Blazer crappiness at Euros

[Rastapopoulos]

Well, yesterday 4 Blazers saw action, but Batum, Claver and Freeland combined for zero points in 21 minutes. (Rudy was good: 19 pts, 5 rbs, 2 assists in 36 mins.) Worse yet:

GB also lost Joel Freeland to a recurrence of his back injury.

!?

Meanwhile, Omer Asik, whose rights we owned but traded (I can't remember for what) is kicking ass, and got 22 and 8 in 24 minutes against the Poles. But maybe he wouldn't want to come over to such a non-cosmopolitan city...

 

[BenDavis503]

So what. Really though, what does this mean? Would you trade Batum for Asik then?

 

[Tince]

The season is over, we're lottery bound...

 

[SodaPopinski]

Cancel the season. All is lost.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I guess if I gave more than two shits about the Eurocup then I might be mildly concerned. Instead I find myself asking the question, "How does this affect the Blazers playoff chances?". What's that you say? It does nothing? Oh, I see ...

 

[mook]

I'm a little disappointed. I like to see my guys dominate, no matter what competition. If I saw Bayless playing a pickup game at the Y, I would hope he would annihilate everyone.

However, if I wanted to pick one of our guys to do well, I'd pick Rudy. I'm happy to see him do pretty decently in the tournament.

 

[Enzo Aix]

Claver played yesterday?

 

[oldmangrouch]

As someone who picked Batum as a "breakout" candidate, his struggles are mildly disappointing, but probably just a blip.

As for the news Freeland has back problems - I wasn't expecting him in a Blazer uniform anyway, but as a human being I still feel sorry for him. Chronic back injuries can wreck a career, and make life miserable even for non athletes.

 

[THE HCP]

Well, yesterday 4 Blazers saw action, but Batum, Claver and Freeland combined for zero points in 21 minutes. (Rudy was good: 19 pts, 5 rbs, 2 assists in 36 mins.) Worse yet:



!?

Meanwhile, Omer Asik, whose rights we owned but traded (I can't remember for what) is kicking ass, and got 22 and 8 in 24 minutes against the Poles. But maybe he wouldn't want to come over to such a non-cosmopolitan city...

SHIT! I could score 25 against the Polacks!

 

[hasoos]

SHIT! I could score 25 against the Polacks!

Only if Charles Barkley's Grandma was on your team!

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Only if Charles Barkley's Grandma was on your team!

I'd want Larry Johnson's Grandmama...

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Batum had a better time against Macedonia:

It's a special French skill to be able to dunk AND slap a guy at the same time.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

 

[illmatic99]

Spain lost to Turkey today. They are now 2-2.

Recap/Box: http://www.eurobasket2009.org/en/ci...rUf9le2.season_2009.roundID_6328.teamID_.html

Rudy had 16p, 5r, 2st, 0as, 2to, on 6-8 FG (2-3 threes) in 36 minutes of action.
Turk had 2p, 3r, 3as, 3st, 4to on 1-5 FG in 28 minutes of action.

Omer Asik, who Rasta mentioned above did well again.

 

[BalancedMan]

Omar Asik was turned into 3 future 2nd round picks I believe. Frustrating to see him do well when Freeland is not. Nice to have some talent overseas that we could tap as a replacement big man in a time of need.