Game Thread 2025-26 GAME #61 - BLAZERS @ HORNETS - FEBRUARY 28, 2026 - SATURDAY - 10:00 AM - KUNP - BLAZERVISION (6 Viewers)

[kjironman1]

There's no excuse for this. They are supposed to be professionals. Who cares what time of day it is or how far they are from home. But I do think this is on the coach. Starting to think Splitter doesn't have what it takes. Hopefully he'll obtain what it takes to make adjustments and have a strategy soon or he should be replaced by an experienced coach. We could be FUCKING FLYING with Michael Malone.

Cannot agree with you there. That kind of travel is more than physical. It becomes mental.

 

[wizenheimer]

Cannot agree with you there. That kind of travel is more than physical. It becomes mental.

being in your 20's; getting limo service to the airport; flying to destination with ultra first class service and plenty of leg room; arriving at destination then getting limo service to the hotel; room service at the hotel; limo service from hotel to the venue; limo service from the venue to the airport...rinse-repeat

grueling

 

[MickZagger]

We would have taken Miller if we had gotten the #2 that draft. I do not think Henderson would have went #3 depending on the team that would have drafted there. He had more hype but either of the Thompson twins could have went there IMO.

Not ready to give up on Scoot since he is still young but am certainly not counting on him. Not much improvement on his game and this is his fourth year.

This is his 3rd year and he’s played less than 10 games

 

[MickZagger]

Scoot is the type of player that I think thrives when he has better options around him than what we have right now. I think with Advija and Sharpe back it would help him tremendously.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Scoot is the type of player that I think thrives when he has better options around him than what we have right now. I think with Advija and Sharpe back it would help him tremendously.

A player like that shouldn't stop us from upgrading elsewhere. Our hope is someone else loves him in a package and that they try to convince their fans he still will improve. At this point I feel like his ceiling is Jameer Nelson.

Time to move on in a package for an upgrade elsewhere.

 

[kjironman1]

being in your 20's; getting limo service to the airport; flying to destination with ultra first class service and plenty of leg room; arriving at destination then getting limo service to the hotel; room service at the hotel; limo service from hotel to the venue; limo service from the venue to the airport...rinse-repeat

grueling

for 6-8 months straight to 42 different cities. Through personal issues, the Flu, maybe the shits at times, dealing with luggage and nagging injuries.
Not everyone has people looking after their wife the HCP does.

 

[THE HCP]

being in your 20's; getting limo service to the airport; flying to destination with ultra first class service and plenty of leg room; arriving at destination then getting limo service to the hotel; room service at the hotel; limo service from hotel to the venue; limo service from the venue to the airport...rinse-repeat

grueling

You‘ve experienced this lifestyle you just shared and can vouch it has no impact on job performance? Because for 21 years I have and you are completely full of shit if you believe what you just typed.

 

[THE HCP]

for 6-8 months straight to 42 different cities. Through personal issues, the Flu, maybe the shits at times, dealing with luggage and nagging injuries.
Not everyone has people looking after their wife the HCP does.

Great post until the end….. @SlyPokerDog

 

[wizenheimer]

You‘ve experienced this lifestyle you just shared and can vouch it has no impact on job performance? Because for 21 years I have and you are completely full of shit if you believe what you just typed.

what I believe is that Portland isn't the only team in the NBA that deals with travel issues....and that using that excuse for the performance in the last 2 games is what's full of shit

and I see you're admitting that your job performance gets worse, at times?....half of the time?

 

[THE HCP]

what I believe is that Portland isn't the only team in the NBA that deals with travel issues....and that using that excuse is what's full of shit

You didn’t think sometimes before you touch the keyboard do you? Actually NO team deals with the amount of travel our team does….. and we don’t have much talent. Bad combo if you want wins.

 

[THE HCP]

what I believe is that Portland isn't the only team in the NBA that deals with travel issues....and that using that excuse for the performance in the last 2 games is what's full of shit

and I see you're admitting that your job performance gets worse, at times?....half of the time?

And you have no actual experience with this situation do you? So you have no actual idea of the impacts on these people and their performance. Just all guesses……. ?

 

[THE HCP]

and I see you're admitting that your job performance gets worse, at times?....half of the time?

Fuck yeah it does….. in Charlotte I was a mess until halftime. I got up at 2am Portland time to go to work. Dead tired……
Can remember an Atlanta/Toronto back to back……didn’t get into bed in Toronto til 3:30am and had to get up and head to the arena. Sleepwalking thru that entire broadcast. Working on any events on the east coast and have a 6am call for a 14 hour day the first day…..no fucking way I’m at the top of my game.

 

[julius]

You didn’t think sometimes before you touch the keyboard do you? Actually NO team deals with the amount of travel our team does….. and we don’t have much talent. Bad combo if you want wins.

Orlando traveled more than Portland did.

 

[THE HCP]

I’m done even replying about this topic…..until you’ve been on these grinding ass road trips, you just don’t know. It’s tough. Flu going around, long hours, changing time zones constantly…. Effects/affects performance no doubt.

 

[THE HCP]

Orlando traveled more than Portland did.

I don’t think so brother. I’ve seen them break down we travel far more than any other team year in and year out. there may be a random season. But for the past 21 years I think we average more.

 

[julius]

I don’t think so brother. I’ve seen them break down we travel far more than any other team year in and year out. there may be a random season. But for the past 21 years I think we average more.

Gotta remember the magic went to Europe.



https://www.covers.com/nba/nba-2025-26-team-travel-schedule-breakdown (note that the Zombie Grizzlies are barely behind Portland, despite being closer to the majority of teams in the NBA...that is also because they went Europe).

Not saying the Blazers don't get hosed in their road schedule (I remember one year the longest road trip for the Thunder was like 3 games, and the overwhelming majority of their trips were 2 gamers whereas the Blazers had something like 3 4 game trips and a 7 gamer or something stupid like that).

 

[wizenheimer]

You didn’t think sometimes before you touch the keyboard do you? Actually NO team deals with the amount of travel our team does….. and we don’t have much talent. Bad combo if you want wins.

take for instance Miami vs Portland. Blazers will have traveled 3,466 more miles than the Heat. Meaning, they will have traveled only 85 miles/game further. At 600 miles/hour, Blazers will spend 6 hours more in the air than Miami....that's for the full season. meaning Portland will spend about 1 hour a month more flying around than Miami. One fucking hour a month. That works out to 8.8 more minutes a game in the air than Miami. Less than 10 minutes a game

this doesn't change much is we're talking about the 6300 fewer miles Boston travels. That's 150 miles/game; about 15 minutes less, per game

on average, the Blazers travel 1,231 miles/ game; Miami travels 1,147; Boston travels 1,074. Using a 6 month season as one gauge and 600mph as the other, Portland spend 14.02 hours a month in the air; Miami spends 13.06 hours/month; Boston spends 12.23 hours/month. That's flying time. The easiest part of travel when you're sitting in a first class seat eating pretzels and watching a Die Hard sequel

for all the rest of travel, getting to and from airports, boarding and de-boarding planes; getting to and from hotels; and to and from playing venues; getting meals, tracking luggage....that's all the same for all 30 teams

so no, I'm not the one "full of shit" on this....that's you. And by the way, I'm not yapping about the impact of travel on old fat fucks like us, I'm talking about the impact on 20-something world class athletes

 

[Everything Beagle]

Orlando is a play-in team as well; I don’t really know why you two are arguing

 

[Everything Beagle]

Our record will improve when we have a team within 200 miles of us we play three times a season. Whether that’s Seattle or Los Angeles remains to be seen but

 

[THE HCP]

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take for instance Miami vs Portland. Blazers will have traveled 3,466 more miles than the Heat. Meaning, they will have traveled only 85 miles/game further. At 600 miles/hour, Blazers will spend 6 hours more in the air than Miami....that's for the full season. meaning Portland will spend about 1 hour a month more flying around than Miami. One fucking hour a month. That works out to 8.8 more minutes a game in the air than Miami. Less than 10 minutes a game

this doesn't change much is we're talking about the 6300 fewer miles Boston travels. That's 150 miles/game; about 15 minutes less, per game

on average, the Blazers travel 1,231 miles/ game; Miami travels 1,147; Boston travels 1,074. Using a 6 month season as one gauge and 600mph as the other, Portland spend 14.02 hours a month in the air; Miami spends 13.06 hours/month; Boston spends 12.23 hours/month. That's flying time. The easiest part of travel when you're sitting in a first class seat eating pretzels and watching a Die Hard sequel

for all the rest of travel, getting to and from airports, boarding and de-boarding planes; getting to and from hotels; and to and from playing venues; getting meals, tracking luggage....that's all the same for all 30 teams

so no, I'm not the one "full of shit" on this....that's you. And by the way, I'm not yapping about the impact of travel on old fat fucks like us, I'm talking about the impact on 20-something world class athletes

Over the past 21 years, we have averaged more travel than any other team.

 

[wizenheimer]

Over the past 21 years, we have averaged more travel than any other team.

so?

are you saying Portland's air miles in 2013 were why Portland lost 2 games this weekend by an average of 25 points?

 

[THE HCP]

so?

are you saying Portland's air miles in 2013 were why Portland lost 2 games this weekend by an average of 25 points?

Travel/Talent impacts play

 

[BassPlaya]

Travelling is really hard on the body. Travelling and being physical is even harder. Travelling and attempting to perform at the highest physical level is mind bogglingly hard.

 

[wizenheimer]

Travel/Talent impacts play

again....so?

the discussion you jumped into was a narrow one about travel being an excuse for the piss-poor performance in 2 games over the weekend. Every team travels. And while the Blazers travel more, usually, the actual difference in air-time prorated over 41 games and/or 6 months is not that significant. The rest of the travel burden is dealing all the other aspects of travel, and every team does that about the same number of times

 

[wizenheimer]

Travelling is really hard on the body. Travelling and being physical is even harder. Travelling and attempting to perform at the highest physical level is mind bogglingly hard.

nobody is disputing that although I think some of you are acting like road games in the NBA are like Odysseus looking for a way home

I was talking about Portland losing by 34 points yesterday, to a team with a losing record

 

[THE HCP]

again....so?

the discussion you jumped into was a narrow one about travel being an excuse for the piss-poor performance in 2 games over the weekend. Every team travels. And while the Blazers travel more, usually, the actual difference in air-time prorated over 41 games and/or 6 months is not that significant. The rest of the travel burden is dealing all the other aspects of travel, and every team does that about the same number of times

Yeah the teams with MORE talent handle it better. WE HAVE NO TALENT!!!!!!

 

[noknobs]

nobody is disputing that although I think some of you are acting like road games in the NBA are like Odysseus looking for a way home

I was talking about Portland losing by 34 points yesterday, to a team with a losing record

Charlotte is 14-3 in their last 17 games...

It was a bad game without our two leading scorers (again) on the road against a team playing well. Not the end of the world.

 

[THE HCP]

You know what…..fuck this. Tired of dealing with people like this. CONTINUE to believe travel/injuries and talent level has NO impact on whether you win or lose! Keep getting all worked up when we lose a game to a better team or on the 3rd game in 4 nights. Keep expecting us making the playoffs every season even though we roll out basically a g league roster half the time. Enjoy…….

 

[THE HCP]

Charlotte is 14-3 in their last 17 games...

It was a bad game without our two leading scorers (again) on the road against a team playing well. Not the end of the world.

Wasting your time on this FAMS!

 

[kjironman1]

You know what…..fuck this. Tired of dealing with people like this. CONTINUE to believe travel/injuries and talent level has NO impact on whether you win or lose! Keep getting all worked up when we lose a game to a better team or on the 3rd game in 4 nights. Keep expecting us making the playoffs every season even though we roll out basically a g league roster half the time. Enjoy…….

Hey now… Settle down. We don’t want you to quit traveling. At least most of us here want you out there on the road as much as possible….