Game Thread 2025 - 26 GAME #64 - BLAZERS @ ROCKETS - MARCH 6, 2026 - FRIDAY - 5:00 PM - KUNP - BLAZERVISION (5 Viewers)

[ehizzy3]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Where did you get the Korean BBQ from?

Thanks sky!

Gen at Washington Square

 

[rotary111]

I thought i would pop in and comment about how Scoot looks like he has lost his confidence, but it looks like you guys have it covered.

Why can't we have nice things?

Come on Scoot!!

 

[julius]

I'm kinda tired of having players who lose their confidence.

 

[BlayZa]

I remember all the predraft hype here about him. Hadn't even played a game in the NBA and he was already better than Dame.

it definitely has a Sebastian Telfair deja vu vibe to it all.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Thanks sky!

Gen at Washington Square

How was that? I've tried the Korean BBQ on 82nd and it was great.

How is the price there? You do the regular or premium menu?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

it definitely has a Sebastian Telfair deja vu vibe to it all.

Both would have been so much better if they had gone to college.

 

[BlayZa]

if players are struggling for confidence, im not sure letting them start and implode like this is a boost to the ole confidence metric.
put them in where they can succeed (potentially) and build. he has had a couple of ok'ish games since coming back, but everyone has also been gassing him up. he needs to focus on just doing a few things well, passing + ball retention + defense , let the scoring come in time. he is completely DEAD from 3, yet due to gassing, he still throwing em up like he's gonna 'break' the slump n be good to go from there.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

So far, Jrue has fouled a Rocket with his jaw and Toumani fouled a Rocket with his balls.

 

[BlayZa]

i was just about to give Clingan some props on that rebound until that full-on stupid turnover pass.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

I might be wrong but it looks like either Splitter has lost this team and/or they have checked out and for the most part do not give a shit. This team is SOFT as fuck and they let the refs get them rattled then they do stupid shit on the court.

 

[Blazinaway]

Scoot's like a dead battery. There's no energy there. Nothing done with conviction. He's getting burned by Reed Sheppard off the dribble and everyone else is forced to scramble to cover for his breakdown.

This is a guy that either doesn't believe he can play at this level anymore or who just doesn't really care.

makes me wonder if something bad happened during his rehab, seems a shell of his former self

 

[ehizzy3]

How was that? I've tried the Korean BBQ on 82nd and it was great.

How is the price there? You do the regular or premium menu?

it’s pretty good! It’s the only Korean bbq that I’ve been to so I can’t really compare to others. It’s a chain so it’s probably not as good as some other ones.

We haven’t tried the premium menu yet, but today they were offering to comp our drinks and even a beer or two if we went premium. It was enticing for the ribeye and waygu.

I don’t like beef or pork belly and my wife doesn’t like bulgogi beef so it’s pretty much just getting normal meat haha. The cooking it yourself is what draws me in tbh

 

[julius]

I remember all the predraft hype here about him. Hadn't even played a game in the NBA and he was already better than Dame.

Yeah, never understood that. Guy couldn't shoot for shit in the G-league (what little he did play)...

He really could've benefited from being a backup with Dame being the starter (actually, still could). He's definitely not lived up to any ounce of the hype, and until he can shoot north of 37% from 3, he'll be a disappointment.

 

[blazerkor]

Up and down first half but we go into the second half in a competitive one point game.

Just putting this out there now, the calls have gone one way so far favoring the Rockets.

 

[julius]

Both would have been so much better if they had gone to college.

Holy crap, if there are (modern) NBA poster boys for going to college, the Blazers have the kingpin right now.

Shaedon could've benefited from a year of college too

 

[ehizzy3]

Yeah, never understood that. Guy couldn't shoot for shit in the G-league (what little he did play)...

He really could've benefited from being a backup with Dame being the starter (actually, still could). He's definitely not lived up to any ounce of the hype, and until he can shoot north of 37% from 3, he'll be a disappointment.

I wouldn’t even be that disappointed if he could do others things apart from shooting the 3.

 

[Chris Craig]

Up and down first half but we go into the second half in a competitive one point game.

Just putting this out there now, the calls have gone one way so far favoring the Rockets.

We have gotten 11 more free throws than them, but yeah there are a lot of calls going whistleless. There was a run there in second half by the Rockets, where the refs stopped calling fouls on them. Letting them grab and hit the shit out of us. They did call some late in the second our way. It does seem they helped Houston with their run.

 

[PCmor7]

makes me wonder if something bad happened during his rehab, seems a shell of his former self

If it did, I think it would have manifested immediately upon his return, but he played well the first couple of weeks. I don't know if there was a game in there you could see was "poor."

Since then, though, aside from the T-Wolves game, every game has been poor. Leads me to believe if there was something specific that ignited this, it happened around the time of the Nuggets or Suns games.

 

[julius]

I wouldn’t even be that disappointed if he could do others things apart from shooting the 3.

He's playing rushed and tbh, like he's a little desperate. Honestly, if he wasn't the 3rd pick in the draft, I'd be perfectly fine if they just let him walk.

 

[julius]

Here's why I'm less inclined to say stuff like "he's still young" (while obviously that is true)...when Shaedon was in his 1st, 2nd and 3rd years, he showed a LOT more than Scoot has.

Outside of that stretch last year where he looked competent, he's looked a lot more like Keljin Blevins than a marketable guard.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Scoot looks worse than he did all of last year. That's gotta change, right?

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Vit has been disappointing since his acquisition.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Pop Henderson is so trash lol

 

[ehizzy3]

Vit is in a funk

 

[Chris Craig]

Vit is in a funk

Yeah. Not a fan of him suddenly not being able to shoots threes.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

makes me wonder if something bad happened during his rehab, seems a shell of his former self

I'm sure losing every day to Dame in 3pt shooting contests at the PF didn't help.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I'm sure losing every day to Dame in 3pt shooting contests at the PF didn't help.

A shot can be fixed but the problem is, the premise of Scoot is that he would be a down hill attacker and I'm not seeing any of that for whatever reason. He can get to the free throw line if he applies himself, but it doesn't look good. Seems like a mental issue right now.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Sidy shot better before the contract.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Reed is getting a hand on the ball every time Scoot crosses

 

[julius]

multiple 24 second clock violations...that's sad.