Game Thread Preseason Game #1 Suns @ Trail Blazers Game Thread

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  1. BBert

    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    No

    They are forwards.

    Ed and Meyers are centers.
     
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    and Collins showing this already at age 19 after being a backup at Gonzaga!
     
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  3. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    He did play
     
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  4. BBert

    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Yeah. I think he's going to develop faster than I initially thought.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    White Towers! White Towers!

    //Wookee

    ;)
     
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    trailblazer18, Oct 4, 2017
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    Nurk' and Collins on the court together was refreshing. Nice having healthy bigs again!

    Bronze.
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    in 17 minutes I believe... Which is still amazing
     
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    Alex Len continues to get better. Phoenix has a nice young nucleus.
     
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    Yes, I think Harkless is much more effective when playing with Nurkic; whereas with Turner, Nurkic, Lillard, McCollum, it's just too complicated.
     
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    Yeah I reluctantly agree. I like the 3rd ball handler, but it seems apparent that Terry is ok with the 3rd ball handler , handling the ball a little too much.

    That was my issue with Nic as well. He was a good ball handler for a SF, but not better than the PG. Although it was a little different since the SG (Wes) was much worse of a ball handling option than CJ.

    I am now hoping for a Dame, CJ, Harkless, Nurk, Collins line up to work out. But it may take a while.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Nobody talked about Fox.....I know it was a preseason game, but damn he scored at will.
     
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    gatorpops Allen Crabb hits winning shot on Nov24 vs Blazers

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    Who the ------ is Fox? Red, Grey, or ................
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    You're upset that we're not talking about a Kings rookie in a Blazers-Suns game thread?

    What's that you like to say? F#$%outtaherewithat FAMS!!
     
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    WTF? In related news...

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    So, not gonna read through this thread, but did everybody meltdown?

    After checking the (meaningless) box score, I see that our two rookies both had much better showings, in fewer minutes, than Ed Davis. Ditto for Harkless over Turner. I'm tellin' ya - Ed Davis is a 10th man on a contender, and Turner is an Eastern Conference Kid. Neither belong in our rotation, and especially not in the starting line-up.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    God damn it. I meant Jackson...... all night while he was scoring and I was labeling his plays Jax....... as I posted it auto corrected to Fox! You know who I meant ass faces!
     
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  18. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Ed Davis played fantastic. Should have watched.
     
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    Not as fantastic as either of the rookies. I like Davis but he's limited. His on court strengths are screens, rebounding, and help defense. Collins can do all of those things and then some. Davis has the experience though so I wouldn't expect him to be out of the rotation/traded just yet.
     
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    I can't be bothered to care about - let alone spend time watching - preseason. But, if Ed played so fantastically it seems odd that his stat line didn't show anything meaningful and his +/- was the worst of the entire team. I think it's much more likely that Ed played about as well as Ed can play, but it just isn't very good. I mean, Meyers, Collins, and Biggie all scored more on equal or better shooting, rebounded at roughly the same rate, and all ended up with much better +/-. That's two rookies and MEYERS LEONARD who all had better box scores!

    Ed Davis is not a rotation player on a good team. Sucks to say, because I really like the guy.
     
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