Game Thread GAME# 4: BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - DECEMBER 30, 2020 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

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When Melo comes back from the health/safety protocol, should he lose his spot in the rotation?

  • Yes, he was horrible before and there are better players behind him.

    Votes: 18 31.6%

  • No, but give him one last chance. If he stinks it up, into the doghouse he goes.

    Votes: 3 5.3%

  • No, give him a couple more chances, and if he doesn't play well, then give away his minutes or spot.

    Votes: 6 10.5%

  • No, but keep him on a short leash each game. Pull him if he's not playing well.

    Votes: 28 49.1%

  • No, a player should not lose his spot because of an injury. He deserves his place in the rotation.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No, Melo re-signed w/ the Blazers on a min contract. He's a future Hall-of-Famer & deserves respect

    Votes: 2 3.5%
  • Total voters
    57
  • Poll closed .
Scalma said:
Harrell has to be the worst “good” player in the league. His numbers are there on paper, but teams attack him defensively to the point where he essentially becomes a liability.
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Hassan Whiteside had a PER of 25 last yr, the tenth highest in the entire league. But I suppose enough people acknowledge that he isn't good.

I think the Clips won that Green + Harrell for Batum + Ibaka exchange.
 
Hope to see more Melo as a screener and at the elbows where we can run some secondary actions.

There's a time and place for his post ups--early looks when he's got a mismatch in transition primarily--but otherwise there's easy ways to scheme him into playing off of more of an advantage while also involving the other players on the floor.
 
JDC said:
Hope to see more Melo as a screener and at the elbows where we can run some secondary actions.

There's a time and place for his post ups--early looks when he's got a mismatch in transition primarily--but otherwise there's easy ways to scheme him into playing off of more of an advantage while also involving the other players on the floor.
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Not if he doesn't want to. Just sayin.
 
The referees for tonight's game

Scott Foster (#48) Nick Buchert (#3) Phenizee Ransom (#70)


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kjironman1 said:
Not if he doesn't want to. Just sayin.
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You're just sayin...that it's conceivable that Melo is unwilling to do things to make the team more successful with him on the floor?

That doesn't sound like the kind of thing you'd normally say.
 
I am sure that we can beat Clippers tonight. I am sure that we will give them tough match and i really hope for win. I wrote prior Rockets match that we need that win because of the self-confidence and chemistry in the team. We got it and Lakers firts saw it. The Clippers will be the second. Leonard's absence will help, no doubt in that.

We need GTJ tonight as well..hope he will play.

Lillard to stay calm and not play mind games with those assholes Beverly and PG, even though when he does play it, he send them to Cancun.

Go Blazers.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
You're just sayin...that it's conceivable that Melo is unwilling to do things to make the team more successful with him on the floor?

That doesn't sound like the kind of thing you'd normally say.
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It probably should have been in green font. I was kind of joking but not completely.
I have watched him so far this season and my overall is he isn’t working with the team on the second unit. I feel he has been more willing to look for his own shot.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
ESPN has a writeup on the history of the Dame-PG beef.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30614082/the-brief-history-damian-lillard-paul-george-rivalry
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I read that, those two guys have already squashed that publicly. The real beef is between Dame and PatBev... they legit can't stand each other but it's not a story because Beverly is a nobody, in NBA terms (I mean the guy is still a starter at the highest level of his industry and makes 13+ million a year) so he's just not the kind of guy who ESPN writes a story about unless something happens the day before or some shit like that.
 
I still don't think CJ will be guarding Paul George.
blazerkor said:
I read that, those two guys have already squashed that publicly. The real beef is between Dame and PatBev... they legit can't stand each other but it's not a story because Beverly is a nobody, in NBA terms (I mean the guy is still a starter at the highest level of his industry and makes 13+ million a year) so he's just not the kind of guy who ESPN writes a story about unless something happens the day before or some shit like that.
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That was before Lillard's sister got into it with PG's gf.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
I still don't think CJ will be guarding Paul George.

That was before Lillard's sister got into it with PG's gf.
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I mean that's still not really their beef though. I'm sure him and PG aren't as cool as Dame is with most of the league but they are far cooler than Dame and PatBev.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
I was hoping to go back and find out how consistent people have been in their feelings about Melo. Unfortunately both a 2011 poll about signing him (or acquiring) and a 2020 poll about re-signing him were the kind of polls that don't identify how people vote. Except for yourself. I was Hell, no, on the first and No on the second. Here are those two threads if you want to check on your self.
http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/after-hood-jones-should-we-resign-melo.360070/
http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/the-super-melo-to-portland-thread-the-big-blockbuster.178953/
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I think I’m good here. I was adamantly against getting Melo from the get go. I was the lone vote in the poll below to ditch Melo, even over Tolliver and Mario. Not because he’s worse than those guys. But because I knew he’d be more of a problem with his inflated view of his abilities, his low-efficiency high-volume ISO’s, his minutes, and he’d be harder to get rid of because he’s overrated.
http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/game-17-blazers-cavaliers-november-23-2019-saturday-5-00-pm-nbcsnw.351020
 
bobf said:
I think I’m good here. I was adamantly against getting Melo from the get go. I was the lone vote in the poll below to ditch Melo, even over Tolliver and Mario. Not because he’s worse than those guys. But because I knew he’d be more of a problem with his inflated view of his abilities, his low-efficiency high-volume ISO’s, his minutes, and he’d be harder to get rid of because he’s overrated.
http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/game-17-blazers-cavaliers-november-23-2019-saturday-5-00-pm-nbcsnw.351020
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Looks like you are one up on me. :) I voted for Tolliver, he must have just had a terrible stretch of games. That was quite foresighted of you to see Melo might be hard to get rid of some day.
 
KSF-ERIC said:
Math still says they played worse on when he was on the floor than when he wasn't on a per minute basis.
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But he can't waive a towel while he's on the floor. You forgot to account for that!
 
Anyone know GTs status? Seemed like there was some question about an injury sustained against the Lakers. What will stotts do? Let GT cook Terry. Please.
 
I bet Kawhi plays. Earlier today on ESPN.com it said he'd been ruled out on the Clippers injury report and now it says he is questionable. That's trending in the direction of playing.

For us Gary has said questionable all day.
 
Cugel said:
Anyone know GTs status? Seemed like there was some question about an injury sustained against the Lakers. What will stotts do? Let GT cook Terry. Please.
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he’s out tonight but he was at shoot around so hopefully he only misses one game. Wonder if Giles gets some minutes tonight. Could move Melo to the three and Hood is prob still on a minutes restriction.
 
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