Thunder @ Blazers! 02/06/2012 - Game Thread!

Nolan is "not ready?" How about, "Nolan has no talent."

 

It's obviously a problem, but that's beside the point I was making

The tams that will end up in 208 are all basically equal

 

Seriously.

Nolan is a worse athlete than Jeremy Lin. He's so slow for a point guard, has no real court vision, sketchy shot.

What exactly DOES he do?

Plus, he's OLD, drafted after his senior year. The Blazers picked a high floor low ceiling guy, but it turns out his floor is a lot lower than expected.

 

Perhaps in record, but not in actuality.

 

It's ridiculous how goaltending is not reviewable because it's considered a "judgement" call. I don't get it. Either the ball is on its downward movement or its not; either the ball hit the backboard first or it didn't. How is that based on judgement?

 

Idk, imo they're all basically equal

Clippers probably have an edge because of cp3

 

Apparantly the Blazers want to fill their team with talentless, sub-par athletes like Babbit and Smith. Our drafting over the last 2 years has sucked.

 

They were hoping for a Darren Collison. They got a really crappy player instead.

 

I'll take Clippers with CP3.

Lakers with Kobe.

Spurs with Manu.

Denver with Lawson, Miller and Gallinari

Over us.

The teams I think we are clearly better than are the Rockets with Lowry and the Jazz with no closer. Dallas is a wildcard depending on if Dirk regains his form.

 

They got Taurean Green instead. LOL

 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-Foster-Sucks/296615697066797

 

Ya I couldn't think of a name. Fitting that he was drafted by us.

 

Dude, if there were ever a game where it is patently clear that the ref changed the outcome of the game with a horrible call, it'd be this one. You can't say "can't pin this one on the refs". He makes the right call, we won the game. Simple.

 

Point guards take years to develop. But you can see early whether it's a player's natural position. Nolan Smith will last in the NBA at point. He's doing fine for a late 1st round pick. Bayless is no point guard and I agreed with McMillan in getting him out of here. Sergio was a much better point guard than Bayless. McMillan's system knocks the wind out of their scoring confidence, except Bayless and his 1-track mind, and ruins them permanently.

 

4-14 in games that go to OT since beginning of '08. Pretty incredible considering they have averaged 50 wins per season over that span. Many of those losses were w/o Roy, or with a less-than-100% Roy. Man this team suffers through some gut-wrenching losses. There is just an inordinate amount of games they lose that they could of/should of won vs games they probably should not have won, but did. I really can only think of about 1 or 2 of those (the "Miller to Batum" vs SA game comes to mind).

B-Roy. If you're there . . . we miss you.

 

From BEdge: LOL, refs admitted that it was a block to Nate.

 

No cause stands out, since the sample sizes are big enough--18 games and 4 years. I can't isolate a cause from the 1-coach duration of time.

You see anything?

 

How much do you think Scott Foster had on this game, being that he was the one most closed link to Donaghy? Is it true the line was Portland -1?