Are the Blazers Boring?

[Phatguysrule]

Yes I do. I also remember Pete Pranica and Pat Lafferty. Doesn't mean that Mike Rice's shtick didn't get old.

Nah. I enjoyed Mike and Mike far more than any alternative the Blazers have offered us before or since. Snapper and the Schonz were better than the Mike's, but that's it. I preferred Kent to Calabro.

Calabro is just phony.

 

[DDolla]

You tell me because I stop watching. I just bet against them for easy money

 

[riverman]

The difference with Dame's mood this season is having 3 kids wake you up in the middle of the night when you need to sleep.....my two cents....he's got his hands full. I'm glad he got a gold medal but with his abdomen he should've probably sat out the Olympics this year.

 

[Strenuus]

Nah. I enjoyed Mike and Mike far more than any alternative the Blazers have offered us before or since. Snapper and the Schonz were better than the Mike's, but that's it. I preferred Kent to Calabro.

Calabro is just phony.

Kent was phony as hell imo.

 

[Strenuus]

You tell me because I stop watching. I just bet against them for easy money

Ive never seen a fan be so happy for our team to lose every game for years.

And aldo is here.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Kent was phony as hell imo.

He was new, finding his way. I'll accept that from a new person with room to develop. Not as a finished product.

 

[Phatguysrule]

The difference with Dame's mood this season is having 3 kids wake you up in the middle of the night when you need to sleep.....my two cents....he's got his hands full. I'm glad he got a gold medal but with his abdomen he should've probably sat out the Olympics this year.

It was possibly his last chance, and he knew Olshey wasn't moving mountains to get him the help he needs to win a championship. I'm good with it.

Now he just needs to be smart enough to take the rest of the season off in preparation for next season.

 

[TBpup]

I don't understand why it feels this is a slight on dame, then? In your original post it felt like a slight towards him because he's not "Happy" on the court and that is somehow a negative towards dame. Lol. That's where my confusion lies now.

Not sure how a simple observation, seen many times, is a slight. It's just what is. Was there anything inaccurate there?
Still learning to dance around that so often measured, 'slighted/offended' meter.

 

[riverman]

Kent was phony as hell imo.

He's like the guy in acting class that the teacher takes aside and says.....have you considered a career selling Amway?

 

[wizenheimer]

Still learning to dance around that so often measured, 'slighted/offended' meter.

stop moving the needle on that meter

 

[calvin natt]

The difference with Dame's mood this season is having 3 kids wake you up in the middle of the night when you need to sleep.....my two cents....he's got his hands full. I'm glad he got a gold medal but with his abdomen he should've probably sat out the Olympics this year.

You think he wakes up at night for babies? Haha

 

[riverman]

You think he wakes up at night for babies? Haha

I know they wake him up...

 

[DDolla]

Ive never seen a fan be so happy for our team to lose every game for years.

And aldo is here.

Some fans are poor and rather have some easy money than Wins.

 

[riverman]

Some fans are poor and rather have some easy money than Wins.

waiting for easy money might be why they're poor....just sayin' ...if you're poor, gambling isn't going to solve your problems...but it might just become your problem

 

[Phatguysrule]

I know they wake him up...

That's what nannies are for...

 

[Strenuus]

Not sure how a simple observation, seen many times, is a slight. It's just what is. Was there anything inaccurate there?
Still learning to dance around that so often measured, 'slighted/offended' meter.

It's not that. It was the wordage, and all I wanted was an explanation to confirm it. I guess I got it but it doesn't make sense.

It's okay. We're allowed to disagree as well as I am to answer a question.

As well, I dont think anyone was "offended" by what you said. I sure wasn't. So I don't know why you felt the need to say you're trying to dance around it when it's just my perception of a slight and I'm not offended lol. We don't need to make this into a societal thing when it isn't one, all I'm saying. Just wanted to clear that up real quick. I'm just talking about my perception of how it looked. No hard feelings, no antimosity. Just wanted a clarification lol.

 

[Strenuus]

Some fans are poor and rather have some easy money than Wins.

I'm poor and I don't bet against the team I root for lol.

 

[Strenuus]

He was new, finding his way. I'll accept that from a new person with room to develop. Not as a finished product.

As a finished product it's more a matter of preference from the listener, in my opinion.

Take Dave Sims, for instance. I hate listening to him. He seems phony.

I also have a personal story with Calabro that makes me know he is authentic so that skews my perception a bit.

That said, finished products are down to preference (i.e. Joe Buck). In my opinion again.

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

The only excitement is to see if Little and Simons might grow into a starter. The rest is so predictably played out is sad.

Simons has already proven that’s a no. Little is not as offensive as I’d like but is definite role player capable.

 

[calvin natt]

Simons has already proven that’s a no. Little is not as offensive as I’d like but is definite role player capable.

Anfernee is 22 years old.

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

Anfernee is 22 years old.

Yeah, with no significant change since he was 19.

 

[calvin natt]

Yeah, with no significant change since he was 19.

Hm really? Sure seems different to me.

 

[<-=*PdX*=->]

My reply was that if he has watched ANY of our games this season, he shouldn't have to start a thread asking this question. Hell yes they're boring.

It was a rhetorical question lol. I know they are boring, but I was trying to explore the ways in which the boringness is extended beyond the court.

I'm just looking for a reason to tune in now that I'm out of state and not really wanting to pay for league pass. I find that sad. I have no interest really in following the team and I haven't really felt that in like... ever.

 

[<-=*PdX*=->]

The Blazers are just a generic NBA franchise. They're never the worst, never the best, they have a star but not a top-tier one, their role-players are anonymous, they don't do anything interesting offensively or defensively. They don't have any "characters" on the team.

The only time anyone who isn't a Blazers fan would switch to a Blazers game on League Pass is if Lillard is on one of his 50-60 point heaters, which might happen a few times a year.

Are they a NPC? Almost feels that way in the current NBA landscape.

 

[LayneStaley]

Yes they are

 

[Mediocre Man]

Have been for years

 

[wizenheimer]

Yeah, with no significant change since he was 19.

Hm really? Sure seems different to me.

Simons has improved a little, but not much at all compared to the time he's spent in the league:



the first thing to calculate is whether or not last season was an aberration in terms of his shooting efficiency. It's really looking like one but he can still turn that around this season. But, a .540 career mark is well below average in the league

He has improved his FT% quite a bit, but his FT Rate has fallen steadily to a fairly anemic level.

He's improved his assist rate a little, but a 14.3% rate is still quite bad for a ball-handling guard

this is his 4th season, and for the last 3 seasons he has been given consistent minutes and a consistent role. He doesn't have the 'but-he's-so-young-and-inexperienced' excuse anymore. He's at the point where he starting to be a 'what-you-see-is-what-you-get' role player. He sure hasn't proven he's anywhere close to a starting level player. And while he has better handles and likely better court vision than Allen Crabbe, it's fair, at this point, to think he's a one-trick pony, like Crabbe, who plays atrocious defense. Another Olshey special

because of his 3 point shooting he has some value. But can the Blazers really afford a poor-man's CJ when they are seemingly stuck with the original version?

 

[Labinot41]

Just found out that Nurk blocked me on Twitter. I checked what i wrote in his direction, and the only thing i found is "he still dont dunk the damn ball". I think Nurk wants to get out of Portland, he's done here

 

[Hoopguru]

Simons has improved a little, but not much at all compared to the time he's spent in the league:

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the first thing to calculate is whether or not last season was an aberration in terms of his shooting efficiency. It's really looking like one but he can still turn that around this season. But, a .540 career mark is well below average in the league

He has improved his FT% quite a bit, but his FT Rate has fallen steadily to a fairly anemic level.

He's improved his assist rate a little, but a 14.3% rate is still quite bad for a ball-handling guard

this is his 4th season, and for the last 3 seasons he has been given consistent minutes and a consistent role. He doesn't have the 'but-he's-so-young-and-inexperienced' excuse anymore. He's at the point where he starting to be a 'what-you-see-is-what-you-get' role player. He sure hasn't proven he's anywhere close to a starting level player. And while he has better handles and likely better court vision than Allen Crabbe, it's fair, at this point, to think he's a one-trick pony, like Crabbe, who plays atrocious defense. Another Olshey special

because of his 3 point shooting he has some value. But can the Blazers really afford a poor-man's CJ when they are seemingly stuck with the original version?

He shoots over 1 three for every 2 shots. Chucker

 

[royo]

Ive never seen a fan be so happy for our team to lose every game for years.

And aldo is here.

To be honest it seems to be other way around as well. "Never seen a team focused so much more about their belly full than giving effort on the court." So, that's that.