Game Thread 2025-26 GAME #49 - BLAZERS @ KNICKS - JANUARY 30, 2026 - FRIDAY - 4:30 PM - KUNP - BLAZERVISION (3 Viewers)

[B-Roy]

You would think a coach who was a center would know how to play a center correctly.

The coach can't make Clingan have faster feet.

 

[Irish Trader]

I'm disturbed by the number of games Clingan has been played off the floor simply by the other team having a center that can shoot 3s.

That’s why a trade for Sabonis would be a good move for us. We would be able to counter more quickly and not get in that situation as much.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Now y'all understand why I keep saying Sidy > Love. I like both.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

That’s why a trade for Sabonis would be a good move for us. We would be able to counter more quickly and not get in that situation as much.

I'd rather trade for JJJ. Sabonis can't stretch the floor and isn't a very good defender.

 

[blazerkor]

4th straight loss. The Knicks are a better team than us but shouldn't be 30 points better than us. Also another reason why it's so important for us to win games against teams like the Wizards.

 

[Irish Trader]

I'd rather trade for JJJ. Sabonis can't stretch the floor and isn't a very good defender.

We need someone to fit that role who is not as fragile as time lord

 

[KingSpeed]

Our record against the East is putrid.

 

[Chris Craig]

We need someone to fit that role who is not as fragile as time lord

Yeah, Rob only playing 50% of the time is killing us

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

What a shit game from DC and Camara

 

[Sheldon Shape]

We need someone to fit that role who is not as fragile as time lord

Agreed. He's an expiring anyway so he's gone after the season. Though I'd be surprised if he lasts past the deadline.

 

[Irish Trader]

Yeah, Rob only playing 50% of the time is killing us

Last year he was a complete bust. Good guy but we need someone who plays quality minutes over a complete season

 

[blazerkor]

Trade Jrue, trade Rob and trade Jerami and Tisse if they have any value.

Scoot and Blake are about to be back so we need a small ball big and some more wings.

 

[Cugel]

How many really bad games in a row is this ? What is going on? Just no talent. Deni and mids.

 

[RR7]

 

[42N8Bounce]

What a shit game from DC and Camara

... and Deni, and Holiday...

 

[Irish Trader]

This team also needs a super star shooter who can end of game go to.

 

[blazerkor]

How many really bad games in a row is this ? What is going on? Just no talent. Deni and mids.

Shaedon is not mid but yeah when Deni isn't playing well we don't have a good chance to win right now.

I just hope some teams think they're one vet PG (Jrue) away from a title, one two way vet role player (Jerami) away from contention or want to throw a few second round picks our way for Rob and/or Tisse.

 

[blazerkor]

Listening to Neil and Michael break this game down there is one thing that's clear. Our coaching staff has not done a good job of defining the roles of the guys on this team and if the coaching staff has an idea for what they want our players' roles to be they aren't having success implementing those roles.

 

[Chris Craig]

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We aren't getting Giannis

 

[blazerkor]

Michael was just saying on the post game after watching Tiago's press availability that "the biggest thing and I'm glad he said it... was Deni isn't 100%". I really thought after that pause that Holton was going to say the repeated lapses in concentration that Tiago talked about.

It's easy to point out that our best player isn't at 100% but the truth is that's not what's hurting us the most, what's hurting us the most is a lack of focus leading to big big turnover numbers.

We can't be one of the best teams in the league if we are the worst in the league at taking care of the ball.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Are some of us back from our high the last few weeks? This team doesn't have the talent to contend. We just don't. Need to make a trade to bring in a star.

 

[PCmor7]

How quickly we've gone from not being concerned with the draft and talking about trading for Giannis to now we're absolutely horrible.

And such it is with fans. I get the optimism, but too many of us were riding a little too high when we had that hot streak, and that's made everyone become depressed or panicked when we returned to the mean.

The truth is, and always has been, that the Blazers were never as good as the team that won 11 of 14, nor are they as bad as the team that lost by 30 tonight.

It's probably going to be like this the rest of the season, too. This team is well-constructed under the restraints with which the front office was dealing, and a lot of progress has been made, but it also has certain deficiencies that were going to make it hard to perform consistently (e.g. key players being very young, older players who are really injury prone, no real pure shooter on the roster, a couple of freak, fluky injuries, etc.).

FWIW, I'm going to advise Blazer fans, as much as possible, to measure their enthusiasm when the team plays well, and then not want to reconstruct the roster with every couple of losses. Clingan's not being played off the floor. Jrue played badly the last couple of games, but he also was about the only good thing about the team the couple of games before that. Deni's style is going to make him one giant bruise by the end of the season and it's always going to lead to turnovers, too, so we need to take the bad with the good until we get Dame and another shooter or point producer in here next year to keep teams from putting everyone in the paint to stop him. Toumani basically needs to hit a couple of outside shots for the Blazers to have a real chance against good teams, and he's getting there, but he's not that guy yet. Shaedon's still learning the game in a lot of ways. Caleb's good, but he's still playing against type and is at the point in the season now where he's playing more ball in a year than he ever played in college. Yang's a project. Splitter's not Phil Jackson but he's not anti-Phil Jackson. The players didn't go from understanding their roles to never having understood them in just over a week. We can go on and on.

The Blazers aren't as good as they look when they win, nor are they as bad as they look when they lose. They're a work in progress. Please try to understand that when you watch them play. Success isn't final, and failure isn't fatal, it's the growth from each that counts.

 

[1 Eye Jack]

To many guys trying to do it themselves. Lots of selfish basketball and getting out of control on drives

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I'm not panicking. Jrue and Deni are underperforming because they're coming off injuries. They're a big part of the team.

 

[blazerkor]

Are some of us back from our high the last few weeks? This team doesn't have the talent to contend. We just don't. Need to make a trade to bring in a star.

I agree that we need more star power but is the best idea to try to trade for an established star or cast a wider net and bring in two or three young guys that have star upside?

 

[wizenheimer]

I agree that we need more star power but is the best idea to try to trade for an established star or cast a wider net and bring in two or three young guys that have star upside?

if the Blazers had any young guys with actual star upside would the Blazers trade them? Those kinds of players are highly valued and rarely available

 

[blazerkor]

if the Blazers had any young guys with actual star upside would the Blazers trade them? Those kinds of players are highly valued

I'm talking about something like the Deni trade. There are young players in the league that haven't been given a chance or maybe have been identified as role players by their current team and if our front office can identify any of those players as having star upside then they could likely go get them for less than a player who has already ascended to all star or better status.

 

[2Fluffy4U]

Deni should do Matisse and rest for the season. Nothing good can come from playing injured. Winning? So what? Didn't work - no wins, and the team is already setting up for next season.
I don't see any future in which he plays with his back hurt and having a good outcome. Let the dude heal 110% and then consider sending him back on court.