Game Thread 2022-23 Game #6 - BLAZERS VS ROCKETS - OCTOBER 28, 2022 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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If Dame sits this game out, who should get the start?

Poll closed Oct 29, 2022.

  1. Keon Johnson

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  2. Nassir Little

    4 vote(s)
    7.5%

  3. Shaedon Sharpe

    40 vote(s)
    75.5%

  4. Justise Winslow

    7 vote(s)
    13.2%

  5. Jabari Walker

    1 vote(s)
    1.9%

  6. Other (Really? What healthy player on this roster could POSSIBLY be a better choice?)

    1 vote(s)
    1.9%
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  1. MickZagger

    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    I loved Camby.

    Can we trade Nurk for Camby?
     
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    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    What’s most impressive is his defense. He’s a 19 year old in a generation of no defense and he realizes he has the tools to be an excellent defender and he utilizes that.
     
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    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    Before the 2022 draft, if someone said the Blazers could trade the #7 pick for LeBron straight up, 100% of the fans would have said do it. No brainer.

    Now, if you said the Blazers could trade Sharpe strait up for LeBron...:smack:
     
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    42N8Bounce, Oct 28, 2022
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    the footwork on defense is eye opening. he generally keeps guys in front of him.

    shocking for a blazer; much less a 19yr old rook.

    nurk said it best about shae..." he doesn't yet know how to hoop; this is just beginning."
     
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    BLAZINGGIANTS Well-Known Member

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    i would trade Sharp for Lebron, but not Sharpe.
     
    BLAZINGGIANTS, Oct 28, 2022
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    I think the best part of this is Nurk had a 27/15 night, Ant had a 30/7/5 night, and all the talk is on our 19 year old rookie!
     
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    Yet I heard that it was GB3’s dunk that made SC Top-10. Dunno if that’s accurate or not, but that’s what I was texted.
     
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    He's only a role player because he chose to be in the second half. He passed on several open looks, even a couple open dunks for open three point shooters that didn't make it. Saying that a guy getting his first start and playing his sixth game above the high school level "still" has timidity is kind of funny. He was a star in the first half of his first game starting and his sixth game past the high school level.

    That impressed most of us and Dame. This young man is for real. He's a future superstar. Like Booker now does, at some point Shae will overtake Dame with his game but the two will be a dynamic duo. I don't know what that means for Ant. In today's game they could be a dynamic trio on the perimeter or Ant could be traded in for some interior fire power. We'll just have to wait and see but Shaedon Sharpe is for real!!!
     
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    I think Sharpe fills out and is the 3 we've been looking for forever.
     
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    Wade Garrett Exactly right.

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    If only this team had a GM that didn't get "fleeced" last summer, as all the other GM's in the league line up to take advantage of him. (green font).
    Yes, I am going to bring this up all season, as it is beginning to look like my bald headed buddy fleeced the entire fucking league.
     
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    That would be really cool but during Dame's prime he might be the perfect 2 that complements Dame and Ant might be better off running his own offence. We'll see maybe Dame, Ant, Shae, Jerami and Nurk are a championship starting lineup but maybe there's something better out there.
     
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    Yep
     
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    I hope Sarr becomes Camby...he's young and has a lot of skills.
     
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    Grant is the perfect PF for this team...really unselfish swiss army knife
     
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    I didn’t get to watch the first half, but I saw in the highlights Sharpe’s first basket was used a Nurk screen to dibble into a mid-range. Sharpe needs to attempt that shot once a game like it’s a drill, let him shoot another if he makes it.

    That one play is enough for me to be convinced he’s at least a net neutral. With an athletic backup C who can play, Nurk’s inconsistencies won’t be as much as of a focus imo.
     
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    simons knew what was coming up and he couldnt resist, which goes for greg brown too
     
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    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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  18. PDXFonz

    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    I’d have been frustrated if I woke up to see anything but a W. Went to sleep at half time.

    These next 4 games (MEM, @PHX, @PHX, @Mia) are going to be tough without Dame. Some tough games after that on a long 6 game road trip.
     
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    GrandpaBlaze Predictions Game Master

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    Fully agree. Not there yet, but I am looking forward to the development and seeing him get there.
     
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    Why two consecutive road games at Phoenix? Don't think I have ever seen that before.
     
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