Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #33 - BLAZERS @ LAKERS - JAN 2, 2025 - 7:30 PM - CHARGE - KUNP - BLAZERVISION

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  1. KingSpeed

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    Yep. Scoot should start and play 40 minutes every night. Not doing that is stupid.
     
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    Yeah, wasn't the only time. He's holding on to people trying to draw fouls. Pathetic.
     
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    I just checked. In the last 5 games, Sharpe is making 38% of his threes.
     
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    He shot 30.3% from 3 in December and that actually was an improvement over November.

    There's being a fan and then there's recognizing and admitting a deficiency in his game that's become the norm.
     
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    Our defense has been so awful for about the last 15 games or so
     
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    See above post. That raised him above 30%, which isn't good.
     
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    I am continually perplexed at just how often this team goes away from what works, goes away from ball movement, just just drives to the hoop with no idea wtf they're going to do, and makes a stupid pass to the other team.

    I cannot wait for this team to actually have an offense that isn't like watching a drunk 3rd grader play ball.
     
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    Sharpe’s last 5 games from 3:

    1/8
    2/4
    5/10
    1/4
    3/6

    I hope he continues that “slump.” One bad game is not a month.
     
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    I've noticed that she kinda stopped doing that, I wonder if maybe they made a suggestion? Totally agree tho, you can see she has a lot of potential to call games on TV.
     
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    But it’s not the norm. He has been shooting well lately. Your “month long” slump doesn’t hold water.
     
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    He seems really lackadaisical on defense a lot.
     
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    Would it kill Ayton to contest a shot at the rim or provide help?
     
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    First, you were the one that said he was in a slump.

    Second, he's shooting 29.1% from 3 this season and 33.5% from 3 in his career.

    Are you really going to commit seppuku on this hill?
     
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    This quarter has the makings of the Blazers getting down by 20
     
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    Two missed dunks in a 4-minute span that both turned into uncontested Laker buckets.
     
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    Not worried about Shaedon’s shot.
     
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    Not worried about Shaedon’s shot.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    are you new here?
     
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    Need to get Ayton out
     
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    He's shooting above his norm for a couple of games but his norm is 3 in 10. That's not good. I know you want him to be good. I want him to be good. But you are killing yourself sticking to a position that a guy shooting under 30% a third of the way into the season and is a little above 30% for his career is just going through a little slump. Right now, we have a large enough sample size that says this is what he is.
     
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