Game Thread GAME# 1: LAKERS @ BLAZERS - OCTOBER 18, 2018 - THURSDAY, 7:30 (PDT), TNT

[tykendo]

Sweet Dreams Nightcappers. Go Blazers!!

 

[Scalma]

He’s home.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Do you have a Link please? And fuck that loudmouth btw

Literally, Stephen A's ONLY contribution to television is his "WEEEEEEDUH" rants. He gave Jimmy Garoppolo his "Jimmy Pornstar" nick name. Fuck that ass clown.

 

[Labinot41]

He’s home.

Sucks we don't have his Bird Rights IF he can perform on that Level over a Full Season

 

[Scalma]

Sucks we don't have his Bird Rights IF he can perform on that Level over a Full Season

White guys don’t leave Portland.

 

[TBpup]

White guys don’t leave Portland.

Except for Walton, Owens, , Ainge, Rudy, Sergio, PattyC, Sergei, Victor, Tom Piatrowski....lol

 

[Pinwheel1]

If there was anyway to trade CJ straight across for Butler, I'd do it in a heart beat.

CJ may score a lot of points, but he just doesn't seem to make very many impactful plays

Yeah those 10 straight points in crunch time were useless.

 

[H.C.]

He had no impact on Defense in the 1st half, Lakers Scored 500 points in that half in The paint, but in the 2nd he was great. Watch the Games then Talk please

The 50 points in the paint in the first half wasn't on any one player alone.
Least of all Collins.
It was on the perimeter defenders allowing straight line drive after straight line drive.
It was clearly talked about in the locker room. And the perimeter defense got better in the second half.
Which allowed Collins to step up and force a tough shot or block it.

Walton decided(mostlikely due to LA going 0-15 in the first half from three) to only play Mcgee 21 minutes.
It was the wrong decision.

 

[theprunetang]

 

[hoopsjock]

Sucks we don't have his Bird Rights IF he can perform on that Level over a Full Season

Do you think he'll shoot 62.5% all season?

He wouldn't have signed for the minimum for more than one year and now we have people bitching that we didn't sign him longer? People were mad enough they signed him at all let alone if it would have been for more money and more years.

 

[dviss1]

Do you have a Link please? And fuck that loudmouth btw

Watch sportscenter. It was on right after the highlights of my game.

 

[Pinwheel1]

He had no impact on Defense in the 1st half, Lakers Scored 500 points in that half in The paint, but in the 2nd he was great. Watch the Games then Talk please

he was still +24 for the game. He only played 26 minutes....some of that was in the 1st half
The Blazers went on a huge roll in the 1st half when Zach was in there. They shut the Lakers down for a while.....or was that all Meyers?

 

[jlprk]

Laker fans walked away happy customers. On the home floor of a .598 team, they kept it close to the end. When they work LeBron into the system, they will improve. They're cooling off down there sitting in front of their air conditioners naked, feeling pretty good about their formerly awful team.

 

[hoopsjock]

He had no impact on Defense in the 1st half, Lakers Scored 500 points in that half in The paint, but in the 2nd he was great. Watch the Games then Talk please

You have no idea what you are talking about. All the paint points in the 1st half were his fault?

 

[dviss1]

it's because you don't pay attention to people's impact on the defensive end of the floor.

Yup.

A LOT of people in here have this problem. I pride myself on my D.

 

[dviss1]

Certainly looked to me like it came after Collins standing up LBJ driving to the left and blocking his shot clean.
Only to be called for a foul.
Only for Zach to yell 'How'.

Refs sucked tonight. Plain and simple.

 

[dviss1]

Aminu's dunk = #2 on the Top 10.

 

[LayneStaley]

I want to preface this by saying I don't think Nurk played great or anything but I feel like people that are being hard on him have both unrealistic expectations and don't understand the game.

The problem isn't that Nurk is slow and can't guard quick and athletic big men like McGee. The issue arises from penetrating teams that also have a quick finishing big man. What is Nurk supposed to do when Rondo is allowed to just stroll right down the lane time and time again. If he helps too much McGee has a dunk. If he doesn't come out far enough, the penetrator has a lay-in. This is a break down of the perimeter defense, not the interior defense. How about going under picks against a poor 3 point shooting team instead of letting them pound the paint all game. Nurk's gotta play better but his teammates also have to stop leaving him on an island against 2 players.

Nurk didn’t play great on D but that’s not the problem i see with him and i understand everything you said. However, I will never understand how a 7 footer standing under the basket or within 2 feet of the basket misses as many shots as he does, he must have about a 4 inch standing vertical, there’s just no other reason to miss that many point blank shots(going back to last year and the first half tonight).

I agree he will be useful against larger lumbering centers that we play and he’ll have nights where he looks like the monster we all thought he was after we traded for him but it’s just very frustrating to see someone that big and that close to the rim not scoring with some authority, even more painful when it appears he’s actually trying to avoid contact in those situations. I’m not a Nurk hater though and I like having him on the team, especially when he flashes those abilities to dominate.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Aminu's dunk = #2 on the Top 10.

Aminu's top 10, too - only shot he made. Still, his defense seemed pretty good.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

We took over an LA bar and were loud as fuck

 

[Scalma]

Aminu's top 10, too - only shot he made. Still, his defense seemed pretty good.

I’m convinced Aminus high didn’t wear off until the second half. He was baked out of his mind in the first half, didn’t even know what day it was, so not holding the rest against him.

 

[THE HCP]

Opening night!!!!

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Go Blazers!!!

You sir have male model good looks like The HCP! Game recognizes game!

 

[dviss1]

I’m convinced Aminus high didn’t wear off until the second half. He was baked out of his mind in the first half, didn’t even know what day it was, so not holding the rest against him.

You need to stop saying this bullshit. That's just like me making up a story about you.

 

[Sweetriverphil]

Yesss

 

[hoopsjock]

Nurk didn’t play great on D but that’s not the problem i see with him and i understand everything you said. However, I will never understand how a 7 footer standing under the basket or within 2 feet of the basket misses as many shots as he does, he must have about a 4 inch standing vertical, there’s just no other reason to miss that many point blank shots(going back to last year and the first half tonight).

I agree he will be useful against larger lumbering centers that we play and he’ll have nights where he looks like the monster we all thought he was after we traded for him but it’s just very frustrating to see someone that big and that close to the rim not scoring with some authority, even more painful when it appears he’s actually trying to avoid contact in those situations. I’m not a Nurk hater though and I like having him on the team, especially when he flashes those abilities to dominate.

Nurk isn't a leaper. He does need to go up stronger sometimes but he did shoot 50.5% last year and 50% tonight. I'm fine with that. If it improves, great! Good defense and 50% shooting is more than adequate. The thing Nurk can do to improve his finishing (and this works almost every time he does it) is when he gets into the body of the defender with his left side/shoulder while shooting with his right hand. He's so big that the defender can't really get to the ball in those situations. If he has inside position he could stick his butt out to seal his man better to get cleaner looks. I don't think it's the flipper type shots that are the problem it's that the rest of his body isn't in the right position sometimes when he attempts those shots.

 

[Scalma]

You need to stop saying this bullshit. That's just like me making up a story about you.

Nah. You can say whatever you want about me, don’t mean shit to me.

 

[dviss1]

He had no impact on Defense in the 1st half, Lakers Scored 500 points in that half in The paint, but in the 2nd he was great. Watch the Games then Talk please

When I read most of your posts I'm left thinking:

He doesn't have a clue...

 

[dviss1]

Nah. You can say whatever you want about me, don’t mean shit to me.

Lol.

 

[BonesJones]

We took over an LA bar and were loud as fuck

May I use this in a TrueBlazerFan video?

 

[dviss1]

Nurk isn't a leaper. He does need to go up stronger sometimes but he did shoot 50.5% last year and 50% tonight. I'm fine with that. If it improves, great! Good defense and 50% shooting is more than adequate. The thing Nurk can do to improve his finishing (and this works almost every time he does it) is when he gets into the body of the defender with his left side/shoulder while shooting with his right hand. He's so big that the defender can't really get to the ball in those situations. If he has inside position he could stick his butt out to seal his man better to get cleaner looks. I don't think it's the flipper type shots that are the problem it's that the rest of his body isn't in the right position sometimes when he attempts those shots.

Nurk looked terrible on defense tonight.

Edit: Rephrase. Nurk was hit and miss on D tonight.