Notice Blazers vs Kings- 12/11/20 OFFICIAL GAME THREAD.....

Goin with four hours sleep the night before was worth it!!!!!

I about jumped through the roof halfway through the first quarter.

this is going to be an exciting season even with the pitfalls of covid!!!

Covid2021. The year the rose buds into a ring!!!

 

great take. And pretty much what i got.
Ill add one more comment:

I think the first visual shows true potential and with consistency, there is little doubt we can contend for a ring this year if we remain healthy.

 

He actually played pretty well for them last year when they were literally forced to play him because of injuries, but since Vlade decided not to exercise his option last Fall, when other guys got healthy he got quite a few DNP's, our benefit and King's loss.

 

and heath of course, one can see the talent is there

 

You hit on most of the things I wanted to say - thank
you! It’s interesting to mention we were missing 3 potential starters too (And Nurk is a starter)...

Your point on the alley oop is well taken, especially
if you consider defenses will have to sag off Dame and CJ more to defend the pass verses staying with them as they drive to the basket. It could open up more floaters and create shots at the rim which we saw last night.

It’s one preseason game but Stotts has weapons and options. Carmelo off the bench is going to cause havoc. I can’t believe we signed him for the vet
minimum... he could have made so much more elsewhere and decided to stay. When a HoF’er makes that decision you have to take notice. You must give credit to Olshey and Stotts and the player leaders for creating this culture.

It’s an exciting time to be a Blazer fan!

 

The bench was brutal in a great way

 

For once

 

start of a new trend!

i dont see how it cant be for a second and third.

 

At one point in the game I was thinking "Well, one reason we are doing so well is that Fox isn't playing tonight"; then later realized he was.....

 

Fun Math:
18/14/3/2 per 25 =
29/20/4.3/3

 

key is consistency, want to see this a few games in a row easy to be motivated when playing against team that traded him. That said he looks good extremely athletic, good help defender and smooth stroke.
Really like this squad, and love seeing us have some defenders going to need them in the west against LeBron and Kawhi/PG

 

It's not even video game quality.

 

I know its only one game and a preseason game at that but I saw more from Giles in one game (more potential too IMO) than I have from Zach in what 3 seasons. Zach so far has disappointed, Giles has disappointed because he has been injured so much, Zach has more playing time in the NBA even with his injuries. Zach's best rebound game for his NBA career is 10, Giles had 14 last night, Giles tied Zach's career high in points last night. I will reiterate its only ONE preseason game against the kings but I really liked what I saw, lets see what develops

 

It was a preseason game against the Kings though. Not really a good measuring stick. I'll point out that the Kings made Simons look like Dame out there a couple years ago.

 

That was the Kings end of the bench playing against our end of the bench. Pretty much apples to oranges.

 

Simons played the whole game. That's not accurate. The Kings played their starters at the beginning.

 

That was like a typical preseason game and the kings had NO motivation during that game.

 

Random Notes:
Jabari Parker got 6 minutes of PT in a preseason game for a mediocre team.
Our backup PG had 5 assists, yeah!!! On 5 turnovers, that's a 1:1 AST ratio (boo).

 

He also had 2 really nice bounce passes to Kanter that weren't handled on the roll that should have been 2 more assists/2 less turnovers.

 

Not a single starter played over 18 minutes for Sac which means that Simons played about 30 minutes against the bench and being the last game of the season and a team going nowhere, I doubt there was much motivation for them as they had likely checked out to vacation.

Simons had a great game, but let's keep it in perspective for what it is. The fact that he hasn't come close to matching that game, demonstrates where his game is at in the NBA. He's young and still has time to develop.

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