Game Thread GAME# 42: MAGIC @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 13, 2017 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM (PDT), KGW

[Scalma]

But you're dying to know now, so it worked.

Kinda, the secrecy suggests it's something more serious rather than a simple blowup or I don't know I'm talking out of my ass.

 

[Scalma]

He's being traded along with a pick for chandler

Doesn't work, we'd need to send out more than just his contract.

 

[Strenuus]

You remember when I said they need to prove it?

Yeah, this didnt help.

 

[Strenuus]

we could've and should've won this game

But we didn't and shouldn't of.

 

[Scalma]

Anyone think Harkless was held out for reasons beyond a pulled calf or whatever it was? That seemed to come out of nowhere.

I love Harkless, but if we needed to trade him for a real big, pull the trigger.

 

[Scalma]

What about Willie Reed? He didn't play for Miami tonight, could be an Olshey type target.

 

[THE HCP]

@HCP did you do that Blazers vs Wizards promo?

Uh oh, did I mess up?

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

I know but I'm not allowed to say.

I'd say but I'm not allowed to know.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Breaking news:

Meyers swats at air and actually hits a basketball. Chalk up another blocked shot.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Yes, jlprk is ghostwriting my posts.

 

[H.C.]

And yet we had people defending Plumlee in this thread. He lost this game by continually cheating off his man and not staying home.

Pointing at one player and saying they're the reason why Portland lost the game is extremely short sighted.
Really you could go down the list and point to things everyone who played did wrong that hurt the Blazers in the long run.
Lillard jacking up 11 threes
CJ not being aggressive to start the game.
The baseball player being in the game, instead of being glue'd to the bench.
Plumlee getting owned.
Davis/Aminu not playing with the hustle Portland needs.
Lack of ability by the coaching staff to get it through the players head, you can't just go out and outscore teams.

All reasons why Portland lost the game, and frankly... I could keep going.

 

[Mediocre Man]

On a positive note, had they stopped the game at the end of the 3rd quarter we would have held another opponent under 90.

 

[dviss1]

We just can't afford injuries and not having Harkless killed everything for us. Affected Crabbe's game and Pat wasn't ready.

Harkless being out should have invigorated Crabbe. He looked about as aggressive as Nic Batum...

 

[dviss1]

Then Davis should be in since he can actually set screens and shoots them about as well.

Say what you want about Myers but he probably sets the best picks on the team.

 

[dviss1]

Lillard was fouled that's why he shot it.

Lillard initiated every ounce of that marginal contact and was not fouled. Then he threw up that bullshit. It was just a terrible shot and he shouldn't expect a foul call in that situation...

 

[dviss1]

I'm not even sure what this means but alright.

Men lie, women lie, numbers don't.

He literally just threw up a 30 foot air ball to cement the loss, after being a ghost in OT against Detroit like last week.

Start holding our self-proclaimed leader accountable. What kind of leader lets his team start the way we did tonight? What kind of leader is one of the least efficient players in clutch time in the entire league?

When you quote the great Jay-Z actually quote him.

 

[dviss1]

Uh oh, did I mess up?

No it was TIGHT!

 

[illmatic99]

Wtf was that game. Missed it and just caught the score. Brutal

 

[TBpup]

Wtf was that game. Missed it and just caught the score. Brutal

The score doesn't tell the best part. It's like the Blazers thought since they beat the Cavs, they could just show up and the Magic (on a 4-game losing streak) would just roll over. It was 18-1 Magic just 4 minutes into the game.

 

[Trackjack]

Connaughton made a 3 that mattered?!?!

 

[BigGameDamian]

Not sure why some of you even bother with Quick. Kerry Eggers, that's who to pay attention to.

Was that a hint?

 

[gatorpops]

If you have this game recorded go back to the first and see as Harkless walks to the bench just before the game begins.
Watch the rection of coaches and players come up to him and congratulate/offer condolances and shake hands.
Looks like he is maybe going to be traded. He may very well have been told just before the game.
Maybe why the team played so badly at first and for that mater maybe all season long.
With the tweet that Festis is not going on trip it would make a good package for a trade along with a draft pick for.........

 

[Nikolokolus]

If you have this game recorded go back to the first and see as Harkless walks to the bench just before the game begins.
Watch the rection of coaches and players come up to him and congratulate/offer condolances and shake hands.
Looks like he is maybe going to be traded. He may very well have been told just before the game.
Maybe why the team played so badly at first and for that mater maybe all season long.
With the tweet that Festis is not going on trip it would make a good package for a trade along with a draft pick for.........

I guess we'll find out, but yeah the way Terry explained Harkless' late scratch in the postgame press conference and if that is indeed what happened at the beginning of the game (I missed most of the first half) it along with the cryptic stuff about Ezili makes it plausible that something is in the works.

 

[BBert]

Deal. Coming. Soon.

If it's Harkless this better be good.

 

[Scalma]

If you have this game recorded go back to the first and see as Harkless walks to the bench just before the game begins.
Watch the rection of coaches and players come up to him and congratulate/offer condolances and shake hands.
Looks like he is maybe going to be traded. He may very well have been told just before the game.
Maybe why the team played so badly at first and for that mater maybe all season long.
With the tweet that Festis is not going on trip it would make a good package for a trade along with a draft pick for.........

I remember reading last night that Harkless was last one on the court for warm ups. Thinking back, the team looked disoriented the whole game, even when they took the lead. They all seemed out of it.

 

[Chris Craig]

So Ezeli, Harkless, and a 1st round pick to Phoenix for Chandler and a side piece?

 

[Chris Craig]

I remember reading last night that Harkless was last one on the court for warm ups. Thinking back, the team looked disoriented the whole game, even when they took the lead. They all seemed out of it.

The really did. Weren't themselves.

 

[Chris Craig]

Deal. Coming. Soon.

If it's Harkless this better be good.

Better be good indeed, the intangibles Harkless provides us, are valuable...its gonna hurt to see him leave. I don't want a bench where Connaughton and Meyers both play to become a regualr thing.

 

[Trackjack]

Rudy gay & Stein for Harkless and Ezili we get a 3 scorer and young big.

 

[Chris Craig]

Trading Harkless....hes the Blazer' s heart, that's tearing out the Blazers heart