Game Thread GAME# 21: BLAZERS @ TIMBERWOLVES - DECEMBER 5, 2015 - SATURDAY, 5:00 PM (PST), KGW

[e_blazer]

.400s may be enough to make playoffs in West.

The Blazers are just 1 game out of the 7th spot at this point.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

This team stacks up pretty good considering the young and inexperienced they are. Crabbe, Leonard and CJ all grown quite a bit as players. Then you add scrappy, slashers like Davis and Aminu and this can be a tough group. While a lot of this roster may end up playing elsewhere, the foundation is there.

Agreed.

Lillard, crabbe, Cj, aminu, plumlee, Davis and Leonard is a pretty good foundation that will continue to grow. I think Leonard ends up being the odd man out and the most likely to leave with us obtaining an upgrade. At this point, I think we need an elite pf. Ben Simmons would be PERFECT at pf for this group. Right now it looks like we might be too good to have a realistic chance to draft him.

 

[ripcityboy]

Agreed.

Lillard, crabbe, Cj, aminu, plumlee, Davis and Leonard is a pretty good foundation that will continue to grow. I think Leonard ends up being the odd man out and the most likely to leave with us obtaining an upgrade. At this point, I think we need an elite pf. Ben Simmons would be PERFECT at pf for this group. Right now it looks like we might be too good to have a realistic chance to draft him.

I think the addition of Davis and Aminu for the money we paid for them shows how good a GM Olshey is. This is a market that is a no go for top flight talent and he stole two quality players for next to nothing. Contrast that with the big money contracts that teams like Phoenix, SA and LA doled out. No one does more with less.

 

[julius]

The Blazers are just 1 game out of the 7th spot at this point.

also 1 game from being 12th in the conference.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Damn we suck at tanking.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Damn we suck at tanking.

Don't worry. With the long road trip comingup I think we go on a bit of a losing streak. We will be back in the thick of tank mode soon!

 

[e_blazer]

also 1 game from being 12th in the conference.

True, but who wants to think about it that way? Oh, yeah. I guess there are a more than a few around here.

 

[KingSpeed]

The Blazers are just 1 game out of the 7th spot at this point.

2.5 behind the 4 seed

 

[e_blazer]

2.5 behind the 4 seed

Now that is the way to think. Home court advantage.

 

[BigGameDamian]

And one of my favorite.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I think Portland needs to get more shots for their supporting cast. Leonard and Crabbe in particular. Leonard has a bad habit of passing up open shots and it results in someone else having to hoist up a bad shot. Lillard and McCollum just need to stop forcing up so many shots, it'll make the Blazers a better offensive team.

Lillard and CJ are going to force some shots. That happens when no one else on the team can dribble and/or create their own shot.

You said yourself......" Leonard has a bad habit of passing up open shots and it results in someone else having to hoist up a bad shot"

How is that Lillard or CJ's fault?

I do agree that the offense works much better when Leonard is on the floor. He is a great target to have when things break down. The fact that he can shoot from all spots on the floor is huge. I agree he needs to shoot more, and that will come in time IMO. Crabbe is coming along nicely as well.

 

[Scalma]

There are no free agents really worth the time (minus the unrealistic ones like durant) so might as well keep this group together, keep the pick, and just trust Olshey can find a third scorer in the draft, even if it's not a top 5 pick. I trust he can.

 

[KingSpeed]

Damn I'm so stoked about that win. Where are all the Dame Haters? He came up huge in the clutch tonight.

 

[Strenuus]

We've already dominated Golden State this year. We DESTROYED them in preseason and they played their starters and were clearly trying.

We'll see on Jan. 8th when the game actually matters.

 

[THE HCP]

Well well well, guess who's makin the Bucks game thread FAMS!!


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

 

[blue9]

Yeah, that was strange. I guess it was supposed to be some sort of subliminal message, but instead it became very liminal (if that's even a word).

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Well well well, guess who's makin the Bucks game thread FAMS!!


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

Awesome! They could use someone else posting there - http://www.sportstwo.com/forums/milwaukee-bucks.98/

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Awesome! They could use someone else posting there - http://www.sportstwo.com/forums/milwaukee-bucks.98/

I'm just fucking with you @HCP .

 

[BlayZa]

is there another starter in the league avging less mins than Vonleh ?

 

[THE HCP]

Prost from Milwaukee FAMS!

 

[SIeepwalker]

Crabbe is an excellent shooter, always under control, knows what he's doing and what he have to do, and seems to be starting to add shot creation to his game.
On top of that, he's a good defender.

Why isn't he playing more ?

 

[Natebishop3]

Crabbe is an excellent shooter, always under control, knows what he's doing and what he have to do, and seems to be starting to add shot creation to his game.
On top of that, he's a good defender.

Why isn't he playing more ?

So much depth. It's a curse.

 

[BBert]

I think he was yelling at Lillard. And I do mean "YELLING". More like screaming, lmao.

Good game fam! GO BLAZERS!

I thought he was yelling at Rubio for the turnover? IDK

 

[BBert]

Blazers suck at tanking. Players don't want to lose their job to Simmons. Stotts has his work cut out for him.

 

[riverman]

Crabbe is an excellent shooter, always under control, knows what he's doing and what he have to do, and seems to be starting to add shot creation to his game.
On top of that, he's a good defender.

Why isn't he playing more ?

maybe because we're not trying to trade him

 

[Strenuus]

maybe because we're not trying to trade him

So we lose him in FA? Cool!

 

[Blazers Roy]

Crabbe is an excellent shooter, always under control, knows what he's doing and what he have to do, and seems to be starting to add shot creation to his game.
On top of that, he's a good defender.

Why isn't he playing more ?

Well, Stotts has prepared his notebook a few months ago and in that notebook he determined that Crabbe should not play big minutes.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Prost from Milwaukee FAMS!View attachment 6844

That's your drink of choice?

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

That's your drink of choice?

Pabst isn't that bad. For a cheap beer it's decent