Game Thread 2023-24 PRESEASON - BLAZERS VS NZ BREAKERS - OCTOBER 10, 2023 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM PST

[Tince]

That's a very odd statement.

Thank you?

 

[Samuel]

Last week I comped Camara to Kuzma.

Still kinda like that idea.

nice. Though I think there’s a bit of grit and guile to Camara’s game—does Kuz have that?

 

[Natebishop3]

Muarry looks like a bad draft pick more and more

Main problem is that he's 23. He should be more polished than this.

 

[Tince]

Murray is out there and he's invisible.

That's an odd statement

 

[Natebishop3]

Thank you?

Why would you think people who play didn't earn it?

 

[Tince]

First time I've seen a defender hanging on the rim and get dunked on

 

[B-Roy]

Why do celebrities hate the paparazzi?

Toumani Camaras!

 

[Whyachi]

Main problem is that he's 23. He should be more polished than this.

those Iowa kids run on corn ethanol, takes them awhile to warm up the tractor

 

[Haakzilla]

Lights, Camara, Action.

Toumani Buckets!!

 

[Tince]

Why would you think people who play didn't earn it?

Because we're purposely putting an inferior product on the floor to lose even more games and/or giving minutes to young players who haven't performed at a level worthy of minutes.

 

[illmatic99]

now to the real story of tonight.

how much malware is on my hard drive after the 20 million popups that i closed over the past two hours?

 

[Samuel]

The thing that's gonna hurt Camara is that I don't think he's a power forward, and we don't have minutes at small forward right now.

really? I think he could totally play PF.

 

[Tince]

now to the real story of tonight.

how much malware is on my hard drive after the 20 million popups that i closed over the past two hours?

I knew it was a bad idea to be doing online banking during the game

 

[AldoTrapani]

Not gonna lie, Sharpe did not really give me confidence in his growth.

Yea he looked terrible and of course as usual disengaged

 

[Natebishop3]

Because we're purposely putting an inferior product on the floor to lose even more games and/or giving minutes to young players who haven't performed at a level worthy of minutes.

That was true the last couple years. I don't think that's going to be true this year. We won't need to tank to be bad. And I think guys like Camara are going to have to bust their ass to standout with so many rookies and second year players. Most of the minutes are going to go to Scoot/Simons/Thybulle/Grant/Ayton/Brogdon (for now)/Sharpe/Williams and Jabari. If Camara plays his way onto the court, he will definitely have earned the minutes.

 

[Pinwheel1]

A lot of over-reaction in this thread.

It reminded me of the Dr. Pepper commercial when everyone went bat shit crazy....after the first play of the season.

 

[Whyachi]

I think Skylar Mays got the post game interview to nobody. Maybe some space Aliens will hear this blacked out broadcast in 180,000 light years?

 

[Natebishop3]

Yea he looked terrible and of course as usual disengaged

If Sharpe looks disinterested on Thursday, I'll be concerned. So far you guys are using summer league and an exhibition game against a team from New Zealand as evidence.

 

[Natebishop3]

I think Skylar Mays got the post game interview to nobody. Maybe some space Aliens will hear this blacked out broadcast in 180,000 light years?

I wonder if the HCP clued them in that people were watching their dress rehearsal? They were goofing around with fake interviews like they didn't know that people were tuning in. And then halfway through the game it just shut down.

 

[Samuel]

 

[AldoTrapani]

If Sharpe looks disinterested on Thursday, I'll be concerned. So far you guys are using summer league and an exhibition game against a team from New Zealand as evidence.

Well I prefer my prized former lottery pick to love competition regardless of the opponent but I guess that’s asking for to much

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Scoot is the clear leader of the team. When the ball is in his hands, I feel like something good is about to happen.

 

[riverman]

New Zealand moved the ball around a lot better than we did, they just couldn't rebound or make shots. We still played ISO ball too much. Looked like a team without a playbook most of the night. Ant still looked horrible on defense and Scoot at times looked like CJ dribbling the air out of the ball. It's preseason. Hopefully they look better Thursday against the Suns.No Blazer really looked too sharp tonight. Probably to be expected.

 

[AldoTrapani]

I wonder if the HCP clued them in that people were watching their dress rehearsal? They were goofing around with fake interviews like they didn't know that people were tuning in. And then halfway through the game it just shut down.

I don’t think big bro @THE HCP had any idea what he was talking about the last 24 hours when he said this wouldn’t air somewhere lol. Let alone Calabro and Hurd actually calling the game to god knows who

 

[Idog1976]

I think Skylar Mays got the post game interview to nobody. Maybe some space Aliens will hear this blacked out broadcast in 180,000 light years?

Alien 1: "This front office is amazing, they even put awful Pre-Season games on stream.".
Alien 2: "And that after Cronin dunked on the whole league this off-season!"
Alien 3: "I still say they should have filmed it with the whole broadcast team on board, and then NOT streamed it...to build demand"
Alien 1: "Dude that STILL makes no fucking sense, are you high?".

 

[Natebishop3]

I don’t think big bro @THE HCP had any idea what he was talking about the last 24 hours when he said this wouldn’t air somewhere lol. Let alone Calabro and Hurd actually calling the game to god knows who

They were calling the game as a dry run. That's why they had the Suns logo and they were using fake interviews. I don't think they realized that the local stations in New Zealand were carrying the broadcast.

 

[Idog1976]

They were calling the game as a dry run. That's why they had the Suns logo and they were using fake interviews. I don't think they realized that the local stations in New Zealand were carrying the broadcast.

If that run got much drier, I'd call it HCP's wife on his days off.

 

[TYDame]

I like the kid Camara

 

[Pinwheel1]

It says Rupert was a +32. He looked much improved.
Camara reminded me a little of Ariza on D.

Edit: ESPN fixed the +/- stat for Rupert. (+19)
Still, he and Minaya were a disrupting factor on D

 

[Whyachi]

the Mavs lost to Spain.
Cronin should trade for Luka