Game Thread GAME# 77: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - APRIL 1, 2018 - SUNDAY, 6:00 PM (PDT), NBCSNW

[Lanny]

Collins is better suited to play C than Meyers or Swanigan.

More Collins and a little bit of ET at PF. Collins will still play his normal minutes, he'll just get addition center minutes. How is getting more PT going to mess up his groove...?

Turner is too short and too light to be playing power forward.

 

[Lanny]

Will try to watch the game tonight (4:30 am). Go Blazers!

I really started to (not just support) love this team. Cant wait for each match. Playoff will be special event in my home in Bosnia and will watch it on the same way we watch soccer games here...beer, a lot of beef and cheese...

Must have some Blazers shirt. I hope e-bay will be solution.

You can get a Blazer shirt at the Blazers' store. Just sign up (it's free to join), login and purchase whatever you want with your credit card.

http://www.nba.com/blazers/ripcityclothing

 

[Almir]

You can get a Blazer shirt at the Blazers' store. Just sign up (it's free to join), login and purchase whatever you want with your credit card.

http://www.nba.com/blazers/ripcityclothing

Yeah i have seen this before, but i am in doubt that they ship this to Bosnia. Will look again thx

 

[SIeepwalker]

Will try to watch the game tonight (4:30 am). Go Blazers!

Isn't it 3:00 AM ?

 

[Lanny]

Isn't it 3:00 AM ?

There's no such thing as time to a true Blazer fan.

 

[Almir]

Isn't it 3:00 AM ?

yes, that's correct, i made mistake. It is at 3:00 am.

 

[BonesJones]

No he ain't a vertical leaper type guy but playing time gets him experience on how to work around that. The book on Swanigan is he works really hard. Doesn't quit. He has tenacity to fight for position and is teachable.
Footwork is also all about experience. Minutes always changes that.

I don't think he'll be able to work around that. It's a tough tongue to work around. I just don't want him playing meaningful minutes.

 

[SIeepwalker]

There's no such thing as time to a true Blazer fan.

I don't want him to miss the game.
Also don't worry, I'll be up and watching a stream at 3:00 am.

 

[Orion Bailey]

We lose leads, you lose dignity knowing you bought his jersey.

We all lose.

Damn. I just got owned...

 

[LuckyShot]

Please just blow these guys out tonight.

 

[riverman]

We've got plenty of bigs to make up for Ed's sprained ankle...Meyers will play tonight and Biggie will probably get some minutes...if anybody watched Biggie in the G league....he's got game...he's strong, coachable..has a decent stroke and doesn't play out of control. He's also the youngest guy on the team...I think he was a good draft pick and will develop into a good role player

 

[Jade Falcon]

We've got plenty of bigs to make up for Ed's sprained ankle...Meyers will play tonight and Biggie will probably get some minutes...if anybody watched Biggie in the G league....he's got game...he's strong, coachable..has a decent stroke and doesn't play out of control. He's also the youngest guy on the team...I think he was a good draft pick and will develop into a good role player

Preferably, I would like to see him become the next Draymond Green.

 

[TBpup]

Biggie in the G-League works. Against bigger, much more explosive NBA players, I just don't see his game translating unless he can play more like Z-Bo and master the on the floor game.

 

[riverman]

Biggie in the G-League works. Against bigger, much more explosive NBA players, I just don't see his game translating unless he can play more like Z-Bo and master the on the floor game.

yeah..I think the few minutes he's seen an NBA court, he's shown promise...I don't get the impression he's out of his league...he's just a raw rookie to me who's coachable

 

[Scalma]

 

[TBpup]

Good to hear that Davis won't be out too long. Games like tonight should be the perfect venue to give someone like Biggie some run and see what they can do without much pressure.

 

[Scalma]

yeah..I think the few minutes he's seen an NBA court, he's shown promise...I don't get the impression he's out of his league...he's just a raw rookie to me who's coachable

We have to remember that Biggie is still only 20. Crazy to say, considering what the talk was in training camp, but he’s going to need time. His physical limitations are real, but so is his bball IQ. I’m 50/50 on his work ethic, just because I don’t know whether the weight gain between summer league and training camp was by design. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt just because everything I’ve read says he’s a hard worker, and you don’t lose as much weight as he did without a disciplined commitment.

I look forward to watching his development though. He can help us, even if his ceiling is the old version of Boris Diaw.

 

[Scalma]

We've got plenty of bigs to make up for Ed's sprained ankle...Meyers will play tonight and Biggie will probably get some minutes...if anybody watched Biggie in the G league....he's got game...he's strong, coachable..has a decent stroke and doesn't play out of control. He's also the youngest guy on the team...I think he was a good draft pick and will develop into a good role player

Zach and Papagiannis are both younger than him man come on.

 

[tykendo]

Biggie just needs to stay focused, and eager. Jermaine O'Neal didn't play much either early, but look how that turned out. But i'd rather have him want to play, than fiddle his thumbs, so him getting a little frustrated is understandable. Hopefully tonight he kicks arse. Go Blazers!!

 

[ripcityboy]

I think Biggie will be fine. We can't expect him to move as fast as Zach did.

 

[Strenuus]

So... Im at the game. Im willing this damn team to beat the grizzlies, god damnit!

 

[H.C.]

So... Im at the game. Im willing this damn team to beat the grizzlies, god damnit!

^
Will blame you if we lose.

 

[ripcityboy]

I am so #@$@ sick of streams timing out on me.

 

[LuckyShot]

Still at in-laws for Easter. Ahhh I need my Blazers fix!

 

[crandc]

Guard three point line. 13 threes last game was ridiculous.

 

[Jade Falcon]

I am so #@$@ sick of streams timing out on me.

Was it the Court stream on Reddit? Did the same thing to me. Now I'm watching NBCS Northwest.....full of commercials. Fucking sucks.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Ok, maybe I should stop playing Far Cry 5 and watch this

 

[DUB]

I reckon Nurkic will take more than six shots this game.

Hopefully we've learnt from how Memphis defended Nurkic last game; not just for this game, but more importantly for the playoffs.

 

[EGame]

Ok, maybe I should stop playing Far Cry 5 and watch this

How is Far Cry? I've heard it is pretty good, but I haven't pulled the trigger because Far Cry 4 kinda soured me on the series.

 

[H.C.]

Ok, maybe I should stop playing Far Cry 5 and watch this

Merica.

Had someone rage on twtich because they believed fc5 was taking shots at Trump.
'All the trump references.'
When I laughed at them, they said I'm a HC lover.
I laughed again.
They got more mad.