Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #12 - NBA CUP - BLAZERS VS TWOLVES - NOV 12, 2024 - TUES - 7 PM - KATU 2.2, BV

[B-Roy]

I’d say we look better without Ayton and Ant, but shooting 60% on 3s kind of has that effect

 

[Chris Craig]

We should try and win the cup and then tank the rest of the season to get Flagg

 

[Chris Craig]

Yeah fuck those guys and the refs.

That was a flagrant

 

[Chris Craig]

Too busy watching my Wildcats beat Duke, why did Simons get only 5 min?

Non contact chest injury

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Hope Simons is ok.

But honestly loved watching this team play without him or Ayton.

I'm fine keeping one of Grant Ayton Simons if need be, but two of them MUST GO

 

[riverman]

Great team win! Guys played like they wanted to save Chauncey's job and they probably did tonight! Deni had a great well overdue game and Timelord should be the captain of this team...he's a beast with the heart of Ed Davis! (Ed is playing is the Philippines this season)

 

[blazerfan11]

Robert Williams and Deni Avdija are good fits to play with the young guys. They don't need shots, but they can score. and both are always playing defense.

 

[Chris Craig]

Great team win! Guys played like they wanted to save Chauncey's job and they probably did tonight! Deni had a great well overdue game and Timelord should be the captain of this team...he's a beast with the heart of Ed Davis! (Ed is playing is the Philippines this season)

Damn Eds still playing?

 

[Natebishop3]

This team has a ton of potential. I just don't think Chauncey is the one to unlock it.

 

[Natebishop3]

Robert Williams and Deni Avdija are good fits to play with the young guys. They don't need shots, but they can score. and both are always playing defense.

Unfortunately Rob is a ticking time bomb.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

We should try and win the cup and then tank the rest of the season to get Flagg

Only 3 more cup games, we win them and we make the next round. If we win two of them we might even make it.

 

[riverman]

Damn Eds still playing?

yup...he was with the Cavs last year but he's playing for a championship overseas now.

 

[Chris Craig]

Only 3 more cup games, we win them and we make the next round. If we win two of them we might even make it.

Hell yeah

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Robert Williams and Deni Avdija are good fits to play with the young guys. They don't need shots, but they can score. and both are always playing defense.

Agreed, those are the type of vets you surround a young team with, not this stupid $90 million ball hog Grant Ayton Ant trio that Cronin assembled.

 

[BBert]

stop calling him rob three. so cringe

Agreed. Everyone knows it's RIII. Sheesh

 

[Mediocre Man]

It’s amazing what a little proper roster construction can do. I was screaming this off season that you can’t have 5 guys out there that need the ball. Camara loves defense. Clingan loves defense. You have to make shots, but if you look at the good teams they have a mix of offense and defense

 

[julius]

It’s amazing what a little proper roster construction can do. I was screaming this off season that you can’t have 5 guys out there that need the ball. Camara loves defense. Clingan loves defense. You have to make shots, but if you look at the good teams they have a mix of offense and defense

balderdash! They need to have undersized ball dominant guards.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Unfortunately Rob is a ticking time bomb.

Then we should take the risk a bomb doesn't go off, we have nothing to lose.

Worst case scenario he's an expiring contract next season.

Would much rather have him on the roster than any of Grant Ayton Ant.

 

[Dozer]

Fantastic win. Blazers finally had a good shooting night.
Let’s see if they can do it again tomorrow night.

 

[Natebishop3]

Then we should take the risk a bomb doesn't go off, we have nothing to lose.

Worst case scenario he's an expiring contract next season.

Would much rather have him on the roster than any of Grant Ayton Ant.

Should trade all of them.

 

[LayneStaley]

Why was Ayton out?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

It’s amazing what a little proper roster construction can do. I was screaming this off season that you can’t have 5 guys out there that need the ball. Camara loves defense. Clingan loves defense. You have to make shots, but if you look at the good teams they have a mix of offense and defense

Crazy that you remove 60 million of Ayton Ant and it makes our team better.

 

[Foxx]

Agreed, those are the type of vets you surround a young team with, not this stupid $90 million ball hog Grant Ayton Ant trio that Cronin assembled.

To be fair Ant and Grant are dame problems we just haven’t rid ourselves of. Not sure why us holding out to get the most value out of them is a “Cronin” problem

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Why was Ayton out?

Hurt a finger playing video games.

 

[Chris Craig]

Why was Ayton out?

Finger sprain

 

[blazerfan11]

This team has a ton of potential. I just don't think Chauncey is the one to unlock it.

We need to get a clone of Steve Kerr. Working to shoot open threes and shots at the hoop, with tenacious defense, is the only way nowadays.

You can't have a big man standing in/near the paint waiting to take stand-still mid-range shots. That should not be a thing.

 

[TheGoldRanger]

Why was Ayton out?

I heard he sat on his finger.

 

[Natebishop3]

We need to get a clone of Steve Kerr. Working to shoot open threes and shots at the hoop, with tenacious defense, is the only way nowadays.

You can't have a big man standing in the paint waiting to take stand-still mid-range shots. That should not be a thing.

Get Mike D. He is the point guard whisperer.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

To be fair Ant and Grant are dame problems we just haven’t rid ourselves of. Not sure why us holding out to get the most value out of them is a “Cronin” problem

To be fair we signed Grant after Dame asked out, and we didn't trade either of them over the last year and a half when we had numerous chances.

 

[Foxx]

To be fair we signed Grant after Dame asked out, and we didn't trade them over the last year and a half when we had numerous chances.

Again, obv holding out to maximize their trade value. We only got him because dame wanted him, we signed him to retain the assets value.