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Somewhat interesting that the team still hasn’t released their training camp roster. Haven’t even announced Blevins officially. I doubt they’re gonna invite anyone to camp, but they definitely will add another two way guy, it’s just a matter of when and who. I’m sure there are plenty of other teams interested in taking a flier, but Zhaire Smith would be a nice project, especially since Olshey doesn’t seem to give a fuck about point guards. Smiths waiver status gets resolved today.
 
Scalma said:
Somewhat interesting that the team still hasn’t released their training camp roster. Haven’t even announced Blevins officially. I doubt they’re gonna invite anyone to camp, but they definitely will add another two way guy, it’s just a matter of when and who. I’m sure there are plenty of other teams interested in taking a flier, but Zhaire Smith would be a nice project, especially since Olshey doesn’t seem to give a fuck about point guards. Smiths waiver status gets resolved today.
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Terry mentioned Blevins in his interview. No announcement in an official capacity, but at least acknowledgment.
 
blazerkor said:
That's if Jones' three pointer doesn't start to show up. I've been saying since before he got here that if this guy had the opportunity to get shots up they would start falling.
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a lot of people were saying the same thing about Hezonja when he was signed
 
Labinot41 said:
Zach is the x factor of this team imo, if he can take the next step (and finally stay healthy) that will be huge for the Blazers.

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I am totally rooting for him, but until he produces, "Big Z" is Ilgauskas, not Zach.
 
Wow, Hoodie's interview was very very real. Talking about the injury but also a lot of death in his family and all of the perspective it's given him. He sounds ready to go. No one asked him how his shot is falling which was unfortunate. This was the most interesting training camp interview I've seen, maybe because it was so existentially significant along with how he will impact our team on the court.
 
THE HCP said:
A couple days into Training Camp and 35 posts?
This is the most talent we've had since LA, Nic and Wes left.....
This is the most hyped I've been preseason in YEARS!
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Well theres not a lot happening at training camp... No media present... No players allowed to have contact yet... Just videos of the players talking with masks on, or some one on one stuff same as in the summer.

8% of the league tested positive for Covid so that would average 1-2 Blazers having it which we haven't heard about either.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
Well theres not a lot happening at training camp... No media present... No players allowed to have contact yet... Just videos of the players talking with masks on, or some one on one stuff same as in the summer.

8% of the league tested positive for Covid so that would average 1-2 Blazers having it which we haven't heard about either.
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It would be interesting to know what percentage of the players have already had it.
 
Scalma said:
Jones is best fit with the starters imo. His offensive game is reliant on the playmaking of others, so ideally you would want him to play with Dame and Nurkic. His defensive ability only solidifies his spot in the lineup. He just compliments the other starters better. We’ll probably see him subbed out for Melo late in games when we need buckets, but other than that I expect him to see a pretty significant role.
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I also like his ability to guard the best player on the other team, even if it's a point guard.

Allows RoCo to do what he does best on defense as that disruptive team defender. Also can more easily hide Dame on the weakest offensive player.
 
JDC said:
I also like his ability to guard the best player on the other team, even if it's a point guard.

Allows RoCo to do what he does best on defense as that disruptive team defender. Also can more easily hide Dame on the weakest offensive player.
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the Warriors were able to do that and hide Curry on weak offensive players. But that's because the Warriors only had one player to hide. The Blazers have 2 small-ish starters they need to hide. That's the problem
 
WesleyMatthews said:
Well theres not a lot happening at training camp... No media present... No players allowed to have contact yet... Just videos of the players talking with masks on, or some one on one stuff same as in the summer.

8% of the league tested positive for Covid so that would average 1-2 Blazers having it which we haven't heard about either.
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Or maybe all 15 did?
 
WesleyMatthews said:
Well theres not a lot happening at training camp... No media present... No players allowed to have contact yet... Just videos of the players talking with masks on, or some one on one stuff same as in the summer.

8% of the league tested positive for Covid so that would average 1-2 Blazers having it which we haven't heard about either.
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DJ had it in June. They asked him about it in his interview.
 
THE HCP said:
Or maybe all 15 did?
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It will be crazy if a team has 4-5 injuries (very common during the regular season) then gets hit with 5 cases of Covid... all the sudden they will struggle to dress enough guys.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
...which will be his position in the starting lineup and which "option" he is on offense by the end of the year if he can stay healthy. I fully believe Dame/CJ/RoCo/Giles/Nurk could be a championship-caliber lineup.
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giles with the starters is interesting, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw him in there vs teams that play bigger. I think his passing ability gives him an edge over Collins, and his defensive metrics look encouraging. He’s also shown to be a better rebounder. Collins is the better shooter and rim protector though. Shit, I would even like to see them together.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
...which will be his position in the starting lineup and which "option" he is on offense by the end of the year if he can stay healthy. I fully believe Dame/CJ/RoCo/Giles/Nurk could be a championship-caliber lineup.
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Wow. I hope you’re right, but having seen nothing but highlight videos, I think I’ll reserve judgement for a bit.
 
The thing I liked about Simons interview is he’s at least admitting he needs to get better defensively and is taking a proactive approach in doing so (seeking out Covington, etc) When has CJ ever shown that kind of self awareness? He actually thinks he’s a good defender. Even the other day when he was asked about defense and how dame has made it an emphasis he gave a vague “yeah me and him need to get better” that sounded more like he was just saying what people wanted to hear.
 
<Mike Barrett>
  • Dame looks better than ever, shooting from mid court like it’s a free throw
  • CJ (not the new one) was defensively squashing ant. Wasn’t able to stop Simons but the ant infestation is over
  • Hood moving like he’s 25 again - looks incredible
  • Trent, RoCo & DJJ playing defensive HORSE (taking turns seeing who can do a better job of stopping Dame). Blazers poised to be a defensive juggernaut this year
  • Collins coolly draining threes from his wheelchair
  • Stott’s has indicated defense will be a priority this year
  • He is expecting the CJ assist rate and defensive rating to improve as well - “after all, we have two of them now, bound to improve”
</Mike Barrett>
 
I hop
GrandpaBlaze said:
<Mike Barrett>
  • Dame looks better than ever, shooting from mid court like it’s a free throw
  • CJ (not the new one) was defensively squashing ant. Wasn’t able to stop Simons but the ant infestation is over
  • Hood moving like he’s 25 again - looks incredible
  • Trent, RoCo & DJJ playing defensive HORSE (taking turns seeing who can do a better job of stopping Dame). Blazers poised to be a defensive juggernaut this year
  • Collins coolly draining threes from his wheelchair
  • Stott’s has indicated defense will be a priority this year
  • He is expecting the CJ assist rate and defensive rating to improve as well - “after all, we have two of them now, bound to improve”
</Mike Barrett>
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I hope his observations about Hood are true.
 
damianlillard said:
This is dumb. Simons got his chance last year but he acting like he never played. But I am hopeful he can improve but he ain’t getting playing time with Dame, CJ, and Trent with occasionally Hood all locking up mins at guard spots
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That struck me the same way. It's coming across like he never saw the court. He had many opportunities and it was just....ugly most of the time.
 
Did Carmelo just call Gary a second year player???
 
GrandpaBlaze said:
<Mike Barrett>
  • Dame looks better than ever, shooting from mid court like it’s a free throw
  • CJ (not the new one) was defensively squashing ant. Wasn’t able to stop Simons but the ant infestation is over
  • Hood moving like he’s 25 again - looks incredible
  • Trent, RoCo & DJJ playing defensive HORSE (taking turns seeing who can do a better job of stopping Dame). Blazers poised to be a defensive juggernaut this year
  • Collins coolly draining threes from his wheelchair
  • Stott’s has indicated defense will be a priority this year
  • He is expecting the CJ assist rate and defensive rating to improve as well - “after all, we have two of them now, bound to improve”
</Mike Barrett>
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You forgot Nassir Little putting on 22 lbs of pure muscle.
 



The contrast between the Simons interviews and the Trent interviews is so stark. Ant got hit HARD (by portland media standards anyway) about underperforming, while GT got just cupcake questions.

You have to think how the general sentiment would be if Neil hadn't been so over the top in his praise for Ant last year
 
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