Game Thread PRESEASON GAME# 4: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - DECEMBER 18, 2020 - FRIDAY, 6:00, NBCSNW

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Who is most responsible for the Blazers' blowout loss in the previous game?

Poll closed Dec 19, 2020.

  1. Coach Stotts

    14 vote(s)
    28.0%

  2. The Blazers players

    28 vote(s)
    56.0%

  3. The Nuggets

    6 vote(s)
    12.0%

  4. The altitude

    2 vote(s)
    4.0%
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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    dude, he didn't want to leave denver
     
    illmatic99, Dec 18, 2020
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Silver lining is this loss doesn't count
     
    Darkwebs, Dec 18, 2020
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    CJ misses, complains, doesn’t get back, Denver scores. How many times a game does CJ do this?
     
    B-Roy, Dec 18, 2020
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    this team sucks. It might be pre-season, it might be that they're learning a new defensive system, but this team sucks.
     
    julius, Dec 18, 2020
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    is this team gonna show any fire?
     
    illmatic99, Dec 18, 2020
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    TBpup Writing Team

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    79 points allowed in the first half.

    Down 31 points.

    It doesn't matter that this.....doesn't matter. Where is the pride?
     
    TBpup, Dec 18, 2020
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    I don’t know why I keep expecting different results when we have the same systemic issues every year.
     
    B-Roy, Dec 18, 2020
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Too many

    He's no star. Needs to stop thinking he is
     
    Chris Craig, Dec 18, 2020
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    ...another quality drinking game nomination.
     
    TBpup, Dec 18, 2020
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Our defense being terrible right now isn't due to Stotts or scheme. It's constant, consistent, mind-boggling individual defensive mistakes that's causing this shit. Derrick Jones Jr's off-ball defense has been poor. Example:
     
    BonesJones, Dec 18, 2020
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    wow Denver 79 pts in 1st half, pathetic
     
    Blazinaway, Dec 18, 2020
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    well...good thing these pre-season games don't mean anything
     
    wizenheimer, Dec 18, 2020
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    If CJ, Melo and Trent continue to play on the 2nd unit, there will ZERO passing. We already know CJ and Melo will not pass. But with Trent, he just declined an extension to prove himself for a bigger contract. He’s fully aware that if he passes the ball there is a very good chance he’s not getting it back so he will look for his own shots first.
     
    OneSport3, Dec 18, 2020
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    You know, it's like the defense that the team is tryin to start using, was thought up by someone who has no idea how to play defense.
     
    julius, Dec 18, 2020
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    Really hard to find positive in that half. We got out rebound by 11 and we got 11 assist. Trent had good half with 9 off the bench. But if you continue to get out rebound by big margining you not going to win many games.
     
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    Fans howled in frustration when Zach Randolph did that.
     
    Buffalo Custard, Dec 18, 2020
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    Its a team that hasn't been asked to play defense in 7 years and now that they suddenly are, their minds are blown, and their game on both ends of the floor has gone to shit.
     
    Chris Craig, Dec 18, 2020
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    3 straight blowouts = not encouraging
     
    beast blazer, Dec 18, 2020
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    it's not just jones.
     
    illmatic99, Dec 18, 2020
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    These issues aren't scheme design or coaching related, by the way.
     
    BonesJones, Dec 18, 2020
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