Game Thread GAME# 17: BLAZERS @ GRIZZLIES - NOVEMBER 20, 2017 - MONDAY, 5:00 (PST), NBCSNW

this is going to be a tough road trip, Ill be happy if we go 3-2
sadly, I can see us going 1-4, hopefully not

 

You kind of never know which team is going to show up. We could easily go 4-1 or 1-4. Neither would surprise me. I know that you and I are both huge fans of Nurk, but it seems like whichever version of him shows up decides the outcome. When he gets into early foul trouble, he just becomes a complete non-factor. He's young, but it is something work on.

 

Nurk usually struggle aginst Marc Gasol, he defends the pnr so well, so theres one problem for Nurk and generally POR, and when he goes one on one againt Marc, its tough... well see, hopefully Nurk delivers

I know prune, Nurk frustrates me often, cause I know how good he can become, his physique is his biggest strength, and leverage on other C and if he expands his post game (he has to, needs to learn couple more moves), hell be TOP 5 C or just outside of that for decade

I mean, he has post game, mid range game, pnr, so he can score on multiple ways, he doesnt have frontal game, but with all he has, it not necessary

needs to improve his shooting from the low post, cause he misses some shots that should go in, misses easy putbacks/layups... his low post shots sometimes looks amazing and sometimes very ugly, he needs to get that done

Im very happy with the Nurk we have now, but if he expands low post game and improves his low post shooting, Ill be happy as I can be, cause that would mean hes one of the very best in the game among C

talent is there and only his head can stop him reaching that talent

 

man if we could find 6th man of the bench, a natural scorer on consistent basis, wed be much better, we need scoring from the bench, right know its a little bit better cause Napier is there, so far it was only ET and Ed Davis, those two sometimes deliver, sometimes not, but theyre not scorers anyway and you cant expect them to do that

 

Napier is filling that role, and that is great. But, ideally, you want someone with more size as a 6th man scorer, because we already go small with Dame and CJ. But, I welcome this new found playing time for Shabazz, because he is the most capable natural scorer off of the bench. This might sound sacrilegious, or something kingspeed might say, but Napier reminds me a lot of Isaiah Thomas, but with better defense. They honestly have the same skill set.

About Nurk: I love the guy. But he needs to work on secondary post moves. He has a couple of primary post moves down, but struggles when a defender takes away the first move. He seems to lack patience in the post. The quick move works often as he surprises a lot of people. But, the longer he has the ball, the more chance of a turnover or a bad shot. Basically, we NEED a legit big man coach. Someone to teach that patience, and to give him options for secondary and tertiary post moves.

 

thats not the bad idea, but I doubt that will happen, so if I were him, I would found personal coach
theres some C legends doing that...

 

He might have to pull a Meyers and hire a big man coach to work with in the off season. Getting some time with Tim Grgurich could do wonders.

 

We need 2 more scorer one on the starter and another off the bench. We got 6 points last night from our starter foward last night that not enough and that been another factor why we are not scoring like we did last year.

 

Harkless needs to show up for the season. He needs to put 10ppg at least. I tough he would upgrade his game in this off season. Tough road trip, and a tough game against them, but is payback time. Time to steal this one from them.

 

Remember last year at this time Harkless had 12 points per game and 38-40% from 3

 

Lucky to catch them with Conley out. Outside of Gasol, that is really a scrub team and the Blazers should win.

Then again, I've thought that a lot this season already and been disappointed.

 

I want to say we also averaged about 8 more points a game as a team last year. Our scoring is down accross the board except for our two stud guards.

 

Might be time to start Meyers.

 

Meyers is getting minutes now......FINALLY, so we should be ok

 

This could be a really nice revenge win. I hope our guys come out ready to battle.

 

or really ugly blowout hehe

 

Payback time

 

When is Aminu coming back? We'll need him on this trip.