Game Thread GAME# 7: RAPTORS @ BLAZERS - OCTOBER 30, 2017 - MONDAY, 7:00 (PDT), NBCSNW

I'm glad SOMEBODY is thinking of me like this!

 

Sarcasm is strong in this one. Path to the dark side, it is.

 

Been saying it for at least two years, he's not a point guard! He doesn't make anyone around him better. He's not a playmaker. He's just an elite scorer. And it's ok, but, not a point guard. I don't know why Stotts is trying to force him to be something he's not.

I'm not even joking here, since I know Olshey isn't going to make a trade, when Baldwin gets heathy, we should take a serious look at him. He's not really a point guard either but he profiles well next to CJ with the second unit a lot better than Napier just because of his size and defensive potential.

 

I think the Blazers have enough problems of their own, that worrying about scoreboard watching is the last thing they should be doing.

 

Does make it sting a lil less

 

Well that wasn't as bad as I thought.

 

1. Are CJ and Dame still BFF?

2. If that game reminded you 'before Nurk era', is there a cancer in this team, that was cut off for a while by Nurk's strong start?

Im not going to judge them that early into the season, but I may soon come back to "we need vets" and "we gonna need Matt Barnes and Ron Artest to shake those pussies maybe".

 

Oh no I gave the wrong link.
November 9th 2016 @ clippers.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201611090LAC.html

 

I didn't get to see the game, what the hell happened in the second quarter, apart from everyone missing?

I wasn't going to watch the replay, but it is Halloween, so maybe I'll watch just the second quarter.

11:11 Caleb Swanigan misses two point shot
9:53 CJ McCollum misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
9:14 Pat Connaughton misses 22-foot three point jumper
8:45 Caleb Swanigan misses 20-foot jumper
8:05 Caleb Swanigan misses 26-foot three point jumper
7:32 Maurice Harkless misses free throw 1 of 2
7:32 Maurice Harkless misses free throw 2 of 2
7:28 Caleb Swanigan misses tip shot
7:21 Damian Lillard misses free throw 1 of 2
7:21 Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
6:47 Damian Lillard makes technical free throw
6:32 Al-Farouq Aminu misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
5:54 Lucas Nogueira blocks Shabazz Napier 's 23-foot step back jumpshot
5:34 Damian Lillard misses pullup jump shot
4:51 Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
4:51 Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
4:27 Damian Lillard misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
4:00 Pascal Siakam blocks Jusuf Nurkic 's 4-foot layup
3:27 CJ McCollum misses two point shot
2:47 Lucas Nogueira blocks CJ McCollum's two point shot
2:09 Jusuf Nurkic misses two point shot
0:49 Al-Farouq Aminu misses 25-foot three point jumper
0:07 Damian Lillard misses two point shot
0:05 Evan Turner makes 1-foot two point shot

 

another loss against a good team, we can only beat trash ass teams, this team is fucking mediocre.

I mean, I know that I don't often use the right vocabulary but c'mon, how can you be satisfied with this mediocrity!?!?!

It's sport, we should have the right to dream, I would prefer a season in which we win only 15 games but we have a chance to draft Doncic, Ayton and the others rather than seeing the same old story of Lillard, McCollum and their slumps which end up in getting blown out in the early stages of the playoffs.

Look at Philly, even if Fultz has problems they have two generational superstars like Simmons and Embiid and they can dream big.

 

Ever in NBA basketball!!

 

As King said above - we were 5 seconds away from making, not just Blazer history, but NBA history; in terms of suckage.

What's the deal with this team and just showing up un-prepared for teams and getting their asses handed to them - particularly early in games.
It was a big problem last year (the slow starts) and the listless, unfocused play continues to rear its ugly head.

Regardless of how they are regularly touted, this comes down to poor leadership from Stotts and Lillard. If the team comes out, year-after-year looking dis-intersted, lethargic and complacent - and only now after 5-6 years has a notion to play some defense - Well that's just terrible form from our leading men.

Can't wait for this team to receive the huge shake-up (Coach replacement/ Trades) it so richly deserves.

 

FREE MEYERS!

 

I dont know, Im just hoping our offense will start to flow soon, they all struggling, especially Dame and CJ as our two best players from whom we expect the most... their shots are not falling, theyre not driving to the basket like they used to and theyre getting blocked more than ever, like every single game they got blocked few times

Dame started to drive to the basket in the 4th quarter and I liked that, I want to see that from the beginning of the game, same goes for the CJ... if the shot is off, nevermind, it will come around, but in that case you have to take responsibility but not by taking and missing more shots, forcing things like theyve done so far

we have to play smarter, stronger on offense...

 

Not true.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200402080GSW.html

 

The Blazers seem to be allergic to rolling to the hoop on the pick and roll, but Aminu, Hark and Nurk would all be much better suited rolling IMO than shooting jumpers. It worked at first then they stopped going to it. Teams have figured out this offense. Put a lot of ball pressure on Dame and CJ, and let them struggle trying to fight the teeth of your defense 1 on 2 or one on 3.