Game Thread GAME# 80: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - APRIL 7, 2019 - SUNDAY, 6:00 PM , NBCSNW

[kjironman1]

He did some really smart moves though, he managed to free up roster spots with guys who weren't going to play and pick up two guys who are rotation guys who deserve minutes. He could've easily done just about nothing. He doesn't clear up the roster spots he couldn't have brought on Kanter without waiving someone. I dunno, I just think that for that couple of weeks he did a good job.

Neil Olshey absolutely deserves some credit for all of the moves. Don't let anyone tell you different.

 

[Nurkalicious]

shouldn't "let" him rap? Of all the things to complain about...god fucking lord.

Phil Jackson didn’t let Shaq rap. Do you think you know better than phil Jackson??

 

[BonesJones]

Is it just me or has Plumlee's overall attitude turned to shit in Denver?

 

[Nurkalicious]

Clippers losing to the Warriors. If they lose, OKC jumps them and gets into the 6th seed.

We need OKC to beat Houston for us to get the 3-seed. But at this point, if OKC beats Houston to help us get the 3-seed, we'd likely play them in the first round.

We don’t need to be afraid of OKC. They beat us in the regular season with energy. We will be fine against them in the playoffs.

 

[H.C.]

live with Plumlee shooting that ALL NIGHT.

 

[brooklynballer]

Turner, Harkless, a 2020 1st, and ATL right to swap OKCs 2022 1st for Portland's for Taurean Prince.
2nds and Meyers to a team with cap space.

That'd give us about $15M to resign two of Curry, Hood, and Kanter. Hopefully the cheapest one would resign for the room exception. Let Aminu walk. Sign Rolo for minimum.

Lillard / McCollum
McCollum / Curry
Prince / Hood
Collins / Layman
Kanter / Lopez

Dude, there is 0% chance either of those trades would ever happen. Meyers has negative trade value. Gonna take more than a 2nd for Blazers to rid themselves of his contract.

And the other trade, if ATL is dumb enough to make that trade you do it 100 times out of 100. Unfortunately, other than shedding salary it doesn’t help the Blazers much. The difference between Prince and Harkless is negligible and not enough for ATL to take on all that additional salary, even for a year.

 

[Scalma]

team is better without CJ, though they’d never admit it.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

team is better without CJ, though they’d never admit it.

I completely disagree, but opinions. *shrugs*.

 

[LuckyShot]

Playing shitty defense. Almost like we feel we can just outscore them based on talent...

 

[Nurkalicious]

the fact we aren’t up by 10+ now is sad. We have to be able to crush bad teams at home.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Plumlee never played this good for us.

 

[LuckyShot]

Not sure I've seen Aminu smile before.

 

[BonesJones]

Dude, there is 0% chance either of those trades would ever happen. Meyers has negative trade value. Gonna take more than a 2nd for Blazers to rid themselves of his contract.

And the other trade, if ATL is dumb enough to make that trade you do it 100 times out of 100. Unfortunately, other than shedding salary it doesn’t help the Blazers much. The difference between Prince and Harkless is negligible and not enough for ATL to take on all that additional salary, even for a year.

Atlanta has a ton of cap space and likely won't add anyone. They don't want Prince, and don't see him as a part of their future. Getting two stop gap forwards that expire as the same time as Bazemore and Plumlee and getting 1 or 2 firsts for it makes a lot of sense.

They took on Carmelo's $25.5M, and only got one pick. It's not completely unrealistic to think that they'd take on $28M for two picks and a guy that isn't a part of their future.

 

[julius]

Phil Jackson didn’t let Shaq rap. Do you think you know better than phil Jackson??

didn't let him rap...haha. Ask Laker fans how they feel about "company time".

 

[LuckyShot]

Plumlee never played this good for us.

I thought he did. Unless he's hitting outside jumpers now.

 

[Scalma]

I completely disagree, but opinions. *shrugs*.

Some are right some are wrong. *shrugs*

 

[illmatic99]

What happened to the Dame from two weeks ago. Decision making of late has been bad

 

[Wade Garrett]

Well since you asked, yeah, Stotts makes all kinds of mistakes with Lillard. He’s far too passive with Lillard. He shouldn’t let Lillard rap. He should be demanding not only that Lillard takes pre-games more seriously, but that Lillard LEADS our team in pre game. Our pre game is pitiful.

Plus He shouldn’t let Lillard take so many 40 ft 3s.. especially with lots of time on the clock.

He shouldn’t let Lillard have an iso as our one and only last-second play.

"He shouldn't let Lillard rap.."
Now that's funny!

 

[BonesJones]

This is pathetic. Seriously guys? You're at home against a team missing it's 3 best players and you're struggling to not completely blow a 14 point lead? Smh.

 

[Nurkalicious]

didn't let him rap...haha. Ask Laker fans how they feel about "company time".

It’s a pretty well known fact that Shaq stopped rapping when Phil Jackson started coaching him...

Also Lillard last album wasn’t that good. Waste of time.

 

[DDolla]

Even if we win, Denver is a better team this year

 

[H.C.]

didn't let him rap...haha. Ask Laker fans how they feel about "company time".

 

[BonesJones]

C.J. has been our best passer in this game. Shot's a bit rusty but he has 5 assists. Isn't this what we wanted from him?

 

[Nurkalicious]

Plumlee never played this good for us.

Yes he did. The year we beat the clippers Plumlee was our second best player.

 

[Nurkalicious]

You realize this was before the Phil Jackson era?

 

[DDolla]

Dame still sleeping or just simply tired?

 

[James lamphear]

What in the hell wrong with Stotts he never calls timeout when we need one. Majority of the time he to late to call one.

 

[BonesJones]

Can we guard Gary Harris? Please?

 

[BonesJones]

What the hell is our defense right now...

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Wow Harkless did that twice now...