Game Thread GAME# 31: MAVERICKS @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 21, 2016 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM (PDT), NBATV & CSNNW

[The Professional Fan]

I tuned in to watch the last 4 minutes, and heard that they had come back from a 25 point deficit. Hate to say, I'm expecting Damian to fail to convert at the end of games. I wonder what his actual converstion rate is in those situations. I remember I always had confidence in Brandon Roy, but Dame has been awful the last couple of years.

When he had the ball in his hands at the end when it mattered it sucked the air out of me and it's horrible.....because it was accurate

Boo. I love that guy.

 

[Five Second Violation]

I tuned in to watch the last 4 minutes, and heard that they had come back from a 25 point deficit. Hate to say, I'm expecting Damian to fail to convert at the end of games. I wonder what his actual converstion rate is in those situations. I remember I always had confidence in Brandon Roy, but Dame has been awful the last couple of years.

Yeah, it makes me appreciate prime Roy that much more. You always knew he was going to get the ball but then he almost always somehow got a good look out of it.

 

[Sinobas]

Dame does fine if he can get into a decent position to score. Having to start pinned in the corner at half court with less than 10 seconds against a bigger defender doesn't give him much of a chance.

Why didn't someone set a screen for him?

 

[Nikolokolus]

Dame does fine if he can get into a decent position to score. Having to start pinned in the corner at half court with less than 10 seconds against a bigger defender doesn't give him much of a chance.

Huh?

 

[Strenuus]

That last play for those that missed it:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

cousins would have made that.

Now that's how you troll!

 

[Chris Craig]

Why didn't someone set a screen for him?

That would take actual basketball IQ

 

[illmatic99]

Man i miss wesley

 

[HailBlazers]

Live by the Hero ball Die by the Hero ball.

It's funny I turned the game off at half time and tuned it back just in time for the final play.

 

[Chris Craig]

Man i miss wesley

Sad huh

 

[Sinobas]

Blazers have lost 8 of their last 9, and we can chalk up the next game (Spurs) as a loss. I think this is the appropriate time in the season to whip out our old favorite anthem....

 

[Nikolokolus]

Be well friends.

 

[Chris Craig]

Blazers have lost 8 of their last 9, and we can chalk up the next game (Spurs) as a loss. I think this is the appropriate time in the season to whip out our old favorite anthem....

I guess that means we are gonna have to break the streak against Toronto skybox game

 

[The Professional Fan]

the fire stotts and trade dame threads will be even hotter now. cant wait.

I want neither. I want general fucking awareness. I love this team. I think they have great comradere. They simply need to better establish their roles in and out of the locker room. This "dame time" shit needs to stop. Share the ball. Use dame as a decoy to free up a shooter. Literally stop doing what you're doing and omg....if it works? Dame will be open again! Weeee!

 

[Sinobas]

For the idiots who think Olshey signed Leonard and Crabbe simply to (avoid losing assets for nothing), why the hell do you think he let Matthews and Lopez go?

 

[julius]

The fact they got down by 25 at ANY POINT of the game to a team that had 1 road win is telling. This team is broken, and they're trying to fix it by just playing through.

They always say "wait 20 games"...well, they're at 31 games now, and shit is broken. Almost half way through the season and they're showing nothing.

Is there anyone worth taking in the draft this year?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

And next up.... the Spurs!

 

[Chris Craig]

 

[Nikolokolus]

 

[Sinobas]

The fact they got down by 25 at ANY POINT of the game to a team that had 1 road win is telling. This team is broken, and they're trying to fix it by just playing through.

They always say "wait 20 games"...well, they're at 31 games now, and shit is broken. Almost half way through the season and they're showing nothing.

Is there anyone worth taking in the draft this year?

Even if they had won, it would still have been a bad performance. At this point, Portland needs to just tank.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

For the idiots who think Olshey signed Leonard and Crabbe simply to (avoid losing assets for nothing), why the hell do you think he let Matthews and Lopez go?

Dammit, why does Olshey read the forum and do what we tell him to?!?

 

[HailBlazers]

Man i miss wesley

Much rather have him than Crabbe.

 

[ChadWick]

Roy is 10x the player Lillard is.

Edit: Roy was

*pulls covers over head, cries himself to sleep*

 

[Nikolokolus]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

 

[illmatic99]

Why didn't someone set a screen for him?

Our screen setters were on the bench. Tallest player was Aminu. Think the playcall was to let Dame go one on one against one of the best on ball defenders in the game when Dame is clearly a step slow.
Stupid decision

 

[jonnyboy]

Sweet, now we just need to get blown out by the 76ers and we can officially be ass.

 

[Sinobas]

Dammit, why does Olshey read the forum and do what we tell him to?!?

If he had listened to a forum vote, we wouldn't be stuck with those god awful contracts...though I'm sure the forum would have voted to retain Harkless. That was his only good signing.

 

[Sinobas]

Our screen setters were on the bench. Tallest player was Aminu. Think the playcall was to let Dame go one on one against one of the best on ball defenders in the game when Dame is clearly a step slow.
Stupid decision

Geez...if only we had one of the best on ball defenders in the game....

 

[The Professional Fan]

For the idiots who think Olshey signed Leonard and Crabbe simply to (avoid losing assets for nothing), why the hell do you think he let Matthews and Lopez go?

Well the Mathews thing is obvious.

The Rolo thing is he was offered too much, but so was Crabbe so I don't know. I think Crabbe sucks. I had hope for him but my eyes are not lying. I don't need advanced stats or whatever. He's average at best.

 

[illmatic99]