Game Thread GAME# 15: BLAZERS @ PELICANS - NOVEMBER 19, 2019 - TUESDAY, 5:00 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

[B-Roy]

Melo is starting according to Spears. Let's fucking gooooooooooo

 

[Mediocre Man]

What the serious fuck? Starting?

 

[illmatic99]

Told yall

 

[THE HCP]

What the serious fuck? Starting?

And if the game is close down the stretch..... I bet he’s FINISHING.

 

[JDC]

I'd go with..

CJ - Hood - Little - Melo - Whiteside

 

[Blazers1977]

I think Dame taking a night off may turn out to be a good thing. Everyone is so obsessed with his scoring that they haven’t noticed his role as our leader and PG has been quite bad this season. his lack of facilitating as our PG, his lack of energy as our leader, and his apathetic attitude re losing games has been a major part of the problem this year.

Dame isn’t making any effort to make our new players more comfortable.

• Whiteside wants lobs, dame throws him bounce passes.
• Herzonja wants to be PG sometimes, Dame routinely takes the ball from him and has him stand in the corner.
  
• Ant wants more shots, but Dame still takes just as many shots when he’s cold and tired instead of feeding a fresh Ant
  
• MANY people have been spotting up for 3s, wide open, only for dame to split a double and take a runner. He’s had way worse tunnel vision than he usually has.

a game off will allow others players to get more shots and touches and get more comfortable. You see this a lot with NBA teams when the star goes down, and the role players build better chemistry.

 

[stampedehero]

He'll play and with our luck he will miss his shots all night.-(hope not)-

 

[BonesJones]

I think Dame taking a night off may turn out to be a good thing. Everyone is so obsessed with his scoring that they haven’t noticed his role as our leader and PG has been quite bad this season. his lack of facilitating as our PG, his lack of energy as our leader, and his apathetic attitude re losing games has been a major part of the problem this year.

Dame isn’t making any effort to make our new players more comfortable.

• Whiteside wants lobs, dame throws him bounce passes.
• Herzonja wants to be PG sometimes, Dame routinely takes the ball from him and has him stand in the corner.
  
• Ant wants more shots, but Dame still takes just as many shots when he’s cold and tired instead of feeding a fresh Ant
  
• MANY people have been spotting up for 3s, wide open, only for dame to split a double and take a runner. He’s had way worse tunnel vision than he usually has.

a game off will allow others players to get more shots and touches and get more comfortable. You see this a lot with NBA teams when the star goes down, and the role players build better chemistry.

You can't be serious with this shit...

 

[noknobs]

they haven’t noticed his role as our leader and PG has been quite bad this season. his lack of facilitating as our PG, his lack of energy as our leader, and his apathetic attitude re losing games has been a major part of the problem this year.

Dame isn’t making any effort to make our new players more comfortable.

Dumbest shit of the year! Congrats!

 

[THE HCP]

Check this out. The team is all here at the arena except........ guess who.

 

[blazerfan11]

What the serious fuck? Starting?

Told yall

It doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.

 

[blazerfan11]

Check this out. The team is all here at the arena except........ guess who.

Hezonja?

 

[THE HCP]

Hezonja?

Ya, how’s that going to work out for you?

 

[Scalma]

Lolol what did some of you think, he was coming here to back up Nassir Little?

 

[Scalma]

 

[BigGameDamian]

Tight!!

 

[THE HCP]

Never mind

 

[wizenheimer]

I think Dame taking a night off may turn out to be a good thing. Everyone is so obsessed with his scoring that they haven’t noticed his role as our leader and PG has been quite bad this season. his lack of facilitating as our PG, his lack of energy as our leader, and his apathetic attitude re losing games has been a major part of the problem this year.

Dame isn’t making any effort to make our new players more comfortable..

you have to be trolling because this is completely fucked up

 

[noknobs]

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Lolol what did some of you think, he was coming here to back up Nassir Little?

Does this mean you think he got a guarantee he would start? His contract isn't even guaranteed. I think it's a bad move regardless. I wish Little would continue starting.

 

[Scalma]

Does this mean you think he got a guarantee he would start? His contract isn't even guaranteed. I think it's a bad move regardless. I wish Little would continue starting.

Little should start at SF, because it would allow Hood to be more of a focal point on the second unit imo. Hood is barely gonna have the ball now once Dame gets back.

 

[rotary111]

Does Little remind anyone of Jerome Kersey?

He would need to improve his shot but is it a stretch?

 

[wizenheimer]

there's a definite vibe of desperation with the Blazers right now

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Little should start at SF, because it would allow Hood to be more of a focal point on the second unit imo. Hood is barely gonna have the ball now once Dame gets back.

Not a bad idea. Especially with Melo starting. I think we will need Little's energy.

 

[THE HCP]

there's a definite vibe of desperation with the Blazers right now

Nah, that was the last 10 games when we knew who was being thrown out there to play. This is called excitement.

 

[B-Roy]

Little should start at SF, because it would allow Hood to be more of a focal point on the second unit imo. Hood is barely gonna have the ball now once Dame gets back.

He barely had the ball anyways. 14% usage rate as a starting. 16% usage rate coming off the bench last year. The offense doesn't revolve around any one person. Stotts "empowers" his guys to make plays ie. take turns calling your own number when you think you can score. Hood can get more shots if he wants to, just do what Bazemore does.

 

[JoshuaHall]

Not a bad idea. Especially with Melo starting. I think we will need Little's energy.

And defense ..

He needs to become tony Allen

 

[Scalma]

He barely had the ball anyways. 14% usage rate as a starting. 16% usage rate coming off the bench last year. The offense doesn't revolve around any one person. Stotts "empowers" his guys to make plays ie. take turns calling your own number when you think you can score. Hood can get more shots if he wants to, just do what Bazemore does.

Hes never gonna do that when he’s with the starters, just like Bazemore doesn’t.

 

[Strenuus]

I think Dame taking a night off may turn out to be a good thing. Everyone is so obsessed with his scoring that they haven’t noticed his role as our leader and PG has been quite bad this season. his lack of facilitating as our PG, his lack of energy as our leader, and his apathetic attitude re losing games has been a major part of the problem this year.

Dame isn’t making any effort to make our new players more comfortable.

• Whiteside wants lobs, dame throws him bounce passes.
• Herzonja wants to be PG sometimes, Dame routinely takes the ball from him and has him stand in the corner.
  
• Ant wants more shots, but Dame still takes just as many shots when he’s cold and tired instead of feeding a fresh Ant
  
• MANY people have been spotting up for 3s, wide open, only for dame to split a double and take a runner. He’s had way worse tunnel vision than he usually has.

a game off will allow others players to get more shots and touches and get more comfortable. You see this a lot with NBA teams when the star goes down, and the role players build better chemistry.

Theres so much wrong with this, i dont have 15 hours to pick it apart.

This is STOTTS fault. No one else. There is no argument otherwise. Nice try, though. Sorry you wasted your time though.

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

Nah, that was the last 10 games when we knew who was being thrown out there to play. This is called excrement.

There fixed if for you.