Game Thread GAME# 34: SUNS @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 30, 2019 - MONDAY, 7:00 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

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In your opinion, who's the biggest ball hog on the Blazers?

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PCmor7 said:
How can anyone say Melo's not as good as Saric, though? That's the assertion.

Saric had 2 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists in 16 minutes, was 1-for-5 shooting and was a minus-12 on a team that won by six last night. Melo's recent play has been disheartening, but he's still better than Saric and by a considerable margin. The Blazers' roster is better than the Suns and by a considerable margin. The Blazers are losing to teams they are better than, often much better than.
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Really? One game? Look at their stats for the season. Saric's shooting is respectable and Melo's is shit.
 
TBpup said:
Better than the 4-16 clankfest he put up? Who knows....but I'd like to see what Little could do with even half that amount of attempts. Certainly the defense would be better.
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Again you won’t get me to disagree with ya. At this point if I’m Stotts I start Little and cut back on both Lillard and Cj. Give the lions share of the shots to 1M and Trent.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Really? One game? Look at their stats for the season. Saric's shooting is respectable and Melo's is shit.
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For heaven's sake. Really? You thought enough to respond and then to respond like this?

Saric's scoring 11 ppg this year. That's actually lower than his career average, and his career to this point hasn't been anything to write home about. Carmelo's scoring more, his FG percentage is a little less, but, if you take out his slump over the last three games, they are effectively equal, and Carmelo has only been with his team for a month after taking a year off while Saric is on his third team in less than a year for some reason.

One also can look at their careers. But the head-to-head matchup is a pretty good one. Sorry it doesn't fit your sorry narrative.
 
tlongII said:
Saric is 25, he's bigger than Melo, he shoots a better FG % and FT %, and he rebounds better. There is no question he is a better player at this particular time.
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As I addressed in another response, the numbers are nearly identical, Saric's always been average at best, his age doesn't matter because he's had time to show what he can do and his number remain constant, his size is meaningless because he doesn't use that to be a better player ... and then Carmelo outplayed him head-to-head last night even playing a poor game.
 
kjironman1 said:
First off. You actually put people on "Ignore"?
Secondly. You actually take people back off "Ignore"?
I wonder how to put people on ignore? I learned once i think but it didn't take.
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Firstly- Oh, heck yeah! "Ignore" gets rid of the negative posts, made by just a few of our asses that are floating around here; so the game threads aren't to bad to follow. Actually, they are enjoyable for me now.

Secondly- I have the option to view what those idiots post, WHEN I WANT TO. Sorry about the caps. I can't emphasize that enough though. When I get drunk, and want to call them a retard; I have that option. It's beautiful.....

Thirdly- Lol. Ask King, if there are people you can't "ignore"..... Lol
 
PCmor7 said:
As I addressed in another response, the numbers are nearly identical, Saric's always been average at best, his age doesn't matter because he's had time to show what he can do and his number remain constant, his size is meaningless because he doesn't use that to be a better player ... and then Carmelo outplayed him head-to-head last night even playing a poor game.
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Saric is shooting a very nice 54% on 2-point shots. Carmelo is shooting an abominable 41.4 % on 2-point shots, making him one of the worst 2-point shooters on the team. How is that using his size better than Saric? Sorry that doesn't follow your narrative.
 
kjironman1 said:
Again you won’t get me to disagree with ya. At this point if I’m Stotts I start Little and cut back on both Lillard and Cj. Give the lions share of the shots to 1M and Trent.
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While I like to see Little getting minutes, I don’t think he should be starting. He generally does very little (no pun intended) with his time from a point/rebound or any other stat-line perspective. Carmelo may have deficiencies but at least teams have to respect him / guard him - Little not so much.

I think he will get better but allow him some time to learn & grow.
 
GrandpaBlaze said:
While I like to see Little getting minutes, I don’t think he should be starting. He generally does very little (no pun intended) with his time from a point/rebound or any other stat-line perspective. Carmelo may have deficiencies but at least teams have to respect him / guard him - Little not so much.

I think he will get better but allow him some time to learn & grow.
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Sadly, it doesn't seem to really matter that Melo is out there. Which is why I'd like to see Little getting more than a few minutes run. Give him the opportunity to learn, grow and develop. Playing Melo 37 minutes at 35 years old isn't the answer.
 
GrandpaBlaze said:
While I like to see Little getting minutes, I don’t think he should be starting. He generally does very little (no pun intended) with his time from a point/rebound or any other stat-line perspective. Carmelo may have deficiencies but at least teams have to respect him / guard him - Little not so much.

I think he will get better but allow him some time to learn & grow.
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I agree he needs time to learn - but is he really learning better/faster by sitting and watching versus playing?
 
GrandpaBlaze said:
While I like to see Little getting minutes, I don’t think he should be starting. He generally does very little (no pun intended) with his time from a point/rebound or any other stat-line perspective. Carmelo may have deficiencies but at least teams have to respect him / guard him - Little not so much.

I think he will get better but allow him some time to learn & grow.
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Can't argue against that philosophy either. Really this season is't worth making any real statement against either way. Just play the guy enough to make a difference in his season i guess.
 
BonesJones said:
Dame is setting a career high in assists per game.
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I don’t think anyone is complaining about Dame. It’s about how we play as a team. Blazers are dead last in assists in entire NBA 2 of last 3 seasons. In fact, in last 3 seasons, only twice had a team averaged under 20 assists, and both occurrences were the Blazers.
 
Neil O. Shyster said:
I don’t think anyone is complaining about Dame. It’s about how we play as a team. Blazers are dead last in assists in entire NBA 2 of last 3 seasons. In fact, in last 3 seasons, only twice had a team averaged under 20 assists, and both occurrences were the Blazers.
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And it's 100% Terry Stotts offense.
 
PCmor7 said:
As I addressed in another response, the numbers are nearly identical, Saric's always been average at best, his age doesn't matter because he's had time to show what he can do and his number remain constant, his size is meaningless because he doesn't use that to be a better player ... and then Carmelo outplayed him head-to-head last night even playing a poor game.
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Wut? Ridiculous.
 
BonesJones said:
And it's 100% Terry Stotts offense.
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It wasn't Terry Stotts jacking up ill advised contested 3 point shots in the second half and often times with no passes and less than 10 seconds into the shot clock. As awesome as Lillard was in the first half, he was almost just as bad in the second half as he sets the tone and the tone he set was trying to do it himself.
 
Scalma said:
that’s just like your opinion.
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Stats across the board show Hood to be a better player than TrentJR.
Your opinion is because of opportunity.
Stats show otherwise.
Hood > TrentJR and it's not close.

Just like Curry > Simons.
But with my 'unpopular opinion' and If i type it I'm going to get people going at me like I did when I didn't buy into the Simons hype coming into this year.
 
H.C. said:
Stats across the board show Hood to be a better player than TrentJR.
Your opinion is because of opportunity.
Stats show otherwise.
Hood > TrentJR and it's not close.

Just like Curry > Simons.
But with my 'unpopular opinion' and If i type it I'm going to get people going at me like I did when I didn't buy into the Simons hype coming into this year.
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Ok?
 
CupWizier said:
It wasn't Terry Stotts jacking up ill advised contested 3 point shots in the second half and often times with no passes and less than 10 seconds into the shot clock. As awesome as Lillard was in the first half, he was almost just as bad in the second half as he sets the tone and the tone he set was trying to do it himself.
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It's almost like he feels the need to because our sets and offense doesn't get much going...
 
Neil O. Shyster said:
Unfortunately CJ’s salary limits what Blazers can do with the rest of roster. I understand we aren’t the only team that hasn’t won a ring lately, but as a fan I want to see the organization always making an effort to get to next level. I feel like we have given, Dame/CJ/Stotts combo enough years... and this just feels stale at this point. I don’t think it’s unfair to want to see what Dame could do with a different #2 option by his side and under a different coach while he still has some prime years left.
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Its not unfair. But there needs to be a viable replacement/plan in place. Im not a fan of making ANY changes without plans... to anything really. Been my motto in life. When you plan ahead, it makes for less changes required down the road.

I say let this season go to the lottery. Try to bring back Whiteside as a backup to Nurk for next year. Use Baze, Tolliver, Hezonja and possibly our pick or picks to find a starting 3 or 4. Move Melo to the bench.

Dame/Cj/Hood/???/Nurk, is a quality starting 5 (when healthy)

Simons, Trent, Melo, Collins, Whiteside is a solid bench and fill in the gaps.

I would roll the dice on that. or fliup the Collins and ???. Would cost less more than likely.
 
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