Cavs @ Blazers 1/08/2012 - Game Thread!

[Nikolokolus]

anyone else gettin a little tired of the way Crawford plays? forced shots, not enough passes

He's below his own career averages which should come up a little bit as the season goes on, but this is the same I guy I saw with the Knicks ... and I wasn't a big fan then.

 

[TripTango]

Crawful play.

I like it. I will use this.

 

[Blazinaway]

Williams can't be worse than that.

that what I kep thinkin, a chuckter that can't shoot is not a pretty sight

 

[illmatic99]

Nate giving Jamal the same freedom he gave Roy. What a disaster.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I have a feeling he's forcing his game too much. I think he's trying to prove to us he can be like a Roy. Problem is he's not Roy. He has Roy moments, but not money like Roy on a consistent basis.

You just haven't watched much Knicks or Hawks basketball have you?

 

[TripTango]

I have a feeling he's forcing his game too much. I think he's trying to prove to us he can be like a Roy. Problem is he's not Roy. He has Roy moments, but not money like Roy on a consistent basis.

He is like Roy, minus control and caution.

 

[KingSpeed]

We don't beat Nuggets or Lakers without Crawford. We've only lost two games and Crawford was masterful in one of those. So I don't see why it's worth complaining about. The players like him. He likes them. We're winning, it's all good.

 

[Blazinaway]

I've posted my concerns regarding Crawford, but continue to get bashed for it.

those "concerns" are being borne out, Nate need to reign him is some IMO

 

[HailBlazers]

Crawford's faults are glaring and he has a ton of potential, so its easy to see both sides. I'm concerned overall with the Blazers level of ball movement, at virtually all times.

 

[Nikolokolus]

It occurs to me that I've never tasted a non-free chalupa...

I've always given my coupons away to homeless people ... poor bastards.

 

[TripTango]

I've always given my coupons away to homeless people ... poor bastards.

Yeah, that's not a bad plan. I just always felt like it was my responsibility to take one for the team, you know.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Crawford's faults are glaring and he has a ton of potential, so its easy to see both sides. I'm concerned overall with the Blazers level of ball movement, at virtually all times.

He's 31 right? How much "potential" could he possibly have left?

 

[HailBlazers]

I mean in the clutch, to win games. The majority of his work IMO should be in distributing and setting people up by collapsing the D

 

[Blazinaway]

I am liking Wes more and more, he has added to his game

 

[Nikolokolus]

Yeah, that's not a bad plan. I just always felt like it was my responsibility to take one for the team, you know.

Brave man.

 

[Blazinaway]

Rhino power!

 

[RoyToy]

Nic's fade away needs some work

That was ugly

 

[KingSpeed]

Suns won by 17 tonight. Morris played well again. 7 players in double figures. 17 assists by Nash. We just caught them on their comeback night. Very focused, like Clippers were against us after struggling.

 

[Blazinaway]

Nic's fade away needs some work

That was ugly

the last one looked awesome

 

[TripTango]

We don't beat Nuggets or Lakers without Crawford. We've only lost two games and Crawford was masterful in one of those. So I don't see why it's worth complaining about. The players like him. He likes them. We're winning, it's all good.

Complaining about your shooters when they are not scoring is a time-honored tradition in basketball fandom. Why try and take that away from us?

 

[MickZagger]

Its a blowout and were nitpicking. Go figure.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I mean in the clutch, to win games. The majority of his work IMO should be in distributing and setting people up by collapsing the D

Hmmmm ... first time ever watching Crawford play much?

 

[Blazinaway]

Its a blowout and were nitpicking. Go figure.

sort of a boring game, can only drink so much, so gotta nitpick

 

[illmatic99]

Nic needs to play this whole quarter.

 

[Blazinaway]

Nic needs to play this whole quarter.

he does seem like a guy who needs to get into a flow

 

[TripTango]

Its a blowout and were nitpicking. Go figure.

I think there may have been some leftover nits from the Suns game to pick... We're just taking care of old business.

 

[Nikolokolus]

sort of a boring game, can only drink so much, so gotta nitpick

I disagree. Man up.

 

[ABM]

Don't forget, Cleveland is an above-500 team. They've already beaten NBA powerhouses such as Detroit, New Jersey, Charlotte, and Minnesota.

 

[RoyToy]

Play Craig Smith this whole quarter

 

[illmatic99]

WTF. Why bench Nic?