Game Thread 2022-23 Game #46 - BLAZERS VS LAKERS - JANUARY 22, 2023 - SUNDAY - 6:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. calvin natt

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    Chumming it up with lebron, Beverly, seems every game he does that. I get it, he’s fairly young and knows all these guys. But just fucking coach your team and maybe raise your own intensity level a bit. He just doesn’t seem fired up to coach.
     
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    I'm not comfortable speculating on a mental health diagnosis, but I would argue that a change or scenery might jumpstar his focus, much like the Denver to Portland trade did. Sadly, because he's overpaid, I think it's unlikely Portland can move him.
     
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    You mean all those draft assets we didn't get back when Cronin traded away the team last year don't exist? Shocking. Shocking, I say.
     
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    This is how I feel too.

    Won't forget going to a game just before the pandemic where he just looked like a 5 year old throwing up his arms cause he missed two layups then didn't get back and gave up a layup lol.
     
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    His closeness to Dame makes me think the change of scenery wouldn't jumpstart anything with him, nor would the style most teams play now. It might do just the opposite and make him feel betrayed or like a failure.

    There just aren't a lot of places right now other than Portland where he fits, but I think substracting him from the Blazers might be addition for the Blazers, so long as you fill his spot on the roster with a legitimate big (since he's the only one on the team right now other than Badji).
     
  6. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Fuck em...start Badji
     
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    You may be right, but I don't think we're going to find out.
     
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    At least the Niners won today!
     
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    Fuck the Niners
     
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    We’re not average.
     
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    At this point it really couldn’t be any worse.
     
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  12. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    No it couldnt
     
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    That's what was being said two years ago... It can always be worse!
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    No it can't.
     
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    Again... this is what people were saying two years ago, and in a lot of ways, it's worse now. As I said back then: Change for the sake of change is a dangerous strategy.
     
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    well, couldn't watch the game and didn't get home till about 20 minutes ago. Glad I missed the game...and the game thread

    saw the 1st half and 2nd half box score. Really hard to believe a team could outscore an opponent by 32 in the second Q, take a 25 point halftime lead, and end up losing by 9

    some questions:

    * was it the worst loss of the season?

    * did Billups at any time in the 2nd half look like he had a clue?

    * Nurkic only 16 minutes and 2 points...did he get injured?

    * did the Blazer D make Thomas Bryant look like an all-star?

    * is HCP all kinds of giddy tonight?

    the pressure is definitely building on Cronin for some trade deadline moves. Even though I didn't watch the game, it's pretty easy to see this is an inexcusable loss

     
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    This is hilarious, what’s dangerous about change for the sake of change when you’re currently the 8th worst team in the league? You might become the worst? Oh well, it’s easier to fix the roster when you have a top 3 pick. This narrative of being careful about trading these guys that have you locked into the 13th spot in the west is weird, sad, and ridiculous all at the same time.
     
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    We're better than average! Record be damned!
     
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    I just watched both Chauncey and Dame's pressers.

    Chauncey is the type of leader you want to build around and I have from day one liked his basketball philosophies but from day one I didn't think we had the personnel to pull those philosophies off. I didn't when Joe said he was done for the off season but this obviously wasn't a finished roster. Chauncey does not want to disrespect his players or any players and that's just smart. With that said he did everything but come out and say, "Joe and I are actively shopping for different pieces because these guys can't get it done."

    Then Dame says basically the same shit but the reporters have to grind on him about it.

    Yes this is a frustrating stretch and no I don't think this team around Dame, Dame and Chauncey all fit together. It's going to take other players if we're to win with Chauncey and Dame can be one of those players. Also both guys said that things are still bunched up in the standings. We are 4-11 in our last 15 games and we're still only 3 games out from the fifth seed.

    What Chauncey said was comforting because it's very obvious that him and Joe are not OK with this roster. It's even very obvious that Dame isn't OK with it either... I think that's why Dame got pissed because he knows he divulged that discontent with who is on his team and that's a bad place to be put in as team captain.
     
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  20. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Nope
     

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