Game Thread GAME# 64: BLAZERS @ LAKERS - MARCH 5, 2018 - MONDAY, 7:30 PM (PST), NBATV & NBCSNW

I think it would be great to have him out there spreading the floor for guards. Isn't going to do much more than that, but I'll take it at the right price. Plus he had a HUGE grin on his face when I mentioned it.

 

There was a point in 2007 when I wanted to keep Frye over LaMarcus. I’m still not convinced I was wrong.

 

Assuming we keep all our RFAs and let Layman go, we’ll have space for one more player. I’d take Frye for the minimum, but only if more spots open up. I wouldn’t take him over any of the guys we have now.

 

I would love Frye back as our third center

 

Bring him in as the big man coach ya'll have been clamoring for.

 

I like Frye a lot, but what he can bring as a big man coach (stay on the perimeter and shoot 3s) we can get from MyLe... just sayin'

 

We're missing Wade Baldwin IV. So it evens out.

 

I really don't care which Laker has a better career. But it does seem to come up in conversation quite a bit.

 

This is like crazy backwards double jinx going on. We got HCP saying they will blow these guys out and Kingspeed saying he is ok with a loss. I'm really confused with this thread at this point.

They are messing with the jinx gods for sure.

 

Now you are saying both HCP and Kingspeed are in this together saying the same thing.
So it's basically all three of you pushing the jinx gods around because we know HCP and Kingspeed never agree on anything other than HCP owes him money or something like that?

 

So, looks like we're actually underdogs tonight.

Basketball reference has the odds of Portland winning tonight at 50/50.

FiveThirtyEight has the odds at 52% LAL, 48% POR.

This team gets no respect, we have won six in a row, including wins over GSW, UTA (who had won 11 in a row), MIN and OKC, and yet the media is still claims the Lakers are better than Portland.

@HCP, please let the guys know the odds makers have them losing tonight. Better yet, get out your crayons and post it on the bulletin board!

BNM

 

We're also favored against GS for Friday's game. These are stat models. They tend to show bias for home court advantage and whatnot.

Has nothing to do with respect.

 

Shhhhhh.... This is supposed to be motivational material. This team plays better when they have a chip on their shoulder and (perceived) lack of respect seems to trigger that kind of response.

BNM

 

They're putting us third in the west with 48 wins for the season.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-nba-predictions/

 

With MIN, NOP and OKC all at 47, DEN and SAS at 46 and LAC and UTA at 45. That's 8 teams bunched up within three games of each other. Two extra loses could mean the difference between being the 3rd seed and missing the playoffs. That's crazy. Every game is a big game. Need to lock up as many tie breakers as possible.

BNM

 

Basketball-reference is projecting POR as 4th, but they are projecting less than 1 game difference between the 3rd and 7th seeds:

3) MIN = 47.0 wins
4) POR = 46.7 wins
5) NOP = 47.3 wins
6) OKC = 46.3 wins
7) SAS = 46.2 wins

Of course, there is no such thing as a fraction of a win. So, all five of those teams could end up tied, and that doesn't even include DEN, LAC and UTA who are all very much still in the race for a playoff spot.

BNM

 

ESPN is projecting POR as 5th, tied with MIN and OKC at 47 wins (they seem to ignore the fact that POR owns the tie breaker over OKC). They have NOP and SAS one game back at 46 wins.

BNM