Game Thread Game #18 - BLAZERS VS NUGGETS - NOVEMBER 23, 2021 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) TNT

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Who should replace Neil Olshey if he's fired?

  • Danny Ainge

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Blazers trap game tomorrow because they can’t wait to eat Turkey. Then get blown out on Friday because they ate too much Turkey
 
Great defense tonight...solid game we should win ..Dame hit his deepest 3 of the season I believe! Go Blazers! Get the next one!
 
Even if we would have lost this game I would have been encouraged. (pissed but encouraged)
I loved the ball movent and I loved seeing them push the ball without turning it over (CJ zero turnover and Dame with just 1)
You can see them getting better. Now if they can play this way on the road.
 
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DDolla said:
Blazers trap game tomorrow because they can’t wait to eat Turkey. Then get blown out on Friday because they ate too much Turkey
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Do you just put it out in the universe that the Blazers are going to lose every game? Lol.
 
Strenuus said:
Do you just put it out in the universe that the Blazers are going to lose every game? Lol.
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Yeah he's trying to out Aldo Aldo. That's been his thing for a little while now. The two of them go negative every time they can and then whenever negative things inevitably happen they like to take credit. Some really sad trollish behavior.
 
Buffalo Custard said:
It was a nice win. Now, can they win at least 1 of the next 3 on the road?
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We can definitely beat Sac unless we shit the bed again. The question I have is can we beat one of Golden State or Utah on their home floor? I don't think we can but I would love to be proved wrong by our team. I really want this team to show that they can beat top teams or (to be redundant) I want CJ and probably other starters traded.
 
Scalma said:
your takeaway from this game was to dump the guy with the second best +/- on the night?
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I'm not crapping on Nurk, but how many of his minutes are combined with Dame? +/- is a really flawed way to evaluate the impact of a player for a single game.

Jeff Green had a very solid night, but had the second worse +/- of anyone.
 
Tince said:
I'm not crapping on Nurk, but how many of his minutes are combined with Dame? +/- is a really flawed way to evaluate the impact of a player for a single game.

Jeff Green had a very solid night, but had the second worse +/- of anyone.
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that’s why Jeff green is on a different team every year.
 
Tince said:
Van Gundy too busy bitching to even comment on the between the legs dunk by Brown!
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Van Gundy is probably too old school to be flattered by pretty garbage time buckets. Coaches don’t think in terms of the flash and care more about the substance.
 
20 points win against short hands. Good. Now show some balls away from home and let's see some Barkley's talk.
 
Scalma said:
Because he’s empty stats. Nurks impact goes beyond the stat sheet. Unfortunately there are a lot of dummies that don’t realize it.
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What do you think Nurk will command on the market this summer from the GM who values his skills the most? $20m/year? Has to be a lot for someone with all his intangiables, right?
 
Tince said:
What do you think Nurk will command on the market this summer from the GM who values his skills the most? $20m/year? Has to be a lot for someone with all his intangiables, right?
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Took the NBA about three decades to figure out that three pointers are really good.
 
THE HCP said:
SIGH
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why does optimism disturb you so?

not trying to start anything, honestly asking. Is it because then sometimes the optimists cry when we lose?

i mean i can see the huge drop of emotions for some, if so, but otherwise i consider optimism a good thing.
Glass half full is better than glass half empty, isn't it?
 
Dames shot is back!!!

nice win!! No win streak thread???

Fuck it. Ill streak in your living room then!!

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Tince said:
I'm not crapping on Nurk, but how many of his minutes are combined with Dame? +/- is a really flawed way to evaluate the impact of a player for a single game.

Jeff Green had a very solid night, but had the second worse +/- of anyone.
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Here you go. Plus minus per 100 possessions for various combos of Nurk & Dame:
2017 to 2021 | Nurk & Dame | Possessions 10,492 | Plus/Minus +867 | Per 100 +8.3
2017 to 2021 | Dame Only | Possessions 12,785 | Plus/Minus +303 | Per 100 +2.4
2017 to 2021 | Nurk Only | Possessions 1,316 | Plus/Minus -78 | Per 100 -5.9
2017 to 2021 | Neither | Possessions 8,652 | Plus/Minus -461 | Per 100 -5.3

- Almost 90% of Nurk's possessions are with Dame on the floor.
- Nurk & Dame is +8.3 per 100.
- Nurk Only is -5.9 per 100.
- That is a huge drop off BUT it is way too small a sample (-5.9 +/- 6.0 per 100 at 2 standard deviations).
- Baseline Neither at -5.3 per 100 but is mostly vs 2nd units while Nurk Only faces starters.

The biggest thing I see is that Dame drops a lot without Nurk. Dame & Nurk are +8.3 while Dame Only drops to +2.4. Large samples for both numbers. Also Dame & Nurk is going to be vs tougher opposition than Dame Only as the latter will have a larger portion vs 2nd units.
 
Blazers forced 17 Turnovers. As a team the got 7 Blocks with 3 of them coming from RoCo.
Between Roco and Powell they came up with or forced 10 of those turnovers. RoCo also had 7 boards and a couple assists.
Billups made a good decision to ride with Little and Roco a bit more last night.
Zeller is looking worse and worse all the time? He works hard I'll give him that but wow? IMO way too much talk about moving CJ or Nurk and nowhere near enough about trying to find a solid piece to replace Zeller for better depth.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Blazers forced 17 Turnovers. As a team the got 7 Blocks with 3 of them coming from RoCo.
Between Roco and Powell they came up with or forced 10 of those turnovers. RoCo also had 7 boards and a couple assists.
Billups made a good decision to ride with Little and Roco a bit more last night.
Zeller is looking worse and worse all the time? He works hard I'll give him that but wow? IMO way too much talk about moving CJ or Nurk and nowhere near enough about trying to find a solid piece to replace Zeller for better depth.
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I’d be surprised if Portland didn’t look to upgrade from Zeller. Nance has looked good as a backup five but we’ve also played a stretch of teams who lacked size or were missing their bigs.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Blazers forced 17 Turnovers. As a team the got 7 Blocks with 3 of them coming from RoCo.
Between Roco and Powell they came up with or forced 10 of those turnovers. RoCo also had 7 boards and a couple assists.
Billups made a good decision to ride with Little and Roco a bit more last night.
Zeller is looking worse and worse all the time? He works hard I'll give him that but wow? IMO way too much talk about moving CJ or Nurk and nowhere near enough about trying to find a solid piece to replace Zeller for better depth.
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Because Zeller is a backup and whatever we get there most likely will affect us only a little. Especially since Nance plays well as C it's not a big need.
When we talk about CJ we hope it's not a lateral move and it will change the way our team is constructed with Powell going to SG. We hope for more ball movement, better D etc
 
Scalma said:
I’d be surprised if Portland didn’t look to upgrade from Zeller. Nance has looked good as a backup five but we’ve also played a stretch of teams who lacked size or were missing their bigs.
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Bring back Kanter!!!!
 
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