Anonymous Scouts Takes: PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

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  1. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    30th - last pick of the 1st round.

    Kawhi was a 15th pick. Draymond was a 35th pick, etc.

    BNM
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    That was hilarious. They need to make one with Curry now!
     
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    perkinsfor3 Well-Known Member

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    I think those anonymous scouts are just writers following the teams. Most of the names mentioned are just the obvious takes.
     
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    “Real holes in our lineup offensively”

    Continues to say how we are going to miss our worst offensive player, Ed Davis.

    I’ll be the one who says it...

    Glad he is gone. Love him as a player(!) he was my favorite outside of Dame. But there is no way you can play him in the playoffs.

    Let me also add the caveat that I think he is a worse Tristan Thompson, and I don’t think TT can play in the playoffs either.
     
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  5. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Someone disagreeing with you is not an attack.

    BNM
     
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  6. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Some local restaurant needs to run a series of Curry/Stauskas curry sauce commercials.

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    HailBlazers RipCity

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    Whomever, I think they're pushing a narrative to apply pressure on the Blazers to breakup our star backcourt. :)
     
  8. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    I think it's a wash.

    But I like roster change for the sake of change, unless it's a downgrade, like Davis-Collins. Curry-Napier was a low-risk change, since we're oversupplied with alternatives at guard.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It's not so much the loss of ed, but the loss of our front court depth.
     
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    Literally the highlight of his career, IMO. Pretty much solely responsible for me having a favorable opinion of Bazz.
     
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    If the absence of Ed Davis is "crippling", then we weren't really a good team to begin with. Ed isn't nearly good enough to have that big of an effect on a team.
    We'll miss Ed for sure, but his absence will hardly be crippling.
     
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  12. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Shabazz was both an offensive threat and a dogged defender. Baldwin is better defensively, and Curry is better offensively, but I will miss having a single player who brought both aspects off the bench.
     
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    Bazz made CJ look like Steve Nash.
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    Well you're wrong.

    I've never seen Shabazz hit a step back 3 like Curry did. I've never seen him make a left hand layup on the right side. I've NEVER seen Shabazz throw a left handed pass (curry is a MUCH better distributor than Shabazz will ever be). Curry threw 3 of those for assists or led to free throws.

    He's MUCH better than Shabazz.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I guess im in the minority, then... I hated those commercials and thought they were incredibly stupid.
     
  16. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    I think that was the point - they were so bad they were good.

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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Okay, you de man. I was just comparing stats.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Nah... it was just bad. There's a difference.
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    Shabazz shooting numbers were terrible compared to curry. There's literally no comparison on offense. I also don't think we're losing much on D with him either. He's not the defender Shabazz was it's true but he doesn't suck on D.
     
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    Wow, I could see that opinion if the commercial was obviously trying too hard but I thought it was pretty clear that they weren't taking themselves very seriously.
     
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