Game Thread GAME# 43: BLAZERS @ 76ERS - JANUARY 16, 2016 - SATURDAY, 4:30 PM (PST), CSNNW

[Fez Hammersticks]

I blame HCP for playing 'Kansas' last week.

Forever cursed.

 

[BBert]

MyLo did most of his damage during garbage time.

Yeah I got that. What I don't get is why he's ridiculed for it. I'm sure everyone would be happier if he had stopped trying, stopped rebounding, and stopped scoring, or shot 4/18 like Dame did.

I've been wasting time on these boards for more years than I want to remember. The lynch mob mentality still makes me SMH.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Yeah I got that. What I don't get is why he's ridiculed for it. I'm sure everyone would be happier if he had stopped trying, stopped rebounding, and stopped scoring, or shot 4/18 like Dame did.

I've been wasting time on these boards for more years than I want to remember. The lynch mob mentality still makes me SMH.

He hurt the team when it counted. Their eyes lit up when MyLo was patrolling the paint. Jahlil attacked and drew three quick fouls on Leonard. This sparked their run.

Looked fearless when it was out of reach and down 30.

 

[BBert]

In as much as Meyers played poorly when it mattered, by all means call him out. At the same time, continuing to play hard and play well when everyone (except KingSpeed) thinks the game is out of hand is not a bad thing and does not merit bashing. It's bizarre.

 

[THE HCP]

I blame HCP for playing 'Kansas' last week.

Forever cursed.

Not my choice son......and I used the Beastie Boys last night and I get no love!!??

 

[BBert]

Not my choice son......and I used the Beastie Boys last night and I get no love!!??

Nope.

When are you going to bust out some Zappa?

 

[dviss1]

Missed the game. I had games at Rex Putnam today.

WTF?

 

[dviss1]

Yeah I got that. What I don't get is why he's ridiculed for it. I'm sure everyone would be happier if he had stopped trying, stopped rebounding, and stopped scoring, or shot 4/18 like Dame did.

I've been wasting time on these boards for more years than I want to remember. The lynch mob mentality still makes me SMH.

Meyers Leonard sucks. The fact that people are piling on him is because the former is a fact.

Comparing us to the mobs that Willie Lynch used to kill black people?

Yeah... No...

 

[BBert]

Comparing us to the mobs that Willie Lynch used to kill black people?..

WTF?

Good night.

 

[jlprk]

Leonard had nothing to do with the loss. Conversely, don't credit him for anything good, just because he had the best stats on the team, by padding them in garbage time. The reasons we lost were

1) The 76ers have a .100 record, but are playing like a .600 team due to Ish Smith and Okafor.

2) McCollum bought 350 tickets for LeHigh supporters and played the first half like a showboat hot shot. (Lillard and Crabbe were overconfident, too.) As I posted during the first half:

Our guards are playing like asses. When you're the coolest coach ever, you can't yell at your players. Stotts is ineffective tonight with his guards trying to be hotshots against the bad team.

 

[Orion Bailey]

The Meyers bashing has reached the level of hysteria. He was the team's leading scorer, shot 60% from the field, and was the leading rebounder. Reading this thread you'd think it was his fault the team lost. That honor falls squarely on the shoulders of the starters, not the backups.

Leonard even gets bashed because he continued to play hard, shoot well, and rebound after the Blazers got behind. What kind of bizarro logic is that? WTF? Really.

Yeah I got that. What I don't get is why he's ridiculed for it. I'm sure everyone would be happier if he had stopped trying, stopped rebounding, and stopped scoring, or shot 4/18 like Dame did.

I've been wasting time on these boards for more years than I want to remember. The lynch mob mentality still makes me SMH.

No one is bashing his effort. I think he is giving 110%. Effort however does not equate to improved speed.

Leonard had nothing to do with the loss. Conversely, don't credit him for anything good, just because he had the best stats on the team, by padding them in garbage time. The reasons we lost were

1) The 76ers have a .100 record, but are playing like a .600 team due to Ish Smith and Okafor.

2) McCollum bought 350 tickets for LeHigh supporters and played the first half like a showboat hot shot. (Lillard and Crabbe were overconfident, too.) As I posted during the first half:

Pretty much this^^^^
It was obvious CJ had pressure to perform and I think Dame took them lightly along with a couple others. Combine that with being completely flat footed and no off the ball movement....
Im not gonna say Leonard sucks, but I will say he does need ot improve for me to want to see him on the roster next year, and he needs to do it like... now. He has had his time to progress. No, Im not saying he should be an all Star, but if projected to be a future starter, well now is when he should have gotten there, and he clearly isn't. I like Vonleh much better even with his offensive inefficiencies. If we are going to pay him what he is going to be offered this summer then he better be starter caliber. We already have Crabbe we are gonna have to pay starters salary to be our 6th man. We cant have two of them on the bench.

 

[dviss1]

WTF?

Good night.

Maybe you should understand exactly what you're talking about when you compare us to a lynch mob. Because that's what you're saying. Typing WTF is what I should have done.

 

[Blazers Roy]

Beat the Thunder then lose to the Sixers, a team which is considered to be an embarrassment to the league.

 

[stampedehero]

That classic phrase "any given night" could freely be expressed in Philly now.

 

[riverman]

Right now I need more than sex! I need love!

Common reaction to the guilt that follows masturbation

 

[riverman]

I watched game highlights at work and it's good Meyers is finding his stroke again but he's just defensively stupid. It's not skill, it's mental. He dove on the ball then while lying on the ground held the ball up in the air about 3 feet off the ground like handing it to the other team and sure enough, they snatched it and finished a fast break. He walks around too much without getting in a defensive stance. All this tells me one thing....we need a serious big man coach on the bench..Meyers isn't slow running the fast break, he's actually pretty fast sprinting, it's his head that is slowing him down.

 

[riverman]

Looked like the whole team was hung over...that or bloated from greasy Philly cheese steaks.

 

[kjironman1]

I watched game highlights at work and it's good Meyers is finding his stroke again but he's just defensively stupid. It's not skill, it's mental. He dove on the ball then while lying on the ground held the ball up in the air about 3 feet off the ground like handing it to the other team and sure enough, they snatched it and finished a fast break. He walks around too much without getting in a defensive stance. All this tells me one thing....we need a serious big man coach on the bench..Meyers isn't slow running the fast break, he's actually pretty fast sprinting, it's his head that is slowing him down.

Meyers is very fast. Usually the first down the court. I completely agree that firing Kim Hughes has set him back and they need a better big man coach.

 

[Sinobas]

Well, I'm just glad Neil dodged another bullet with this failed signing. He had better not give Meyers a big contract this offseason, I will puke. Meyers is like a 3rd string utility guy you bring in against certain teams. He wouldn't even be getting any playing time on a good team.

 

[Sinobas]

Meyers is very fast. Usually the first down the court. I completely agree that firing Kim Hughes has set him back and they need a better big man coach.

He's got gym athleticism. He can run great in a straight line, and jump high, but he doesn't use it well in the game.

 

[dviss1]

Meyers is very fast. Usually the first down the court. I completely agree that firing Kim Hughes has set him back and they need a better big man coach.

Semi trucks are fast too. However, their turning radius sucks.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Well, that was a fun game to watch at 3AM. Ouch.

Plenty of blame to go around:

I blame SPD for ogling Nicki Minaj instead of focusing on the Blazers.

I blame jlprk for pretending to post here when he was actually spending most of his time on the Maine Red Claws game thread.

I blame Kingspeed for imitating super-positive Asian Roland Chang.

I want doomsday season-over Kingspeed back for these dark games.

I'm very disappointed.

 

[SIeepwalker]

I only watched the first half but...
Can we stop giving Leonard playing time ? It's getting to a point where I start to be physically ill each time he's on the court