Game Thread 2022-23 Game #39 - BLAZERS @ RAPTORS - JANUARY 8, 2023 - 12:30 PM (PDT) ROOT

All the timeouts in the world won’t stop these guys from playing like total scrubs. This isn’t a timeout issue.

 

I miss our old offense.

 

One guy is still playing hard.

 

toronto isn't some juggernaut. they have major weaknesses at guard and C, yet we have declined to seek out those deficiencies. on both ends. instead we're just trying to play our regular game instead of preparing our gameplan against this opponent.

i put this on coaching.

 

...and what happens when he is gone?

 

At this point I’m going to start rooting for a higher draft pick. I don’t care how much season is left or how close we are to a playoff spot.

Not hard for anyone to realize this is a bunk ass team that needs a roster overhaul.

 

I don't want the same timeout after a 12-0 run...that's not how you adjust your defense. We let big holes happen without stopping them game after game.

 

sad reality

 

we have a 6'9 guy guarding their short ass PG while we let Hart go against Siakam.

stupidity.

this is our strategy after chacuncey saw this get burned over and over again in the first.

 

You working off the advantage of hindsight though. At the time, you don't know if a 5-0 run is going to get flipped or not.

Not to mention, after our last two timeouts, we've looked no better, so it doesn't appear calling the timeout has greatly changed things.

 

Just look at how much harder Toronto plays defensively. Drastic difference between us. Helps that they have a roster full on length in the 3-5 spots

We basically have Grant, Nurk and Eubanks with any length.

 

I don't see where anyone indicated anything close to them being a juggernaut.....as their record obviously indicates. But unless the Blazers are shooting lights out, their length causes huge problems for us. As we have been for years, we start by being small in the backcourt with not a lot of defense. It's not shocking, that for the vast majority of those years, when you build around that foundation, the results will not be very good. That will continue until that changes.

 

I’m not convinced that we are even playing defensively

 

Siakam could get tossed for that, but he probably won't. The second pull could've really done some damage.

Very dangerous.

 

Effort is picking up

 

that is BS by Siakim. dirty fucking play, so much for him being a blazer after that...

 

Siakam should be ejected or what's the point of having flagrant fouls.

 

No one on the Blazers besides Nurk sets good screens and his are not always that good.

 

How is that a flagrant foul number one?