Game Thread 2023-24 GAME #52 - BLAZERS VS PELICANS - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - SATURDAY - 7:00 PM PST - ROOT

[MickZagger]

Billups have a clause in his contract he get more skrilla if his team doesn’t win 20 games?

 

[Whyachi]

takes more then 1 guy to play NBA defense. Pelicans up 12, Billups calls timeout.

 

[Whyachi]

I hate you Murphy

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Tou has not looked good tonight.

 

[beast blazer]

I wonder if this team is really so injury prone, if they are trying to be stealthy about their tanking, rotating starters out of the lineup...

 

[Whyachi]

ugly gritty basketball favors Portland. The Pelicans need a timeout.

 

[beast blazer]

Please Lord and Savior allow us to land Alexander Sarr in the draft.

I remember when Blazer fans were dreaming about being able to draft OJ Mayo.

 

[blazerkor]

I wonder if this team is really so injury prone, if they are trying to be stealthy about their tanking, rotating starters out of the lineup...

This, I think for the rest of the season every ache or sniffle will get a guy sat on the bench and we all know that every NBA player plays through some amount of discomfort. I doubt there will be many games for the rest of the season that we see more than half of our rotation players available. We all know from the last two seasons just how committed this leadership group can be to a tank.

 

[illmatic99]

toumani looking more comfy lately

 

[B-Roy]

Kris is a good connector. That’s his role at this level.

 

[Whyachi]

Banton just dunked over every Pelican

 

[blazerkor]

Hustle has us in this game.

 

[riverman]

Delano Banton was a steal for a protected 2nd round pick..Shoutout to Joe for finding this kid

 

[KingSpeed]

We need to trade Simons/Brogdon and keep Banton

 

[Whyachi]

McCollum shooting 1-10

 

[blazerkor]

This is so fucking ugly.

 

[B-Roy]

I’m not sure Toumani should be a first option

 

[Whyachi]

This is so fucking ugly.

it's the refs fault, according to Blazers radio

 

[Whyachi]

Ayton 16/15

 

[B-Roy]

Kris Murray’s competency is impressing me

 

[illmatic99]

This is so fucking ugly.

only reason to keep watching is cuz of the effort.

 

[illmatic99]

Kris Murray’s competency is impressing me

been calling this

 

[Whyachi]

the new Blazer has a dozen

 

[B-Roy]

been calling this

He’s gotta do a bit more offensively than just not make any mistakes.

Maybe it’s just a low bar to clear with this team that someone who makes little to no mistakes stands out.

 

[MickZagger]

If Ayton played in a different era he’d be considered an elite center

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I remember when Blazer fans were dreaming about being able to draft OJ Mayo.

It's a good point. That doesn't mean I think Sarr will be the best player of the draft necessarily, it's just that adding that size with mobility would do wonders for our defense long-term. It's totally possible that Salaun, Risachere or Williams end up being better.

 

[Natebishop3]

So are we just hardcore tanking again?

 

[Whyachi]

Hamberblab wants Ayton to start launching 3 pointers. He said it will fix all the Blazers scoring problems.

 

[MickZagger]

Jesus

 

[illmatic99]

the new Blazer has a dozen

but rupes can sniff a single second of PT