Game Thread 2022-23 PRESEASON - GAME #1 - BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - OCTOBER 3, 2022 - MONDAY - 7:30 PM (PDT)

True... I'm already preparing myself to be called a Sharpe hater this year and an apologist of his in year 3.

I'm guessing people will be coming for Ant very soon...

 

All of the above!

 

Williams was freezing everyone out.

 

why do we have b2bs in preseason? i'd rather get multiple days off to work on things in practice. didn't we get to pick our schedule?

 

Sharpe was looking for the open man. I saw him several times kick it out when he could have tried to force something.

 

I thought Grant looked good in a lot of different ways. Not too sure about his play-making abilities though. If he is in there with Dame, Ant, and either Hart or Winslow he needs to defer the ball handling.

Hart with a team-leading 10 rebounds

 

Better than RoCo, Aminu. Best PF we've had since LA for sure

 

Simon's and Nurk for CJ and Nance.

Pelicans say no; how many picks would the Blazers have to throw into the deal?

 

Dame and Ant missed about 6 or 7 open jumpers total.

 

Simons and Nurkic can't be traded right now and trading both of them for Zubac because of one preseason game where Nurkic outplayed Zubac is insane.

 

Hart shot 3 times in 25 minutes, how did he try to take over?

 

29 pages?? I remember in march there were like 3 pages in a game thread haha

 

What I saw from each player:

Dame: Rusty at the start, but nothing to take away. We know Dame is gonna be Dame.
Ant: Shot wasn't falling but for 1 game that's whatever. Needs to tone it down on the CJ impression.
Hart: Just a super solid player. I like him. Can really push the ball in transition.
Grant: Looked good on both ends. I think we can expect good things from him. Made both his 3s and had 2 nice highlight blocks.
Nurk: Still a lot a fumbles and not going up strong enough. 3 ball wasn't there. Some nice plays. Same old Nurk
Winslow: Can't say I saw anything that make me overly excited about him, but he was okay I guess.
Eubanks: Eh. I think he's under average for a backup big. Hopefully Watford shows he can play backup 5.
GBIII: Looked kinda nice. Obviously nothing crazy but I wasn't expecting much to beging with.
Walker: Solid play. A continuation of his summer league. Feels like you can put him in a game and he'll never be a negative.
Little: Didn't notice him too much out there. Nothing too bad sticking out but no great play to mention either. I need more than that from Nas.
Sarr: Didn't see much in 5 minutes but he seemed decent. Had that one nice vertical play on D. Wouldn't mind giving him the 2-way.
Williams: That's a no from me dawg.
Johnson: Eeeeeh... I'm not sold. Had a couple nice plays some mistakes too and didn't show that much I feel like. I guess he was a +12 so maybe I should give him more credits.
Sharpe: Barely touched the ball on offense which is disapointing. Tried a couple of tough shots, he needs to show he can get easier looks against NBA defenses. His on ball defense was pretty good which is promising, and the block he had was great. Kid sure can jump out of the building.

 

Here is what I learned

their starters better than our starters
Our starters better than their bench
Our bench better than their bench
Their roster cuts better than ours

Eubanks is trash
Williams needs to pass the fucking ball
Nurk still can’t catch
Ant-J needs to play more team ball
Dame was rusty
Grant looked nice
Nas looks bigger, not so much better
Sharpe is athletic
Walker makes the right plays
Hart is a nice player
Winslow was fine
Johnson is improved
Brown looked slightly better

 

my takeaway from this game: nurk looked fantastic, career season incoming

 

HCP better than Eubanks

 

Blind or just not paying attention?
Add 10 to your 6 or 7 and you are about right.

 

Zubac was 4-5 from the field 80%. Only 2 rebounds seemed to pick up some fouls? 16:40 mins played.
Nurk was 5-9 from the field 55%. 9 rebounds is pretty good by the big guy. Nurk played 21 mins. Only 2 fouls. 3 turnovers not so good?

I'd say this battle was pretty even but not a lot a meaningful minutes played between them. I wonder if Watford would have made a difference in this game?

 

Nurk has improved his outside shooting since we traded for him.