Game Thread GAME# 46: MAVERICKS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 23, 2020 - THURSDAY, 7:30 PM, TNT

[bobf]

I really dont like Hezonja, I dont see anything that he is good at...

His gazelle imitation is pretty good.

 

[Scalma]

Biggie is killing us man.

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Gotta play some D

 

[AldoTrapani]

Can somebody tell me why the fuck is Swanigan playing? This guy is the last person in the league that even looks closely to an NBA player

 

[calvin natt]

Bitchfest

 

[B-Roy]

Ariza on this team is a 40 mpg player.

 

[Scalma]

What great rookies has Stotts failed to play over his tenure in Portland?

Idk, he never plays them.

 

[DDolla]

Dame shooting is back, he just need help.

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Gotta use the Dame-Trent-Ariza-Melo-Whiteside lineup rest of the way

 

[Tince]

Ariza on this team is a 40 mpg player.

He seemed upset he wasn't getting run in Sacramento; that certainly won't be a problem here...

 

[BlazerRx]

As hot as they have been from 3 we are lucky that this is still a game...i think dame is feeling it again tonight and that makes it possible that we could win this. Lets go blazers!

 

[julius]

If there are parallel universes, I wonder what it's like being in the one where Nurk didn't get hurt last year, Collins didn't dislocate his shoulder, Rodney didn't tear his achilles and the team didn't draft Oden/Bowie/Martin. I'd like to visit that universe someday.

But mostly, I hope that universe still has Dunkin Donuts in Oregon.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Wow look at Swanigan there he can’t even catch up when that pick comes and he needs to follow the ball handler

 

[Tince]

Idk, he never plays them.

Maybe we haven't had great rookies? I don't recall too many Jermaine O'Neal's leaving Stotts/Portland and lighting the NBA on fire.

 

[AldoTrapani]

I feel bad for Dame man. He deserves a better a team and franchise this shit

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Ariza is gonna need a bag of frozen peas and some Bengay tonight

 

[calvin natt]

The Blazers are playing a guy who couldn’t get a job (Carmelo), Swanigan, two guys who sat all last year (Trent and Simons), Hezonja and 36 year old Ariza. And Lillard and overrated Whiteside. But they are supposed to be beating a team with a potential MVP and Porzingis and a bunch of good role players coached by a top 3 coach?

 

[DDolla]

That’s it, rest Dame now

 

[B-Roy]

Good job Stotts. You sure made your point sticking to a unit where 4 guys can’t defend.

 

[James lamphear]

Come on Trent he left handed don't shade him right.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

So we’re getting absolutely torched by jalen fucking Brunson

 

[OneSport3]

I really don’t get it with Stotts. Every year he sees teams effectively blitz and double Dame out high on court. This makes it difficult for Dame and Portland to run their preferred offense.

Yet on defense, he’s okay with Kanter switching out on Steph Curry and Whitesde/Swanigan switching out on Doncic...

 

[Darkwebs]

Brunson is Yogi Ferrelling us

 

[twobullz]

I feel bad for Dame man. He deserves a better a team and franchise this shit

Man do you do anything but criticize the Blazers. Your stick is getting old.

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Pros: Dame, Trent, Ariza, and Melo

Cons: literally everything else

 

[Darkwebs]

Wow look at Swanigan there he can’t even catch up when that pick comes and he needs to follow the ball handler

Caleb Plod-again

 

[The Professional Fan]

When he starts making open shots and occasionally passing the ball and trying on defense, only then does he deserve to be called by his actual name.

Until then, he is Anfernee Simmons.

Interesting stance. So what do we call C.J. then? See.Jay?

 

[AldoTrapani]

Can somebody tell me who the fuck the Dallas GM is? This dude is assembled a fucking squad!

He got Wright somehow, drafted Brunson in the 2nd round, somehow traded for the legendary Doncic, then literally got Porzingas for nothing, then they have that dude who tore his Achilles, then that white boy whose last name starts with a K who hits 3s, I mean wtf this is something else and they didn’t even
Need to suck for years to be good

 

[calvin natt]

Good job Stotts. You sure made your point sticking to a unit where 4 guys can’t defend.

What defensive lineup are you thinking he has that he is hiding?

 

[bobf]

Can somebody tell me why the fuck is Swanigan playing? This guy is the last person in the league that even looks closely to an NBA player

Both him and Mario.