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Should we rest guys like Dame this season?

Maybe play certain guys limited minutes in those 4 in 5s?
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
Should we rest guys like Dame this season?

Maybe play certain guys limited minutes in those 4 in 5s?
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That's not how Chris Paul became one of the greatest pt guards in the game. New Orleans wasn't an elite team with him at the helm but he played big minutes when he was healthy
 
What else is new...we've been getting screwed on the schedule every year....Moda center needs to wait to schedule other events until blazer schedule comes out
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Still confused......why would Portland get that option as opposed to the other team?
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I read it as NBA teams all have the option to change some of their back to backs but Portland declined where as most teams move the games to an easier day. Makes it sound like the team purposefully took this more difficult schedule in order to lose games.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I think the point is that the regular season ends in April, so they have a 4-in-5 later in their schedule (when teams are the most tired, most beaten up) than everyone else.
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Ok, that makes sense as a major negative for teams in the playoff hunt. Aka, not us this year.
 
Draco said:
I read it as NBA teams all have the option to change some of their back to backs but Portland declined where as most teams move the games to an easier day. Makes it sound like the team purposefully took this more difficult schedule in order to lose games.
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May see more 5 guys in and 5 guys out after the allstar break...it's training camp after all!
 
Draco said:
I read it as NBA teams all have the option to change some of their back to backs but Portland declined where as most teams move the games to an easier day. Makes it sound like the team purposefully took this more difficult schedule in order to lose games.
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Are they all weekend back to backs? If so my guess is they are reluctant to give up the Saturday night home games as I am sure they are preferred by the fans.
 
There's no such thing as a tougher schedule
 
BonesJones said:
There's no such thing as a tougher schedule
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Sure there is. Based on head-to-to head match-ups alone, GSW has a much easier schedule than we do. We have to play the defending champs four times and they get four easy W's against a likely lottery team.

And then there are other factors like travel and logistics. Yes, all teams play 82 games, 41 at home and 41 on the road, but the travel getting to those games adds fatigue that impacts quality of play. There are many reasons why most teams historically have a lower winning percentage on the road than at home, travel is one of them. More back-to-backs also means less time to rest and recover between games. Not all schedules are created equally.

Ultimately, as the most geographically isolated team in the league, by far, the Blazers are always going to have the worst schedule, by far, when it comes to travel. Having a Northwest Division made sense when there were actually 3 teams located in the Northwest. After Vancouver moved to Memphis and Seattle to OKC, there really is no such thing as a true Northwest division. The Blazers do not have a single other team in their division that's located in the same time zone and half of their division rivals are located two time zones away. The ATL, SE and SW divisions have all of their teams located in the same time zone. The PAC has one team in the Mountain time zone and all others in the Pacific. The CEN division has teams in both the CDT and EDT time zones. Unless the NBA gets a team back in Seattle, they really need to consider realignment. No team should have to travel two time zones for half their division games. Shit, the Lakers and Clippers don't even have to leave the building for their "road" games against each other.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
Sure there is. Based on head-to-to head match-ups alone, GSW has a much easier schedule than we do. We have to play the defending champs four times and they get four easy W's against a likely lottery team.

And then there are other factors like travel and logistics. Yes, all teams play 82 games, 41 at home and 41 on the road, but the travel getting to those games adds fatigue that impacts quality of play. There are many reasons why most teams historically have a lower winning percentage on the road than at home, travel is one of them. More back-to-backs also means less time to rest and recover between games. Not all schedules are created equally.

Ultimately, as the most geographically isolated team in the league, by far, the Blazers are always going to have the worst schedule, by far, when it comes to travel. Having a Northwest Division made sense when there were actually 3 teams located in the Northwest. After Vancouver moved to Memphis and Seattle to OKC, there really is no such thing as a true Northwest division. The Blazers do not have a single other team in their division that's located in the same time zone and half of their division rivals are located two time zones away. The ATL, SE and SW divisions have all of their teams located in the same time zone. The PAC has one team in the Mountain time zone and all others in the Pacific. The CEN division has teams in both the CDT and EDT time zones. Unless the NBA gets a team back in Seattle, they really need to consider realignment. No team should have to travel two time zones for half their division games. Shit, the Lakers and Clippers don't even have to leave the building for their "road" games against each other.

BNM
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In regards to travel distance and strength of schedule I agree. But when it comes to longer road trips and more backs to backs making it tougher I disagree, because that just means less road games and more days other times. It balances out.
 
BonesJones said:
In regards to travel distance and strength of schedule I agree. But when it comes to longer road trips and more backs to backs making it tougher I disagree, because that just means less road games and more days other times. It balances out.
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Even if (and I don't agree) "it balances out", that still doesn't take into account the fact that not all schedules are the same. Everyone in the East has an easier schedule than everyone in the West because they only have to play WC teams twice. And then within each conference schedules aren't the same due to in- vs out-of-division play. The teams in the weakest division have easier schedules than the teams in the strongest divisions. The teams in the SW will have the hardest schedules in the league, and I suspect the teams in the Atlantic will have the easiest schedules (which is why nobody should pay attention to TOR - they're fools gold).
 
blue9 said:
Even if (and I don't agree) "it balances out", that still doesn't take into account the fact that not all schedules are the same. Everyone in the East has an easier schedule than everyone in the West because they only have to play WC teams twice. And then within each conference schedules aren't the same due to in- vs out-of-division play. The teams in the weakest division have easier schedules than the teams in the strongest divisions. The teams in the SW will have the hardest schedules in the league, and I suspect the teams in the Atlantic will have the easiest schedules (which is why nobody should pay attention to TOR - they're fools gold).
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Wait, wasn't Damian Lillard fools gold? :)


In the words of Blazerwookee... Neener.
 
Strenuus said:
Wait, wasn't Damian Lillard fools gold? :)


In the words of Blazerwookee... Neener.
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Did I ever say that? I don't recall. It's possible, but if so I was just talking shit because I have never followed NCAA?
 
blue9 said:
Did I ever say that? I don't recall. It's possible, but if so I was just talking shit because I have never followed NCAA?
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haha no. I forget who has the quote in a sig... but it was some guy who doesnt post here anymore had said it. That's probably why he never posts...
 
Strenuus said:
haha no. I forget who has the quote in a sig... but it was some guy who doesnt post here anymore had said it. That's probably why he never posts...
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Ahhh. I've hidden all signatures, so didn't get the reference.
 
blue9 said:
Even if (and I don't agree) "it balances out", that still doesn't take into account the fact that not all schedules are the same. Everyone in the East has an easier schedule than everyone in the West because they only have to play WC teams twice. And then within each conference schedules aren't the same due to in- vs out-of-division play. The teams in the weakest division have easier schedules than the teams in the strongest divisions. The teams in the SW will have the hardest schedules in the league, and I suspect the teams in the Atlantic will have the easiest schedules (which is why nobody should pay attention to TOR - they're fools gold).
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Yeah, but I'm not talking about SOS, I'm talking about claiming a schedule as harder because of more back to backs and longer road trips.
 
Strenuus said:
haha no. I forget who has the quote in a sig... but it was some guy who doesnt post here anymore had said it. That's probably why he never posts...
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"Lillard is fool's gold" is classic Blaze01

Again, look how Waiters finishes...look how he absorbs body hits and continues onto the basket and throws it down...that is very impressive and reminiscent of what he will face, defensively in the NBA...I think Lillard is fool's gold...looks good when playing against sub par competition and in a gym when no one is guarding him...but in an NBA game, 5 on 5, I am prediciting he will strugggle, he will essentially be a jump shooter (and he isn't lights out there) and I don't see him as a go-to player type scorer at the end of games either (which this team DESPERATELY needs)...Maybe I am wrong, maybe he overcomes those short comings, but I would be highly surprised if he does...
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http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/2012-nba-draft.207820/page-152#post-2805271

Anyone who reads that whole post deserves a cookie or something.
 
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