Game Thread GAME# 66: BLAZERS @ PELICANS - MARCH 14, 2017 - TUESDAY, 5:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

[theprunetang]

What are your factors for ranking them?

I'd probably give points for Food/Weather/Traffic/Hotels/Airport

I'm not sure I have factors to rank cities. It's just a general feeling. Sacramento has nothing. Their highest level of food or a hip bar is like something mid-level Eugene, which is saying a lot. Same for OKC, aside from some pretty damned good BBQ. Houston is actually a pretty cool city, but it is super scary to drive around that place. It is worse than LA traffic. I will never drive through there ever again. Orlando is nothing but strip mall after strip mall after strip mall after strip mall. And it is racist as fuck. I'll post a photo if you need some explanation.

 

[Strenuus]

Beautiful evening here in The Big Easy FAMS.

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I legit want to frame this and put it up on a wall. That is beautiful.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Would be awesome to hear you rank your Favorite/Least favorite NBA cities to travel to and a brief explanation of why.

That would be fun. Great idea.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Houston is the worst.

Best kinda depends on the type of person you are.

I think New Orleans is a cool place.

Why on earth is Houston the worst? Great weather during the season. Great food. Great hotels. Great nightlife.

Now traffic......yeesh

 

[Reep]

If you thought Gortat was a tough matchup for Nurk wait until this one.

I'm not so sure about this. Gortat is unflappable. He just plays his game and is very strong and crafty. With Boogie, you can get into his head. He doesn't like physical coming back at him. Between Nurkic and Biebs I can see him getting frustrated and doing something stupid--unlike Gortat.

Not sure what to do with Davis. Maybe give him the Westbrook treatment and just let him do his thing, but make sure nobody else does.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I'm not so sure about this. Gortat is unflappable. He just plays his game and is very strong and crafty. With Boogie, you can get into his head. He doesn't like physical coming back at him. Between Nurkic and Biebs I can see him getting frustrated and doing something stupid--unlike Gortat.

Not sure what to do with Davis. Maybe give him the Westbrook treatment and just let him do his thing, but make sure nobody else does.

Davis is just a flat out tough cover for anyone. He's too quick and mobile for guys like Nurk and Vonleh and too long for guys like Aminu and Harkless. I think Aminu probably matches up best against him, of all the players on our roster. I like bringing Amimu off the bench in this case. Let Vonleh pick up the early fouls so that Aminu can play the majority of the minutes on Davis in quarters 2 through 4.

BNM

 

[Mediocre Man]

Let Davis get his.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I think you are much better off letting Boogie "get his" then Unibrow. Unibrow is nothing like Westbrook. He won't shoot them out of games.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I think you are much better off letting Boogie "get his" then Unibrow. Unibrow is nothing like Westbrook. He won't shoot them out of games.

This is very true. Good thing their starting 5 basically plays 3-on-5 on offense. With Solomon Hill and Hollis Thompson on the floor, we should have plenty of opportunities to help on both Davis and Cousins. I think out best unit tonight will be Nurk on Cousins, Aminu on Davis, Harkless on Holiday and hide Dame and C.J. on Hill and Thompson.

BNM

 

[Mediocre Man]

I think you are much better off letting Boogie "get his" then Unibrow. Unibrow is nothing like Westbrook. He won't shoot them out of games.

He won't, but frustrating Boogie to me should be the plan. Letting him get his will amount to bith getting theirs IMO

 

[Boob-No-More]

He won't, but frustrating Boogie to me should be the plan. Letting him get his will amount to bith getting theirs IMO

With Nurk and Meyers, we seem to have too of the best in the business at pissing Boggie off. We also have 12 fouls to use on him to go with the additional 12 non-calls Boogie will bitch about.

BNM

 

[Mediocre Man]

With Nurk and Meyers, we seem to have too of the best in the business at pissing Boggie off. We also have 12 fouls to use on him to go with the additional 12 non-calls Boogie will bitch about.

BNM

Ya, exactly. Piss him off all game. Davis will get his regardless...At least most of the time

 

[Chris Craig]

They're all big games. We need to beat the below .500 teams on our schedule both at home and on the road. We are currently two games back of DEN in the win column. We need to win all of our "winnable" games to catch them.

BNM

The Nuggets are about to lose four in a row

 

[Chris Craig]

Like someone on here said: Boogie likes to do a lot of that flailing bullshit. That's gonna get Nurk in trouble.

And Vonleh on Davis? Gee....that should go over well.

I wouldn't be surprised if we lose this, but I hope we don't. Go Blazers.

I think we are going to see a lot of Aminu on Davis tonight

 

[Chris Craig]

Expect a lot of Aminu at the 4, and as I said, we need to help off of Solomon Hill and Hollis Thompson EVERY time Davis or Cousins has the ball.

I mean seriously, Hill is averaging 6.5 ppg on .383 FG% and Thompson is at 3.8 ppg on .268 FG%. Those two would have trouble scoring 20 points between them if you locked them in a gym alone and let them play 2-on-0 for an hour.

If Pat Connaughton was playing for NOP, he'd be starting right now - and would be their 4th best starter.

BNM

Sad. True Story. Sad.

 

[Boob-No-More]

The Nuggets are about to lose four in a row

Let's hope!

BNM

 

[Chris Craig]

Let's hope!

BNM

Well they got the Clippers next, followed by two in a row versus the Rockets, then a game against the Cavs....

Then the Pacers, and two games later against us....

We have to keep winning and let nature take its course

 

[Paulus]

Hello from Bosnia , I m always be a fan of NBA , never had a club do . After Washington game I realise that Portland is a underdog and I love underdogs . Course Nurkic is a part of it, we are small Country and we are proud when some of our people come to World stage and doing good. You must take in acc. that Nurkic is still young and is hardheaded , Bosnian quality, but with years he will get that exp he needs , because talent is there. I m finally chose my team in NBA.Good luck against Pelicans.

 

[Reep]

Hello from Bosnia , I m always be a fan of NBA , never had a club do . After Washington game I realise that Portland is a underdog and I love underdogs . Course Nurkic is a part of it, we are small Country and we are proud when some of our people come to World stage and doing good. You must take in acc. that Nurkic is still young and is hardheaded , Bosnian quality, but with years he will get that exp he needs , because talent is there. I m finally chose my team in NBA.Good luck against Pelicans.

Great to have you hear. Keep posting.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Hello from Bosnia , I m always be a fan of NBA , never had a club do . After Washington game I realise that Portland is a underdog and I love underdogs . Course Nurkic is a part of it, we are small Country and we are proud when some of our people come to World stage and doing good. You must take in acc. that Nurkic is still young and is hardheaded , Bosnian quality, but with years he will get that exp he needs , because talent is there. I m finally chose my team in NBA.Good luck against Pelicans.

He writes a lot like Mixum used to. Someone check his ip addy

 

[Dougnsalem]

He writes a lot like Mixum used to. Someone check his ip addy

I was thinking he sounded like you...

On the serious side, welcome @Paulus ! Hope you enjoy your time here!

 

[Boob-No-More]

Hello from Bosnia , I m always be a fan of NBA , never had a club do . After Washington game I realise that Portland is a underdog and I love underdogs . Course Nurkic is a part of it, we are small Country and we are proud when some of our people come to World stage and doing good. You must take in acc. that Nurkic is still young and is hardheaded , Bosnian quality, but with years he will get that exp he needs , because talent is there. I m finally chose my team in NBA.Good luck against Pelicans.

Welcome to the forum @Paulus. Nurkmania is alive and well in Portland, Oregon!

BNM

 

[THE HCP]

Would be awesome to hear you rank your Favorite/Least favorite NBA cities to travel to and a brief explanation of why.

Lets do that this summer, sounds fun

 

[Paulus]

He writes a lot like Mixum used to. Someone check his ip addy

Who is Mixum ? I m not long time here , since 12 february and I apologize for my English . All this is from watching movies and from listen music . German was my major in skool . I will try to stay awake tonight for game and thank you for nice welcome.

 

[BrunoSOC]

Im excited for tonight. I think this game will be decided by damian lillard

 

[Mediocre Man]

Who is Mixum ? I m not long time here , since 12 february and I apologize for my English . All this is from watching movies and from listen music . German was my major in skool . I will try to stay awake tonight for game and thank you for nice welcome.

No one important. Don't apologize for your English. Verbs, adverbs and pronouns are overrated. Everyone understood you just fine.

Welcome to the forum

 

[Mediocre Man]

Who is Mixum ? I m not long time here , since 12 february and I apologize for my English . All this is from watching movies and from listen music . German was my major in skool . I will try to stay awake tonight for game and thank you for nice welcome.

There was a great 80s movie called Better off Dead, where a Japanese guy learned English by watching Howard Cosell. So now I just need to know your favorite movie so I can picture you talking like one of the characters. Really hoping it's the Deer Hunter, so I can go with Christopher Walken

 

[Chris Craig]

Who is Mixum ? I m not long time here , since 12 february and I apologize for my English . All this is from watching movies and from listen music . German was my major in skool . I will try to stay awake tonight for game and thank you for nice welcome.

Dude, that's not bad at all for learning English from movies and music. Not sure if either of those mediums use proper English anymore anyway.

 

[Dougnsalem]

There was a great 80s movie called Better off Dead, where a Japanese guy learned English by watching Howard Cosell. So now I just need to know your favorite movie so I can picture you talking like one of the characters. Really hoping it's the Deer Hunter, so I can go with Christopher Walken

I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!

Lol. Dang, I gotta watch that again now....

 

[stampedehero]

Houston is the worst.

Best kinda depends on the type of person you are.

I think New Orleans is a cool place.

I was there in '98 but only in the civilized areas.