Game Thread GAME# 9: BLAZERS @ KINGS - JANUARY 9, 2021 - SATURDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

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Who's the worst player on the Blazers?


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Melo came in the game. The Blazers were up 10. He scored 6 points in 1:20. The ended that shift with 8 points, 2 assists and 3 rebounds with his defender on the bench with 3 fouls. Melo left the game the Blazers were up 12.
It's alright going to him but going to the well to much counter productive and the 2nd unit had productive shift. But I like see Melo instead his first thought is to score try to get others involved I think he he is in that spot in his career where he goes cold a lot due he is not as quick in that low post position as he was younger.
 
what is the reasoning behind this? I mean so many say the same, there must be validation to your opinion. Maybe it goes further back and I'm ignorant to how he was prior to me paying attention?
When i listen to him on Suke and Ropp, he seems to have decent takes most of the time.
I thought a few years ago he also used to get tv analysis during the games once in a while?

did they boot him from being close to the team?

I don't get it. Fill me in. Why is he a cancer? What am i missing KJ?
Simple answer is "Trust".
Long answer is nobody trusts him anymore and they have good reason because he will exploit anything there is out there to get ahead. It's why he is no longer with the Oregonian, It's why he is not allowed within the Blazers circle. It's pretty much why Brandon Roy went away. There are so many issue with Quick i could no way post them all. He will not last at the Athletic either. I'll give him 1-2 years at best.
 
CJ is playing at a very high level. If he keeps playing like this and Dame still ends up having the better season, it likely means we kicked serious ass. We’d be looking at Splash Bros 2.0!
Accept our splash brothers unlike the other two don't have a Klay Thompson type of defender unfortunately.
 
Again Quick gonna ride that horse as far as he can. Then he will try to take credit for it. Absolutely despise this guy. Next thing he will write about is Damian Lillard vs CJ and try to spin up a controversy. It's brewing and you all know it. So Glad Brooke got to Nurk first and cleared some of the air because that was coming as well.

As predictable as the Troll he has always been. Notice Clownzano has jumped aboard the band wagon as well. Anything to get "Clicks".

Ask anyone who has connections with this organization. Quick is an absolute cancer and needs to be kept as far away from this team as humanly possible.
I don't agree with you. I think Quick is the only person covering this team with the balls not to be a sycophant.

He asks hard questions a lot of us want answers to and yeah he asks them over and over which is annoying sometimes. He also does try to stir the pot but he's not doing that to sabotage the team, he's doing that to try and fish out answers he doesn't even think he knows the answer to, which is very annoying but from a journalistic standpoint may be necessary.
 
Simple answer is "Trust".
Long answer is nobody trusts him anymore and they have good reason because he will exploit anything there is out there to get ahead. It's why he is no longer with the Oregonian, It's why he is not allowed within the Blazers circle. It's pretty much why Brandon Roy went away. There are so many issue with Quick i could no way post them all. He will not last at the Athletic either. I'll give him 1-2 years at best.
Yeah I don't think he belongs as the Blazers insider anymore because of those reasons but as a beat reporter he's the only person asking the hard hitting meaningful questions. The players are free not to answer them and give cookie cutter answers but at least Quick is putting those questions out there so the world knows the team is being asked them.
 
yes...I've been a frequent critic of CJ when he has deserved criticism. I've also praised him for the things he does well. He's playing great right now for sure. But I think there is reason to doubt he can sustain these numbers

but since you're making an accusation, please point out a couple of posts of mine about CJ and show how they were "hate"

CJ is currently playing at a level near Dame's best season (last year). That's a huge jump. I expect some (like half maybe) of that is sustainable, which is still a big jump.

1. He's increased his assist rate by 20% from last year and by 70% from 2 years ago. That's largely sustainable as it's just a decision to pass the ball.

2. He's changed his shot distribution. 50% more 3's than last year and correspondingly fewer mid-range & at the rim shots. Again, that's a decision and should be sustainable.

3. He's shooting 0.444 from 3 and better than usual from the FT line. That's unlikely to be sustainable. But even if you assume that his shooting drops back to career percentages, his TS% still works out to be up 20 to 30 points just from his change in shot distribution (like from 0.541 last year to 0.571) .

4. His TOV rate is down 30% from already low levels. I don't know if he can sustain that. It's a surprising number giving that his assists are way up. But at least part of that improvement could be due to taking fewer at the rim shots and fewer hurky-jurky mid-range shots where he sometimes gets stripped.
 
Again Quick gonna ride that horse as far as he can. Then he will try to take credit for it. Absolutely despise this guy. Next thing he will write about is Damian Lillard vs CJ and try to spin up a controversy. It's brewing and you all know it. So Glad Brooke got to Nurk first and cleared some of the air because that was coming as well.

As predictable as the Troll he has always been. Notice Clownzano has jumped aboard the band wagon as well. Anything to get "Clicks".

Ask anyone who has connections with this organization. Quick is an absolute cancer and needs to be kept as far away from this team as humanly possible.

To be fair, we even have people on this message board who take credit for making our players/coaches aware of things after they change for the positive.
 
To be fair, we even have people on this message board who take credit for making our players/coaches aware of things after they change for the positive.
You have a point. Funny part is some of them think their opinion is worth charging for. I have no problem with the Athletic but i ain't gonna spend money to read it.
 
I think Quick has massively improved from when I covered the team.

Back in 2003 he was arrogant, he was jaded about basketball in general, and he was out to get the team. I don't really get that impression from him anymore. With that said, I wouldn't pay money to read his work.
 
I think Quick has massively improved from when I covered the team.

Back in 2003 he was arrogant, he was jaded about basketball in general, and he was out to get the team. I don't really get that impression from him anymore. With that said, I wouldn't pay money to read his work.
I have to admit the guy is a really good writer. He always has been. "Behind the locker room door" was absolutely something special. I hope you are correct about his overall attitude for the game and the team in general.
 
CJ is currently playing at a level near Dame's best season (last year). That's a huge jump. I expect some (like half maybe) of that is sustainable, which is still a big jump.

1. He's increased his assist rate by 20% from last year and by 70% from 2 years ago. That's largely sustainable as it's just a decision to pass the ball.

2. He's changed his shot distribution. 50% more 3's than last year and correspondingly fewer mid-range & at the rim shots. Again, that's a decision and should be sustainable.

3. He's shooting 0.444 from 3 and better than usual from the FT line. That's unlikely to be sustainable. But even if you assume that his shooting drops back to career percentages, his TS% still works out to be up 20 to 30 points just from his change in shot distribution (like from 0.541 last year to 0.571) .

4. His TOV rate is down 30% from already low levels. I don't know if he can sustain that. It's a surprising number giving that his assists are way up. But at least part of that improvement could be due to taking fewer at the rim shots and fewer hurky-jurky mid-range shots where he sometimes gets stripped.

Will completely own that I've been a big detractor of the way CJ plays and how inefficient he has been. But if he is going to play like this, that seems about all many of us detractors can ask for. Much better at finding teammates, much better at taking good shots. It was never about being a 'hater' and most people saying that should have known better. It was about wanting to see better basketball being played.

Well done, and hope the growth continues. Now it would be nice to see it translate to the defensive side.
 
I have to admit the guy is a really good writer. He always has been. "Behind the locker room door" was absolutely something special. I hope you are correct about his overall attitude for the game and the team in general.

I haven't been around the guy in a long time so I can't really speak from experience, but just the way that he has changed his writing makes me think his attitude has changed.
 
Will completely own that I've been a big detractor of the way CJ plays and how inefficient he has been. But if he is going to play like this, that seems about all many of us detractors can ask for. Much better at finding teammates, much better at taking good shots. It was never about being a 'hater' and most people saying that should have known better. It was about wanting to see better basketball being played.

Well done, and hope the growth continues. Now it would be nice to see it translate to the defensive side.

Yeah I hope so. CJ does have 2x his normal steals. Kind of a small sample but he "should" have 7 or 8 by now and he has 15. Probably Roco and DJJ deserve some credit there for being disruptive so CJ can intercept some passes.
 
So you are saying 10-20 games into the season that had a very short preseason and no practice time while playing road games? Keep crossing those fingers.

Could you rephrase your first sentence? I'm not sure what you were trying to say.
 
This has been a weird start.
I’m crossing my fingers also.

Yeah, that's true. I can't think of many more Jeckyll and Hyde teams than this one. When it works, it's a lot of fun to watch. When it doesn't, I want to gouge my eyes out.
 
To be fair, we even have people on this message board who take credit for making our players/coaches aware of things after they change for the positive.
You should have seen how I influenced Browns coaches yesterday! Browns did not score in 3nd quarter and I told my brother; "They gotta start passing on first down and start throwing to the running backs." They immediately took my advice and went on to win! I am expecting my check to arrive any day.
 
I haven’t read anything from Quick for several years now, so my criticism of him might no longer be valid. But back in the Jail Blazers days, I really disliked Quick for injecting himself into his beat reports on the Blazers. Dude was more suited for TMZ or other gossip columns. Loves starting drama and shit. He might’ve changed his style now, but I wouldn’t care to read his stuff anyway.

Simple answer is "Trust".
Long answer is nobody trusts him anymore and they have good reason because he will exploit anything there is out there to get ahead. It's why he is no longer with the Oregonian, It's why he is not allowed within the Blazers circle. It's pretty much why Brandon Roy went away. There are so many issue with Quick i could no way post them all. He will not last at the Athletic either. I'll give him 1-2 years at best.

Man, dude has a worse rap than me around here! Ill take your word for it. I just havent seen it, but ive only seen recent things.
 

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