Game Thread GAME# 81: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - APRIL 9, 2018 - MONDAY, 6:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

[Scalma]

At one point I began thinking that CJ should be the guy that Baldwin comes in for, not Pat or Napier.

The fact that you could make an argument for any of the three yet he still sees 0 minutes....lol.

And I bet he doesn’t play Wednesday either. Thanks for playing Wade see you next year.

 

[jlprk]

Are you Paul Allen's accountant? Is all you care about is financials?

All I care about is the long term. It comes from years of managing (career in accounting). You notice that on this board, I argue with the guys who run the board, not the peanuts.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

He didn't make the team shoot 20 some % ...shoot better we win this game

When you're asking Al-Farouq Aminu and Evan Turner to keep chucking 3s, you effectively are making the team shoot 20 some %. Get higher % shots by attacking the rim with a team lacking rim protection. Jokic and Plumlee are SOFT.

 

[riverman]

The fact that you could make an argument for any of the three yet he still sees 0 minutes....lol.

And I bet he doesn’t play Wednesday either. Thanks for playing Wade see you next year.

Baldwin has skills but he's not the guy who got us to the playoffs....his two great games were losses...Bazz has won us more games...Stotts will reward his role players who've put in the time....CJ and Crabbe rode the pine for 2 seasons...Baldwin just got out of the G league

 

[BonesJones]

I’m done with the “shit”. You don’t handle criticism (constructive or otherwise) worth beans. You’re the frickin’ expert based on a year of playing community college ball and the rest of us don’t know squat. You’re always calling others out but you can’t handle being called out yourself. Thanks for making this a fun place to come to.

Right. Get it together.

 

[Scalma]

Baldwin has skills but he's not the guy who got us to the playoffs....his two great games were losses...Bazz has won us more games...Stotts will reward his role players who've put in the time....CJ and Crabbe rode the pine for 2 seasons...Baldwin just got out of the G league

What a surprising take.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Except when he does.

Yes. Just like Nate McMillan was so great. Wait, no he wasn't. He just had Brandon Roy. And this coach has Damian Lillard. We are winning in spite of Terry Stotts. He's not the right coach for this team going forward. He's horrible.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

The fact that you could make an argument for any of the three yet he still sees 0 minutes....lol.

And I bet he doesn’t play Wednesday either. Thanks for playing Wade see you next year.

I’d kind of like to think that maybe they’re actually keeping Baldwin under wraps as a playoff “surprise”. Hard to game for a guy you haven’t seen play much. At least I’d like to believe that......

 

[riverman]

When you're asking Al-Farouq Aminu and Evan Turner to keep chucking 3s, you effectively are making the team shoot 20 some %. Get higher % shots by attacking the rim with a team lacking rim protection. Jokic and Plumlee are SOFT.

we didn't get one fuckin' foul call attacking the rim most all game.....it was a very poorly called game

 

[DreamKillah]

He's talking about his jump shot. It is broken. Regardless what his shooting % is. You should never teach anyone to shoot like Aminu does.
The only reason to show it is to say. 'This is how NOT to do it.'.

Aminu's arms are so long it must be tough to develop a compact shooting motion . . .

 

[Scalma]

I’d kind of like to think that maybe they’re actually keeping Baldwin under wraps as a playoff “surprise”. Hard to game for a guy you haven’t seen play much. At least I’d like to believe that......

Lol I like the positivity I’ll roll with that theory for now.

 

[blue9]

He didn't make the team shoot 20 some % ...shoot better we win this game

Ah yes, the Nate McMillan philosophy of coaching: you gotta hit your shots. Never mind that there are high percentage shots and low percentage shots, and it's a coach's job to get his team high percentage shots.

 

[EGame]

we didn't get one fuckin' foul call attacking the rim most all game.....it was a very poorly called game

Thats every game for Portland. Nothing new.

 

[Strenuus]

Baldwin has skills but he's not the guy who got us to the playoffs....his two great games were losses...Bazz has won us more games...Stotts will reward his role players who've put in the time....CJ and Crabbe rode the pine for 2 seasons...Baldwin just got out of the G league

lol. I don't even know where to start with where the errors in thinking are with this line of thought. There's so much going on! :MARIS61:

 

[riverman]

What a surprising take.

you lost me Scalma...no idea what you mean by this

 

[BonesJones]

Anybody else in here have a problem with the way I posted tonight?

 

[Strenuus]

we didn't get one fuckin' foul call attacking the rim most all game.....it was a very poorly called game

Dame got at least two calls.

 

[SportsAndWhine]

Houston doesn’t even need to troll us; we attack ourselves way more readily.

 

[HailBlazers]

we didn't get one fuckin' foul call attacking the rim most all game.....it was a very poorly called game

@Mediocre Man and I agree.

 

[SportsAndWhine]

Anybody else in here have a problem with the way I posted tonight?

Good on you for clarifying “tonight”.

 

[Strenuus]

Houston doesn’t even need to troll us; we attack ourselves way more readily.

I WILL STUFF YOUR MOUTH WITH CHEETOS, SIR!

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Anybody else in here have a problem with the way I posted tonight?

Yeah, let’s take a vote..........

 

[riverman]

lol. I don't even know where to start with where the errors in thinking are with this line of thought. There's so much going on! :MARIS61:

I like Baldwin....I understand what role players have worked to get us here and why they get rewarded....next season after a training camp Baldwin will probably win a rotation spot....as it stands...he's a third string G league call up.

 

[BonesJones]

I think Baldwin should play because:
1.) He defends well
2.) He wants to attack the paint over settling for jumpshots
3.) He moves the ball well.

That's just my opinion. Don't yell at me!

 

[Scalma]

you lost me Scalma...no idea what you mean by this

I mean I’d rather be around an overly positive person than a negative one but man..you don’t have to defend EVERY decision the coach makes.

 

[BonesJones]

Yeah, let’s take a vote..........

Let's do it!

 

[Strenuus]

I like Baldwin....I understand what role players have worked to get us here and why they get rewarded....next season after a training camp Baldwin will probably win a rotation spot....as it stands...he's a third string G league call up.

That wasn't the error.

 

[BonesJones]

Good on you for clarifying “tonight”.

I mean, if the dude has a problem with something I said days ago he shouldn't be getting pissed off at me now over it, he should've said something back then.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Let's do it!

Did I REALLY need to use green font.....???

 

[riverman]

I mean I’d rather be around an overly positive person than a negative one but man..you don’t have to defend EVERY decision the coach makes.

I shouldn't be considered a guy who defends every decision a coach makes...but I know for a fact Stotts has a better handle on the roster than any poster around here....respect is what I call it.