Game Thread 2025 PRESEASON GAME #1 - BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - WED- OCT 8 2025 - 7:00 PM PST - NBA TV - BV - KUNP

Umm.......Yang is a rookie and this was a preseason game. Goodness people...

New players
New starting lineup
Hard ass defense
New role for Sharpe and he nailed it
Depth looks sic
Murrays stroke looks natural, and better
Boxy with 4/3's?
Blake looks like Kersey streaking downcourt

 

We'll always have the first half...

 

Positives:
Sharpe looks smooth as silk. Can he keep up that shooting? If so, Blazers are going to have to break the bank.
Camara looks much more comfortable offensively.
Jrue is a real difference-maker
Wesley looks rotation-worthy
Deni looks ready to roll

Negatives:
Clingan looked a bit lost
Yang looked totally lost
Grant, while a bit better, is still a ball-stopper
Rupert is still two years away. Will he be two years away his entire NBA career (which might not be much longer)?

 

Nice having calming presence at PG. One offensive possession Jrue drove the lane attacking one of his teammates and then kicked ball to that teammate for wide open shot. Such a simple play but so many PG’s are me first players but championship players know this is what it takes.

As far as Grant goes he’s lost his way, he got spoiled being the guy in Detroit and again with the lottery Blazers. His confidence is shot, he desperately needs a new team where he can accept a role as a 3 and D player. There is absolutely no way he should be starting above Sharpe, Toumani, or Deni.

 

This movie was huge in the UK - for most of us it was the first time we saw Eddie Murphy.

 

Only way that happens is if we buy him out. And it'll be the Lakers.

 

WHOA! Slow your roll! That isnt allowed here.

 

I am back east this week, so I missed the 2nd half. I will watch it later. They definitely made things uncomfortable for the Warriors.

Kind of glad the scrubs lost the game late since we play the Warriors in game 2.
I did not want to embarrass them and give them any more motivation than they usually have.

Camara already had 4 fouls by early 2nd quarter. As I mentioned a few days ago, this would be the only reason to justify him not starting. Only one preseason game, but the first two subs came in at the 8-minute mark....so again, does it really matter who starts?

Grant shot poorly, but he was not a ball stopper. He played good D and grabbed more rebounds than normal.
Stop with the buyout talk.....it ain't happening for the simple reason that it would be idiotic with 3 years left on his contract.

Shae looked great.
Murray was 4-5. That was a positive
Wesley looked as fast as advertised. Nice little sparkplug off the bench.
4 turnovers by Yang did not surprise me at all.

 

The justification was last season. He sucked. And he still sucks. He should have to earn his way back into the starting lineup after the way he played last year.

 

What is this -- high school? He's not a baby. Remove the kid gloves

 

You guys who say just preseason haven't had to live among bandwagon Warriors fans for years.

 

I dunno, do you really have to justify starting your best players? Deni vs Grant ain’t even close. I worry about the bigs. Just not seeing how ANY can play 35 min a game. Timelord would be injured in 2 games, if he ever plays, same for Clingan. Yang will foul out every game. Not liking it.

 

I hope

 

Apropos of nothing:

 

Did you miss the pre-game comment where they said Chauncey told them not to read anything into the rotations? He’s going to mix things up these first few games, but I’d put money on Deni starting over Grant come the counting games. I’d also bet that Grant plays better than he did last night.