Who's our fifth starter?

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Rastapopoulos, Jul 15, 2022.

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Fifth starter?

  1. Josh Hart

    29.7%
  2. Justise Winslow

    5.5%
  3. Nassir Little

    51.6%
  4. Shaedon Sharpe

    2.2%
  5. Somebody not yet on the roster

    3.3%
  6. Other (specify)

    2.2%
  7. Jabari Walker

    5.5%
  1. HailBlazers

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  2. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Hey, everyone is welcome to their opinion here. If their opinion doesn't match yours, so be it. If someone is of one mind and someone else is of another so be it.

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    Yes. Ginobli has not been relevant for a decade. When he mattered coming off the bench was the mid 2000’s. The game has changed much in the last 10 years.

    you are right. We aren't even in the same ballpark.
     
  4. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Not to mention that Ginobili is really the exception that proves the rule, and even as said exception, he didn't start coming off the bench until he was 29. His situation was not and has never been comparable to Ant's, so it was silly and lazy to bring him up in the first place.
     
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    Yes, it would be a huge blow if we lose Nurk. But if we are going off of stats, we might only be missing about 2 1/2 boards per game. I mean Eubanks averaged 8.5 for us last year. And with the amount of 3pt shots taken each game, there are a lot of long rebounds that centers don't get to. Hart, Winslow, Payton, and Little are all pretty good at chasing down long rebounds. So even though it would hurt quite a bit, I don't think they will get eviscerated.
     
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    I don't disagree with you.

    Still, I think rebounding is going to be an incredibly important thing to pay attention to, especially in the early going. It doesn't matter how good our defense is if we can't finish off those possessions. If we're hoping to significantly improve our defense from the last several seasons, our defensive rebounding will need to keep pace (last year we were 25th in TRB/g, but 16th in TRB%). That burden absolutely cannot be all on Nurk.
     
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    Agree and the good thing is we didn't lose any good rebounders from last year's team. I think we can rebound better this year.
     
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    I think Grant focuses on causing rebounds (making players miss shots) than actually collecting them.
     
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    What happened to free throw guy?
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    he got laid
     
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    He was with cuddle girl for awhile.
     
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    Why does this irritate me? Maybe because it likely foreshadows other bad decisions?
     
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    Nice.

    Still hoping it is Nas. But proves the training camp video was just getting a look at that group.
     
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    What a douche nozzle that guy was. He actually walked around at events as if he was an employee.
     
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    The way he carried himself, and actually got interviewed on tv (and iirc, blazers edge did something with him) showed he had a MASSIVELY overinflated sense of how important he was.
     
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    Didn't he say he was going to give each one a chance to start? How is that a bad decision? Seems like he is letting their play make the decision. Personally, I like that.
    And even if I don't like who he chooses to start, I am more interested in who gets the most minutes throughout the game. And then based on who played best during the game, then decide who deserves to finish the game.
     
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    I mean, come on. A chance to start? This isn’t middle school tryouts. If Chauncey doesn’t know who best fits at this point….. Is there really a debate? This is about maximizing our players’ skills, no?

    But most of all, can’t we just start preseason like we mean it? The last couple of seasons, preseasons have been pretty predictive.
     
  18. julius

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    Um, they need to show how they play against the starters of other teams and with the starters?

    We're really complaining about this now?
     
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    Unless you are Pop, it's amateurish. And Chauncey is no Pop.

    As to your second question: yes, of course. At least the complaint is on-topic, unlike the complaint about the complaint.
     
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    I assume the game Will Not be blacked out on NBA League Pass for people watching in Portland since there's no local TV .
    Is my assumption correct?
     

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