Game Thread 2022-23 Game #59 - BLAZERS @ KINGS - FEBRUARY 23, 2023 - THURSDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. Chris Craig

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

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    Only cause Leonard was hurt.
     
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    Billups: “We played a really good basketball game.” Wow. That’s tanking talk.
     
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    Was Elliott Perry actually a Blazer or just a training camp invite and then thrived in Phoenix. He was memorable because he was scrawny, had goggles and really high socks. But I remember him playing with Barkley. Don’t have any of my Blazer guides handy right now
     
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    Well........the silver lining in tonight's game is that our bench scored 116 points. Gotta admit, that's an improvement......
     
    UncleCliffy'sDaddy, Feb 23, 2023
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    Leonard was hurt in 2021 too. But my point is the Clippers didn’t improve and Kawhi’s playing this year and they’re still mediocre.
     
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    Better than the Blazers.
     
    Chris Craig, Feb 23, 2023
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    They’re going nowhere though and they gave up SGA and all their picks to get there. We have a higher ceiling as a lottery team.
     
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    Keon is not a PG. Well, I guess he is our 4th string PG, but Chauncy did not start him there for a reason. As an SG he is not that bad.
    Even as bad as he played tonight he was 3-3 from deep with 3 assists and 3 steals. His D is above average.
     
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    Lakers had 5 bench players in double figures against the Warriors.
     
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    What is irritating me tonight is that if the team decides to tank again, which they should, they’ll bring Chauncey back next year, and he is not a great coach…..so far anyway.
     
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    Keon came in in the second qtr and bricked a bunch of shots in a row losing our cushion....he made a few later but as soon as he came in, we gave up a huge run by the Kings.
     
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    I don't know that we'll ever get back to playoffs with him at the helm. Stotts is laughing all the way to the bank.

    Billups was Olshey's final fuck you to us.
     
    Chris Craig, Feb 23, 2023
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    Based on tonight I would either start Grant and Watford at forwards (with SS and Dame) to see if it can work, or I would start Little and Grant.
     
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    Little should be starting over Reddish.
     
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    Either Billups has been asked to tank or he’s about to be fired. Why on earth is our coach saying we played great after getting blown out? What happened to our culture?? Playing like crap is acceptable now?
     
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    I think he was on the training camp roster, and was the last cut before the regular season. Then went to Phoenix and the rest was history.
     
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    We should be asking ourselves this: if we get Wembanyama, do we want Billups to be our coach? The answer has to be no.
     
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    This game.

    Also, am I the only person who always thought BJ Armstrong looked 12 years old?

    Kind of crazy seeing a younger Glickman in that video too
     
    MickZagger, Feb 23, 2023
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    Yeah because he was playing out of position. When he played early in the season with some starters you didn't see him jacking up shots. Tonight players were put in a position they could not handle for a whole game. They were all role players forced to take a new role with little preparation. It was like watching a summer league game, but there were some encouraging things.
     
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    Either he said it to be a smart ass because tanking, he doesn't know what he is talking about, or naively thinks the Blazers actually played well tonight.
     
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