Game Thread EARLY/MORNING GAME! GAME# 22: BLAZERS @ KNICKS - FEBRUARY 6, 2021 - SATURDAY, 10:00, NBCSNW

I totally agree with you that injuries are a good excuse and that's a big problem for this team. I just don't think you win a championship with your top two highest paid players and minute getters being defensive liabilities on the perimeter and also not complementary on offense. I don't think a coach that basically lets his players do whatever the fuck they want and just asks them to get better without anything behind it is going to win a championship.

So while injuries are a great excuse for losing they make it necessary for management to use critical thinking and theory instead of evidence when making decisions. I don't think the concepts of Stotts needing to be moved on and CJ being a bad fit are abstract to the point that the injuries and the losses that result from the injuries are enough to excuse Neil's lack of action and bad judgment.

I'm really glad that if everything goes right, we will have a chance to play around a third of the season and the playoffs with Dame, CJ, DJJ, RoCo, Nurk, Gary, Enes, Hoodie and Melo. That should definitively tell us where this franchise is and if major moves need to be made. I am hoping for speedy recoveries, no more injuries and actually that I'm wrong and we do contend for a title with this team.

 

If only you knew me better.

 

We'd be best friends, I'm sure! There's still time for that to happen!

 

You're right, it won't be popular but not because of a dogmatic devotions to Dame. It's because when you look at what he does on the court, the energy he puts out, the way he sets his teammates up and how often he is the lone reason we win your take looks preposterous because the numbers which measure him out as a top 5 offensive player in the league don't even do him justice. His defense isn't great but you can look to the coach, not Dame (even if it's his idea) for the stagnant offense and bad defense. The schemes are not on the star player, they're on the coach. Our star player works hard and gets results.

Edit: And how is the Dame situation anything like the LaMarcus situation? Which young potential superstar is Dame holding back and being a premadonna about? That's why we were better without LA. So do you think Dame has a bad attitude? Do you think he wants to be the man and then shies away from the moment when it comes? How does that comparison make any sense?

 

Actually that's the only time I WANT him playing. He get's whistles for him almost every game that are total BS calls.

 

You are honestly taking the time to bust on somebody because they didn't know what time the game was? What the fuck?

 

Big picture I agree and we have said in here numerous times that a coaching change is fine with I think everyone. Small picture - a game vs the Knicks, in NY, at 1/10am pst, with massive injuries at the end of the longest road trip of the season, is what I’m talking about. There is no reason anyone could say this was a disappointment. Or the trip was. They went 3-3, can’t complain. And these are “excuses”. They are “reasons”. Different to me fwiw.

 

That app has been trash all year. multiple users have pinpointed that it's the APP that's the problem, and it's similar for people using the NBA App on playstations as well. It's trash. Even the LP support guy I managed to get on the phone said they're having tons of bugs with these apps because the software is so poorly coded, and they have no immediate remedies.

My bigger issue is with NBA.com. The game was well into the second quarter but it kept saying no streams are live. I had to go thru various different browsers/logins to get it to trigger on. And afterwards, it kept freezing and the audio kept cutting out and the ads were lasting well past the timeout, etc etc. And no, it's not my internet. I have well over 200mbps and can stream 4k content multiple apps just fine, outside of NBA stuff.

Just a shit product altogether that I have no choice but to keep using because I want good karma and not rely on the million illegal streams that are readily available.

 

WOW!

 

Did you even read the previous posts? How do you function as an adult human being in society?

 

You DO understand why we weren't favorites right? Had we rolled out our opening night roster, do you think we win this game? Honestly? Have you ever played sports? You understand when you are missing MOST of your best players, you might not be as good as if you had them. That's usually how it works.

 

Pretty well actually. How would judge how a person functions? I consider myself successful in many aspects of life. You?

 

Stop! We are a better team with Dame. Please stop!

 

Thats so strange. Must be the combo of apps you are using or something. If it was the actual NBA LeaguePass signal, EVERYBODY would have problems and glitches. Comcast/DISHNet/DirecTV/ etc. Hope you get that situated.

 

I wasn't saying it was played in Oregon. I said it was 10 a.m. by the time their bodies are used to. I don't care about circadian rhythms or even a cicadian rhythm, it's not like they were playing at what would normally be 1 p.m. or 4 p.m. for them. It was the freaking morning by what they're used to.

Yeesh.

I swear I think some of you guys WANT to have reasons to bash the team and anyone that disagrees with you gets bashed along with it.

 

Some people are only happy being unhappy.

I really dislike when my teams lose, but not to the point where I feel the need to use hyperbole and fake quotes to bash people in the organization.

 

That’s great that you don’t care about circadian rhythms, but sports teams, especially NBA teams care deeply about it. In fact, Portland is one of the teams that care most about it (due to its geographical location they log the most travel miles in the NBA) and have invested time and money to best optimize sleep and disruptions in circadian rhythm when traveling. They consulted with a world renowned “Sleep Doctor” that specializes in sleep disruption and circadian rhythms to figure out the best way for their bodies to adapt to the time zone changes on road trips.

In fact, east coast teams that travel west should feel the affect more as most games are played at 7pm when it’s 10pm for their circadian clocks. The Blazers are 43-14 all-time vs. the Knicks in Portland.

 

I'm not disputing that. I'm saying this is not a 3-hour difference from normal. This is about a 9-hour difference from normal. It's nowhere close to what the players are used to.

It's also not saying it's the end-all, be-all of why the team lost today. However, when a team that shoots 83% from the line shoots 50%, that's certainly not normal and has absolutely nothing to do with game-planning or the opposing team. To dismiss the start time as a contributing factor simply because you think it shouldn't have been a problem is short-sighted.

We missed 10 shots within 3 feet of the hoop.

 

This guy?