Blazers @ Rockets 1/29/09 GAME THREAD

[RoyToy]

Yup, that must be it. How blind of me to prefer a guy who can make the defense collapse and kick it out over a guy who has choked more than once in the fourth.

Lol, Blake 9 assists, Bayless 3. Try harder.

 

[Buzz Killington]

y'allz suck!

 

[Nikolokolus]

Lol, Blake 9 assists, Bayless 3. Try harder.

Bayless 5-5 from the free throw line tonight, Blake 1-1 for the month ... Try harder.

 

[craigehlo]

Get Blake out of town! He sucks.

Blake, Webster and Bayless should all be on the trading block.

 

[B-Roy]

Yup, that must be it. How blind of me to prefer a guy who can make the defense collapse and kick it out over a guy who has choked more than once in the fourth.

You're too much...

All season long the fans have been clamoring for Nate to play the hot hand. But when the hot hand is Blake, all of a sudden it's not a good idea?

 

[Buzz Killington]

52-32 points in the paint. Pretty standard. Go Blazers!

Versus a team missing their Franchise center...and have Scola and What's his Face down on the block?

 

[EGame]

Lol, Blake 9 assists, Bayless 3. Try harder.

And? I guess you are not understanding that Bayless makes it easier for people when he drives and kicks it out to a guy like Rudy who would have loved that opportunity with how he was playing. When Blake drives he usually turns it over.

 

[Nikolokolus]

You're too much...

All season long the fans have been clamoring for Nate to play the hot hand. But when the hot hand is Blake, all of a sudden it's not a good idea?

I had no issue with Blake tonight btw. This loss was coming from a mile off.

 

[B-Roy]

Bayless 5-5 from the free throw line tonight, Blake 1-1 for the month ... Try harder.

I'll take the 6 assists over the 4 fts actually...

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'll take the 6 assists over the 4 fts actually...

I agree. I was just trying to be funny ... some of the arguments over player x and player y just don't matter. Everybody had issues tonight.

 

[B-Roy]

And? I guess you are not understanding that Bayless makes it easier for people when he drives and kicks it out to a guy like Rudy who would have loved that opportunity with how he was playing. When Blake drives he usually turns it over.

That's mostly conjecture...

 

[ABM]

I agree. I was just trying to be funny ... some of the arguments over player x and player y just don't matter. Everybody had issues tonight.

Primarily, the guys are missing Roy in the worst way. His going down was the icing on the injury cake.

 

[EGame]

You're too much...

All season long the fans have been clamoring for Nate to play the hot hand. But when the hot hand is Blake, all of a sudden it's not a good idea?

Nice, glad I am the only one who gets called out when others also have commented they did not prefer Blake. Also, I don't consider key turnovers helpful and he wasn't all that hot in the 4th. Oh well, I am done explaining myself here, I would have preferred a guy who can drive, make lay-ups/get fouled or kick it out. We already had nice shooters in Batum/Rudy.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Versus a team missing their Franchise center...and have Scola and What's his Face down on the block?

Ya I have to give them some credit because they make it look so damn easy, and they do this to us every single time we play, no matter what 6'6-6'9 frontline they throw out there. But it seems like at some point we would adjust, guess that's asking too much.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Primarily, the guys are missing Roy in the worst way. His going down was the icing on the injury cake.

Pretty much. Like I said earlier in the thread, I'm mostly watching the games the past couple of nights because I'm absolutely riveted by Nicolas ... sure I want to see wins, but I'm not really expecting many in the next couple of weeks.

 

[B-Roy]

Nice, glad I am the only one who gets called out when others also have commented they did not prefer Blake. Also, I don't consider key turnovers helpful and he wasn't all that hot in the 4th. Oh well, I am done explaining myself here, I would have preferred a guy who can drive, make lay-ups/get fouled or kick it out. We already had nice shooters in Batum/Rudy.

You're the one complaining the most. It's easy to solo you out.

 

[MARIS61]

Pretty plain it's time to start Steve and Rudy together.

I'm tired of watching our starters get outworked and outsmarted.

 

[Minstrel]

Pretty much. Like I said earlier in the thread, I'm mostly watching the games the past couple of nights because I'm absolutely riveted by Nicolas ... sure I want to see wins, but I'm not really expecting many in the next couple of weeks.

Yup. At this point, the season for me boils down to, in order:

1. Batum and Bayless
2. Aldridge turning things around
3. Fernandez making a jump in the caliber of his game

All of these things are with an eye to next year.

 

[EGame]

You're the one complaining the most. It's easy to solo you out.

Okay, that is fine. I prefer Bayless over Blake and would rather he develop in the fourth anyway since Blake is what he is. It is hard to see what we have in Bayless especially when Roy comes back because then what? Miller/Blake, Roy/Rudy, and Batum/Webster. Of course, the easy solution is to cut Blake out, but we know Nate won't do that.

 

[ABM]

Yup. At this point, the season for me boils down to, in order:

1. Batum and Bayless
2. Aldridge turning things around
3. Fernandez making a jump in the caliber of his game

All of these things are with an eye to next year.

Not me.

1. Roy's return
2. Playoffs

 

[MAS RipCity]

Okay, that is fine. I prefer Bayless over Blake and would rather he develop in the fourth anyway since Blake is what he is. It is hard to see what we have in Bayless especially when Roy comes back because then what? Miller/Blake, Roy/Rudy, and Batum/Webster. Of course, the easy solution is to cut Blake out, but we know Nate won't do that.

This

 

[Nikolokolus]

Not me.

1. Roy's return
2. Playoffs

I'm hopeful that Roy will be able to return soon, but even with him back in the fold this team is still a sieve on the inside and teams have kind of solved us in that regard. I'm afraid the playoffs are looking more and more like a longshot I'm afraid ... by all means, keep hoping for it, but don't get too down when it doesn't materialize (or do get down if you prefer )

 

[ABM]

I'm hopeful that Roy will be able to return soon, but even with him back in the fold this team is still a sieve on the inside and team's have kind of solved us in that regard. I'm afraid the playoffs are looking more and more like a longshot I'm afraid ... by all means, keep hoping for it, but don't get too down when it doesn't materialize (or do get down if you prefer )

Other than the Utah debacle, all of our recent losses were very winnable. The team was simply missing our top late-game, go-to guy. Not to mention, IMO, Brandon seems to elevate his teammate's energies and respective games.

 

[Minstrel]

Not me.

1. Roy's return
2. Playoffs

Be a nice story if they made the playoffs but, really, a first-round playoff exit wouldn't be that exciting to me. The Blazers have made the playoffs plenty over the years (even if not a lot recently)...I want to see a real run at a championship, which isn't happening this year.

But if Bayless, Batum, Rudy and Aldridge improve, they may have such a run next year.

 

[ABM]

Be a nice story if they made the playoffs but, really, a first-round playoff exit wouldn't be that exciting to me. The Blazers have made the playoffs plenty over the years (even if not a lot recently)...I want to see a real run at a championship, which isn't happening this year....

Great, so fold the tent.

 

[Minstrel]

Great, so fold the tent.

That's not what I said, actually. What I focus on is different from what the players, coaches and GM focus on.

 

[ABM]

That's not what I said, actually. What I focus on is different from what the players, coaches and GM focus on.

Personally, I'm focusing on upcoming potential wins. And, even if the Blazers become a one 'n dun team , it's better than not making it at all. You definitely want a ticket to the dance (playoffs) even if you're a wallflower.

 

[Minstrel]

Personally, I'm focusing on upcoming potential wins. And, even if the Blazers become a one 'n dun team , it's better than not making it at all. You definitely want a ticket to the dance (playoffs) even if you're a wallflower.

I'd rather see them make the playoffs than not make the playoffs. It just isn't that big a deal to me, when they have little hope of an extended playoff run. Championship contention would be a big deal to me.

 

[ABM]

I'd rather see them make the playoffs than not make the playoffs. It just isn't that big a deal to me. Championship contention would be a big deal to me.

Welcome to 1977 and 2011, then.

 

[Minstrel]

Welcome to 1977 and 2011, then.

I hope so! But this season, as I said, has a lot of interest to me. But mostly things that will help for next year.