Game Thread Game #19 - BLAZERS @ KINGS - NOVEMBER 24, 2021 - WEDNESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

[royo]

"You mean he's turning into a first ballot Hall of Famer and one of the greatest one-and-done college basketball phenoms ever? Son, that's perfectly fine by me!" - @THE HCP probably

Sadly, probably perfectly fine for CJ as well.

We just need to all accept that we are not a good team this year. Another year wasted for Dame

Maybe you should do few days without burbon

 

[THE HCP]

We just need to all accept that we are not a good team this year. Another year wasted for Dame

It took you THIS long to see this?

 

[BonesJones]

I didn’t even watch the game today, but sounds like a typical selfish CJ game. Like I’ve said, trading CJ at this point would be addition by subtraction. This guy is so damn selfish and just doesn’t understand NBA basketball. Anything they get for him in a trade would be an upgrade/bonus.

Yeah, CJ doesn't know NBA basketball. He should hire OneSport3 from the RipCityTwo Forum to teach him.

 

[BonesJones]

Great to see Nurk unlocked.

Can some one tweet CJ? He CAN pass the ball. He can go for 8a per game if he wants. His hero ball is not answer for this team to win on regular basis.

CJ, you turning into Melo.

Did Melo ever have as many assists for us as CJ had tonight?

And I'm laughing my ass off at the thought of "tweeting CJ" to tell him how to play.

 

[BonesJones]

CJ played horribly tonight, but the "CJs a cancer" and "trading him would be addition by subtraction" shit is so fucking ridiculous.

 

[royo]

Did Melo ever have as many assists for us as CJ had tonight?

And I'm laughing my ass off at the thought of "tweeting CJ" to tell him how to play.

CJ could have 8 assists per game if he wanted. He is in love with shooting. Just like Melo.
I never said he is bad, he is great bballer and I admire his handling skills. He is a killer. But he is not team player and team is what we need here.

 

[royo]

And I'm laughing my ass off at the thought of "tweeting CJ" to tell him how to play.

I'm not the one that spend two hours talking about Blazers, so don't start this, bro

 

[KSF-ERIC]

The Warriors go into the 4th in a tight game tied with 10 mins left and end up winning by 20.
That is the difference right now between the Blazers and a contender.
Blazers have some improvements to make. Both to their play and their roster.

All I know is the Blazers have blown out 5 of last year’s WC playoff teams. Utah and Dallas are the only ones left. We get Utah on Monday.

 

[BonesJones]

CJ could have 8 assists per game if he wanted. He is in love with shooting. Just like Melo.
I never said he is bad, he is great bballer and I admire his handling skills. He is a killer. But he is not team player and team is what we need here.

So because he doesn't get 8 assists a game he's Melo.

Just because he's an aggressive scorer doesn't mean he doesn't want to pass or isn't a team player. Dude's averaged 4.4 to 4.7 apg as a SG the last 3 years but because it's not 8 he's selfish. That's so crazy to me.

 

[BonesJones]

I'm not the one that spend two hours talking about Blazers, so don't start this, bro

Huh? What does me having a Postgame Show have to do with tweeting AT CJ telling him how to play?

 

[GDiama]

So because he doesn't get 8 assists a game he's Melo.

Just because he's an aggressive scorer doesn't mean he doesn't want to pass or isn't a team player. Dude's averaged 4.4 to 4.7 apg as a SG the last 3 years but because it's not 8 he's selfish. That's so crazy to me.

Just raw numbers don't say the whole truth though. And i'm not saying he is selfish, but I believe he gets sucked in the moment and at times has tunnel vision. I don't think he is doing it because he cares more about his numbers than team wins, but he is often a ball stopper on offense. Not same level like Melo was, but he is one. I don't believe we ll ever have the ball movement we want if the ball passes through his hands and to me it's crazy we have Powell shooting the ball at 50% and he can never get the same amount of shots like the other two guards.


By the way Lillard has already matched CJ's TS% for the year. I never saw that coming with how bad Dame has shot the ball so far. That shows that CJ has been struggling a big amount as well.

 

[royo]

I said "turning into" not "you are". Surely, you know the difference.

Talking two hours about what was good and was wrong in the game, talking about coaching decisions, players, plays... I mean, who do you talkin to then?

It all good, btw. I like your show and I think Billups should tweet CJ, not you

 

[TBpup]

7-3 in our previous ten before tonight, and off a 4 game win streak.

defense at home is nothing like in yrs past.

Their play on the road is nothing like years passed either... much worse. They were 7-3 because of home games and one against the hapless Rockets.

But they go on the road and are pathetic against a bad Kings team missing 3 of their starters by games end.

It's only November and already we can not win the season series with the Kings.

... but at least MeJ got his 20 shots up.

 

[Buffalo Custard]

Still too early to judge Billups or team. #30Games

We have 19 games to judge Billups on.
We have 547 games to judge CJ on.

Just a little bit different.

 

[Buffalo Custard]

CJ is not a young guy still finding his way. He is a vet and by all accounts is a bright guy. Anybody can have a bad game, but his seeming lack of self awarness is disturbing.

 

[stampedehero]

Trail Blazers vs. Kings - Box Score - November 24, 2021 - ESPN<

 

[Mediocre Man]

ME-J’s game is based around his ability to create his own shot. He’s an absolutely fantastic shot creator. The issue, of course, is that our new coach is trying to help our team become more diverse on offense by moving the ball and in turn become a tad more difficult to guard come playoff time.

So until C-Chuck decides he wants to part of the future and not the past, this team is going to struggle

 

[FlashWad]

When do we play the rockets again?

 

[FlashWad]

CJ was horrendous. Sucks he’s that selfish when Nukic is on fire.

 

[Orion Bailey]

When do we play the rockets again?

need a pickmeup!? Lol.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Bad loss should have won. cj with a terrible game.

 

[Duvalier]

Did Melo ever have as many assists for us as CJ had tonight?

And I'm laughing my ass off at the thought of "tweeting CJ" to tell him how to play.

You're really comparing Melo to CJ in regard to Melo ever having as many assists? Yeah that's what Melo was here for...assists lol. Melo had one job here.

 

[illmatic99]

Did Melo ever have as many assists for us as CJ had tonight?

And I'm laughing my ass off at the thought of "tweeting CJ" to tell him how to play.

Not trying to argue, but weren't you the one tweeting Dame instructions on how to fix his jumpshot like a few weeks ago?

 

[Blazinaway]

Once again we reverted to too much "hero ball" and forced bad shots from our guards late in the game. Nas hardly touched the ball on offense in the 4th qtr and he was playing such a good game and driviing to the hoop really well, Nurk and Norm had great games and when those 3 are playing so well why not keep them involved more and keep the ball moving? I just don't get Dame's and CJ's mentalities at times, IMO that likely cost us the game. Yeah the game before both were on fire

nurk feasted when they were trapping dame in the first half.

sac went away from trapping and let mitchell/harkless guard dame 1 on 1. nurk's advantage went away.

but i generally agree. he shoulda had more shots than cj

and how bout getting Nas some touches in the 2nd half and especially 4th qtr - he hardly touched the ball and was driving inside really well, hero ball pisses me off, so tired of it

 

[Rastapopoulos]

We’ve got this.

[Narrator] "It turned out they didn't got this."

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Where was all this CJ hate last game? Oh that's right - he was our best player in a win.

And everyone saying "trade him" but nobody comes up with remotely plausible trades that would improve the team.

 

[OneSport3]

Yeah, CJ doesn't know NBA basketball. He should hire OneSport3 from the RipCityTwo Forum to teach him.

Oh no, I’m just a measly poster on the RipCityTwo forum. He should definitely hire BonesJones from the RipCityTwo forum who also has a YouTube channel which means he knows EVERYTHING about NBA basketball. You even had the audacity to tell Dame how to fix his jump shot a few weeks back. I’m glad Dame was watching and listened to you. Looks like his jumper is back now.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

All I know is the Blazers have blown out 5 of last year’s WC playoff teams. Utah and Dallas are the only ones left. We get Utah on Monday.

Every one of those wins have an "*" by it for missing key players or being on a B2B. Sorry not impressed at this point. Blazers need to continue to improve and they need to upgrade the roster a bit.

 

[Labinot41]

CJ had the same grin on his face he did when he stepped out of bounds in game 5.

Also it’s clear accountability only applies to some players.

Unfortunately true, Billups is all talk no action on this topic

 

[James lamphear]

Well it's like this our 2 guards going get there shots up no matter what it's going to be like that. I don't care if they have 1 assist or 10 assist there still going put 18 to 20 shoots a game. It doesn't matter if there hot or cold and doesn't matter if other players got going that night. One thing I was looking at Billups was he was able reign these 2 guards in when there shots wasn't going in some nights and that to me hasn't happened so far this year. We winning at home so far but can tell you right we are not going win them all at home and maybe we don't loose them all the road but this as show yet the mentality that they are going be threat this year. The reason they might make the playoffs or even the play-in is not we are good it's just there enough teams that worst then us for us to make it.