Game Thread 2022-23 Game #44 - BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - JANUARY 17, 2023 - TUESDAY - 6:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

They do this and they have a chance of getting Jokic in foul trouble. That would have helped quite a bit.
Problem with this is the Blazers don't have enough big guys to do it consistently. Sharp gets up well enough and we have seen Grant go after some dunks around the rim. Drew is active but we know what happens on defense?
Of course Nurk doesn't really dunk. His touch around the rim is questionable? Couple of charges and this works against the Blazers if he gets in deeper foul trouble.

 

Yep

Yep

It should

That might work but changing his role might work better.

If Ant is the piece that gets you some length on this roster you better go that route.

 

We could have kept it close if we didn't have the stupid turnovers in the third and if we had got back quicker on D all game. Don't understand why Billups would say they played well. maybe worried about their confidence?

 

Another thing I didn't like was Nurk being all happy and being pals with Jokic after the game. Have some pride, man! This guy not only beat you our of your spot in Denver but now he beats you up every time we play them. How about getting mad?

 

Yes, really.

Being two spots back in the rankings doesn't help your top 3 lottery chances much, there is zero indication Ant/Sharpe are worthy of being built around, and because of that it would likely be the start of a 4-5 year playoff drought with little hope we'd be a contender after that.

No, thank you.

 

i mean... sometimes you just gotta tip your cap



what bugged me more was chauncey doing nothing to take anything away from jokic.

he had this magical plan for doncic last week but decided to just wing it last night.

 

not being combative here...I am not following what you're saying?

what pick are you referring to?

Olshey traded away 7 first round picks. But they weren't traded for "veterans for Dame", not once; they were traded for Olshey to look like he was doing something impactful even though he wasn't.

Olshey making a trade to support Dame would have been Olshey trading CJ and three 1st round picks for Paul George or Jimmy Butler. Trading Trevor Ariza and two 1st round picks for RoCo is the 'idiotic-low-risk-cheap-screw' version, which is the direction Olshey always went

 

To be fair, there were times we were doubling him off the ball as much as possible given there is a defensive 3 second rule. The problem being, Denver was putting their other players in a position where our 2nd (or 3rd) help guy was 6-10" shorter than Jokic. 8 of our top 10 players are 6'6" or shorter, and one of the two who isn't weighs 210lbs. Denver on the other hand rolls out a roster where 3 of their top 4 players are 6'8" or taller and the 6'8" is stronger than our 6'8" guy. It's a rough matchup I want no part of in the playoffs, should we make it that far.

 

this one had both.

 

I wouldn't call that 'frustration boiling over'.

Eubanks tries hard, but he gives up way too much on the defensive side. It looked like GPII was telling him to play smarter (more patient).

 

Go Beavs lol

 

Ummm... The Western Conference Finals? That might be as many as 7 more games?

 

This dude has been trash for awhile now

 

I literally can’t wait

 

You know where he's coming from, because your posts are trash too.

 

Payton is talking often to players about defense. Not just Eubanks.

 

4 in the first round?