What have you learned about the team from this series?

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  1. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    What do you mean quite possibly? Blake Griffin may be a bone head at times but he's still one of the most dominant bigs in the league. He can score at will on anyone.
     
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  2. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Well that's not true, because he clearly wasn't scoring at will on our team.
     
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    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    I said when he's 100% healthy.
     
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  4. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    How often are people 100% healthy in the NBA?
     
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    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    The Blazers team send to be healthy.
     
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    I learned that this team has even more fight in them than I had previously imagines. They dig deep and fight hard.
     
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    I learned that Hark has a very effective spin move going towards the basket. NBA level for sure.
     
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    Yup, but he's not healthy so he's not scoring at will.
    I'm not a fan of Aminu, but I can't knock him for playing good defense on a hobbled player. Not his fault that Griffin was injured. If Griffin was healthy and torching Aminu then I'd be all over him.
     
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    Myers, Vonleh, and Henderson are expendable.
     
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    I don't think anything has changed in my mind about what the Blazers need...

    1) Someone with some semblance of a post game (at the SF, PF, or C)
    2) We need a BIG strong body (aka - a goon). Meyer's can fill this role when he wants to, but doesn't do it quite frequently enough for my taste.
    3) We need more ball handling / creating ability on the wing (Henderson gets a B- but Aminu gets a C while Crabbe / Harkless get a C- or below).
    4) We need better defense at PG/SG. Ideally, it would be a tall player who could form a 3 man rotation with Dame/CJ/ TBD to cover all the minutes at those positions. I like the idea of Turner, but he doesn't shoot well enough.

    Ideally we get someone to upgrade from the Crabbe/Henderson rotation.
     
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    We need a starting PF

    That I like it when everyone underestimates/ counts us out....
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    I also think we need a starting PF, but one thing I have noticed is that having both Harkl and Aminu out there, we can switch on so many things defensively. We need a PF that provides more offense than Chief, but that can still switch on picks.
     
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    I don't think Vonleh is expendable, necessarily, but I would trade him for the right piece. He's not part of the core. We might need him to develop though, because he has the potential to be a decent scoring power forward, and we desperately need that right now.
     
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    I agree with all of that. This offseason, Mo needs to do nothing but shoot 3s and free throws, Vonleh needs to work on a mid-range jump-shot and develop two effective post moves, and Plumlee needs to become proficient at hitting a jump shot from the top of the key. If all three of those things were to happen, I would confidently consider this a contending squad.
     
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    Is it really a "change" if there's zero scenery where they are now?
     
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    I've learned that Plums is the guy I may have given up on too soon.
     
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    Oh, now the caveats come. *facepalm*
     
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    CJ = Terry
    Dame = Clyde
    Mo = Jerome
    Ed = Buck
    Mason = The Duck

    Aminu = Uncle Cliffy
     
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    I like the sentiment, but the big problem is Ed isn't Buck. Horford is Buck!
     
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    fine.

    Ed = Mark Bryant
     
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