Game Thread GAME# 10: HAWKS @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 10, 2019 - SUNDAY, 6:00 PM, NBCSNW

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Dame is literally having a 50/40/90 season, well he’s at 49/39/91, which on his usage rate is insane. He’s prime steph right now.
 
Oddly I thought CJ played pretty well tonight - just couldn't get the deep ball to go in until the last one in OT. He was active, had some tough drives, etc. Hopefully seeing those last two shots go in late will help break him out of that slump.
 
BlazerBeav said:
Oddly I thought CJ played pretty well tonight - just couldn't get the deep ball to go in until the last one in OT. He was active, had some tough drives, etc. Hopefully seeing those last two shots go in late will help break him out of that slump.
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some of the things that were happening to him were just comical. Like a perfect storm. Even the play where it saves it directly into a Huerter 3....

it’s like the basketball gods were doing everything in their power to push him lower.
 
B-Roy said:
some of the things that were happening to him were just comical. Like a perfect storm. Even the play where it saves it directly into a Huerter 3....

it’s like the basketball gods were doing everything in their power to push him lower.
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basketball gods are cruel some times. I have absolutely no worries about his ability to get it back.

What concerns me more is getting Ant 30 mpg. He's way better than even I was anticipating to start the year. Dude is ready to break out.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
I dont think Simons is better than CJ today, but I think he will be. Its still so early in his career though, who knows.
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I think actually Simons is better than CJ today, but CJ will play better in the future.
Simons so far this season is shooting 56.6 effective field goal percentage , while CJ is shooting a miserable 42 % effective field goal percentage.

I have as much confidence that Simons will hit an open 3 compared to CJ, and more confidence that Simons will do the right thing in choosing 2-point shots compared to CJ, which is supposed to be CJs strong point.

CJ is shooting 40 percent on 2 point shots, while Simons is shooting 56 percent on 2 point shots.

It's a long season so things will change, but right now today I think Simons is better.
 
Simons has quietly also improved defensively, seemingly by the game. I like him guarding point guards, his length and athleticism seems to give them problems. Last two games he’s had to guard two of the shiftiest point guards in the league and held his own. That’s encouraging. I expect to see him draw Fox a lot on Tuesday.
 
What's nice is seeing Ant come in right away and produce. He seemingly won't be one of those players we all gush about and wonder what they will be like when they figure the game out (which usually doesn't actually happen). And he's scoring and looking elite at certain aspects of the game 1 year removed from high school ball too, against NBA players.
 
Scalma said:
Simons has quietly also improved defensively, seemingly by the game. I like him guarding point guards, his length and athleticism seems to give them problems. Last two games he’s had to guard two of the shiftiest point guards in the league and held his own. That’s encouraging. I expect to see him draw Fox a lot on Tuesday.
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He's so quick he can actually stay in front of those guys. So nice for a change.
 
theprunetang said:
What's nice is seeing Ant come in right away and produce. He seemingly won't be one of those players we all gush about and wonder what they will be like when they figure the game out (which usually doesn't actually happen). And he's scoring and looking elite at certain aspects of the game 1 year removed from high school ball too, against NBA players.
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I gotta say, I am shocked and impressed! Now if they can just get Little enough PT to fast track his development.
 
Scalma said:
Simons has quietly also improved defensively, seemingly by the game. I like him guarding point guards, his length and athleticism seems to give them problems. Last two games he’s had to guard two of the shiftiest point guards in the league and held his own. That’s encouraging. I expect to see him draw Fox a lot on Tuesday.
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yep
 
Scalma said:
Simons has quietly also improved defensively, seemingly by the game.
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Pretty quiet. Young absolutely torched him. Not a huge knock on him because Young torched everyone except Baze.
 
Simons is good man, and he can pass to. A few year down the stretch he will be a threat to make a play not only for himself but also for other every possessions.

I really like Little. At this point I'd play him above Mario and Tolliver. The team seems to play better as well when he's in
 
kjironman1 said:
Pretty quiet. Young absolutely torched him. Not a huge knock on him because Young torched everyone except Baze.
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Young didn't torch anybody. He took 30 shots for his 35 pts and was gifted some overly generous FTs all night on calls that even Dame doesn't get. He also had 7 turnovers and was largely absent after he told the crowd to quiet down.
 
illmatic99 said:
Young didn't torch anybody. He took 30 shots for his 35 pts and was gifted some overly generous FTs all night on calls that even Dame doesn't get. He also had 7 turnovers and was largely absent after he told the crowd to quiet down.
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I guess you didn't watch the end of the third? Came out ok beings 1M got his also.
 
kjironman1 said:
I guess you didn't watch the end of the third? Came out ok beings 1M got his also.
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He hit a few tough shots. He was 9/30 for the night.

I thought Ant was fine one on one. Where he's struggling is team defense right now, but it's understandable considering he's only played in like 11 real games.
 
illmatic99 said:
He hit a few tough shots. He was 9/30 for the night.

I thought Ant was fine one on one. Where he's struggling is team defense right now, but it's understandable considering he's only played in like 11 real games.
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I didn't knock him at all. There will be good and bad for sure. The guy plays with fire.
 
kjironman1 said:
Pretty quiet. Young absolutely torched him. Not a huge knock on him because Young torched everyone except Baze.
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The last two games Stotts hasn't hid Simons on defense like he does with Dame and CJ most of the time. Neither one of those other guys had to matchup with Young much. To me that can mean one of two things, either he trusts Simons more than other options in those situations or he's trying he's trying to make Simons have an obvious flaw in his game to warrant sitting him over CJ in the 4th when Simons was unstoppable on the other end.

I don't believe Stotts would be like that so I'll choose to think that he simply thought Simons was the best option from who was on the floor at the time. Although with Layman last year Stotts always made him play however Harkless would. People mention how crappy Layman was on defense in the playoffs but almost all of his minutes were spent guarding guys like Jamal Murray which is a really tough matchup for most forwards to try and guard a pick and roll point guard like that. You can only hide so many players on defense so it's probably just a pick your poison type of thing.
 
hoopsjock said:
The last two games Stotts hasn't hid Simons on defense like he does with Dame and CJ most of the time. Neither one of those other guys had to matchup with Young much. To me that can mean one of two things, either he trusts Simons more than other options in those situations or he's trying he's trying to make Simons have an obvious flaw in his game to warrant sitting him over CJ in the 4th when Simons was unstoppable on the other end.

I don't believe Stotts would be like that so I'll choose to think that he simply thought Simons was the best option from who was on the floor at the time. Although with Layman last year Stotts always made him play however Harkless would. People mention how crappy Layman was on defense in the playoffs but almost all of his minutes were spent guarding guys like Jamal Murray which is a really tough matchup for most forwards to try and guard a pick and roll point guard like that. You can only hide so many players on defense so it's probably just a pick your poison type of thing.
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one possibility you didn't mention:

Stotts is probably smart enough to realize he's grinding Dame into the hardwood. Dame came into the game leading the league in minutes and he played 44 last night including no rest in the 2nd half. Blazers absolutely need to get him some rest and some easy minutes. Having him defend players that will run him thru screen after screen would just wear him down even more
 
hoopsjock said:
The last two games Stotts hasn't hid Simons on defense like he does with Dame and CJ most of the time. Neither one of those other guys had to matchup with Young much. To me that can mean one of two things, either he trusts Simons more than other options in those situations or he's trying he's trying to make Simons have an obvious flaw in his game to warrant sitting him over CJ in the 4th when Simons was unstoppable on the other end.

I don't believe Stotts would be like that so I'll choose to think that he simply thought Simons was the best option from who was on the floor at the time. Although with Layman last year Stotts always made him play however Harkless would. People mention how crappy Layman was on defense in the playoffs but almost all of his minutes were spent guarding guys like Jamal Murray which is a really tough matchup for most forwards to try and guard a pick and roll point guard like that. You can only hide so many players on defense so it's probably just a pick your poison type of thing.
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You gave that way more thought than I.
I just figure 1M was doing well so he played him. He will get better on Defense. Right now Stotts doesn't have many options. Three guard lineup seems to be one of the weapons he has so he is using it.
 
wizenheimer said:
one possibility you didn't mention:

Stotts is probably smart enough to realize he's grinding Dame into the hardwood. Dame came into the game leading the league in minutes and he played 44 last night including no rest in the 2nd half. Blazers absolutely need to get him some rest and some easy minutes. Having him defend players that will run him thru screen after screen would just wear him down even more
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Gonna pay dividends if he plays his bench and gets them some run. But he still needs to win some games. Balancing act.
 
wizenheimer said:
one possibility you didn't mention:

Stotts is probably smart enough to realize he's grinding Dame into the hardwood. Dame came into the game leading the league in minutes and he played 44 last night including no rest in the 2nd half. Blazers absolutely need to get him some rest and some easy minutes. Having him defend players that will run him thru screen after screen would just wear him down even more
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I did think about this but even with hiding Dame on defense he shouldn't be playing 40 minutes in every game in November, especially when the team plays 5 games in 7 days. Dame's gonna be worn out by Christmas.

When Simons plays like he did last night shouldn't that allow Stotts to sit both Dame and CJ a little more? I get that injuries are part of the equation right now but I believe Stotts needs to be more creative in stealing Dame more rest earlier in games. Why does Dame pkay the entire 1st quarter every game no matter what the situation is?
 
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