Game Thread 2025 PRESEASON GAME #1 - BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - WED- OCT 8 2025 - 7:00 PM PST - NBA TV - BV - KUNP

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  1. BassPlaya

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    Umm.......Yang is a rookie and this was a preseason game. Goodness people...

    New players
    New starting lineup
    Hard ass defense
    New role for Sharpe and he nailed it
    Depth looks sic
    Murrays stroke looks natural, and better
    Boxy with 4/3's?
    Blake looks like Kersey streaking downcourt

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  2. Rastapopoulos

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    We'll always have the first half...

     
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    Positives:
    Sharpe looks smooth as silk. Can he keep up that shooting? If so, Blazers are going to have to break the bank.
    Camara looks much more comfortable offensively.
    Jrue is a real difference-maker
    Wesley looks rotation-worthy
    Deni looks ready to roll

    Negatives:
    Clingan looked a bit lost
    Yang looked totally lost
    Grant, while a bit better, is still a ball-stopper
    Rupert is still two years away. Will he be two years away his entire NBA career (which might not be much longer)?
     
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    Nice having calming presence at PG. One offensive possession Jrue drove the lane attacking one of his teammates and then kicked ball to that teammate for wide open shot. Such a simple play but so many PG’s are me first players but championship players know this is what it takes.

    As far as Grant goes he’s lost his way, he got spoiled being the guy in Detroit and again with the lottery Blazers. His confidence is shot, he desperately needs a new team where he can accept a role as a 3 and D player. There is absolutely no way he should be starting above Sharpe, Toumani, or Deni.
     
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    This movie was huge in the UK - for most of us it was the first time we saw Eddie Murphy.
     
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    Only way that happens is if we buy him out. And it'll be the Lakers.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Those positives (and you didn't even mention Murray looking competent offensively) are so much greater than those negatives, it's scary. I'm tempted to be optimistic.
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Now granted highlights make players look better than they are at times, but Ruperts highlights from the scrimmages made him look like he at least had made the turn.

    Last night he just looked like a player that will have a lot of 1 year contracts and be out of the league.

    Neither Yang or Clingan did themselves any favors, though neither one was so bad that they should be demoted, etc.

    It showed that this team has a load of actual potential (instead of the mythical potential), but that after 1-8, the team drops off (Shaedon, Tou, Deni, Jrue.........Grant, Clingan, Tisse and Yan) there is a Hells Canyonesque drop off in talent.

    Cissoko, Love, Cooke and Rupert shouldn't see minutes.

    Scoot being back will help a lot, but the lack of offense from Tisse, Clingan and Yan might be difficult to cope with.
     
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    WHOA! Slow your roll! That isnt allowed here.
     
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    I am back east this week, so I missed the 2nd half. I will watch it later. They definitely made things uncomfortable for the Warriors.

    Kind of glad the scrubs lost the game late since we play the Warriors in game 2.
    I did not want to embarrass them and give them any more motivation than they usually have.

    Camara already had 4 fouls by early 2nd quarter. As I mentioned a few days ago, this would be the only reason to justify him not starting. Only one preseason game, but the first two subs came in at the 8-minute mark....so again, does it really matter who starts?

    Grant shot poorly, but he was not a ball stopper. He played good D and grabbed more rebounds than normal.
    Stop with the buyout talk.....it ain't happening for the simple reason that it would be idiotic with 3 years left on his contract.

    Shae looked great.
    Murray was 4-5. That was a positive
    Wesley looked as fast as advertised. Nice little sparkplug off the bench.
    4 turnovers by Yang did not surprise me at all.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Scoot when healthy, RW3 once in a while, Murray as a 10th man, and Blake Wesley as a low-minute 3rd-string PG all help to round things out.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    The justification was last season. He sucked. And he still sucks. He should have to earn his way back into the starting lineup after the way he played last year.
     
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    What is this -- high school? He's not a baby. Remove the kid gloves
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It's funny how Danny Marang has constantly been like "you don't bench Grant, he's proved/earned it!"

    In the first pre-season game where he's been given the starting spot/chance to shine, he...went 2-11 and looked like a warm body at times.

    Shaedon, given the same chance, went 9-15 and looked like easily the best player on the team.
     
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    You guys who say just preseason haven't had to live among bandwagon Warriors fans for years.
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    I dunno, do you really have to justify starting your best players? Deni vs Grant ain’t even close. I worry about the bigs. Just not seeing how ANY can play 35 min a game. Timelord would be injured in 2 games, if he ever plays, same for Clingan. Yang will foul out every game. Not liking it.
     
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    We don't want or need any of our bigs to play 35min/game. We have versatility from our center position, and that's a good thing.
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    I hope
     
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    Did you miss the pre-game comment where they said Chauncey told them not to read anything into the rotations? He’s going to mix things up these first few games, but I’d put money on Deni starting over Grant come the counting games. I’d also bet that Grant plays better than he did last night.
     
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