Game Thread GAME# 17: BLAZERS @ CAVALIERS - NOVEMBER 23, 2019 - SATURDAY, 5:00 PM, NBCSNW

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If you could cut one player on our roster (removing their contract from our cap), who would it be?

Poll closed Nov 24, 2019.

  1. Carmelo Anthony

    1 vote(s)
    2.2%

  2. Kent Bazemore

    5 vote(s)
    11.1%

  3. Mario Hezonja

    10 vote(s)
    22.2%

  4. Skal Labissiere

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. CJ McCollum

    5 vote(s)
    11.1%

  6. Anthony Tolliver

    15 vote(s)
    33.3%

  7. Gary Trent Jr.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  8. Hassan Whiteside

    4 vote(s)
    8.9%

  9. Other Blazer not listed

    3 vote(s)
    6.7%

  10. Nobody. I like all the players on the current roster.

    2 vote(s)
    4.4%
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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    I need a break from this team. Not good for my health
     
    illmatic99, Nov 23, 2019
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    Take it
     
    KingSpeed, Nov 23, 2019
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    Not much. 10 games ago people were trying to convince me me this team is more talented than last year. The real problem is that this team has very little talent.
     
    bobf, Nov 23, 2019
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    Dame - back spasms
    Hood - back spasms
    Collins - surgery
    Nurk - surgery
    Carmelo - 40 years old
    Tolliver - 40 years old
    Whiteside - hip problem
    Skal - ankle injury
    Ant - Ankle injury

    None of this is Stotts’ fault. Phil Jackson would lose to the Cavs with this beaten-up roster. Put away your damn pitchforks.
     
    Blazers1977, Nov 23, 2019
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  5. TorturedBlazerFan

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    When healthy I still think they are more talented than last year.
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Nov 23, 2019
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    Certainly down on talent with the injuries.....but still had the 2 best players on the court in both tonight's game and against the G-League Warriors.
     
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    Wow. Lets get the parade started then....
     
    Strenuus, Nov 23, 2019
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    I take it they lost?
     
    kjironman1, Nov 23, 2019
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    Nas ain’t getting a single rebound against 6 11, 15 year veteran rebounder like Tristan Thompson
     
    Blazers1977, Nov 23, 2019
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    OneSport3 The Knowledge Hoarder

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    I love Collins as much as any other Blazers fan, but some people on here are treating him like if Paul George came back for the Clippers or something. Zach isn’t going to fix this anemic offense. He can’t get guys to get back on defense.
     
    OneSport3, Nov 23, 2019
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    How could we be, we got Whiteside and a bumch of garbage for six guys? Who besides Whiteside makes us better?
     
    bobf, Nov 23, 2019
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    He can’t match up on defense or 1v1 rebounding with a true-4 like Tristan Thompson. No chance. He’s doing well at the 3... too bad we don’t need any more 3s

    we need someone who can box out 7 footers consistently. We simply don’t have anyone who can.
     
    Blazers1977, Nov 23, 2019
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  13. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Blazers were 2-1 with him

    3-11 without him
     
    Chris Craig, Nov 23, 2019
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    Well when you get the answer to that question please tell me. I would try mix up the lineup by replacing Hood for Little and for now Skals for Toliver until Whiteside comes back that gives little more defense with the 1st unit. Plus if Hood only getting only 7-8 shoots with 1st unit maybe can help the 2nd unit in thay comparment. I would definitely replace Bazemore for Trent I think Trent deserve more run. I would give Hoard a run at the power forward position this until we get Whiteside. When your playing so bad you got to mix things to see something start going right for you.
     
    James lamphear, Nov 23, 2019
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    Tristan Thompson for MVP.

    MVP! MVP! MVP!
     
    OneSport3, Nov 23, 2019
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    It helps don't you think.
     
    James lamphear, Nov 23, 2019
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    Carmelo is a big dude who can punish defenders around the hoop. He was 5 of 7 on 2-pointers tonight. But he took 8 3-pointers and missed them all, and ended the game shooting 5-15 for 11 points which is crap. Nobody scored that poorly for the Blazers. (i'm not going to count little who only took 2 shots).

    If coaching matters in the NBA , and maybe it doesn't, Stotts needs a plan for Melo or to hold Melo accountable for not attacking whenever he can. Instead, all shots are good in Stotts's mind, especially for Carmelo, who has never been a greatly efficient scorer.
     
    blazerfan11, Nov 23, 2019
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  18. Blazers1977

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    If I shot 100 shots and you and Tristan Thompson were competing for rebounds, how many do you think you’d get?

    the answer is 0. That’s how the blazers feel.
     
    Blazers1977, Nov 23, 2019
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    True, but the better team doesn't always win even when you play right. The bigger problem is the talent we lost in the off season vs the talent we gained and injuries. Lost talent is almost as big as the injuries.
     
    bobf, Nov 23, 2019
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    In the 3 games that Collins played this year, he averaged 4 rebounds per game.
     
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