I remeber a lot of lopez's points coming when Oden wasn't in the game. As for Gasol he put up better numbers then Oden but in no way do I think he outplayed him at all. If you want to go by stats he put up 6 more points and 5 more boards in 12 more minutes.
I have a conspiricy theory about Roy's defense. Roy sees Greg evolving into a player that on most teams the offense would run through. Roy however likes to be the man, so he plays shitty perimeter defense in order to get Greg out of the game. Then when Joel comes in, he involves him a little more in the offense to show Nate that it's ok to play Greg limited minutes. I actually went back and watched some games from this year, and I am not sure I am far off. I recomend that everyone watch for this tonight.
Ridiculous. I've been on Brandon's case this year, but c'mon . . . he's not Z-BO! You honestly think Roy is sabotaging Greg (knowing that makes it more likely we will lose) to be "the man"? Last night was the first time in 7 games Brandon got 25 pts or more. He had gone 4 straight under 20. He has no offensive rhythm right now, but he does lead the team in assists. In fact go back and watch the NJ game. He had several dimes to Greg in the 4th quarter for dunks. Actually I remember one play where Brandon got in the lane and dished to Greg, who I think made the basket but traveled. Getting back on defense, the camera caught Brandon (who had made a fist) hit is own forehead 3 times . . . clearly frustrated. I saw him do the same thing on the last road trip - he threw a bounce pass into Greg, but Greg had all his weight on his defender and couldn't get to the pass - it went right out of bounce and Greg couldn't even get a hand on it. Brandon rolled his eyes. I think he knows he's not himself right now, and I'm sure his first choice is to be playing like the B-Roy of last year. But, his 2nd choice is to have his teammates step up and carry the load. I'll say this, his body language is not good. His frustration with himself and his teammates is easy to see. I don't like that at all. But he's not sabotaging anyone, and if he were trying to "be the man" he'd be jacking up 20 shots a night.
That's a pretty good theory but I thought it was to sabotage Miller. Proof is in that Golden State game where Roy didn't play any defense and then Miller was kicked off the starting unit.
Roy is trying to sabotage pretty much everyone. Including himself, to judge from his numbers. He's pure evil and must be stopped.
when Memphis went on the hugeeee run last night, it was Roy being consistently burnt by mayo everytime. It was horrible. An I feel like since getting te contract aldridge has just been fouling to take himself out of the game, because he has played maybe one possession of defense this entire year. Oden is our best player this year and we don't even give him the damn ball.
You see! This is Minstrel talking. A guy who spends his lonely nights fondling Blazer bobble-heads with palsied, kool-aid stained fingers! Even HE see the truth!
Well, there's the one where Roy dribbles into a triple team, falls down, and loses the ball. This used to be Travis' play until he got hurt. I think Travis was better at it. Then there is the pass the ball crisply around the perimeter until the shot clock expires play. Then there is the pick-and-turnover. And something they've been using more and more lately, the old pass-the-ball-to-the-opponent trick play. barfo
Wow, I'm truly in awe of the conspiracy theories. You guys have truly out done yourselves. Why can't a team or player just be struggling. Getting ridiculous in here.......
They've seriously gone off the deep end. This is completely ridiculous. That is to say, they should be ridiculed! So, to those posts:
Un-freak'n believable! Now Brandon and LMA are the scapegoats? Ok, then. I saw an interview with Clyde, and he said it takes a couple of years to get used to each other before the team gels. Give it a half a season, at least. Go Blazers
No...your name is oldmangrouch. I realize you have your good days and your bad days, at that age. This, here, is Minstrel talking. Indeed.
