Game Thread GAME# 25: ROCKETS @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 9, 2017 - SATURDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

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If the Blazers could only keep 2 of the following Blazers in RFA, whom would you want them to keep?

Poll closed Dec 12, 2017.
  1. Connaughton

    9.8%
  2. Napier

    23.5%
  3. Nurkic

    96.1%
  4. Vonleh

    62.7%
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  1. riverman

    riverman Writing Team

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    I'm back to forgetting about the win loss record and celebrating winning quarters of games....small victories, but victories non the less
     
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  2. Labinot41

    Labinot41 Well-Known Member

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    Relax guys, i allways hate the flopper rockets, but there is nothing you can do when they have the refs on their side, Blazers played good, you can not ask for more. I am really looking forward when the rockets play against the Spurs in the playoffs, hopefully they play against each other. Pop and the Spurs will beat their flopper Asses. MDA never won a series against pop. Spurs are to smart and know how to play against these bitch ass floppers. Kawhi will kill harden just like last playoffs
     
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  3. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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  4. A$AP Meyers

    A$AP Meyers Well-Known Member

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    Haven't read through the thread (I was watching game with friends last night, yes I have a few friends) but here's my problem with the game.

    WHY DOES STOTTS CONTINUE TO GIVE STARS THE SAME LOOK FOR ENTIRE BASKETBALL GAMES?

    Harden saw the same P&R coverage almost the entire game. Beal saw the same P&R coverage almost the entire game. Double, blitz, hard hedge, soft hedge, DO SOMETHING NEW. I'm not saying do it every time, I understand that Stotts has his own philosophies, and that's fine, but at least throw different looks at a guy going for 50.

    Oh yeah, one more thing, Damian Lillard is fucking good. I was hard on him all last season. I maintain that my criticism was warranted last year; he was bad defensively and i felt his timing/shot selection killed us in close games. Not the case this year. His defense has been excellent for a combo guard, and is a huge reason we're 6th in defense. Also, he seems to be letting the game come to him a lot more, and has shown trust in other guys.

    Anyways, hopefully we can string a few wins together but honestly I'm close to the point to where I wouldn't mind seeing us go off the rails if it means Stotts is canned.
     
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  5. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Yeah, his defense was especially porous in the 4th quarter when the Blazers gave up 40 points (most points in a quarter by an opponent this season) and as James Harden put it:

    "So it was layup, layup, layup, 3-ball,'' Harden said.

    BNM
     
  6. DreamKillah

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    "So it was layup, layup, layup, 3-ball,'' Harden said.

    Fuk that bić Harden . . .
     
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  7. blue9

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    Mike Rice laying down some burn on Tater Totts? Oh man, he's winning me over!
     
  8. blue9

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    This question is trending on Twitter.
     
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  9. RR7

    RR7 Well-Known Member

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    sarcasm?
     
  10. GrandJury

    GrandJury Well-Known Member

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    You guys see a 10-11 game losing streak coming?

    It’s possible or nah.. ?

    Imagine when that happen ohhh boy
     
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    Why stop at 10-11? Perhaps we lose-out the remainder of the month!
     
  12. GrandJury

    GrandJury Well-Known Member

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    These next 5 games are brutal. And their on the road.. Stotts probably will be fired after this road trip
     
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    Fingers crossed!
     
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  14. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I like how you think!
     
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  15. MarAzul

    MarAzul LongShip

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    Anyone else notice that Stotts may be the best timekeeper the Blazers has had in years?
    Player time is held to plan no matter the consequences or the opportunities.
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  16. calvin natt

    calvin natt Confeve

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    It’s happening.
     
  17. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Was the green font really necessary?

    It is disengenous and tediously predictable for him to criticize Meyers' defense in a game where Meyers didn't even play during the team's worst defensive quarter of the season.

    The defense last night was actually worse with Meyers on the bench than when he was in the game.

    If Meyers' defense was seive-like, what does that say about the guys who were on the floor during last night's 40-point 4th quarter layup drill?

    Why did he chose to single out Meyers defense and not criticize those guys?

    I think we all know the answer to that question. It doesn't fit his tired, long running narrative about WABCs in general and Meyers Leonard specifically.

    The fact is Meyers played well last night, and as hard as it may be for some to believe, if Stotts would have played him in the 4th quarter, the Blazers might have actually won the game.

    The sample size is still small, but the fact is, in his limited minutes this season, Meyers has played well and been productive. And that just irritates the shit out of the Meyers haters. They'd rather see him fail than prove them wrong.

    BNM
     
  18. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    For you personally, this:

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    BNM
     
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  19. GrandJury

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    To be honest I am rooting for that. That way Stotts will be fired by the end of this road trip and we go towards a youth movement and gunning for a high lottery pick..

    I been telling friends for a few years now don’t fight the inevitable and delay the rebuild but nooooo
     
  20. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    62 point fist half. He was awful....AGAIN, defensively. Constantly out of position
     

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