Game Thread GAME# 38: BLAZERS @ KINGS - JANUARY 1, 2019 - TUESDAY, 6:00 PM, NBCSNW

[tlongII]

Nurk was great. We’ve got pieces. Just need to put it all together.

 

[illmatic99]

Blazers need to run a lot of offense through Collins when he's in with he backups. Force him to learn and don't worry about it if he messes up. Just keep doing it.

We were forcefeeding him tonight for some reason. He couldn't back down Justin Jackson and seal him. He gets pushed around too easily and when does have the ball, he's slow too methodical with his moves. He's not close to ready.

 

[James lamphear]

We were forcefeeding him tonight for some reason. He couldn't back down Justin Jackson and seal him. He gets pushed around too easily and when does have the ball, he's slow too methodical with his moves. He's not close to ready.

Because he thinking about what move he going to do. More experience and get stronger he won't have those problems.

 

[BonesJones]

FUCK! I always seem to miss our best games! So glad Nurk is beasting on everyone. Impressive stat line. I need to see the game highlights via True Blazer Fan on Youtube pronto.

Just got uploaded!

 

[James lamphear]

Nurk the last 4 games been really good on both ends. But our defense in last 4 games been really good especially our front line there starting to tighten it up in the middle. We got 10 blocks tonight. But our Achilles heal is the turnovers we got to get better in that column.

 

[TBpup]

Just got uploaded!

Nicely done...so quickly.

 

[theprunetang]

To be honest, a huge part of our defensive identity is having a healthy Harkless out there.

 

[tykendo]

To be honest, a huge part of our defensive identity is having a healthy Harkless out there.

Especially when he brings it on a consistent basis like he has of late.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

The B-Ball Breakdown guy on you tube did a video about the post-up and said it will never become obsolete precisely because a pass out of the post-up yields the best 3 point shot in the NBA because the shooter is facing the basket. Along with everything else Nurk does well, he sees the floor and is an excellent passer. Like that pass to Aminu in OT.

I wish someone would tell our asshat coach.

 

[HailBlazers]

I'll also admit, as high as I am on Nurk's game tonight, one bounce the other way in the King's favor and we lose. Gotta tighten up the third quarter.

One smart coaching decision by Terry can't connect the Dotts and we win in regulation.

 

[James lamphear]

Now I know why Nik got bench on those other teams it been pretty bad lately. Maybe it time to see what Trent can do and put Nik by Baldwin on the bench.

 

[DDolla]

WOW Nurk made history tonight. Unleash the Beast.

 

[THE HCP]

His defensive effort is pathetic. He doesn't care

He was sick as a dog tonight and played anyway. That dude is a flat out warrior!

 

[KingSpeed]

let's not get carried away. Hakeem had five 5 X 5's but in one of them he had a 5X5 AND a quadruple double

29 points - 18 reb - 10ast - 12blks - 5stls. That has to be an all-time performance

Hakeem had six 5 by 5s.

 

[KingSpeed]

Lol....Stotts just said it was "probably the best game Nurk has played". Seriously?

I don’t know. Two seasons ago, he had a 28/20/8/6/2 game against Philly. You could make a case that was a better game so “probably” applies.

 

[theprunetang]

He was sick as a dog tonight and played anyway. That dude is a flat out warrior!

Real knowledge. Haters won't understand it anyways.

 

[KingSpeed]

We haven't had an OT game all year. This is exciting!

We’ve won 3 straight OT games this season against Dallas, GS, and Sacramento. Two of three were on the road.

 

[KingSpeed]

LOL what a pathetic coaching job by Terry Stotts.

Except no

 

[THE HCP]

We’ve won 3 straight OT games this season against Dallas, GS, and Sacramento. Two of three were on the road.

SSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Strenuus]

We’ve won 3 straight OT games this season against Dallas, GS, and Sacramento. Two of three were on the road.

Oh, Eric. LOL!

 

[stampedehero]

I think I've got 17....? Let me check my list....

Purchased on 05/09/2017:

• Gispert Robusto

• Fuente Robusto

• Illusione 88 Maduro Robusto

• Fuente Petit Cigarillos

Purchased on 10/04/2017:

• Blind Man's Bluff Toro 6x52

• Gilberto Oliva Reserva Blanc Torpedo

• La Aurora ADN Dominicano Robusto

Purchased on 10/14/2017:

• Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Robusto

• Perdomo Factory Tour Blend Torpedo Maduro

• Arturo Fuente Hemingway Signature (the shorter of the two Hemingways I have)

• El Rey del Mundo Natural Plantations Slim Panatella

• La Palina Illumination Lancero

• Tatuaje Miami Lancero

Purchased on 12/14/2017):

• My Father La Antiguedad Corona Grande

• Tatuaje Black Petit Lancero

• Don Pepin Garcia Vegas Cubanas Generosos

• H. Upmann Vintage Cameroon 1844

• La Aurora 110th Anniversary Corojo

• La Aurora 110th Anniversary Cameroon

I love me some Hemingways. Best cigar that Fuente rolls, IMO. My father is partial to the OpusX.....that's a bit too much cigar for me though. Both in price and flavor.

As you can see, I need to smoke some and buy more. I think the last one I smoked was in September or so.



Yeah, I imagine trying to kill a smoking habit will do that. My father just kicked the cigarette habit himself, and he's probably smoking his first cigar in over a year right now in Mexico while he's on vacation. Knowing him, it will be a Montecristo #2......in my opinion the best cigar ever to come out of Cuba.

Thankfully, I never picked up a cigarette habit. Nicotine and alcohol aren't my addictive triggers, thank God. Last time I told my doctor about my cigar smoking, he waved me off. So if he's not concerned about it, then neither am I.

One of my old friends is a dentist who had a Winston Churchill habit. He always smoked cigars. He even had them hand rolled and he had a collection of Cubans in the day where no one in the USA could get them. I've got to tell you, I never appreciated the smell but the best smell is what people in Washington can smoke recreationally. Lucky Dog!!

 

[kjironman1]

I wish someone would tell our asshat coach.

So the very comment you respond to says "Like that pass to Aminu" but the response is to tell the coach? This is the very same coach calling that play right?

 

[Jade Falcon]

One of my old friends is a dentist who had a Winston Churchill habit. He always smoked cigars. He even had them hand rolled and he had a collection of Cubans in the day where no one in the USA could get them. I've got to tell you, I never appreciated the smell but the best smell is what people in Washington can smoke recreationally. Lucky Dog!!

Personally speaking, I don't like weed. I smoked a little bit of it back in high school with my girlfriend and her brother, but not often. I found that it either A) gave me a headache, B) made me really paranoid, C) really horny, or D) all of the above.

My parents, on the other hand, are total pot heads. My mother is a cancer survivor, and they got involved in it when she went through her radiation treatment. It really helped with her pain.

A few weeks ago, my father and I stopped at his local weed shop while we were out riding in his new Mercedes. I stayed in the car and checked it out while he went inside. When he came out, I told him that there was a huge number of people coming and going from that shop, and he told me that he should have retired and opened up a weed shop. Business over here is booming.

I believe it. I'm sure it would be far less stressful than managing multi-million dollar deals with his current gig as Director of Business Development for his company. The amount of grey hairs he has from that job is sobering.

I'll stick to cigars. Nothing lights my fire like an Ashton ESG 22 Year Salute Torpedo.

 

[kjironman1]

I don’t know. Two seasons ago, he had a 28/20/8/6/2 game against Philly. You could make a case that was a better game so “probably” applies.

Also numbers are not always the game. Nurk has had a number of games where he played well but maybe didn't get those numbers.

 

[kjironman1]

We’ve won 3 straight OT games this season against Dallas, GS, and Sacramento. Two of three were on the road.

C'mon it's a Sly post....

 

[stampedehero]

Personally speaking, I don't like weed. I smoked a little bit of it back in high school with my girlfriend and her brother, but not often. I found that it either A) gave me a headache, B) made me really paranoid, C) really horny, or D) all of the above.

My parents, on the other hand, are total pot heads. My mother is a cancer survivor, and they got involved in it when she went through her radiation treatment. It really helped with her pain.

A few weeks ago, my father and I stopped at his local weed shop while we were out riding in his new Mercedes. I stayed in the car and checked it out while he went inside. When he came out, I told him that there was a huge number of people coming and going from that shop, and he told me that he should have retired and opened up a weed shop. Business over here is booming.

I believe it. I'm sure it would be far less stressful than managing multi-million dollar deals with his current gig as Director of Business Development for his company. The amount of grey hairs he has from that job is sobering.

I'll stick to cigars. Nothing lights my fire like an Ashton ESG 22 Year Salute Torpedo.

I was a long haired hippie (circa 1969-) I was influenced by the mass influx of my generation's music, attire, political cause and various other enhancements. We hitch hiked without fear! The most stupid thing we did in those days was smoke from a hand crafted aluminum foil pipe. These days we have discovered that aluminum is a prime reason for Alzheimer's. So far, so good. I still have great memory and reflex like a cat (on a ninth life).

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R.Crumb was an influence in my adolescence. His biography pinpoints a bland ugly guy with an insane imagination. @riverman knows.! If you visited his work in Utube you would see a glimpse of my generation.

 

[Jade Falcon]

I was a long haired hippie (circa 1969-) I was influenced by the mass influx of my generation's music, attire, political cause and various other enhancements. We hitch hiked without fear! The most stupid thing we did in those days was smoke from a hand crafted aluminum foil pipe. These days we have discovered that aluminum is a prime reason for Alzheimer's. So far, so good. I still have great memory and reflex like a cat (on a ninth life).

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R.Crumb was an influence in my adolescence. His biography pinpoints a bland ugly guy with an insane imagination. @riverman knows.! If you visited his work in Utube you would see a glimpse of my generation. View attachment 24024

lol, sounds like you and my father would get along famously. Both my parents are Bay Area-bred Hippies from the Flower Child movement. My father was a huge Grateful Dead fan, and saw, by his estimations, about 100 concerts before Jerry Garcia died. He also used to hitchhike from the Bay Area to Texas as a young man to lay sheet-rock for a construction company, so he wasn't any stranger to that either. He also did all the drugs that came with that era, lol.

The stories he's told me about that era are amazing. Especially the ones about his drinking adventures with his friends (been sober over 30 years now). Sounds like I really missed out on a fun time, lol.

 

[THE HCP]

Hey was that HCP being interviewed by my dream girl Brooke?

You rang FAMS?

 

[Pinwheel1]

You rang FAMS?

Your look at the end of that clip looked a little like Charles Manson when he wanted to look crazy.

 

[riverman]

You rang FAMS?

hahaha....Big John is truly the Don Rickles of S2