Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 1: BLAZERS @ LAKERS - AUGUST 18, 2020, TUESDAY, 6:00, TNT & NBCSNW

Wasn't Wenyen just a random throw in player from Sacramento in the Ariza trade?

 

memba when too short said he’d never leave Oaktown and then moved to ATL?

 

I thought that was Swan-again?

 

anybody who could make fans long for the commentary of Reggie Miller is really bad

 

I think both were.

 

Another Neil Steal.

 

Sorry, but Collins was supposed to be good and was priced accordingly. Gabriel was pretty much "free to a good home" and everything he has brought to the table is pure gravy!

 

I've never understood this theory. So Collins is to be blamed because someone else thought he was worth a 10th pick? That is not Collins fault. Collins was an effort guy who came off the bench at Gonzaga. That's exactly what he's been for us. Why should we bash Collins for this? Shouldn't we be bashing the guy who took him 10th?

 

Without Bradley and Rondo (but mostly Bradley, as Rondo has been overrated defensively for years), it's looking like if the Blazers can limit everyone except James and Davis (who really can't be stopped, they can just have poor games), they have a puncher's chance. Lillard is looking like Steph Curry, hitting demoralizing shots and dancing.

 

This was a legit playoff game and we straight up look liked the better team. 7 game series? I’m very confident

 

So if you were drafted 1st in the 2017 NBA draft and played 174 games, would that automatically make you a great basketball player? Players are not responsible for where they were drafted or how much they get paid. The GM's are responsible for that.

If Collins appeared to be a bad teammate, not try, flip off the fans, then I'm all for bashing him.

 

you suggested Zach should be judged by the same standards Gabriel was. I just pointed out reasons why the standards might be different for the two players

 

The Lakers are looking very shallow in terms of talent--it's James and Davis and then nothing (I mean, McGee, Green and Kuzma can provide a little value, but nothing game-changing).

The Lakers owed a huge amount of their regular season success to being a great fast break team...get out in space, let James find a shooter, Davis on the pop-ahead, McGee on the secondary break or take it all the way himself. Hit shots and/or slow them down from getting into their break and they simply aren't a great half court team. They don't have a great system and James or Davis playing iso-ball leads to mediocre results. This isn't the 1990s or 2000s.

 

I appreciate your point of view. I'm simply trying to point out that the hate appears to be directed at the person who made him the 10th pick.

 

you might not be aware of it....but people here will confirm I'm fine with hating Olshey....

 

Wasn’t Skal still better than WG?

 

I honestly still think Zach will have a really nice career. He won't be a star. He will be a great roleplaying big on good teams though, imo. I think he honestly just needs to have a long stretch of health where he can build himself up.

 

Same reason we shouldn't bash CJ for making $10m/year more than he should. You offer me $10m more a year than I'm worth, I'm taking it!

 

I think he'd be an awesome backup 4/5. He has some nice skills, but plenty of room to improve.

 

Maybe they had to give us some incentive to take Swanigan back?