Game Thread GAME# 11: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 7, 2017 - TUESDAY, 7:00 (PST), NBCSNW

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Grade the Blazers' new logo

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  4. B

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  7. C

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  1. LuckyShot

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    OKC played downright shitty defense though. Memphis doesn't do that. This is always our problem. When we play teams that are willing to get into you and bump and hold and make life miserable, and the refs let them do it, we wilt. We rely too much on players making unsustainable hero plays.
     
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    Well. Kind of a one trick pony team then. We aren't creating a ton of assists for other players either.... in fact we are lowest in the league.
     
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    He makes millions...no excuse
     
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    This season is quickly going off the rails. These losses are going to haunt us. Makes me sick.
     
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    Kind of hard when the top three are surrounded by dog shit.
     
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    About 40 win season
     
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    Hey I didn't put the team together. Blame the guy who just wants decent valet parking.
     
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    That victory was suppose to be our good win too..
     
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    We don't score in the paint, we are last in fast break points....so many of our shots are tough shots. Some of those go in but it's not a long term recipe for success.
     
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    Less then 10 assists for an entire game is ridiculous and Fizdale easily outcoached Stotts. I’m so sick of mediocrity.
     
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    3-17 in fastbreak points to MEMPHIS - the slowest team in the league! Incredible how bad we are about getting easy buckets.
     
    BlazerBeav, Nov 7, 2017
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    This is the easiest part of our schedule. Look at all the home losses we've already wracked up. And they said they wanted to be feared at home. What a joke. These guys are just an over-paid roster, we might eek out the 8th seed and get our asses creamed in the 1st round.
     
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    Maddening how pathetic this team is at running a fast break.
     
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    I just want Collins to get minutes. I don't care if he benches 75 pounds. He's going to have struggles. But he's a gamer. He plays with an edge. He can shoot. He can protect the rim. He can run the court. Let's go.
     
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    Does he? I've been very unimpressed in the very small sample size of him.
     
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    It's a philosophy....and why I'm not a big Stotts fan. I've said it before, he is a nice guy but much like nice guy Mark Helfrich, to me he is an assistant and not a head coach. Last in fast break points, rarely get easy baskets, rarely take advantage of the athleticism of Harkles, Aminu, Vonleh etc. Defense is the same thing...a soft, switching philosophy.
     
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    He was AWFUL against the Lakers.
     
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    Players need minutes to get comfortable and gain confidence. Harkless has had quite a run and has done very little. Why is Stotts so adamant against trying something else?
     
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    Damn
     
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    No doubt, may as well start developing him.
     
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