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WesleyMatthews said:
False. "Pretty much all of the league" doesn't have bigger length than Nurk, Zeller, Nance, Roco, that can contribute to wins.

Plenty of other teams have the potential for injuries if not more so than Portland. All three of Brooklyn stars missed large chunks of the season or playoffs. Both the Lakers stars missed large parts of the regular season or playoffs. Golden State hasn't made the playoffs in years, two guards with significant injury history, and little depth. Porzingis in Dallas has significant injury risk and they also don't have a quality 4th and 5th starter as Portland does. Zion has been injured and now has a broken foot.

The Blazers have plenty of ways of not succeeding next season, as is the case with even the best of teams in the NBA.

Yes Nurk or Zeller could get injured, but so could all these other teams superstars.
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Dude?
The Blazers have one 7 footer. Their backup center is 6-10.
Nobody else on the team is over 6-9. NOBODY???
The two that are 6-9 are Marquese Chriss and Greg Brown.

Next comes Roco and Nance at 6-7

Yes the Blazers are undersized and most of the league has more length. Sad fact is Nurk is an injury waiting to happen.
 
Scalma said:
so one more than the Lakers?
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You have a point. Also they are old and probably just as injury prone.
Difference? They have three at 6-10 or 6-11 and they have Lebron James. Or are we just forgetting they have the best player in the league?
Plus Ariza and Anthony at 6-8.
The Lakers can go Big if they choose. Blazers not so much but with a little injury luck the Blazers could match up with the Lakers right? Right?
 


LOL Billups already told the players not to be begging for a challenge in the 1st and 2nd quarter because of a bad call on them. He really values timeouts. I feel that was directed at Nurk who was always asking for a challenge on a call against him.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
You have a point. Also they are old and probably just as injury prone.
Difference? They have three at 6-10 or 6-11 and they have Lebron James. Or are we just forgetting they have the best player in the league?
Plus Ariza and Anthony at 6-8.
The Lakers can go Big if they choose. Blazers not so much but with a little injury luck the Blazers could match up with the Lakers right? Right?
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And the Blazers can’t go big if they choose? They can go Nurk-Nance-Roco in the front court at anytime. That’s three dudes with wingspans over 7” and a minimum of 230lbs.
 
Scalma said:
And the Blazers can’t go big if they choose? They can go Nurk-Nance-Roco in the front court at anytime.
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Agreed!
If Nurk is on the court. Not injured or in foul trouble.
I'm looking forward to seeing it work.
Maybe just maybe the injury bug will infest a different team this year?
 
CJ's defense looks much improved in this photo.
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Even Chauncey says Nas is working really hard and playing well
 
Driew said:


LOL Billups already told the players not to be begging for a challenge in the 1st and 2nd quarter because of a bad call on them. He really values timeouts. I feel that was directed at Nurk who was always asking for a challenge on a call against him.
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Says he likes a 9-man rotation. I assume that will be
Dame-Norm-RoCo-Nurk-CJ/Simmons
Simons-Nas-Larry-Cody
 
tester551 said:
There were a couple statements in his interview (especially talking about defense) where one could interpret him throwing Stotts under the bus.
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So let me get this straight, players who don’t get playing time complain about the coach. Get outta here!
 
Driew said:


LOL Billups already told the players not to be begging for a challenge in the 1st and 2nd quarter because of a bad call on them. He really values timeouts. I feel that was directed at Nurk who was always asking for a challenge on a call against him.
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Bingo, bango, bongo! love how he wants to play fast and push the ball, rather than methodically just dribble it up court.
 
Scalma said:
So let me get this straight, players who don’t get playing time complain about the coach. Get outta here!
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He’s only playing 9 guys, you’re about to find out.
 
Hoopguru said:
Bingo, bango, bongo! love how he wants to play fast and push the ball, rather than methodically just dribble it up court.
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I will give him this, he’s saying all the right things to get him a bunch of fans around here. When we are 12 and 18 after 30, will see how many fans he has.
 
THE HCP said:
I will give him this, he’s saying all the right things to get him a bunch of fans around here. When we are 12 and 18 after 30, will see how many fans he has.
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Yeah I mean every coach says they want to play faster every year and it rarely actually happens lol.
 
B-Roy said:
Quick asked everyone about Nas because he is writing a Nas piece.
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Sorry to correct you, but I believe Quick said he was looking to tear off a "nasty little piece." I'm going to assume everybody in the building just pointed towards Canzano.
 
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