Blazers @ Phoenix Game Thread 1/14/11

[julius]

Makes you miss Roy ISOs at the end of the game, doesn't it? Or do you prefer the more exciting brand of basketball, aka losing?

I don't think ISO's at the end of the games were bad, in situations where it was warranted. It was the over use of the ISO's that people had issues with.

 

[BlazerBeav]

The offense was not the problem - the problem tonight was horrific defense. That Suns team has no business scoring 115 points if you're playing intelligently on defense.

 

[Natebishop3]

Makes you miss Roy ISOs at the end of the game, doesn't it? Or do you prefer the more exciting brand of basketball, aka losing?

I don't miss the iso... I miss someone DEMANDING the ball and actually knowing what to do with it. Did Reggie Miller iso? Jordan didn't always iso. Kobe doesn't always iso. We just need someone who is confident enough and skilled enough to take over a game when it counts. Is someone like that available? They are, but they wouldn't want to come here.

 

[RoyToy]

We desperately need a closer. This was another game that would not have lost two years ago.

I can't believe we have 20 losses already, before the halfway point of the season.

Having a team of shooters around Aldridge would be a good start. Don't expect anything magical to happen when teams can double Aldridge all game and the Blazers can hardly make them pay for it. If the Blazers were to make it to the playoffs that's all that would happen. This team has nice pieces but will always be limited without shooters. Being the worst 3pt shooting team in the NBA is unacceptable.

I'm starting to really think Miller should go to try and bring a different kind of piece back that fits differently. Good player, but ultimately not the best fit with the team. It's been that way since day 1.

Gotta try to trade Joel. Love Joel but he's obviously much slower now and he's a lot bigger, too. I'd say he's 10-15 pounds over what he was before injury. A couple shots he was rocking the double chin. Maybe he'd move a little better once he got back into shape but who knows. Here you just have to hope a team would be desperate enough to just want the expiring contract while giving up something of real value. That's always tricky.

Only trade Camby if you can get a serviceable center in return which would seem pretty unlikely. You just can't have a starting frontcourt of either Cunningham/Aldridge or Aldridge/Marks etc... That's just a joke.

Get Anthony Randolph. This team needs to acquire all the young talent it can right now.

 

[craigehlo]

I'm starting to really think Miller should go to try and bring a different kind of piece back that fits differently. Good player, but ultimately not the best fit with the team. It's been that way since day 1.

Totally agree. We've seen Miller with and without Roy and this team isn't going anywhere with him at the helm. He's a defensive liability and seems to be slowing down his pushing the ball. If he's still here after the deadline, I'll be disappointed.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I was disappointed we didn't get a better play called with 29.6 on the clock, Coming out of a timeout with Blazers trailing by 3. It seems we would have wanted to score very quickly so we could have the 2 for 1. Something like passing directly to Aldridge, somebody setting a pick for Nic driving to the basket.

 

[MickZagger]

Having a team of shooters around Aldridge would be a good start. Don't expect anything magical to happen when teams can double Aldridge all game and the Blazers can hardly make them pay for it. If the Blazers were to make it to the playoffs that's all that would happen. This team has nice pieces but will always be limited without shooters. Being the worst 3pt shooting team in the NBA is unacceptable.

I'm starting to really think Miller should go to try and bring a different kind of piece back that fits differently. Good player, but ultimately not the best fit with the team. It's been that way since day 1.

Gotta try to trade Joel. Love Joel but he's obviously much slower now and he's a lot bigger, too. I'd say he's 10-15 pounds over what he was before injury. A couple shots he was rocking the double chin. Maybe he'd move a little better once he got back into shape but who knows. Here you just have to hope a team would be desperate enough to just want the expiring contract while giving up something of real value. That's always tricky.

Only trade Camby if you can get a serviceable center in return which would seem pretty unlikely. You just can't have a starting frontcourt of either Cunningham/Aldridge or Aldridge/Marks etc... That's just a joke.

Get Anthony Randolph. This team needs to acquire all the young talent it can right now.

This is shocking. But, I agree with just about everything in this post.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I'm surprised no one else has commented on Nate's comment about "NOT BEING CREATIVE!"

What did McFly say?

 

[illmatic99]

http://sportstwo.com/threads/177360...read-1-14-11?p=2514687&viewfull=1#post2514687

That was during a Mic'd Up thing on ESPN during a timeout in the third quarter.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Hahahaha. Wow. I wonder if Assclown knows that NBA teams play defense to get you shots that you don't want to take? I can't imagine he does know tha because he told his team to take what the defense is giving them.

 

[mgb]

Hahahaha. Wow. I wonder if Assclown knows that NBA teams play defense to get you shots that you don't want to take? I can't imagine he does know tha because he told his team to take what the defense is giving them.

Right, so if a player is double or triple team they should try and make the shot rather than kicking it out to a open man. Makes a lot of sense. Force it against the odds instead of taking what is available.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Right, so if a player is double or triple team they should try and make the shot rather than kicking it out to a open man. Makes a lot of sense. Force it against the odds instead of taking what is available.

Don't argue just to argue. Our coach doesn't want us to be creative on offense. That's not from Quick, or Kenny, or even the Mike's, that's from our coach.

 

[mgb]

Don't argue just to argue. Our coach doesn't want us to be creative on offense. That's not from Quick, or Kenny, or even the Mike's, that's from our coach.

I wasn't arguing just to argue, I was making a valid point. What you said was another shot at Nate that made very little sense. Perhaps you shouldn't take shots at Nate just for the sake of taking shots at Nate.