Game Thread 2023-24 GAME #50 - BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - FEBRUARY 4, 2024 - SUNDAY - 5:30 PM PST - ROOT

There are a lot of home games but there is also the trade deadline and the All Star break.
No I don’t think they will be winning much.
Overall thought is that the Blazers will trade down and other teams will start playing better and taking games more seriously.

 

When you say "Let's get it!" do you mean we're going to get it and they're going to give it to us because that's the only way I see us getting this... I'm just kidding our team has recently shown that they're bad enough to lose to any team in this league on any given night (the Spurs) and good enough to beat some of the teams with the best records in the league (the Bucks). So we might just pull this one off.

Last game before the trade deadline. Don't play any games the following three days. No one can be sure what our team will look like next time they play and next time we play that is what this team will look like for the remainder of the season.

 

We need Shaedon back. Need to see all the pieces. Injuries...

 

How is my 23 win prediction going? I don’t even know our record.

 

We’re gettin 20 wins by the All Star break!

 

I thought he had abdominal injury. Now it says thigh. Did he get over the ab injury?

 

We're 15-34 right now which puts us on pace to win 24 or 25 games but we'll have to see what the team looks like on Thursday and then if we do what we've done the last couple of seasons and sit guys to insure higher draft position. I think we'll win less than your prediction of 23.

 

I am OK winning games if Sharpe and Scoot are getting 30-40 minutes a game.

It would be nice to see Rupert get some minutes too. I want to see if his 3-point shooting is for real, and let him learn how to play defense in the NBA.

He's shown a lot of improvement in his ball handling and 3-point shooting in the G league.

If he shows some promise sign him to a Camara-type deal.

 

Sir/Ma’am……when people/athletes come back from injury, it’s pretty common for something else to pop up. Guy hurts his left ankle, you’ll see right knee soreness kick in. Right knee, lower back combo. Overcompensation is normal during injury recovery. It happens.

 

Rayan is already on a better contract than Toumani's. We have him non-guaranteed for next season and the season after, then he'll be a RFA. Toumani is on non guaranteed money for one season longer but at that point he's unrestricted.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/rayan-rupert-82212

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/toumani-camara-84478

 

Blazers are nested comfortably in the top 5 draft pick slot. 2 of the teams below Portland have already beat the Blazers 3 times. The other stinkers just refuse to win any more games. If Portland wants a super duper rookie, we may see the 3rd consecutive year of significant changes to the lineup to reduce winning output.

 

I hope not

 

Brogdon questionable (trade deadline?)

 

I want to win every game. I don't give a rats feces about draft position.