Game Thread 2022-23 Game #49 - BLAZERS VS RAPTORS - JANUARY 28, 2023 - SATURDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. TBpup

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    Getting drilled by a team that is 4th from the bottom in the East, on the 2nd of a back-to-back, in the middle of a long road trip......not much fun.

    Siakam and FVV didn't have a ton of points, but you could feel their effect on the game.
     
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    I think I’m ready to make some serious changes.
     
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    OK Mr. Cronin. This is shitty and it's not just because Josh and Nurk were out... it's just shitty. So what are you going to do about it? You're the only one that can do anything, so what are you going to do???
     
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    It's still a possiblility at this point!
     
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    Yet, Anounoby would’ve most likely had more of an impact on the game than both of them combined.
     
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    Got it down to 4 fucking points and blew the comeback by allowing a 14-0 run. That is simply not acceptable. You cannot allow that to happen and I don't care how many timeouts you have to call. I am not a huge Billups guy, just not feeling it.
     
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    Realistically, what can he do? He wasn't dealt the greatest hand.
     
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    Jody wants to stand pat until the new TV contract kicks in
     
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    Calling all NBA GMs....blue light special in Portland on aisle 5! Use the promo code Joe Cronin!
     
    riverman, Jan 28, 2023
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    Just despicable!
     
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  11. Chris Craig

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    Keep Dame and Jerami and get rid of everyone else.
     
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    Yeah, it's time to throw caution to the wind and take some big fucking swings to make this roster make sense. Otherwise what is this team doing? If you want to develop young talent then trade away every piece of developed talent you have and trade Dame in July but if you want to win with Dame... make some big fucking moves, roll the dice and see what comes up.
     
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    Portland hasn't been close to being a contender since the Pippen/Rasheed team choked away the 4th Q in LA 23 years ago
     
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    At the same time I think he couldn’t gained more assets than what he got in the trades he made.

    We’re a small market. This is chess not checkers when you’re in that position.
     
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    I agree... The Roy/LMA/Oden roster was good enough to turn into one, but we know what happened there. The Dame/Wes/Batum/LMA team was probably good enough to make the WCF.
     
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    I disagree and that's why this Toronto team is less than the sum of their parts. OG is redundant with some of the guys they had playing tonight. Nurk is one of one on our roster and while he isn't a fit in Chauncey's system, he's our only actual big. Hart may not have made a huge difference but Nurk would have been a big difference from what we had tonight.
     
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    I would take Vanfleet over Simons
     
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    What a great effort. Maybe next time don't drink all that cough syrup before tip off.
    They never look fired up at the start of a game, or like there is any kind of game plan.
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    Fool’s Gold. We’re not getting Wemby.
     
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    One can always say that we could've got more, but I suppose we also have as much proof of that as we do that he made the very best deal possible.

    Last years trades seemed more than reasonable to me. The summer signings didn't blow my skirt up, but maybe Payton was the best player willing to sign with us.
     
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