Game Thread GAME# 78: BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - APRIL 3, 2018 - TUESDAY, 5:30 PM (PST), NBCSNW

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Biggie just can’t get deep into the post, he’s playing against men not lil boys anymore. He’s gonna need to get stronger too.

 

[joeBlazers]

Doesn't Dallas have 2 Max players already? Barnes and someone ...

 

[BonesJones]

Dallas may be the team that will try to throw money at Nurk this summer, they can’t have that much salary. We will match but they could make it expensive.

Yeah, hopefully they draft a C though. Bamba would be a good fit there.

 

[BonesJones]

Napier's been huge today. If he could shoot consistently he'd be such a great 6th man.

 

[BonesJones]

Great D Shabazz!

 

[kingslayer]

What a pass Bazz!

 

[LuckyShot]

Can we stop flinging up the first open deep jumper that they give to us?

And holy shit, how about that pass by Bazz?

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Yeah, hopefully they draft a C though. Bamba would be a good fit there.

I could see them valuing a guy like Bamba, also can see them getting MPJ and moving Barnes too.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Gotta give credit where credit is due, this officiating crew has been very solid tonight.

 

[kingslayer]

There's an annoying Barea superfan that's way too close to one of the mics. All I'm hearing is "YEAH JJ!!!!"

 

[joeBlazers]

Aminu shooting 1 million 3s tonight ... I hate that.

 

[LuckyShot]

Ehhh, I don't think so. Remember Zach and Ed playing off each other in the Clippers game? We got 5 dunks in a row or something like that. Ed rebounds our jumpshots and finishes inside, and is a great pick n roll big.

Yeah, that one game. There are just as many good games as games where they screw the pooch. They're inconsistent.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Carlisle is too competent of a coach lol he makes scrubs competitive, Dallas has the right guy to lead the team just not the right roster.

 

[Labinot41]

What an ugly Game

 

[LuckyShot]

Biggie hasn't exactly been great either. But his ceiling is higher than Meyers.....way higher......and he has an excuse of not having played all season until recently.

I'm not so sure it's much higher, if at all. At least Meyers has size. Swanigan is undersized and not nearly athletic enough to compensate. And his skill level is looking pretty limited so far. Pretty worrying.

 

[Jade Falcon]

I'm not so sure it's much higher, if at all. At least Meyers has size. Swanigan is undersized and not nearly athletic enough to compensate. And his skill level is looking pretty limited so far. Pretty worrying.

Wait.....you mean, Olshey whiffed in the draft with Biggie?!

 

[DDolla]

Another game when 3’s are not falling

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Random note--early in the second, we had a lineup including Swanigan, Connaughton, Collins and McCollum. Poor Scott Lynn was getting a little tongue-twisted with the similarity of the names. If only we'd had Baldwin in instead of Napier, the tongue-twister lineup would have been complete.

 

[joeBlazers]

What were we thinking, when we drafted him?

I'm not so sure it's much higher, if at all. At least Meyers has size. Swanigan is undersized and not nearly athletic enough to compensate. And his skill level is looking pretty limited so far. Pretty worrying.

 

[BonesJones]

I could see them valuing a guy like Bamba, also can see them getting MPJ and moving Barnes too.

I think Bamba would be a better fit, and I think he's a better player.

DSJ needs a solid pick n roll big.

 

[joeBlazers]

We already lost to Memphis ... would you be surprised, if we lost to the Mavs?

 

[BonesJones]

What were we thinking, when we drafted him?

That was my reaction at the time.

Blazer fans always think their 20-year old is gonna be a stud. People were talking about Vonleh as if he was gonna be a great starter down the road...

 

[BonesJones]

We already lost to Memphis ... would you be surprised, if we lost to the Mavs?

Yes, because Dame.

 

[riverman]

We already lost to Memphis ... would you be surprised, if we lost to the Mavs?

with Lillard....yes I would

 

[riverman]

Yes, because Dame.

beat me by a nano second!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Carlisle is too competent of a coach lol he makes scrubs competitive, Dallas has the right guy to lead the team just not the right roster.

For a decent tank job, they have the right guy to lead them, if Carlisle took an early vacation. Assistant Head Coach Kaleb Canales is an experienced tanker captain.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I think Bamba would be a better fit, and I think he's a better player.

DSJ needs a solid pick n roll big.

If Noel wasn’t such a dumbass you’d think he’d be the guy DSJ could throw lobs to/run PnR with.

 

[riverman]

Not many bigs come in and are impact players their rookie season...Swanigan has yet to get up to speed...game hasn't slowed down enough yet...he's played about a dozen NBA minutes...

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

We should have another one of those good 3rd quarters like we had against Memphis

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Not many bigs come in and are impact players their rookie season...Swanigan has yet to get up to speed...game hasn't slowed down enough yet...he's played about a dozen NBA minutes...

Yeah, but he also doesn’t look good out there, looks like a future G League legend. Not every player can make it, he looks like one of those guys who will get left behind.