Game Thread GAME# 20: BLAZERS @ WIZARDS - NOVEMBER 25, 2017 - SATURDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

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Who is our 4th best player, when considering both offense & defense?

Poll closed Dec 1, 2017.

  1. Aminu

    14 vote(s)
    31.8%

  2. Connaughton

    2 vote(s)
    4.5%

  3. Davis

    1 vote(s)
    2.3%

  4. Harkless

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. Leonard

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  6. Napier

    10 vote(s)
    22.7%

  7. Turner

    5 vote(s)
    11.4%

  8. Vonleh

    11 vote(s)
    25.0%

  9. Other

    1 vote(s)
    2.3%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    11 - 8
    (4-4 Road)
    WASHINGTON WIZARDS
    10 - 8
    (5-4 Home)


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    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------

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    DAMIAN LILLARD VS TIM FRAZIER

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    C.J. McCOLLUM VS BRADLEY BEAL

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    PAT CONNAUGHTON VS OTTO PORTER JR.

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    NOAH VONLEH VS MARKIEFF MORRIS

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    JUSUF NURKIC VS MARCIN GORTAT



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    WHEN: 4:00 PM, SATURDAY, 11/25/2017

    WHERE: CAPITAL ONE ARENA, WASHINGTON, DC
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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    NAPIER , TURNER
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    HARKLESS , LAYMAN , SWANIGAN
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    COLLINS , DAVIS , LEONARD

    ------ WASHINGTON WIZARDS------
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    MEEKS , OUBRE Jr. , SATORANSKY
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    ROBINSON , YOUNG . McCULLOUGH
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    SCOTT , MAHINMI , SMITH



    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Damian Lillard (sprained right ankle): PROBABLE
    Al-Farouq Aminu (right ankle sprain): OUT
    Wade Baldwin (thumb surgery rehab): OUT
    C.J. Wilcox (right knee rehab): OUT
     WIZARDS
    John Wall (left knee inflammation): OUT
    Sheldon Mac (left Achilles surgery): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS --- SCOTT BROOKS

    :reading:OFFICIAL WIZARDS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES     ​







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    Darkwebs, Nov 24, 2017
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  2. RickyJoe

    RickyJoe Coug alumni on chess team

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    I'll be going between channels during this game after 5 since the Apple cup will be being played. Go Cougs! Win this game and have a great chance at being the Pac 12 champions.
     
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  3. theprunetang

    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Wizards are a bad matchup for us. Wall's length tends to bottle up Lillard. Beal negates CJ. The Polish Hammer negates Nurk. I could see a guy like Kelly Oubre going off on us, as the two guards will demand a lot of attention defensively.
     
    theprunetang, Nov 24, 2017
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    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Turner by default.

    Vonleh by the end of the year.
     
    Scalma, Nov 24, 2017
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  5. KeepOnRollin

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    Wall is a game time decision last I heard.
     
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    You underrate Aminu. One of our best shooters. Always shows up in big games. Our best defender and rebounder.
     
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    Aminu is not a good shooter, no matter how many times you say it. His career percentages are proof. Defensively he’s great but I don’t see how I’d put him ahead of Turner who is arguably our most consistent defender and brings more to the table offensively.
     
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    Aminu is shooting 43% from 3 this year, the 2nd best shooter playing rotational minutes. Say good, bad, whatever, but he's one of our best. And he has always shot well in playoffs. Even when he was in Dallas.
     
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    And career percentages aren't proof of anything. Shouldn't we be happy that we actually have a player who improves?
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    There's no way he shoots above 40%. The smaller the sample size, the flukier the result.
     
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    8 games is not a proper sample size, and there is a difference with the threes he attempts and the threes CJ and dame attempt. Aminus shots are almost always uncontested. The league tracks “uncontested threes” and Lillard and McCollum both shoot near 50% on such shots. CJ last year shot 55%. So Aminus numbers aren’t that impressive when you compare him with actual shooters.
     
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  12. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    If he ends the season at 43%? Of course. But he won’t. And if does, I’ll be the first to give him his due.
     
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    I’d probably rank our top 4 pure shooters as

    McCollum
    Lillard
    Leonard
    Connaughton

    So maybe Aminu is in the top 5, I don’t know, would that be considered “one of our best?”

    Btw that list just made me depressed. We need shooters. Bad.
     
    Scalma, Nov 25, 2017
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  14. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Napier?

    Napier?
     
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    We should have hung onto Morrow, for the a simple task of jacking up shots. The other acquisitions didn't exactly pan out (Baldwin/Wilcox).
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    How do you not pan out when you haven't been given a shot? aka baldwin
     
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    BrunoSOC Ripcity from Brazil

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    Tough game. Need to steal one more game on the road. They beat us last year so it's payback time.
     
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    BrunoSOC Ripcity from Brazil

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    Lillard almost rolls his ankle last game. He should recovery this, is starting getting worried for real.
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    LULZ.
     
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  20. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Hold the fuck on.....you are claiming that not only is Aminu our BEST defender, but also our BEST rebounder.......and to top this off, he is our BEST shooter? #64Wins
     
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