Game Thread GAME# 38: HAWKS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 5, 2018 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, Jan 2, 2018.

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If you could make one change to the Blazers' organization, what would it be?

Poll closed Jan 12, 2018.

  1. Owner (Paul Allen)

    1 vote(s)
    2.1%

  2. President (Chris McGowan)

    6 vote(s)
    12.8%

  3. GM (Neil Olshey)

    5 vote(s)
    10.6%

  4. Players

    20 vote(s)
    42.6%

  5. TV Broadcasters: play-by-play guy and analyst (Kevin Calabro & Lamar Hurd)

    4 vote(s)
    8.5%

  6. Coach (Stotts)

    11 vote(s)
    23.4%

  7. None

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. TBpup

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    Blowing out a bad team....exactly what should be done.
     
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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    Hahahahahahahaha oh shit. He'd be a great bond villain too.
     
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    calvin natt Confeve

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    No.
    Napier plays behind Lillard and McCollum - the teams strengths.
    Layman plays behind Mo, AFA, Rvan - the teams weaknesses.

    So if Jake cant play on this team he is a terrible NBA player. Which he is.
     
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    I dont agree, I wanted to see more of the Nurkules
     
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    AFA is not a weakness. But who is Rvan?

    Edit: Oh Evan Turner
     
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    Yeah the teams small forwards are a strength not a weakness. Right.
     
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    Small forward is absolutely a weakness but AFA himself is not a weaknesses. AFA and Davis were outstanding signings by Neil. They work their asses off and Davis' finishes and Aminu's threes are directly connected to our wins.
     
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    SportsAndWhine Dumbass For Hire

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    That first game he played was amazing... didn’t he hit like 4 or 5 threes?
     
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    five 3s and a dunk I think. 17 points in like 7 minutes
    He actually had the highest career points/36 in NBA history after his first game I think !
     
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    God I hope we keep Pat and Davis and Collins..... and Shabazz !!
     
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    Pat is the genius Irishman in the Tribe. He doesn't always execute what his brain is thinking, but his effin mind in totally in the game !!
     
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    So confident, beautiful stroke, so easy. What. The fuck. Happened? He's been awful ever since. Even in D League and Summer League.
     
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    Yet, there's still 24 guard minutes to be had behind Lillard and McCollum. So by extension, Napier basically played behind the same guys because Crabbe and Turner could play SF and yet still got guard minutes over Napier, as Stotts elected to use Crabbe at the 2 and Moe at the 3 a lot instead of Crabbe at the 3 with Napier at one of the guard spots.

    Using lack of PT isn't a logical basis to claim a player is bad. Using the eye test and his god awful (actual) production is.
     
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    He wasn't awful in the D league...I watched him...broadcasters said he was the only guy on the D league team with a real NBA game...
     
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    Ok whatever way you want to twist it. He sucks is what I’m saying.
     
    calvin natt, Jan 7, 2018
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It will be a question that will haunt sports fans for the rest of time. It just looks so pretty!
     
    Strenuus, Jan 7, 2018
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Watch the video. In his first game, Layman played catch-and-shoot. Since then, Stotts has him dribbling around like a SG, looking for a shot. All that fancy dribbling makes him miss. Stotts makes players play faster than they are capable of.

    Instead of demanding that shooter forwards be 1-dimensional, let them play all facets (rebounding) and they may survive (see Babbitt in NBA, Rudy Fernandez in Europe).
     
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