Game Thread Game #33 - BLAZERS VS NETS - JANUARY 10, 2022 - MONDAY - 7:00PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

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Who would you rather have back?

  • Patty Mills

    Votes: 21 75.0%

  • LaMarcus Aldridge

    Votes: 7 25.0%
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After 38 minutes for Nurk, I'm wondering what he will have left in the tank.
 
BoomChakaLaka said:
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So the guy has been out for how long? And he’s not gonna return until his wife delivers?

I’m all for Dad being there and all, but trade this guy now and bring back some kid that wants to earn his money, play basketball, and make wine after he retires at age 35 - geeesh!

Us fans pay to watch good basketball. So show up!
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Yikes.
 
BoomChakaLaka said:
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So the guy has been out for how long? And he’s not gonna return until his wife delivers?

I’m all for Dad being there and all, but trade this guy now and bring back some kid that wants to earn his money, play basketball, and make wine after he retires at age 35 - geeesh!

Us fans pay to watch good basketball. So show up!
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Part of the stealth tank.

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With this current team and with all the defensive liabilities out (CJ, Norman Powell and to a lesser extent Dame) I think that even if we don't win against the Nets, we'd at least be competitive in this game
 
Zach Collins Enthusiast said:
With this current team and with all the defensive liabilities out (CJ, Norman Powell and to a lesser extent Dame) I think that even if we don't win against the Nets, we'd at least be competitive in this game
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Yeah the team is so much better without Dame, CJ, or Norm. If we could just cut these guys not only would we make the playoffs, we'd fight for HCA.
 
BoomChakaLaka said:
View attachment 43848

So the guy has been out for how long? And he’s not gonna return until his wife delivers?

I’m all for Dad being there and all, but trade this guy now and bring back some kid that wants to earn his money, play basketball, and make wine after he retires at age 35 - geeesh!

Us fans pay to watch good basketball. So show up!
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Lighten up bro.
His wife will soon be in labor. With this blast of COVID going everywhere, they don't want CJ to pick it up by being with the team and bring it home to her or the baby. Shit is sometimes bigger than the game FAMS!
 
Zach Collins Enthusiast said:
With this current team and with all the defensive liabilities out (CJ, Norman Powell and to a lesser extent Dame) I think that even if we don't win against the Nets, we'd at least be competitive in this game
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I see we have a new candidate for the Mayor of ClownTown. Keep telling yourself that Chachi.
 
THE HCP said:
Lighten up bro.
His wife will soon be in labor. With this blast of COVID going everywhere, they don't want CJ to pick it up by being with the team and bring it home to her or the baby. Shit is sometimes bigger than the game FAMS!
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seriously... why is this an issue? this is the safe thing to do.
 
illmatic99 said:
seriously... why is this an issue? this is the safe thing to do.
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Guy who I replied to is probably single with no family. No concept of what’s really important in life.
 
Zach Collins Enthusiast said:
With this current team and with all the defensive liabilities out (CJ, Norman Powell and to a lesser extent Dame) I think that even if we don't win against the Nets, we'd at least be competitive in this game
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Whoa whoa... I know that Norm isn't the defensive stopper that some in here hoped he'd be but he hasn't been a liability and if you see him that way, I don't see how you can see Dame being one to a "lesser extent". Norm is a better defender than Dame and Norm is also a good defender he's just not good enough to cover for how bad the other defenders are on the perimeter, especially in Chauncey's system.
 
Imagine if Ant went toe to toe with Irving lol wonder how fast espn would ignore it.
 
THE HCP said:
Harden OUT!
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I still think they beat us by more than 10 even without the Beard. So @DDolla keep on making money off of the suffering of your fellow fans, if you can even consider yourself a fan when you're doing that.
 
Brooklyn can shoot threes, so outcome is already decided. But I do appreciate not having to watch Harden.
 
It just seems lately like we are always playing teams that are missing a key player.
 
blazerkor said:
Whoa whoa... I know that Norm isn't the defensive stopper that some in here hoped he'd be but he hasn't been a liability and if you see him that way, I don't see how you can see Dame being one to a "lesser extent". Norm is a better defender than Dame and Norm is also a good defender he's just not good enough to cover for how bad the other defenders are on the perimeter, especially in Chauncey's system.
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I would also think that he would be a better defender at the 2 than the 3 due to his height.
 
Kano John said:
I would also think that he would be a better defender at the 2 than the 3 due to his height.
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People will point out that the games he has played at the two next to Ant that he has still been getting blown by too often but I think those people expect Powell to be a lockdown one-on-one defender while also being a help defender that covers for all of our weakass nondefending guards. I don't think that's realistic, he's not an all defensive guy, just a really solid player on both ends.
 
blazerkor said:
People will point out that the games he has played at the two next to Ant that he has still been getting blown by too often but I think those people expect Powell to be a lockdown one-on-one defender while also being a help defender that covers for all of our weakass nondefending guards. I don't think that's realistic, he's not an all defensive guy, just a really solid player on both ends.
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I don't think he's solid defensively. He may not be as bad as the other 5 short Portland guards (unbelievable Portland has 6 guys under 6'4), but that's not saying much. I just glanced and his defensive rating has always been worse than his team's and that is not a mark of solid defense. Now, he'd probably do better playing against SG's than SF's (but not so this season according to 82games), but nobody will ever mistake his defense for being at the level of Wesley Matthews, which is the minimum level of defense needed next to Dame, IMO
 
Tonight we find out if Watford and Elleby can stop KD and Harden......
 
THE HCP said:
Guy who I replied to is probably single with no family. No concept of what’s really important in life.
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Winning game 40 when you're 9 game under .500 is the only thing that matters. Not the college football national championship game and surely nothing silly like family!
 
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