Game Thread GAME# 1: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - OCTOBER 23, 2019 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 (PDT), ESPN & NBCSNW

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From top to bottom, is Portland's roster this year more talented than last year's?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  3. Too close to call

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    20.0%
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  1. Blazers Roy

    Blazers Roy Well-Known Member

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    I see a lot of analysis here.

    We lost the game because we gave them a million open threes while our shots were contested at the other end.

    The End.
     
    Blazers Roy, Oct 24, 2019
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Outside of Damian's assists, the team had *5* assists. And 1 off the bench (and that came from Skal).

    A lot of the lack of cohesiveness was still getting to know the new guys, but also just such predictable offense.
     
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    Based on shooting alone, we should have lost by 25+. But we stayed close with grit and scrap. Mate McMullen would have been proud. But the offense was a dishimbled mess. Cj and bazemore in particular....
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    True. And Stotts is very adept at plugging pieces into place. I'm thinking by Dec/Jan we're going to have a pretty well-oiled machine. My biggest concern thus far regarding this season is the early schedule. Hoping we can hang in there until Stotts has a full grip on things.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    When does he ever have a full grip on things?
     
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  6. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It's like the team decided a few years ago, that they can only play one kind of defense. And to play this kind of defense, they had to sacrifice 3 point defense.
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    I think you know what I meant. ;)
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Me too. I'm not super worried about the W/L record, I think the WC will cannibalize itself this season.
     
    julius, Oct 24, 2019
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    ...and too few shooters who can make shots. The offense from the 2nd unit was just fugly. Hopefully last night will turn out to be an aberration rather then what some here have been fearing since the offseason moves.

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    Yeah, referees are notoriously SJWs.
     
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    Ya say what you want about usage but losing Seth and Meyers, two elite shooters from 3, is gonna be a problem unless Ant steps up, or Baze starts making shots.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Tolliver seems like a massive bust. Hopefully he integrates better over time but the guy contributed nothing. An empty stat sheet.

    MeJay was back to his old tricks. Same guy as last year. We live by the MeJay and we die by the MeJay because if his shot isn’t going down you can count on two things: he won’t pass the ball and he won’t stop shooting.

    The bench desperately needs some vets. Hopefully Pau still has some gas left in his tanks.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I'm afraid if the team is hanging it's hat on Pau...we're boned.

    Btw, they need to go back to staggering CJ and Dame. Having them both sit makes the bench significantly weaker/less effective.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I’m pretty sure that’s what Stotts did in the second half. It’s just that CJ was ice cold.
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Wow... I'm not really into doing national anthem before every games (even in my own country), and obviously don't give much shit about the USA national anthem...

    But this is just ugh... a really bad look.
     
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  16. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    The good (?) thing about CJ's game last night wasn't so much that the defense stopped him, as much as he was just off. The bad thing is when he's off like last night, he goes into tunnel vision (as you and others have stated).

    CJ have a typical game last night and imho, the team wins.

    Him having a shitacular game kind of exposes the potential warts for the team. Hopefully Bazemore, Simons and Mario can find their shot/rhythm.
     
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    This kinda stat line is hard to do. How do you not even trip into a rebound?
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  18. mook

    mook The 2018-19 season was the best I've seen

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    Jesus. Did Meyers Leonard ever have a stat line that bad last year?

    Jesus. I just looked it up:
    https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/leoname01/gamelog/2019

    No, no he didn't. Anthony Tolliver just had a worse night in his debut than every single game Meyers played for us last year. (I mean, there are a few stinkers in there where Leonard played like 5 minutes and did jack shit, but nothing where he had a chance to play more than 10 minutes.)

    Jesus.

    Uh, welcome to Portland again Anthony Tolliver. You can start playing now, you know. Just in case you're waiting for an invite.
     
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  19. mook

    mook The 2018-19 season was the best I've seen

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    Holy fuck, I had to research this some more. There's not a single game in Meyers Leonard's career where he went 13 minutes with 0 points and 0 rebounds.

    Tolliver really left his mark here.

    Kind of like my underwear after Taco Bell.
     
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    He's a utility 3 and D player. If the 3s not falling yes he's worthless but not sure what y'all were expecting if you've ever seen him play.
     
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