need to attach a second or two. It's time to move on and let this team take the next step forward.

 

I like to watching Shae have a good game on offense. It helps having to stomach losses. If only Scoot could do the same.

 

The results for Scoot were mixed but I do think his process was much better tonight. He needs to push the pedal and keep the pressure by getting into the paint.

 

And develop some kind of floater or step back mid range shot

 

the off-season followed by the season just seem so fucking pointless right now

 

Tonight was tough with Wemby swatting everything

 

I'm sure contenders are calling Cronin off the hook to offer multiple picks for a PF that can;

Grab 0 rebounds in 30 minutes
Shoot 2-12
Paid $160 million
Over 30 years old

What a great showcase!

 

this "showcasing" fable is one that just won't die

 

We basically have to be shooting lights out to make games competitive.

Last week's Spurs game, Dallas game, Denver game we shot lights out in all three. Two we lost and one we won on a buzzer beater.

When we aren't shooting lights out we get blown out between 20-40 points.

 

Spurs announcers were saying Grant is shooting the worst percentages since his rookie year.

We missed the boat on trading him for any sort of value. I'm just hoping we can swap him for a worthless Middleton type of contract that ends a year or two earlier. Think I'd throw in a couple 2nd round picks to do it.

 

What is any type of shot from any place on the court Scoot can efficiently make?

 

I don't think Joe is showcasing anyone. I don't think there are better players to take Ant's and Jerami's minutes and I think Rob is on a minutes restriction and they're trying to bring Donovan along slowly, so Deandre starting makes sense for now. That being said, I think it would hurt leverage in trade talks if Ant, Jerami and and Deandre start coming off of the bench.

I'm just hoping that we don't have to talk about these three for much longer. I know the odds are against us being rid of all three by the deadline but wouldn't it be nice?

 

Crazy that all of our players shoot worse every year... But it's their own individual fault. The coaches have nothing to do with it

 

Every game thread bro, every game thread.

 

No and yes

 

ok....and?

I didn't say Grant was being showcased. Somebody else did. I'm saying showcasing role-playing vets doesn't work; it's a fable. But some people keep assuming that's what the Blazers are doing with Simons-Grant-Ayton

maybe Cronin is hoping against hope it will work, this one time. Or maybe, just maybe, since Cronin was reportedly the one who convinced Olshey about Simons, and since he was the one who gave Simons a 100M deal; and since Cronin was the one who maneuvered into the TPE and draft pick used to land Grant, and was the one who gave him 160M; and since Cronin apparently coveted Ayton for 2 years before he was able to trade Dame for him...maybe Cronin views those guys as his guys, his successes, and is being stubborn about giving up the dream and is then setting prices for the 3 that no team would dream of paying

it would be foolish of course and hopefully, he isn't that stupid, but it was Cronin's decisions that that are responsible for the 5 vets on the roster and their 117M/year in salaries