Game Thread SUMMER LEAGUE GAME# 6 - GRIZZLIES VS BLAZERS - JULY 16, 2018 - MONDAY, 7:30 PM PDT, ESPN2

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Assuming the Blazers make it, whom do you want to face in the Summer League Final?

Poll closed Jul 16, 2018.

  1. Cleveland Cavaliers

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  1. Jade Falcon

    Jade Falcon Just to piss you off.

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    Firstly, I wasn't responding to you. You didn't throw out childish insults. Which I appreciate.

    I'm happy with this win. What I'm NOT happy with is how we played. And, in MY experience, how we play in games like this is a good determination of how we'll play in the regular season.

    Not always, but it's usually a good indication.

    I'm happy they won. I'm not happy with how they played. And I'm not pleased about what this COULD mean for our future (I guess time will tell on that).

    So there you go. Perhaps I was a bit negative. But at least I explained it without insulting anyone.
     
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    We are going to win the whole thing!
     
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    Being a Blazer fan, I agree with you that this was a hard game to watch. The Blazers played pretty ugly. But I guess if we won, the Griz must have played worse. And on top of that, we're one of only two teams left in this tourney.

    I'd be extremely happy if the Blazers played an ugly regular season only to end up in the finals.
     
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    It will be a 90% Laker broadcast with LeBron interviews and salivating over the Laker players regardless of the score. It will also be a Laker crowd so watch how bad the reffing is for the Blazers.

    Wish it wasn't going to be that way but so predictable.
     
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    Jade Falcon Just to piss you off.

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    The way things stand right now, I'd be overjoyed if we made it to the Finals; regardless of how shitty we played.
     
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    Wait...
    Your argument is that the way we play in certain situations in summer league carry over in to the regular season?

    Welp... that’s it for me Everyone.
    Enjoy the season
     
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  7. Jade Falcon

    Jade Falcon Just to piss you off.

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    You disagree?

    By all means, let's discuss it. Why do you disagree with that?
     
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  8. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    It was really our first bad game as a team, so that's not bad. The Grizz played very good team defense.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Last summer it was all Lonzo all the time.
     
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    The game was pretty ugly but sometimes some team play ugly and physical like Memphis did tonight and you start playing like them. I really believe we definitely got caught up in that type game tonight.
     
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    Yay, basketball! :blazerwookie:
     
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  12. Jade Falcon

    Jade Falcon Just to piss you off.

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    LMAO, I love your avatar! :biglaugh::clap:
     
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    Baldwin is quickly becoming my second favorite blazer, he actually plays with some fire and isn’t trying to make friends with the opponents all game.
     
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    But but he’s the reincarnation of Sheed.
     
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    I appreciate the diplomatic approach from you here but I’m not going to waste time discussing the vast difference between summer league and the nba regular season.
     
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    Bizarro Biggie? He finally breaks out of his slump and the rest of the team goes in the crapper.
     
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    Jade Falcon Just to piss you off.

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    I'm not saying that they are identical. I'm saying that some things from Summer League determine how we will play in the regular season. Such as plays, player rotations, etc etc.

    No, Summer League and the Regular Season are not the same. But it doesn't mean that they are completely uncorrelated either.
     
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    Well I guess the reason I would disagree is no one’s “best” players are out there. Summer league may show “some” things of what’s to come, but the regular season squad will at most want these guys to be role players and some of them won’t even make the team.

    I’m kind of curious how you intertwine summer league and the regular season? Is it coaching? Effort?
     
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    I have never in my life heard anyone including a player, coach, upper management or a writer ever suggest that summer league rotations have any corilation with nba rotations? How could they? They are entirely different rosters..

    As far as plays, okay sure yes that is because it’s the same playbook. I still don’t see how you can say they are the same though...you think we are calling the same plays for John Jenkins as we are for CJ? Do you think we even call plays as much in the regular season? I would say that’s highly, highly doubtful considering the entirely different roster on the regular squad.
     
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    I would say that if you can't hit key free throws in SL, it doesn't bode well for leaving you on the floor in clutch moments during the regular season.
     
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