Game Thread GAME# 18: BLAZERS @ BUCKS - NOVEMBER 21, 2018 - WEDNESDAY, 5:00 PM, NBCSNW

So do they fly home and then to Oakland tomorrow? Or do they just go to Oakland?

 

HCP posted something about getting in to Milwaukie at like 3 am. That team looked totally burnt.

 

Terrible game YES! But it counts as 1 loss. Move on, re focus, have dinner at the Lillards, and get back on the winning track. That being said, watching Chief miss, wide open three after wide open three, what would it take to get Otto Porter out of Washington? They're a train wreck in the locker room right now, and the Management said everyone's available. Obviously you have to make the contracts work, but i'm tired of seeing Dame make a perfect pass, only to see a wide open shot missed. We need another quality shooter. The Buck Fucker broadcast team said the Blazers don't get assist. Well it's hard to get assist when good passes go unfulfilled. The Blazers pass plenty, the finishes don't happen enough. Sauce teased us with a sterling opening night performance, but has been uber inconsistent since. I like Chief, but he's not a consistant shooter. So adding a Otto Porter could be huge. Obviously they want draft picks.

 

I like Porter but HATE his contract. That said, he can play some defense, has a good wingspan and can shoot. Can he handle/pass at all?

 

Ouch, I feel that loss. We need a victory against the former champs to overcome that. It's the only way.

 

Are you too young to remember this?

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199802270IND.html

 

Adding a guy like Porter would not have changed the outcome tonight. It is going to take a drastic change to elevate this team to serious contender status. Adding Porter is like adding 2 more lifeboats to the Titanic - except that they want to charge us for 2 aircraft carriers.

 

Yep. He sold me, and I was all in on Gannis at the time too.

 

Game was a fluke. Blazers still elite!

 

We haven't won in Milwaukee in Five years.

 

I'm sorry, but how does a 1/13 shooting night from Aminu happen? That should NEVER happen. Dame and CJ trying to shoot themselves out of a cold shooting night is one thing. Aminu trying to shoot himself out of a slump is like...I don't know what, but it shouldn't ever happen!

 

Well, i knew we would loose this Game. Didn't expect that Bad

 

I got 12 out of the 15. I got lucky just putting random names in at the end to get the Phx 2007 one otherwise I'm guessing I would've missed the same 4 you did.

I should've gotten the 2015 Utah one, the 2003 NOH one I probably wouldn't have gotten unless I got lucky with just putting any name I could think of in there, and the 1996 Mavs one I wouldn't have gotten if I had unlimited time.

 

No. The Blazers do not need Otto Porter as one of the highest percentage swish3 shooters is already a Blazer. If the Blazers will just feed him the assists, Meyers can score 4-8 or more swish3s per game. Meyers is currently at 53.3% shooting, a level that I expect Otto Porter will not reach. Let's use the scoring power already available!

 

Aminu, like any other player, should take every open shot he has, if he stops taking them the offense stagnates

 

Didn't watch the game (woke up for the 4th quarter but there wasn't much to see) but my guess is we once again played shitty basketball with our proud leader, polled the best blazer of all time, completely embarassed on defense, playing with zero effort and forcing us to play 4 on 5 defensively.
With Aminu we're effectively 4 players on offense and with Dame only 4 ln defense, can get by against the Knicks, Magic, but we're not getting anywhere