Game Thread GAME# 24: THUNDER @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 8, 2019 - SUNDAY, 6:00 PM, NBCSNW

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Which team do you despise the most?

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AldoTrapani said:
iron man it’s even worse odds that our team would do anything as an 8th seed lmao
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Not sure i agree with that. They use a injury exception for a roster spot. Then Nurk returns and there is a chance Collins returns (Though i doubt that one). Blazers currently have two roster spots available and they can deal expiring contracts. They also have draft picks that they can deal. If they come out of December in the hunt for a playoff spot. Look for them to be major players in the "Deadline Dance". One good move changes the team. Two good moves makes them a contender no matter what seed they are in. If they come out with the 5-4 or 6-3 matchup second round is not out of the possibility at all. If you make second round you are going to be in a dog fight.
If you have not been around long i understand what you are saying. But if you have been around for many years like me then you know once the playoffs start "ANYTHING" can happen. If you watched last year at all you know this to be true.

The Blazers are about entertainment! The best entertainment is in the playoffs. Not in tanking for a draft pick that you might not even get.
 
BlazerBeav said:
I've already paid to go see 32 more home games, and that alone is a good reason to be against tanking.
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^^^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^

How would the rest of you feel if you had season tickets and the team gave up? No credible franchise would allow it! No real star caliber player would allow it! Nobody who has any competitive nature whatsoever would allow it!

If they did it i would be the first in line yelling to Fire Olshey! Fire Stotts! Trade Damian Lillard! Drain the Blazer SWAMP!
 
KingSpeed said:
No, I think the 6th seed is there for the taking though. That should be our goal at this point.
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6th is very possible. The top four are probably sewn up. But getting into 5th or 6th would be a great second half of the season.
 
Strenuus said:
Ummm... Thats not how that works.

A fan can want different personnel and a different (temporary) approach and still be a fan.

A fair weather fan DOESNT PAY ATTENTION until the team wins. Thats the difference.
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No that’s exactly how that works. Rooting for a team to fail is no different than not caring when they are losing. Tanking doesn’t amount to “a different temporary approach” it is a shameful betrayal of the team.

If you advocate tanking then you don’t care at all about all of the things that necessarily happen with tanking: the struggling of the team, the players, the organization - people losing their jobs, their families suffering, people losing interest in the team, etc.

Tank-flakes only care about is the end result of “woohoo my team won” while you ignore every step it took to get there. the analogy to fair weather fans is very fitting. Nobody who advocates tanking gives a shit about the team in any significant sense. Paying attention isn’t sufficient to be a fan, it just makes you an observer.
 
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riverman said:
Nurk's twitter said, Fans cheer when you win, real fans still cheer even when you don't....
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Silly Nurk. Real fans root against you and hope you lose, so we can get a draft pick.

Also he is right. The blazer fans this year at home have been abysmal and they got outdone by laker fans in the Moda Center on Friday. This is what happens when your fanbase seriously advocates tanking; its impossible for a fanbase to develop enthusiasm when half of the fans are genuinely hoping we lose.
 
Blazers1977 said:
No that’s exactly how that works. Rooting for a team to fail is no different than not caring when they are losing. Tanking doesn’t amount to “a different temporary approach” it is a shameful betrayal of the team.

If you advocate tanking then you don’t care at all about all of the things that necessarily happen with tanking: the struggling of the team, the players, the organization - people losing their jobs, their families suffering, people losing interest in the team, etc.

Tank-flakes only care about is the end result of “woohoo my team won” while you ignore every step it took to get there. the analogy to fair weather fans is very fitting. Nobody who advocates tanking gives a shit about the team in any significant sense. Paying attention isn’t sufficient to be a fan, it just makes you an observer.
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Nope. Wrong. Good effort. I know what i said is factual.
 
Strenuus said:
A fair weather fan DOESNT PAY ATTENTION until the team wins. Thats the difference.
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Or doesn't say anything unless there's a complaint to be posted....there's that....Stotts wins a coach of the month several times and you can tell who's going to cheer for that and who's not. It's like saying you were a Beatles fan but only if they'd fire George Harrison and hire Eric Clapton.
 
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2019-20 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
9 - 12
(2-7 Road)
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
9 - 14
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CHRIS PAUL VS DAMIAN LILLARD

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SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER VS C.J. McCOLLUM

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TERRANCE FERGUSON VS KENT BAZEMORE

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DANILO GALLINARI VS CARMELO ANTHONY

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STEVEN ADAMS VS HASSAN WHITESIDE

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WHEN: 6:00 PM (PST), SUNDAY, 12/8/2019

WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR
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TV BROADCAST:
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RADIO BROADCAST:
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-- OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER --
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NOEL , MUSCALA , PATTON


---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----
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LITTLE , HEZONJA , HOARD
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TOLLIVER , LABISSIERE , BROWN



INJURIES
THUNDER
Terrance Ferguson (hip): QUESTIONABLE
Hamidou Diallo (hyperextension sprain, right elbow): OUT
Andre Roberson (injury recovery; left knee): OUT
TRAIL BLAZERS
Gary Trent Jr. (right hamstring strain): QUESTIONABLE
Rodney Hood (torn Achilles): OUT
Zach Collins (dislocated left shoulder): OUT
Jusuf Nurkic (left leg): OUT



HEAD COACHES
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BILLY DONOVAN --- TERRY STOTTS



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I think we match up well at every position including coach. And we have home court advantage. The lone exception is they have the best bench player in Schroeder.
 
So Bazemore is obviously going to start because Stotts. But it will also mean Little (and Trent) gets a bump in minutes, as he did when Hood was out earlier in the season. This sucks for Hood but it will allow development that otherwise wouldn’t have happened if he were healthy.
 
I cant get excited about the rest of the Season anymore, i just cant after all these injurys man. We could have one of the deepest teams in the league, this Hood injury was the dagger for me. Maybe we win this game, yeah i'm sure we win because we stil have a better team than okc, but we just cant beat good teams, it's so frustrating. I mean how the fuck is it even possible to have 3 starters out for that long of time??? I'm really down right now fams
 
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tlongII said:
Good thing we have people here to define what a “real fan” is.
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True that. We need far less blazer “fans” who actively root for our players and team to fail.

Don’t forget: Nurk just tweeted exactly what I’m saying. CJ said the same thing too. If you think Dame or any other blazer does not have the same disdain of tank-flakes then you’re not living in reality. This is not an unpopular opinion. This used to be basic common sense: “fans” who root for a team to fail aren’t fans, they are in the same boat as fair weather fans and posers. It’s sad that tanking has somehow become accepted as a respectable opinion.
 
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General: sir, it looks like the British are winning the war...

George Washington: I’ve got it. Let’s lose the war on purpose and allow the Brits to slaughter our civilians. We will have a chance of getting favorable surrender conditions and then maybe we can win a war against a different opponent 10 years from now...

general: sir, you are not a real patriot.

George Washington: wow I’m so glad we have people telling us what a real patriot is!
 
Labinot41 said:
I cant get excited about the rest of the Season anymore, i just cant after all these injurys man. We could have one of the deepest teams in the league, this Hood injury was the dagger for me. Maybe we win this game, yeah i'm sure we win because we stil have a better team than okc, but we just cant beat good teams, it's so frustrating. I mean how the fuck is it even possible to have 3 starters out for that long of time??? I'm really down right now fams
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