Game Thread 2024-25 GAME #6 - BLAZERS VS THUNDER - NOVEMBER 1, 2024 - 7:00 PM - KATU 2.2, BLAZERVISION

[blazerfan11]

Simons and finishing is not a thing. Start shooting more jumpers

Yeah, I don't understand. He had his mid-range floater down to a science last season. We saw one skip floater in this game, but mostly it's drives into the defense.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I'm fine with losing.

I'm not fine with losing because certain guys don't even try and we make the same mistake over and over and over again.

I don't know what Billups adds to the rebuild. Yes, we're bad with him. But are our younger guys learning?

Murray's lazy, totally incompetent offensive game (shooter who can't even make FTs) make me look forward to the day he's a throw-in to some trade that gets him off my team. Gosh awful.

With what we've seen from Camara, Scoot, Rupert I don't know how you can seriously try to argue that. Our young guys are playing phenomenal. It's this "big 3" of Grant Ant Ayton that are paid 90 million which is beyond horrific.

 

[B-Roy]

Why is scoot not playing these minutes?

 

[riverman]

Hopefully Ant just got an elbow stinger or bruised bone. Hope he gets well soon.

 

[BIG Q]

It feels like Garbage Time and Grant and Simons are in the game.

They were such a big part of the 20+ point deficit they should be out there taking more heat.

 

[julius]

Honestly, don't quite get why Delano doesn't play more.

 

[blazerfan11]

Rupert needs to be a starter locking on the opponents guards.

 

[B-Roy]

Honestly, don't quite get why Delano doesn't play more.

There is a minutes crunch as it is

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Why is scoot not playing these minutes?

Get Banton some run in case Ant needs to sit out a game.

 

[illmatic99]

Why is scoot not playing these minutes?

B2b coming up

 

[BIG Q]

Hopefully Ant just got an elbow stinger or bruised bone. Hope he gets well soon.

But after a 10 game mandatory recovery period.

 

[illmatic99]

Rupes is automatic from those corners.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Honestly, don't quite get why Delano doesn't play more.

He's third string behind Ant and Scoot. Would you rather Scoot play less?

 

[RR7]

Jesus this place

 

[blazerfan11]

The Blazers need to swarm those defensive rebounds.

 

[B-Roy]

B2b coming up

He played 24 minutes and he’s 20 years old.

And now Clingan out for Reath. Ugh

 

[Chris Craig]

How are we so allergic to rebounds

 

[KingSpeed]

OKC is a great team with a great future. Props to them.

 

[blazerfan11]

How are we so allergic to rebounds

It's a different game when a team is taking a ton of 3-point shots. A different kind of rebounding situation.

 

[B-Roy]

OKC 3rd stringers play harder in garbage time than most teams starters

 

[Chris Craig]

OKC is a great team with a great future. Props to them.

Wish we did

 

[SharpesTriumph]

OKC 3rd stringers play harder in garbage time than most teams starters

Their team is legit 15 deep, tough competition for minutes.

 

[Tince]

They were such a big part of the 20+ point deficit they should be out there taking more heat.

They were?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

For getting blown out by about 30 this was actually a much more competitive and entertaining game than I expected.

 

[KingSpeed]

He played 24 minutes and he’s 20 years old.

And now Clingan out for Reath. Ugh

Scoot has a bigger role on the team. He’s not a garbage time player anymore

 

[KingSpeed]

For getting blown out by about 30 this was actually a much more competitive and entertaining game than I expected.

Yep. I enjoyed it.

 

[julius]

They should just bottle up the 2nd quarter, and burn the tapes on the rest.

Well, not burn them, as they should watch them and use them as examples of "how not to play basketball".

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Banton is kind of crazy tonight, isn't he?

 

[PCmor7]

With what we've seen from Camara, Scoot, Rupert I don't know how you can seriously try to argue that. Our young guys are playing phenomenal. It's this "big 3" of Grant Ant Ayton that are paid 90 million which is beyond horrific.

I'm not seriously trying to argue anything. I'm saying it.

Camara does what he did when we got him, but he does shoot better. Rupert ... again, this is who we thought he could be, but this game was an offensive outlier.

I'm more talking, though, about the inability to stop the drive, the inability to play the pick and roll, the inability to defend the 3, not valuing the ball when we're on offense ... these are the things those guys really need to be learning, and I don't know that they are.

Chauncey's team too often looks like it has a concept of a plan.

 

[Chris Craig]

Well the second quarter was fun.

Hope we don't lose by 40 tomorrow