Blazers @ Utah Game Thread....... 10/7/10

[illmatic99]

Why not?!

Have you seen this team's injury history?

 

[BGrantFan]

Why not?!

Have you seen this team's injury history?

If you're afraid of injury, you've already lost the war. Matthews played well. So did Cunningham. Leave 'em in and see what happens.

 

[jlprk]

I'm surprised Nate's playing Aldridge 35 minutes in preseason.

You'll be seeing it every game. Now that we have lost Juwan and Pendergraph, our only big men are Aldridge, Camby, Cunningham, and Babbitt.

 

[Rhal]

I thought we missed a ton of free throws (19-28) but man did the jazz miss a TON (29-48)

 

[BGrantFan]

You'll be seeing it every game. Now that we have lost Juwan and Pendergraph, our only big men are Aldridge, Camby, Cunningham, and Babbitt.

27 minutes for Aldridge according the ESPN.

 

[THE HCP]

LA will not play tomorrow night, just my opinion.

 

[jlprk]

27 minutes for Aldridge according the ESPN.

26:53 this game, 29:47 in the Clipper game. I don't know where he got the 35 minutes. Anyway, my point holds. He'll be playing more.

 

[BGrantFan]

26:53 this game, 29:47 in the Clipper game. I don't know where he got the 35 minutes. Anyway, my point holds. He'll be playing more.

Oh, I agree. He averaged 38 mpg last year. He's a high-minute player. May as well get him used to the minutes, because they will be even higher the first month of the season.

 

[jlprk]

News flash: Sloan is a good coach. He makes ordinary players into great players.

Wow, who are these no-names who beat us.

And who is this guy Sloan?

 

[Nikolokolus]

Why not?!

Have you seen this team's injury history?

Clearly the only solution is to sit everyone and remove the risk of injury altogether.

 

[jlprk]

They call McMillan a motivator, but look at what Sloan does wth less talent. And he played his scrubs in most of the 2nd, as if this were a preseason game. He spotted us a bunch of points so we wouldn't bore him.

We played hard; it wasn't lack of effort. I'm impressed with Sloan.

 

[BGrantFan]

News flash: Sloan is a good coach. He makes ordinary players into great players.

Wow, who are these no-names who beat us.

And who is this guy Sloan?

Seems to me Sloan may have underappreciated what he had in Wesley Matthews. Nate's system apparently will let Matthews use his entire (well-rounded) offensive game.

 

[BGrantFan]

I bet Matthews is ecstatic to finally have a coach who will allow him some freedom on offense.

 

[Natebishop3]

News flash: Sloan is a good coach. He makes ordinary players into great players.

Wow, who are these no-names who beat us.

And who is this guy Sloan?

I agree. Look what happened to Wesley Matthews when he left Jerry Sloan.

 

[jlprk]

That's my point. Maybe Matthews would be less of a player (as the scouts expected) if he hadn't come under the Sloan influence. Maybe we lost tonight to lesser talent because all the Jazz play as hard as Matthews, because Sloan demands it.

He keeps churning out overachievers like Matthews--like Kirilenko, and all the no-names who beat us tonight. We'll see whether Wes can keep the overachievement going for more years than Andrei.

Sloan is a hard guy and he creates tough players. McMillan has that reputation with us, but I don't think so nationally.

 

[Natebishop3]

That's my point. Maybe Matthews would be less of a player (as the scouts expected) if he hadn't come under the Sloan influence. Maybe we lost tonight to lesser talent because all the Jazz play as hard as Matthews, because Sloan demands it.

He keeps churning out overachievers like Matthews--like Kirilenko, and all the no-names who beat us tonight. We'll see whether Wes can keep the overachievement going for more years than Andrei.

Sloan is a hard guy and he creates tough players. McMillan has that reputation with us, but I don't think so nationally.

So Sloan is still motivating Matthews even today? That's deep man. Deep.

 

[jlprk]

Every moderator is crazy in his own way. You're the best because there you are, in everyone's way.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

26:53 this game, 29:47 in the Clipper game. I don't know where he got the 35 minutes. Anyway, my point holds. He'll be playing more.

He didn't say Aldridge.. He was talking about Matthews. Looks like you inserted "Aldridge" into the quote.

 

[Blazer4ever]

Brandon Roy -
minus-20
4 Points (1-6 shooting, 2-2 from the line)
1 Rebound
1 Assist
3 Turnovers
and 1 blocked-attempt
in 24 minutes.

I'm not gonna say Rudy can do better things with those minutes, or that Mathewss, or Bayless, Or Batum. It's true, but it doesn't tell the whole story.
The thing is, I am almost 2 meters, I have good hands, am a good defender, I run the floor, etc... I can earn better stats in 24 minutes!

 

[jlprk]

He didn't say Aldridge.. He was talking about Matthews. Looks like you inserted "Aldridge" into the quote.

Upon examination, I do believe you're right. He was talking about Matthews.

 

[THE HCP]

Brandon Roy -
minus-20
4 Points (1-6 shooting, 2-2 from the line)
1 Rebound
1 Assist
3 Turnovers
and 1 blocked-attempt
in 24 minutes.

I'm not gonna say Rudy can do better things with those minutes, or that Mathewss, or Bayless, Or Batum. It's true, but it doesn't tell the whole story.
The thing is, I am almost 2 meters, I have good hands, am a good defender, I run the floor, etc... I can earn better stats in 24 minutes!

It's preseason. Go check Kobe's stats for his first 2 games.

 

[hasoos]

Wow 6 pages of talk about a game nobody got to even see? Amazing!