Game Thread GAME# 35: LAKERS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 5, 2015 - MONDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), KGW

[BlazerCaravan]

Most of his troubles are mental, and they're little things that come with being too eager.

 

[KingSpeed]

Damian and Wes have really carried this team all year. No one else has really been that good. Replace those two with average players and we'd only have like 10 wins.

Look at what happened to us last month in Houston without Aldridge. Now look at what happened to us in the playoffs vs Houston 8 months ago.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Man I sat through like 100 "fuck Aldridge" posts in a row just waiting for them to win it. And they did.

Well played blazers. Well played.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I bought some really tasty purple grapes.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I bought some really tasty purple grapes.

Turtles love grapes... I like turtles.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Seeds? I hate grapes with seeds.

 

[noknobs]

So, Leonard is now a starter and we should give up on CJ who's still essentially in his rookie year due to the injury last year? I just want to make sure I'm up on current events.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Seeds? I hate grapes with seeds.

These are seedless. Very sweet.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Sour grapes are a dish best served cold. Like Italian ice.

 

[Blazinaway]

So, Leonard is now a starter and we should give up on CJ who's still essentially in his rookie year due to the injury last year? I just want to make sure I'm up on current events.

we should trade CJ and Trob and get what we can

 

[noknobs]

we should trade CJ and Trob and get what we can

Like when all of us would have traded Leonard for a small box of popcorn that had spilled onto the floor?

 

[RipCity71252]

The Blazers didn't look good tonight but we got the win. These injuries are really starting to affect us, though. Our rebounding is terrible and our offense just isn't running smoothly. Hopefully we can turn it around here soon!

27-8!

 

[MarAzul]

Leonard, yes Meyers, is the Blazer Center in the near future.

 

[Blazinaway]

Like when all of us would have traded Leonard for a small box of popcorn that had spilled onto the floor?

Trob has had a lot more opportunity than Meyers and has done nada with it, and IMO I'd rather have Crabbe than CJ so trade CJ while he might sti have some value

 

[MarAzul]

Like when all of us would have traded Leonard for a small box of popcorn that had spilled onto the floor?

It was painful reading people trashing Meyers.

 

[riverman]

Man I sat through like 100 "fuck Aldridge" posts in a row just waiting for them to win it. And they did.

Well played blazers. Well played.

Best post of the night, 3Rainiac wins the gold!

 

[Blazinaway]

Leonard, yes Meyers, is the Blazer Center in the near future.

LOL, as a stretch 4 or 5? is there such a thing as a "stretch 5"?

 

[BrianFromWA]

The only one I'd consider trading right now (outside of Claver) is Robinson, and that's just because I don't see a ton of upside for us with him. He either shows he can play the 2nd-big-off-the-bench role (which prices him out of our ability to pay him) or he shows he can't take advantage and we lose him for almost nothing this summer. I think there's some talent there, and I'd love to see him in a Nick Collison/uber-Reggie Evans role for us, but if we can get something back for him...

No way do you give up CJ or Leonard or Crabbe unless you have something special coming back. I don't consider Gerald Green special.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Leonard, yes Meyers, is the Blazer Center in the near future.

I remember the first time I smoked pot.

 

[noknobs]

Trob has had a lot more opportunity than Meyers and has done nada with it, and IMO I'd rather have Crabbe than CJ so trade CJ while he might sti have some value

I still see a lot of potential in CJ, and he's just on the second year of his rookie contract. I don't see the point in trading him.

 

[riverman]

Seeds? I hate grapes with seeds.

Which loosely translates to...I don't like spitting

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Which loosely translates to...I don't like spitting

Brainiac has never hidden the fact that he swallows.

 

[KingSpeed]

LOL, as a stretch 4 or 5? is there such a thing as a "stretch 5"?

Antic, Laimbeer, and Sam Perkins offhand

 

[RipCity71252]

Leonard, yes Meyers, is the Blazer Center in the near future.

Are we talking like....next game?

Or do you mean.....our future center is Meyers Leonard..?

 

[riverman]

Antic, Laimbeer, and Sam Perkins offhand

I'd add Lebron to that list

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Let it bake

 

[KingSpeed]

I'd add Lebron to that list

LeBron isn't a 5

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Okur

 

[riverman]

LeBron isn't a 5

well, neither is Sam Perkins but Lebron plays there whenever he wants to

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Let it bake

Lillard is so bad... he's Devil's Food.