Game Thread 2022-23 Game #40 - BLAZERS VS MAGIC - JANUARY 10, 2023 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT)

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MickZagger said:
Cronin hasn’t done anything to prove he’s any better
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I don't disagree with that. I believe he had to make the trades he did last season, and I believe he had some marching orders from Seattle. Finally firing Olshey guaranteed that last year's team was going to get dismantled. I'd much rather have Grant & Hart than CJ and Powell so I credit him for that exchange. That's a better set of moves than Oshley had made for years

I still believe he overpaid for Ant and Nurk and doing so has degraded their trade value, but I get why people disagree. I just don't believe there was anywhere near a 100M market for Ant or a 70M market for Nurkic. But I suppose you can make a case that rewarding players might have some pay-it-forward value. I don't buy that argument but it could be made, I guess

I really hated the Payton signing. And the more I think about it, I'd say Little's contract is not a good one. Countdown to his next injury

to hard-cap the team for an injured 6'2 guard was really dumb in my view, and seeing the Blazers lose games lately to teams with lots of length in the SG-SF-PF positions just drives home how dubious a decision it was to invest a full 3 year MLE deal in a 6'2 player
 
Strenuus said:
If you're not happy with the team and only care to hate on the players, why watch anymore?
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I can't speak on behalf of anyone else, and I don't hate on the players (I don't think) but I will say I rooted for the team before these players and hope to root for the team after these players are long gone.

I'm not going to hype anyone merely because they're on the Blazers currently, but that doesn't mean I don't want to compete for championships.
 
lots of talk about Simons/CJ lately. A comparison of them this season:

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Chris Craig said:
I think we have won one game in them. Need to burn them.
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That goes without saying, but the drek ever since we got them has seeped into all our other uniforms, too. It feels like everything went downhill when we unveiled them.

Bad karma making alternates that aren't in your team's color scheme.
 
Tince said:
If 62 points on 89% shooting at the rim isn't good enough...
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I thought it was obvious, but will try again. That rate was outstanding! So since it was so successful, why not do it even more instead of jacking up endless brick house 3s?
 
TBpup said:
I thought it was obvious, but will try again. That rate was outstanding! So since it was so successful, why not do it even more instead of jacking up endless brick house 3s?
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I think every coach would love to dunk it every time down. Unfortunately, the other team is also trying to stop teams from dunking it every time, which leads to situations where players have to decide between a contested rim shot against multiple defenders or an open 3. 35 rim attempts isn't a low number.
 
Tince said:
I think every coach would love to dunk it every time down. Unfortunately, the other team is also trying to stop teams from dunking it every time, which leads to situations where players have to decide between a contested rim shot against multiple defenders or an open 3. 35 rim attempts isn't a low number.
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Until a team stops me from shooting over 85% on a certain type of shot, I'm going to continue to do it until they turn out the lights. 31-35.... keep going! 89% at the rim....17% from '3'.
Not sure how this is even a discussion.
 
Tince said:
The ability to challenge later in the game where the result is likely to have an expected outcome around 0.55 points.

My theory is you're looking to use your challenge where it is likely to have an expected outcome at or above 1.5 points. Certainly over 1 point, unless it's very late in the game.
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Also would be very important if the foul is on Nurkic or someone else that could get into foul trouble.
 
Now THAT was the Gary Payton I expected. All the "wait til GP gets back" talk had me a bit concerned.
 
TBpup said:
Until a team stops me from shooting over 85% on a certain type of shot, I'm going to continue to do it until they turn out the lights. 31-35.... keep going! 89% at the rim....17% from '3'.
Not sure how this is even a discussion.
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The team increased their shot rate inside the restricted area in the 4th quarter in comparison to the rest of the game. I guess it could always be better and therefore is never good enough for some.
 
we started the season 10-4, since then were 9-17, a "little funk" he says

and he doesnt know what it is... dear god, this just gets worse and worse

 
Looking at the box score it seems we missed 3 3’s in the closing seconds; just in case anyone who was watching didn’t realize why we were losing the game.

Team has too many good 3 point shooters to ever be at 17%…

The definition of “underperforming”.
 
HomerLovesKoolAid said:
Especially the OF they called on Nurk, looked like a perfectly legal screen.
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I went back and looked at it. He leaned into the screen again. IMO not enough to call the foul but enough that they would not have overturned it. For some reason the refs seem to call Nurk for that way too much this year. It's 2 turnovers a game.
 
blazerkor said:
Against those two teams after what we just saw... I don't even know what to think. Of course if we're hitting our shots, not making lazy shots and keeping our defensive intensity up without fouling too much... we can beat anyone even though our roster equals less than the sum of its parts.
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I'm trolling on that response bro. I would love to see 3-0 though. Blazers are going to right this ship. It's going to happen. Why not start now?
 
Not sure why Billups felt the need to ride the starting 5 that hard when things felt like they were going better with one or two bench players mixed in. Sharpe a team high +8 in just 15 minutes.
 
SIeepwalker said:
Not sure why Billups felt the need to ride the starting 5 that hard when things felt like they were going better with one or two bench players mixed in. Sharpe a team high +8 in just 15 minutes.
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Young coach that has trust in his starters. Starting to see the kind of coach Billups will be. Every coach has their way. This is his first real season and we are seeing the decisions he is making.
 
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