Game Thread 2025 SL GAME #3 - BLAZERS VS PELICANS - JULY 15, 2025 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM PST - ESPN - ESPN+

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TYDame said:
Caleb Love looks like Wes Matthews out there
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Great game by Hansen and Rupert.

Blazers do get out rebounded by about a dozen.

Hansen is like Rolo where he boxes out decent but can't grab the ball himself. I'm wondering if it might be very hard to play him with Grant though because Grant certainty ain't grabbing any of those boards.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Hansen is like Rolo where he boxes out decent but can't grab the ball himself. I'm wondering if it might be very hard to play him with Grant though because Grant certainty ain't grabbing any of those boards.
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I think it's safe to safe those two are unlikely to play a lot of minutes together, so we won't have to worry about that.
 
I love summer league takes like this!

 
Tince said:
Burt Kolde sitting court side tonight...
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You know Chauncey and Joe were like, "This motherfucker has to come to Vegas too?!?" Dude is sitting right next to them. That has to suck for both Joe and Chauncey to be micromanaged the way Joe described at the trade deadline... and you'd think it would have stopped after the team went on the market. SMH
 
Tince said:
Burt Kolde sitting court side tonight...
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Can't wait for the team to sell.

I'm all for seeing what Cronin/Billups can do without Kolde/Vulcan/Jody whatever the hell ownership it is we have right now.
 
Tince said:
I think it's safe to safe those two are unlikely to play a lot of minutes together, so we won't have to worry about that.
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Why do you think that? I had assumed they'd be the two bench bigs that come in. Hoping you don't mean because it's Grant starting.
 
Have to vent on the ESPN crew just a bit.

First, today was the second time I watched them put up the graphic of our depth chart with Toumani as our backup shooting guard. They didn't put anyone on the depth chart twice.

Second, the guys announcing interviewed Chauncy at halftime and didn't seem to know very much about the Blazers. I guess I get it. They're doing all these games and preparation for these interviews probably isn't high on the priority list. They don't follow the team like we do. But it is annoying.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Why do you think that? I had assumed they'd be the two bench bigs that come in. Hoping you don't mean because it's Grant starting.
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I think the odds are greater than Yang is 3rd string and Grant is starting, than both of them being second unit guys.

There are 8 guys on this roster who probably think they should start, so it's going to be interesting how to all plays out.
 
Tince said:
I think it's safe to safe those two are unlikely to play a lot of minutes together, so we won't have to worry about that.
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Meh... you put Deni in there with the two of them and he'd feast plus Yang will rebound, he's just too big not to. He will need time with everything but I like what it seems like he could be.
 
blazerkor said:
Meh... you put Deni in there with the two of them and he'd feast plus Yang will rebound, he's just too big not to. He will need time with everything but I like what it seems like he could be.
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I'm fully prepared for Yang to get DNP's to start the season if Robert Williams is healthy. And I'm not knocking Yang...
 
blazerkor said:
Meh... you put Deni in there with the two of them and he'd feast plus Yang will rebound, he's just too big not to. He will need time with everything but I like what it seems like he could be.
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I’m going to say: Summer League shooting is so bad it’s actually harder for good players to rebound because the shots don’t look like professional shots.
 
blazerkor said:
Meh... you put Deni in there with the two of them and he'd feast plus Yang will rebound, he's just too big not to. He will need time with everything but I like what it seems like he could be.
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My theory is that they taught him to box out in the CBA, so he's letting others rebound right next to him. Of course, my son says that's copium....
 
This was a game that left me with a sour taste. Maybe it's because my freezer and my mouse both started to act up at the same time right before the game and it put me in a negative mindset.

Yang had his best statistical game, but watching him play against Queen just really made it clear to me how far Yang is from being a rotation guy, because Queen outplayed him and I don't really think Queen is going to be anything special.

Love -- nice stats, but I can see him as a guy that will frustrate me and make me want to see him off the team in the event he ever gets good minutes. He just seems like one of those players who is so gifted that he can create an open shot almost any time, so he takes them, even if they aren't good shots.

And, not that he'll be anything, but I really thought Pedulla would be a bulldog out there that was fun to watch. No. He's completely overmatched and he plays like he knows it. He blew a wide-open layup on a great pass by Yang last game. This game, he starts off by losing an inbound pass because he stops coming to the ball. Then he was a defensive liability all game. I think he can see he's not good enough and he's really stopped playing hard, and playing hard was a big part of his appeal.

Rupert's looked great, though. And Carton put in a nice game.
 
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PCmor7 said:
Have to vent on the ESPN crew just a bit.

First, today was the second time I watched them put up the graphic of our depth chart with Toumani as our backup shooting guard. They didn't put anyone on the depth chart twice.

Second, the guys announcing interviewed Chauncy at halftime and didn't seem to know very much about the Blazers. I guess I get it. They're doing all these games and preparation for these interviews probably isn't high on the priority list. They don't follow the team like we do. But it is annoying.
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I had to laugh at the very beginning when Cory Alexander referenced Arvydas Sabonis and ended up saying “He’s not YourVydas, he OurBonis”
 
Tince said:
I think it's safe to safe those two are unlikely to play a lot of minutes together, so we won't have to worry about that.
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I'm not sure I agree...

Grant & Yang absolutely should not spend any time on the court together. But in a perfect world both players are backups and coming off the bench. As a result-> Im guessing they will see a fair amount of time together
 
PCmor7 said:
Have to vent on the ESPN crew just a bit.

First, today was the second time I watched them put up the graphic of our depth chart with Toumani as our backup shooting guard. They didn't put anyone on the depth chart twice.

Second, the guys announcing interviewed Chauncy at halftime and didn't seem to know very much about the Blazers. I guess I get it. They're doing all these games and preparation for these interviews probably isn't high on the priority list. They don't follow the team like we do. But it is annoying.
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Did I imagine it or did their depth chart list Love as the backup to Jrue with no mention of Scoot?
 
Tince said:
I think the odds are greater than Yang is 3rd string and Grant is starting, than both of them being second unit guys.

There are 8 guys on this roster who probably think they should start, so it's going to be interesting how to all plays out.
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I think Timelord may play in front of Yang but Timelord doesn't ever play B2B, has averaged 13 games a season as a Blazer, and the team could even play both together at times.

I see 7 that think they're starters, who's your 8th?

Clingan
Deni Grant
Camara
Sharpe
Jrue Scoot
 
Tince said:
I'm fully prepared for Yang to get DNP's to start the season if Robert Williams is healthy. And I'm not knocking Yang...
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So the 84% of the games RW has been injured as a Blazer is when Yang plays as the primary backup? That's a lot.
 
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