Game thread: Blazers vs. Rockets (Summer League)

[Mediocre Man]

Our summer league team now has more fast break points today than the Blazers will have all season.


Seriously, the player and ball movement has been awesome.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Blowout

Championship!

 

[Nikolokolus]

Daaang Mills is ballin. 9 assists.

Mills running the team pretty well.

Yeah, but think about how many of those assists have been in transition? it feels a little bit like fools gold to me as far translating it to the regular season ... but hey, who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth?

 

[tlongII]

The summer league team looks good. I'm very happy with how Babbit looks.

 

[Mediocre Man]

...I wonder if Nate is sitting alone in the audience this year? Normally KP/Penn are there with him.

I saw him sitting next to Adelman at one point

 

[MadeFromDust]

Mills in triple double territory

 

[Erroneous Subterfuge]

OMG!! DYNASTY!

 

[jlprk]

Mills is the guy making this fast break work. Bayless and Rudy need to go to make room for him and Johnson.

 

[Nikolokolus]

OMG!! DYNASTY!

LOL

 

[alex42083]

Yeah, but think about how many of those assists have been in transition? it feels a little bit like fools gold to me as far translating it to the regular season ... but hey, who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth?

Certainly they're not CP3 like assists, but he's making the right decisions on the break and putting his teammates in good positions to score. It's a positive just to see that in his game.

 

[Nikolokolus]

OK, nobody is hitting when Armon passes to them, but that guy can pass!

 

[MadeFromDust]

Yeah, but think about how many of those assists have been in transition? it feels a little bit like fools gold to me as far translating it to the regular season ... but hey, who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth?

It's encouraging that he's the one who's MAKING these transitions happen, but I agree this won't be happening under Nate ball.

 

[alex42083]

Ibekwe is pretty impressive.

 

[Nikolokolus]

The best thing I've seen about Armon so far is that he drives to pass, not shoot.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I saw him sitting next to Adelman at one point

Kathy or David? Were they teaching Nate about Bahama Mama's???

Or are we talking Rick?

 

[alex42083]

73-48. Damn. Kaleb for lead assistant!

 

[jlprk]

Does the producer realize that we don't know these names, so we need continuous play-by-play, not filler talk and interviews while we're trying to watch the game?

 

[MadeFromDust]

Uh oh, Babbit pulls a Jarrett Jack.

 

[B-Roy]

I honestly believe Johnson has better vision than Mills.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

David Thorpe loves him some Patty Mills:

Mills with basically a mistake free first half.

 

[EGame]

Doh!

 

[MadeFromDust]

wow Babbit

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Ibekwe really is great. Oh hell, can we keep 'em all?

 

[MadeFromDust]

Ibekwe really is great. Oh hell, can we keep 'em all?

+1 reminds me a little of Serge Ibaka

 

[alex42083]

Ibekwe earning himself a shot at someone's training camp. He's a good defender.

 

[MadeFromDust]

haha another block

 

[EGame]

Sign him and trade Oden for Paul! Problem solved!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Six blocked shots in this game for both teams. Ibekwe with five of them.

 

[alex42083]

Sign him and trade Oden for Paul! Problem solved!

He certainly makes G.O. expendable!

 

[Nikolokolus]

Guys are looking a little gassed out there.