Game Thread Blazers @ Kings 10/10/15 Game Thread

[LuckyShot]

Connaughton 11 reb 3 ast 6 pts. Nice solid game tonight. Nice to see he's not just focused on his scoring stats. He does a good job doing a bit of everything.

But he wasn't afraid to let it fly when he had an open shot within the offense. The first game he would get the ball, have plenty of space to get off an open shot, but just stand there and hold the ball and let the defense recover to everyone killing our offensive flow.

 

[LuckyShot]

Outside of Pressey we should have won this game tonight.

He killed our momentum on both ends.

 

[Scalma]

Pressey has been pretty bad so far. Frazier is in the lead there

McCollum creates space with so much ease. He has a hesitation to his game that makes defenders uncomfortable, ala Roy.

Connaughton is a smart rebounder.

Aminu has crazy length. Clearly bothered belinelli.

 

[Scalma]

Vonleh and Davis hustle their ass off. Vonleh has the skills but his finishing is still a work in progress. Wish they would run more plays for him.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

No post scoring is going to hurt.

 

[Scalma]

No post scoring is going to hurt.

Warriors just won a championship without it. I would agree in years past but it's a different time.

 

[illmatic99]

I've seen enough to see we have 0 use for Henderson. Harkless, Crabbe, and Patty need legit PT. Package Gerald with Kaman to get another pick or two.

 

[LuckyShot]

Vonleh and Davis hustle their ass off. Vonleh has the skills but his finishing is still a work in progress. Wish they would run more plays for him.

Yeah, Vonleh's moves are still a bit robotic. He's a fluid athlete though, and looks like he could be a load in the post, but also with the ability to face up and give problems to different types of defenders. So he's got the tools, it's just a matter of him putting it all together.

 

[THE HCP]

No post scoring is going to hurt.

Having a major threat in the post helps everybody. Forcing the opposing team to sag down or double team opens up the whole other side of the floor, for not only Dame to penetrate, but for our 3 point shooters to get quality looks. LA will be missed, hate him or not.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I've seen enough to see we have 0 use for Henderson. Harkless, Crabbe, and Patty need legit PT. Package Gerald with Kaman to get another pick or two.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ne39h6y

Then buyout the big contract, and cut Pressey.

(they throw in a pick as well.)

 

[santeesioux]

I've seen enough to see we have 0 use for Henderson. Harkless, Crabbe, and Patty need legit PT. Package Gerald with Kaman to get another pick or two.

Yep, we should trade him before he wins us a few games and kills our draft positioning.

 

[THE HCP]

Warriors just won a championship without it. I would agree in years past but it's a different time.

You know WHY it worked for the Warriors though right? You weren't going to just post this reply and walk away thinking you wouldn't get called out for it?

 

[santeesioux]

Maybe it's my homer glasses too, but CJ is too good to keep on the bench. It looks like Crabbe can provide some offense on the bench anyway.

 

[THE HCP]

The Dubs have arguably two of the best perimeter payers in the ENTIRE NBA! And they don't completely lack a post presence. Bogut has enough back to the basket skills to keep other teams honest.

 

[PDXFonz]

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ne39h6y

Then buyout the big contract, and cut Pressey.

(they throw in a pick as well.)

I don't want to get rid of Kaman. I think he is a savvy center and a great guy to have around all these young developing bigs.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I don't want to get rid of Kaman. I think he is a savvy center and a great guy to have around all these young developing bigs.

I agree, it wouldn't be easy to let him go but if he brings back a 1st rounder, we do it.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

The Dubs have arguably two of the best perimeter payers in the ENTIRE NBA! And they don't completely lack a post presence. Bout has enough back to the basket skills to keep other teams honest.

Gotta disagree there HCP. They have zero post presence, just the best perimeter duo of all time possibly and some (As much as I hate Green) dope ass defensive wings.

Their frontcourt is:

Green / Speights
Bogut / Ezeli

Defensively elite but offensively jack shit.

 

[PDXFonz]

I agree, it wouldn't be easy to let him go but if he brings back a 1st rounder, we do it.

I want to see how Henderson looks in the system and in my opinion there isn't any reason to make a move. I also think we are good with CJ/Frazier/Dame, and if not then you keep Pressey. This group has a bright future and I wouldn't want to mess with it until I was sure of what I had, which involves putting Henderson in the lineup.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I want to see how Henderson looks in the system and in my opinion there isn't any reason to make a move. I also think we are good with CJ/Frazier/Dame, and if not then you keep Pressey. This group has a bright future and I wouldn't want to mess with it until I was sure of what I had, which involves putting Henderson in the lineup.

I think Bradley fits what this team needs more than Hendo.

Dame/CJ/Bradley... now that's one hell of a trio.

 

[Trackjack]

ML you got 1 rebound and there was two bench had double rebound. Your 7'1' at least get on defense board. I am still not sold on him yet.

 

[Sinobas]

No post scoring is going to hurt.

Yeah, too bad we lost Wesley Matthews.

 

[Sinobas]

I didn't get to watch or listen to the game tonight, but looking at the box score, it looks like CJ had a great game, and Pressy sucked.

What happened to Ed Davis, Mr 60% FG shooter, 1-7?

 

[Sinobas]

Maybe it's my homer glasses too, but CJ is too good to keep on the bench. It looks like Crabbe can provide some offense on the bench anyway.

He might come off the bench, but he'll still get about 30 minutes a game I'd say.

 

[HailBlazers]

Yeah, too bad we lost Wesley Matthews.

Hendo will provide.

 

[Draco]

The Dubs have arguably two of the best perimeter payers in the ENTIRE NBA! And they don't completely lack a post presence. Bogut has enough back to the basket skills to keep other teams honest.

No Bogut didn't do anything in the post last year. The Dubs have the best perimeter player in the NBA in Curry. Thompson isn't close to that level; he's below Dame offensively. Great defender but his offense isn't diverse and McCollum has a chance to match him on that end of the court. Klay can lock down either guard spot and good enough shooter you can't leave him open. He's similar to Wes his two way play makes him so valuable. He can't run an offense without Curry.

We will definitely miss much of what LMA brought but if we had some random mediocre post presence this year I don't think it helps our team.

 

[Draco]

I agree, it wouldn't be easy to let him go but if he brings back a 1st rounder, we do it.

Well duh but I'm very skeptical anyone is giving us a good second rounder for Kaman or Hendo. If so we trade them if not they stay on the team. You can forget a first rounder; zero chance of that.

 

[Draco]

I want to see how Henderson looks in the system and in my opinion there isn't any reason to make a move. I also think we are good with CJ/Frazier/Dame, and if not then you keep Pressey. This group has a bright future and I wouldn't want to mess with it until I was sure of what I had, which involves putting Henderson in the lineup.

To get any trade value for Hendo he has to be back healthy and productively playing first.

 

[PDXFonz]

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Lesson of the evening: CJ can drop 30, and 19 in a quarter.

Also, the little USB dongle I bought to record FM transmissions on my laptop works like a charm.

This is good news.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I love their TV announcer; he makes Pat Lafferty sound like Macho Man Randy Savage.