Game Thread 2022-23 GAME #52 - BLAZERS @ WIZARDS - FEBRUARY 3, 2023 - FRIDAY - 4:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I can’t believe people actually thought Grant deserved to be an allstar… just was never realistic.
     
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    You really gotta quit thinking Blazer Fans are going to be realistic. We are born and raised this way.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Fans are going to fan.
     
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    But some fan a bit hard. @THE HCP just likes to point that out.
     
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    I usually go. I work this year.
     
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    At the time that it was being discussed in here, JJJ wasn't really a legit contender, and there weren't 6 clearly more deserving frontcourt players in the West. The discussion wasn't really whether he deserved to be an all-sttar so much as if he might end up one by default because of the ASG selection rules. Honestly, given that Grant has played nearly twice as many minutes as JJJ, one could definitely legitimately argue that Grant is more deserving.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Crazy thing is, JJJ has only played 12 more minutes than AD.
     
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    On 1080 this afternoon Marang mentioned Ant getting left off the all-star team too.

    We replaced our one almost (never) all-star in CJ, for two almost (never) all-stars. I guess that's progress?
     
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    Marang doesn't see clearly in relation to Ant.

    He's also maybe the 3rd worst sports guy in Portland behind canzano and Dwight.
     
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    I listen to sports radio all day. I prefer local so I listen to Marang’s show.

    I’m not a big fan. He’s a homer for one. He acts like an insider when he’s not. His takes mostly suck. Today he kept insisting that Dillon Brooks is 6’8” when any basketball nerd like myself knows he’s 6’5” maybe 6’6”….

    I feel like his cohost is being condescending toward him a lot too.
     
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    Marang is a USC guy too, which naturally makes him overly confident in his own opinions.
     
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    • Agreed that he talks about Ant like he's his own son. He can do no wrong in his eyes. And he clearly wants people to think highly of Ant, but doesn't realize his over-the-top review of him makes most dismiss the praise even when it's valid.
    • Because he's such a USC honk, he tends to over-value Trojans and have hatrid towards former Oregon players.
    • While it's clear he thinks he's the smartest person in the room, what bugs me most about him is that he loves to cut people off and try to finish their sentence for them. So many times Sprague will wait for Danny to talk for 2-3 minutes, then attempt to make his point, only to be cut off again by Danny.
    I guess not everyone can be perfect like us!
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    I only listen because he talks to enough people working for various NBA teams that he does get some intel sometimes, but yeah all of the above is true.

    He's also very willing to share that info (probably cause of the smartest guy in the room syndrome) as compared to other folks to probably talk to the same people but don't leak that information.
     
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    No doubt. The people with the best sources do not have to constantly tell you how connected they are.

    Though I have to give it to him: He managed to take that outsiders show and turn it into a full time radio gig. Obviously a few people think he's doing something right.
     
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    I don't listen to the podcast cause I can't stand him, even though I love Sprague.

    He's a blowhard that thinks he knows a lot, but it's just used car salesman talk "sound and fury signifying nothing".

    I like dusty too. Is that who is being condescending to him? Dusty is good people but he keeps getting either really shitty hosts or ones that are there like 2 days a week cause it's their side gig.
     
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    You damn right!
     
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    Nurk out until after the All Star break.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Maybe has played the last game of his Blazer career.
     
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