Blazers to Play @Utah on Christmas Day (Chris Haynes)

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Cant' be true, the NBA wouldn't want a fringe NBA franchise to play on christmas.
 
THE HCP said:
Curious why this makes you happy? We are going to get curb stomped! On national TV on a holiday for EVERYBODY to see.
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It's not like they got a lot better and the Blazers got a lot worse... The Blazers beat them the last game of the season in a game both teams were supposed to "need". Not sure why you think they'll curb stomp the Blazers.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
It's not like they got a lot better and the Blazers got a lot worse... The Blazers beat them the last game of the season in a game both teams were supposed to "need". Not sure why you think they'll curb stomp the Blazers.
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Because it is one of the toughest places for us to win regardless of roster talent. And we are not going to be anywhere as successful next season as this.
 
THE HCP said:
Because it is one of the toughest places for us to win regardless of roster talent. And we are not going to be anywhere as successful next season as this.
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It's a tough place to play for anybody and Utah's a good team, but the Blazers are still a pretty good team too. Talent wise I'm not sure Utah's really that far ahead of the Blazers.
I think there's a good chance they lose, but if both teams are healthy their fairly even, not sure why any one would predict a blow out either way.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
It's a tough place to play for anybody and Utah's a good team, but the Blazers are still a pretty good team too. Talent wise I'm not sure Utah's really that far ahead of the Blazers.
I think there's a good chance they lose, but if both teams are healthy their fairly even, not sure why any one would predict a blow out either way.
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Everybody is entitled to their opinion, and yours is a good one. I just feel that is a tough place to play. I believe we will not field as good a team as last season is all.
 
THE HCP said:
Everybody is entitled to their opinion, and yours is a good one. I just feel that is a tough place to play. I believe we will not field as good a team as last season is all.
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Fair enough, you might be right. I’m honestly not sure how I feel about this coming season. Utah and Portland have both had pretty boring summers and are counting on young players to get better, or have a big impact for them.
If I had to pick the game right now I’d bet Utah wins, but in my mind it would be a fairly close game.
 
THE HCP said:
Everybody is entitled to their opinion, and yours is a good one. I just feel that is a tough place to play. I believe we will not field as good a team as last season is all.
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And why's that? Curry is an upgrade over Shabazz and Napier. Collins should be able to replicate Davis production. Harkless and Nurkic were horrible for half the year so if they put together a more consistent season, we should be better I theory. We'll probably win less games because of injuries and the West is tougher than last year, but I don't see how we put a worse product out on the floor. I'm interested to hear you explain that.

Utah didn't do anything this summer and we were arguably on the same level. We won their last year. I don't see why we'd be heavy underdogs.
 
BonesJones said:
And why's that? Curry is an upgrade over Shabazz and Napier. Collins should be able to replicate Davis production. Harkless and Nurkic were horrible for half the year so if they put together a more consistent season, we should be better I theory. We'll probably win less games because of injuries and the West is tougher than last year, but I don't see how we put a worse product out on the floor.

I'm interested to hear your take.
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There’s very little proof that Zach is actually ready to replicate Davis’s production especially on the offensive glass. Also if the plan really is to play through ET more that does not excite me at all... The Blazers are super thin up front and we might see a lot of Meyers Leonard and ET at the same time.

So I agree the guard situation probably got better, but I can see an arguement on the other side as well.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
There’s very little proof that Zach is actually ready to replicate Davis’s production especially on the offensive glass. Also if the plan really is to play through ET more that does not excite me at all... The Blazers are super thin up front and we might see a lot of Meyers Leonard and ET at the same time.

So I agree the guard situation probably got better, but I can see an arguement on the other side as well.
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But it's hard to say Davis was a huge positive on that end, and Zach can do other things offensively (like shoot). His defense is better too.
 
BonesJones said:
But it's hard to say Davis was a huge positive on that end, and Zach can do other things offensively (like shoot). His defense is better too.
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Well so far Zach shoots but it doesn’t go in... His defense at least inside is better than Davis’, but where Davis made a living was on the offensive glass and he proved to be one of the very best at getting the extra possession rebounds. I see why people are excited about Zach at times, but He’s got a ton to prove in my opinion.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
There’s very little proof that Zach is actually ready to replicate Davis’s production especially on the offensive glass. Also if the plan really is to play through ET more that does not excite me at all... The Blazers are super thin up front and we might see a lot of Meyers Leonard and ET at the same time.

So I agree the guard situation probably got better, but I can see an arguement on the other side as well.
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I just think that we have five main variables that could make our season better or worse than last year)

Curry (Upgrade over Bazz and Pat?)
Harkless (Can he be good for the majority of the season)
Nurkic (Can he be good for the majority of tbe season)
Collins (Can he replace Davis' production)
Offensive System (Can it be improved)

I see at least 3 of those 5 things happening.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Well so far Zach shoots but it doesn’t go in... His defense at least inside is better than Davis’, but where Davis made a living was on the offensive glass and he proved to be one of the very best at getting the extra possession rebounds. I see why people are excited about Zach at times, but He’s got a ton to prove in my opinion.
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32%, should improve to 35% at least.
 
BonesJones said:
32%, should improve to 35% at least.
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I hope so. His shot mechanics while not perfect look “ok”, so the thought is eventually it’ll fall for him. I don’t even really feel like I’m being negative, I’m just in “wait and see” mode with Zach. He showed some spurts of wow he’s good but he also had a whole lot of bleh...
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
I hope so. His shot mechanics while not perfect look “ok”, so the thought is eventually it’ll fall for him. I don’t even really feel like I’m being negative, I’m just in “wait and see” mode with Zach. He showed some spurts of wow he’s good but he also had a whole lot of bleh...
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He only played for half a season though. A lot of players make that 2nd year jump. I just think his defense will be good enough where there won't be much of a drop off on our bench.
 
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