Game Thread GAME# 1: JAZZ @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 23, 2020 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

[Strenuus]

Man Dame has been garbage for a few weeks now

It's literally been a week and a half.........

 

[TBpup]

Never seen Dame hesitate like that on a WIDE OPEN '3'.

 

[Titan]

Why do we pass up a 2 on 1 fast break for a three?

 

[Tince]

Dame pump faking on a wide open 3... I've seen it all!

 

[illmatic99]

Let's not start blaming this on Kanter please.

expecting him to guard two players is insane. our coaching staff is dumb as hell

 

[B-Roy]

This is the Blazers without Dame playing at an MVP level, since his offense was what was keeping us in games in the first place.

 

[calvin natt]

Terry, you CANT play Enes and Melo together. How do you not see this? I'm so baffled.

How bout enes, melo, cj and hood all at once?

 

[illmatic99]

Dame pump faking on a wide open 3... I've seen it all!

we had a 3 on one and shot a three.

 

[TBpup]

Blowout....but maybe Giles/Elleby at least get us to win one quarter.

 

[BonesJones]

Our second unit offensive is so fucking bad. It's isolation every fucking possession. We have a lot of offensive talent on this unit but the bench is absolute dogshit because our "offensive genius" of a head coach just lets guys go one-on-one constantly, usually resulting in the worst shot in basketball (a contested, fade-away mid-range shot).

 

[bobf]

“This is what Carmelo can do when he comes off the bench”

Fade away two.
Dunk
Fade away two.
Dunk

 

[Labinot41]

The team is mentally not there

 

[oldfisherman]

Stotts has spoiled his players, and they are taking advantage of him.

Stotts has lost this team.

 

[James lamphear]

We be out rebound 46-29 and gave up 9 offense rebounds. We do have 19 assist through 3 quarter might be the only positive of the game.

 

[TBpup]

Our best quarter....isn't as good as their worst quarter.

What is going to happen when the regular season starts?

 

[noknobs]

I’m gonna start hoping all of our games get postponed.

 

[Darkwebs]

On the bright side, I can't imagine this team playing worse. So hopefully, it's all uphill from here this season.

We have 2 new starters, 2 players coming back from injury, and it's obvious Stotts hasn't figured out a regular rotation yet.

So I truly believe we are still set to make the playoffs. I foresee this team really turning it on in the 2nd half of the season, as we've seen often in past years.

 

[BonesJones]

Play out of the timeout: Melo isolation fadeaway contested mid-range jumper.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Looks like Boylen will have a lot of "consulting" to do after this one; hoping Stotts will let him actually work the players some.

 

[Tince]

we had a 3 on one and shot a three.

That's not uncommon in the NBA over the last 5 years. We've shot a lot of 3's over the last few years in that situation.

 

[julius]

Seems that the offense is "give the ball to Melo and watch him shoot"

 

[B-Roy]

5 offense only players on the floor and we go Melo iso every possession.

this is just....no words

 

[LuckyShot]

So... I see the offensive plan is still just whoever has the ball tries to create something off the dribble, and the defensive strategy is to let the other team get open shots and hope they miss and the ball bounces to one of our guys. Shockingly, adding a couple new role players on the wings has not made this strategy suddenly wonderful.

 

[42N8Bounce]

That was a creative pass by Carmelo to Kanter. He bounced it off the rim.

 

[Natebishop3]

Fire Stotts.

 

[TBpup]

Whose turn will it be to go 1-on-1 next time down the court?

 

[Tince]

"they're winning all their one-on-one matchups" even Hurd sees it.

 

[beast blazer]

The contrast to how utah executes vs the blazers is just depressing

 

[Labinot41]

Hate to say it but cut off melo, and fire Stotts

 

[brooklynballer]

This team is so fucking backwards it astounds me. I can turn on a Cleveland game and see more movement on offense. Jones and Covington literally stand in the corner and whichever one of Dame/CJ isn't handling the ball is just standing at the elbow. Literally no one does anything until the PnR breaks down, and by that time the shot clock is already at 10. What can you do but isolate?

Jesus christ.

But hold on, the Stotts apologists all say that Stotts is an offensive genius? Such an easy offensive ‘scheme’ (if you can even call it that) to gameplan against. Literally watch 2 minutes of this team playing and you know how to defend them because they run the same bullshit almost every time down the court. Smh .