Blazers @ Rockets 1/29/09 GAME THREAD

Is KP fully board qualified to separate Blake from Nate's hip?

I always try to give the coach the ample benefit of the doubt that they understand the situation better then me for obvious reasons, but I struggle to understand why SB gets so much run over others.

my best try... Are team captains elected (by teammates) or appointed by coaches? Regardless, Steve being a leading good soldier in Portland the last couple years and a pretty decent player earns a certain level of respect of not being relegated to the bench while in a contract year from the coach/club... I think this is commonly done. Bayless and Rudy keep a little more rubber on their tires. They're under contract with extension possibilities upcoming after next season... when they look to have larger roles. They're certainly not going to publicly bitch right now about PT. In the end everybody gets paid.

Blake's solid outside shot seems to be coming back lately... maybe his shoulder has had issues following the surgery? If dude can average lower 40 percentile on his 3s again from here on out I can endure a 20MPG salary drive

STOMP

 

Even against Utah, the Blazers were down 5 with 5:30 left in the game. Having Roy down the stretch would have likely prevented that 3 minute dry spell that finally killed us. Brandon Roy is certainly worth the difference in all of our losses over the past two weeks.

 

If we can hang on, we might have our complete team short of Joel come April. Don't give up on the championship dream yet!