Game Thread Game #4 BLAZERS VS GRIZZLIES - OCTOBER 27, 2021 - WEDNESDAY - 7:00 PM, ESPN, ROOT SPORTS

[AldoTrapani]

Whoa Dame really can’t shoot 3s anymore wtf

 

[AldoTrapani]

Eight minutes of Covington and I haven’t even noticed.

Have you noticed Dame? Lol

 

[AldoTrapani]

I would love to ask Nurk what he has against dunks

 

[AldoTrapani]

Morant shoots better than Dame now

 

[James lamphear]

Good patent by Dame to CJ.

 

[VenomXL]

Getting blasted from three yet again.

 

[HailBlazers]

Whoa Dame really can’t shoot 3s anymore wtf

He's a Spalding guy.

 

[calvin natt]

Nurk always been and will be a soft overrated guy who uses about 40% of his talent

 

[B-Roy]

Nance 6 minutes is criminal. What am I not seeing?

 

[FlashWad]

Imagine if we traded Cj for ben Simmons and had both lillard and Simmons not able to shoot.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Did you hear that Morey? McCollum is "one of the unstoppable guys in the halfcourt".

 

[OneSport3]

You can’t play zone when 3 of your players (Dame, CJ and RoCo) have zero spatial awareness! They are constantly out of position and over helping. Zone defenses rely on spatial awareness.

 

[Chris Craig]

I would love to ask Nurk what he has against dunks

He doesn't like conflict

 

[Chris Craig]

You can’t play zone when 3 of your players (Dame, CJ and RoCo) have zero spatial awareness! They are constantly out of position and over helping. Zone defenses rely on spatial awareness.

They way over help and hardly ever pay attention to their guy. It's good to know where the ball is, but you gotta know where your guy is at all times.

 

[B-Roy]

You can’t play zone when 3 of your players (Dame, CJ and RoCo) have zero spatial awareness! They are constantly out of position and over helping. Zone defenses rely on spatial awareness.

This. I’m at the game screaming why are we in zone. 2-3 players each possession have no idea who they’re supposed to be guarding.

 

[James lamphear]

This game could be a blow out they have 13 offense rebounds but they only score 6 off them we rebound are defense boards due we might not be so lucky. Defense there good staying in front majority but if half ass putting your hand or don't put at all it doesn't help.

 

[Chris Craig]

Nurk always been and will be a soft overrated guy who uses about 40% of his talent

There is just no effort there.

 

[B-Roy]

That said our offense is sputtering because Dame can’t hit a shot. And if he can’t hit a shot that means less good looks for others.

 

[DDolla]

I bet you Meyers Leonard will play harder than Nurk

 

[PCmor7]

Good job defending Morant so far ... buuuuuuuuuuuut ...

I thought we were going to give up fewer corner 3s and shoot more corner 3s. The last couple games haven't deviated much from Stotts offense except we don't run that pitch and guard curling around the top anymore. It's just one screen, dribble and shoot. Still too many turnovers, too.

Also, can we please hit the defensive boards?

Still can't believe we traded two 1sts for RoCo. Yeah, we might not have done anything with the picks ... but if we kept one maybe we could have traded for another piece that would have helped us.

And Nurk ... he's allergic to energetic play three out of every four games. I'm sure he's just playing himself into shape. He should be there by July.

Good play by Ant, though, and good effort from Nas.

 

[bobf]

Whoa Dame really can’t shoot 3s anymore wtf

You said that last year and he ended up at 39% which is above his career average. Could be injured or could be variance. Dame’s 3’s have been improving with age all the way up to last year.

 

[BlazerBeav]

It all looks and feels so flat. No energy in the building here tonight.

 

[Shaboid]

Serious question. How many years until we see Steven A. Smith have a heart attack live on set?

 

[James lamphear]

He blown a couple assignments weakside but he's looked good on the ball.

Yes he really blown his assignment on the 2-3

 

[illmatic99]

Theres just no energy

 

[Chris Craig]

Serious question. How many years until we see Steven A. Smith have a heart attack live on set?

Damn dude

 

[B-Roy]

It all looks and feels so flat. No energy in the building here tonight.

Upper levels are empty, and that is usually the heart and soul of the arena. I’m in the lower bowl and the amount of empty seats is staggering.

 

[Chris Craig]

Theres just no energy

They need to drink some 5 hour while they are in the lockeroom

 

[B-Roy]

I can’t see why Covington should play 17 minutes and Nance 7. Feels like it should be other way around.

 

[illmatic99]

Nurk needs to be benched. Dude is going up so soft with his shots