Game Thread PRESEASON GAME# 4: BLAZERS @ KINGS - OCTOBER 9, 2017- MONDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), NBATV & NBCSNW

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How many Blazers preseason games have you watched thus far?

Poll closed Oct 9, 2017.
  1. 0

    6.4%
  2. 1

    12.8%
  3. 2

    55.3%
  4. 3

    12.8%
  5. All 3 plus the Fan Fest

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  1. HailBlazers

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    Except for the fact that Pat never hits shots when you actually need him too.
     
  2. The Professional Fan

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    I do think Stotts sees Pat as Crabbe’s replacement
     
  3. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    I'm not even a Connaughton fan but how can you even come to this conclusion? The sample size of rotation minutes is ridiculously small.
     
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    Marrow also gives you more veteran leadership on this team.
     
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    Perhaps, he just never seems to hit shots in anything but garbage time.
     
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    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    What is Morrow bringing to the table that Lillard isn't? Lillard probably has twice the playoff experience as he does.
     
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    Dame seemed tired, but what I liked about this game is that Dame/CJ/starting lineup didn't play particularly well, but we were still up by 17 at one point.
    Besides Harkless 3-6, our starters were
    Aminu 1-5
    Nurk 5-13
    Lillard 3-8
    CJ 5-13,

    The real test of the team IMHO is that when Dame and CJ don't play well, can we win? Tonight we did.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    That's kind of because he usually only plays garbage time minutes.
     
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    I would have agreed with you before the last two games. He actually hit a three in the first half of each game that were tough. Maybe Terry knows something we don't.
     
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    Kind of yea. This will be the year we find out.
     
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    Alternative facts.
     
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    He literally said "Connaughton shot better from three than Crabbe last year."

    I mean technically he's not wrong, but it just ruined the rest of his argument.
     
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    I wonder what Terry's strategy is for guarding forwards behind the arc. Because much like last year Harkless seemed to be helping out down low and there bye was late to get out to cover Jackson. Aminu last year also gave up a lot uncontested 3's to stretch 4's. Because of this it seems to be by design. Maybe in the long run it is a good strategy. Not sure, but rarely do I see our forwards out high on there man..... before they get the ball.
     
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    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    Remember when we thought CJ was a bust for the same reason? Good times.
     
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    Much more accurate.
     
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    That sounds like undisciplined defense from two of our best defenders. Doesn't it fly in the face of everything we know about Stotts' defensive philosophy, e.g., give up mid-range shots and contest the three point line?

    Every forward in the league sees himself as a 3-pt specialist nowadays, so it can't be blamed on lucky shooting and/or bad scouting.
     
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