Game Thread GAME# 43: NETS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 23, 2021 - TUESDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

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Will the Nets end up with the best record in the East?

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julius said:
You guys do know that Houston would've had to agree to the trade, right?

Just because you can utter the phrase "Portland should have traded CJ for Harden" doesn't actually mean Houston wanted to do that trade.
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This is accurate. You have to say it three times in front of your bathroom mirror with the lights off.
 
julius said:
You guys do know that Houston would've had to agree to the trade, right?

Just because you can utter the phrase "Portland should have traded CJ for Harden" doesn't actually mean Houston wanted to do that trade.
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You don't think Houston would like to have CJ?
 
This is why we lost:

Lillard: 3-14 from three (21%)

CJ 4-12 from three (33%)
 
* Dame 12-33 on FG's in last 2 games (36%). And 5-24 on three's (21%)

* CJ is 28-84 on FG's since he came back (33%)

Portland's defense is total shit, and they are going nowhere unless that changes dramatically; but if Dame and CJ can't improve their shooting....yikes

the same dynamic is still true: the Blazers can't survive a bad game from Dame. I was kind of irritated he didn't drive more tonight, but I wonder if his knee is slowing him down
 
blazerkor said:
Enes has a specific set of skills. Defense, dunking, putting the ball on the floor those aren't in that set. Rebounding, eventually getting weakass half layins around the hole to go down, screens and passing are the set of skills that Enes has. The guy is not a well rounded ball player and he's not what we need to try and limit the damage allowed by our terrible defense. We will get Nurk back pretty soon and then we'll see what this team can do. I have high hopes. Fifth seed and two playoff wins... not like two series I just mean we win two games in the first round.

Then we fire Olshey, his replacement fires Stotts and has a fire sale with the team. Then that GM puts a coach and roster around Dame that can win a chip or two.
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Delusional if you think stotts going anywhere or GM. The franchise already agreed mediocre is good enough for them. My thing is that kanter has to be worst defender in paint in history of game. We got Giles to play some hustle defense and he doesn’t get 1 minute. Ant has not played a single minute either. This why i wanted CJ gone if CJ is not hitting shots he offers nothing. At least Dame is playmaker and knows to get to line. CJ jumpers if they dont go in its massacre for us. Something has to be done with stotts. The weakness in the paint is so obvious. Wish we had whiteside. We are worst shot blocking team in NBA and its not even close. Nobody cares nobody seems to adress the issue
 
Natebishop3 said:
I’m going to say it again.

I want a new owner.

I want a new GM.

I want a new coach.

and while we’re at it, I want a new play by play guy.
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Wish in one hand and shit in the other and see what you get first
 
julius said:
Because it's clearly just that easy.
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it actually isnt hard to surround a star with role players. Portland did the hard part already (getting the star) but they haven’t really done enough around him.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I’m going to say it again.

I want a new owner.

I want a new GM.

I want a new coach.

and while we’re at it, I want a new play by play guy.
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I'm working on it. It's gonna be a bit. Things are moving slow because of Covid-19 right now. Should happen sometime in the next 12 months or so unless they turn it around a bit and play some solid ball to end the season.
 
julius said:
Because it's clearly just that easy.
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CJ has value around this league with teams that have players that compliment Dame much better than he does. Other coaches have backup plans for if Dame is having an off shooting night and like to coach defense. Nurk has value, Gary's only value to this team after the deadline is as a signed player, Ant and Nas both have value around the league, RoCo is a good player with value. The fact is we have nice pieces. It's not like we're a team devoid of talent. The talent has just been put together by a failed actor who doesn't seem to understand the value of complementary skills. It's also almost not being coached at all. So yeah, when you have the guys under contract that we have, the superstar we have and the half ass head coach and GM we have... it is clearly just as easy as hiring an actual basketball professional at GM and that person would make this roster into a contender.

If we didn't have Dame. If we didn't have CJ, Nurk, Nas, Ant and RoCo. If our coach looked like he was really challenging our players and giving them a coherent plan of attack. If we didn't have those things then I would think it would be a GM job no one would want but I think a lot of basketball people would be drooling over the chance to straighten this shit out. But maybe I'm a homer that's just disillusioned with the current management.
 
wizenheimer said:
* Dame 12-33 on FG's in last 2 games (36%). And 5-24 on three's (21%)

* CJ is 28-84 on FG's since he came back (33%)

Portland's defense is total shit, and they are going nowhere unless that changes dramatically; but if Dame and CJ can't improve their shooting....yikes

the same dynamic is still true: the Blazers can't survive a bad game from Dame. I was kind of irritated he didn't drive more tonight, but I wonder if his knee is slowing him down
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Dame didnt hit any threes last game and only 3 this game, so 3-21 (14%) from three the past 2 games
 
Chris Craig said:
Dame didnt hit any threes last game and only 3 this game, so 3-21 (14%) from three the past 2 games
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That knee that got crushed by I want to say Richardson, might be giving him a little trouble even if there isn't any structural damage. It's probably bruised up and doesn't feel the same when he pushes off with it or the guy forgot how to shoot or something else I have no idea about. I guess we'll see.
 
blazerkor said:
CJ has value around this league with teams that have players that compliment Dame much better than he does. Other coaches have backup plans for if Dame is having an off shooting night and like to coach defense. Nurk has value, Gary's only value to this team after the deadline is as a signed player, Ant and Nas both have value around the league, RoCo is a good player with value. The fact is we have nice pieces. It's not like we're a team devoid of talent. The talent has just been put together by a failed actor who doesn't seem to understand the value of complementary skills. It's also almost not being coached at all. So yeah, when you have the guys under contract that we have, the superstar we have and the half ass head coach and GM we have... it is clearly just as easy as hiring an actual basketball professional at GM and that person would make this roster into a contender.

If we didn't have Dame. If we didn't have CJ, Nurk, Nas, Ant and RoCo. If our coach looked like he was really challenging our players and giving them a coherent plan of attack. If we didn't have those things then I would think it would be a GM job no one would want but I think a lot of basketball people would be drooling over the chance to straighten this shit out. But maybe I'm a homer that's just disillusioned with the current management.
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I'm not saying that things are good (I've been on the shit can stotts bandwagon for a while), but there's a reason why 11 teams have own the title since 1980 or some such year. It's not an easy thing to do.
 
Serbian said:
Delusional if you think stotts going anywhere or GM. The franchise already agreed mediocre is good enough for them. My thing is that kanter has to be worst defender in paint in history of game. We got Giles to play some hustle defense and he doesn’t get 1 minute. Ant has not played a single minute either. This why i wanted CJ gone if CJ is not hitting shots he offers nothing. At least Dame is playmaker and knows to get to line. CJ jumpers if they dont go in its massacre for us. Something has to be done with stotts. The weakness in the paint is so obvious. Wish we had whiteside. We are worst shot blocking team in NBA and its not even close. Nobody cares nobody seems to adress the issue
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That's bleak. It is a possibility that we have another exit before getting a conference finals win and the ownership allows us to go even further down the rabbit hole of unprecedented lack of success coupled with length of tenure that Stotts and Olshey have... enjoyed, it really does seem like the guys enjoy the mediocrity. That being said, nothing lasts forever and a decade, even a successful one, in professional sports is just about forever. So I just don't expect this team that we see around Dame being here at the beginning of next season unless the best possible thing happens and we make a push towards winning a title that includes winning games in the conference championship. Then lets keep this thing going, add a little more and win a chip.
 
Very unfortunat that Dame is throwing away his MVP chances, while Jokic plays like a Monster. He will never get a better Chance in his career than this season
 
julius said:
I'm not saying that things are good (I've been on the shit can stotts bandwagon for a while), but there's a reason why 11 teams have own the title since 1980 or some such year. It's not an easy thing to do.
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I don't expect a parade. I expect a roster with this talent to yield conference finals wins or more. That's all. I think we have a really great player in Dame and a bunch of talented guys that never belonged on the same roster together. I also think we have a coach that was disinterested or incapable of adapting years ago. So those elements give me hope that if we had a real GM, we would be actually competitive, instead of pretend competitive.
 
blazerkor said:
I don't expect a parade. I expect a roster with this talent to yield conference finals wins or more. That's all. I think we have a really great player in Dame and a bunch of talented guys that never belonged on the same roster together. I also think we have a coach that was disinterested or incapable of adapting years ago. So those elements give me hope that if we had a real GM, we would be actually competitive, instead of pretend competitive.
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I think the only way that they become a team to win a few games in the conference finals, is to not "fire sale" the roster, and try to rebuild around Dame (for what would be the 3rd time).
 
Labinot41 said:
Very unfortunat that Dame is throwing away his MVP chances, while Jokic plays like a Monster. He will never get a better Chance in his career than this season
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Almost always you have to finish 1st/2nd in your conference to win MVP. That was highly unlikely given we don't have a top 4 roster in the West when healthy.
 
Postgame Notes – March 23, 2021
Brooklyn 116, Portland 112
Game No. 43, Home Game No. 23


TEAM
• Portland was 19-of-55 (34.5%) from deep, while Brooklyn shot 9-of-30 (30.0%) from 3-PT range. It was Portland’s 10th game this season with at least 19 made three-pointers, and 55 attempts tied a franchise record (2/20/21 vs. Was.).
• The Trail Blazers had seven players finish in double-figures, while the Nets had five. It was the fifth time this season all five of Portland’s starters have scored 10 or more points.
• Portland scored 25 second chance points off of 13 offensive rebounds while the Nets had 10 offensive rebounds leading to 16 second chance points.
• The Trail Blazers recorded eight turnovers to the Nets 11. It was the 16th time Portland has committed single-digit turnovers this season, the most such games in the NBA.


PLAYER
• Damian Lillard led Portland with 22 points (5-16 FG, 3-13 3-PT, 9-9 FT), three rebounds and nine assists. Lillard was perfect from the line for the 26th time this season.
• Enes Kanter added 19 points (6-8 FG, 7-8 FT), 19 rebounds, a season-high six assists and one block. Kanter recorded 10 offensive rebounds, one shy of both a career-high and a Trail Blazers franchise record.
• CJ McCollum scored 16 points (5-19 FG, 4-12 3-PT, 2-2 FT) to go with five rebounds and four assists. It was the fourth time this season he has recorded at least five boards and four assists in the same game.
• Robert Covington recorded 13 points (4-6 3-PT, 1-2 FT), nine rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks. It was his ninth game this season with at least 13 points.
• Carmelo Anthony had 15 points (6-12 FG, 3-6 3-PT), two rebounds, one assist and one block in 23 minutes off the bench. It was the third time he’s scored at least 15 points in his last four outings.
• Derrick Jones Jr. finished with 13 points (6-14 FG, 1-8 3-PT), two rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block. It was his 11th time scoring in double-figures this season.
• Gary Trent Jr. had 11 points (3-5 3-PT, 2-2 FT), one rebound and one steal.
• James Harden led the Rockets with 25 points (7-24 FG, 11-13 FT), seven rebounds, 17 assists and two steals. 17 assists tied his career-high (eight times previous, most recently against Portland on 12/26/20.
• Jeff Green finished with 20 points (7-14 FG, 2-6 3-PT, 4-5 FT), four rebounds and one assist. It was his third game of the season reaching the 20 point mark.
• Nicholas Claxton was one point shy of his career-high in scoring, finishing with 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting to go with nine boards and one block.
 
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