Game Thread GAME# 14: CLIPPERS @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 20, 2015 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

[EGame]

...if they're hitting 60% of their FT's, yes. Otherwise you're in hack-a-Davis AND hack-a-plums mode.

I think the idea is to confused the opponent in who to foul. When you have just an obvious one like jordan or howard it is easy to decide. But when we send out both plums and davis it clearly confuses our oppnent into who they should foul so they end up gettinh schooled by dame or cj in the end

Edit: I hate typing on my phone

 

[Blazers Roy]

He did great but he was ineffiecent all night till that last 5 min. Ironically his first time this season taking over.

I think he needs to improve on the efficient part of his game and tone that Steph curry type of shots down. He can only do that.

He did great tho and nobody can ever take Dame's heart away its the best part of his game.

Dame just doesn't realize he's not Steph Curry, he's Dwayne Wade.

 

[BlayZa]

sorry, team - i was away for the weekend here......
Queenstown/Wanaka New Zealand - yes..... revel in the beauty of my south pacific paradise!

updated the linkage!

 

[BlayZa]

glad to see ed davis have a strong game, i real like that dude - him n plumlee should rock it more, myers can take a huge break from the starting lineup (even tho he is....)

Dame, CJ, Aminu, Davis, Plumbs

lez do it

 

[THE HCP]

What!!?? I'm in New Zealand right now too!

Sent from my Baller-Ass 5.5" iPhone 6+......... FAMS

 

[Elton]

sorry, team - i was away for the weekend here......
Queenstown/Wanaka New Zealand - yes..... revel in the beauty of my south pacific paradise!

updated the linkage!

Ahh, Middle Earth and the Misty Mountains.

Did you happen to battle a Balrog while visiting?

 

[Draco]

What!!?? I'm in New Zealand right now too!

Sent from my Baller-Ass 5.5" iPhone 6+......... FAMS

Looks like your drunk sideways on the streets of Vegas.

 

[Blazer4ever]

Lumbering centers that can't protect the rim are worthless in the modern NBA.

Can you imagine him trying to chase around Draymond Green and Steph Curry in pick and rolls?

He's the type of player that puts you in NBA purgatory where he can help with regular season wins but he has no possible role on a team winning playoff series.

Brook Lopez is very underrated defensively. He isn't on Robin's level but he's very much above average on defense. The Nets are terrible and he obviously isn't good enough to lead a team all by himself but I think in his case, people were maybe praising him too much, he didn't live up to all the hype, but now he's better than what people say about him.
People say that Robin who was supposed to be the inferior player is actualy better, I can even agree with that, but Robin proved to be an amazing player for us and is earning his 15mil$ a year for the Knicks. He may even be the better player but still, not by much.
Brook has better offensive repertoire and his defensive awareness and instincts are much better than what people give him credit for, he went from being overrated to underrated, In my opinion. I don't know if bringing him is the right move or not, just saying what I think of him as a player.

 

[Blazers Roy]

No way Robin is better than Brook.
Brook schools him whenever when they meet.

 

[Draco]

Brook Lopez is very underrated defensively. He isn't on Robin's level but he's very much above average on defense. The Nets are terrible and he obviously isn't good enough to lead a team all by himself but I think in his case, people were maybe praising him too much, he didn't live up to all the hype, but now he's better than what people say about him.
People say that Robin who was supposed to be the inferior player is actualy better, I can even agree with that, but Robin proved to be an amazing player for us and is earning his 15mil$ a year for the Knicks. He may even be the better player but still, not by much.
Brook has better offensive repertoire and his defensive awareness and instincts are much better than what people give him credit for, he went from being overrated to underrated, In my opinion. I don't know if bringing him is the right move or not, just saying what I think of him as a player.

I kind of agree in the regular season; but slow lumbering centers are role players when games matter the most. Look at Bogut, he didn't play in the final three games of the finals when the Warriors won. Robin got exposed during two years of playoffs here as well. Hibbert in Indy; big stiff centers can't play the whole game in the playoffs.

Brook would be a good part of an 8 man rotation but he can't be one of the top3 players of a wining playoff team. With a $20 mil per year salary his production to a winning team in the playoffs relative to his salary is a big negative. I'd rather target other players, or keep the salary space open for someone else. Also trading away picks for such a player? Horrific.