Game Thread GAME# 1: PELICANS @ BLAZERS - OCTOBER 28, 2015 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), KGW

[LuckyShot]

Fun tidbit: despite his nervous performance, Meyers led the Blazers in +/- at +29. He's valuable out there.

He spreads the defense, like Ryan Anderson was doing to us.

One mistake I saw though, regarding how we dealt with Anderson in the lineup. We should have put Aminu on him, instead of Meyers. They had Dante Cunningham out there. He's no threat to hit a 3. We were wasting Aminu's defensive ability.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

some tweeks

aminu: spike the ball off the opponents face instead of plumlee's when you get beast blocks.

CJ: stop being so fucking good or we'll never get a lotto pick

Ed Davis: wear a cup and quit flopping your dick out on the opponents unibrows, it's rude

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Dame and Davis were picking and rolling and it was a lot more effective.

Davis is a great pick and roll big, hope to see more of it.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

That Ed Davis guy is pretty good.

He was my favorite acquisition this summer. He can flat out play.

 

[Sinobas]

Aldridge passed all his game knowledge to McCollum, who looked great in the 1st half, then disapeared in the 2nd. Leonard, who is supposed to replace Aldridge's PF shooting, continues to be completely unreliable even in his limited gimmick role. Lillard exists on the fumes of his rookie year shooting. Without that now-false reputation, defenders would ignore him and play 5-on-4.

It's the new guys who will save us.

CJ didn't disappear in the 2nd half, he was key to closing out the game. And this is one of Leonard's few bad shooting games.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Need to learn to play with a lead but good win.

One word for you "Experience."

 

[B-Roy]

Ed Davis is awesome. He's so mobile on defense for a big too. I never worry when he's switched out on a guard.

I agree that we were wasting Aminu's defense though. Aminu is honestly a revelation on defense. His defense is like Batum's mystical defense that we all believe he played but didn't really.

 

[Natebishop3]

Man.... Dante Cunningham blows.

30 minutes of play and he produced zero points on 0-3 shooting.

 

[Strenuus]

In that case, chill out.

The reason I bought it up is because I hope to not see a trend of over playing our guys when they could use all the rest they could get.

I guess I needed to write a paragraph to help... damn.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Anthony Davis is a pussy

Watch yo' mouth, son.

You once came outta one of them.

 

[santeesioux]

He was my favorite acquisition this summer. He can flat out play.

He's definitely going to be a fan favorite like people were saying.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Meyers' stat line is exactly the line I expect from him over the course of the season.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

He's definitely going to be a fan favorite like people were saying.

He and Plums as a two-headed monster did pretty well; I wonder if Davis will start after too much longer.

 

[Chris Craig]

Watch yo' mouth, son.

You once came outta one of them.

Yeah so I know what one looks like

 

[LuckyShot]

The reason I bought it up is because I hope to not see a trend of over playing our guys when they could use all the rest they could get.

I guess I needed to write a paragraph to help... damn.

A whopping minute of running clock isn't going to hurt anyone.

 

[B-Roy]

Plumlee actually had a decent statline. 7/6/6 (assists!) in 18 minutes. I think Plums brings a bit more versatility to the floor than Davis, but what Davis does well (Rebound, defense, rolling) he's good to a T.

 

[Sinobas]

The reason I bought it up is because I hope to not see a trend of over playing our guys when they could use all the rest they could get.

I guess I needed to write a paragraph to help... damn.

Don't worry, I don't think they wasted that much energy in that minute. Dame only played 36 minutes tonight.

 

[illmatic99]

dude what happened to Dames shot? They started playing him for the drive and he just went ice cold

 

[Sinobas]

Plumlee actually had a decent statline. 7/6/6 (assists!) in 18 minutes. I think Plums brings a bit more versatility to the floor than Davis, but what Davis does well (Rebound, defense, rolling) he's good to a T.

I think Davis is a much better defender. And it's not like Plumlee is any more skilled than Davis at offense. Though he has a good handle for a guy his size.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Re-watching the game; Dame is a true toastmaster. He had some things to say and I think he really meant them.

 

[B-Roy]

I think Davis is a much better defender. And it's not like Plumlee is any more skilled than Davis at offense. Though he has a good handle for a guy his size.

His handle, his slick passing. He's faster in the open floor too. He's got some skills no doubt.

But yes, in a vacuum I like Davis better.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Yeah so I know what one looks like

Only time you've seen one.

 

[Pinwheel1]

The perception I got from watching this game is we attacked the basket more. Not sure if the stats back that up, but it sure seemed different to me. I was impressed with Aminu, Plumlee and Davis. Oh yeah........ and CJ too. But I always like watching CJ. He can score from anywhere. Having him and Dame on the floor together with some of these passing bigs, is much more fun to watch than last year

 

[Chris Craig]

Only time you've seen one.

Go pop a cherry

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Go pop a cherry

My wife would not approve.

 

[Chris Craig]

My wife would not approve.

Touche

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Guess who's never averaged 37 points per game (after opening night)?

Steven Adams
Michael Carter Williams
Giannis Antetokoumpo
Gorgui Dieng
Shabazz Muhammad
Kelly Olywhatshisface

 

[rasheedfan2005]

you get pick and pop with meyers you get pick and roll with davis. who really cares who starts? playing like a team is what is going to get us into the playoffs. it's got us undefeated so far

 

[SlyPokerDog]

At this rate we'll be able to package 3 or 4 of these guys for Lebbron by Christmas.

 

[BBert]

Meyers stat padding like a boss lmao.

Shot clock.