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Parsons has a right to brag. Before McHale's shit rotations left him without his legs, he was owning Nico.

The proper response is just to let it roll of your back and play your game.
 
I like Parson and he had a better game one but I cant help but wondering if being around Howard has gotten him a little too big for his britches?
 
Nico was clutch in the second half of the first game. He came up big and contributed big to the win. I don't get why fans give him so much shit.
 
BBert said:
Nico was clutch in the second half of the first game. He came up big and contributed big to the win. I don't get why fans give him so much shit.
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This. He grabbed big rebounds and scored when we needed him to. Plus he took Harden out of his game in 4th/OT.
 
BBert said:
Nico was clutch in the second half of the first game. He came up big and contributed big to the win. I don't get why fans give him so much shit.
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For the fans that have accepted Nico for what he is he has become exactly what this team needs. A great all around glue guy that contenders need. Could he do more as far as scoring? Yes but we really dont need that most nights anymore so his value to this team is huge for what he does.
 
And the more touches Parsons takes away from Harden the better.
 
Batum needs to ignore Parsons and the fans and keep playing team basketball. Nico is not the leader of the team. He's the glue guy. The last thing we need is for Nico to take Parson's bait and try to do too much. Parsons is trolling. I hope it doesn't work.
 
BBert said:
Batum needs to ignore Parsons and the fans and keep playing team basketball. Nico is not the leader of the team. He's the glue guy. The last thing we need is for Nico to take Parson's bait and try to do too much. Parsons is trolling. I hope it doesn't work.
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+1 :cheers:
 
haha, Nic shouldn't have any problems with motivation now. Why is Parsons talking so much?
 
Parsons obviously hasn't heard the ancient proverb....... Let sleeping Frenchies lie.....
 
Seriously, what an idiot. Why would you want to wake up the French sleeping bear?
 
Sure, Parsons "won" the 1st half match-up. But Nic won the 2nd half and the GAME. Nic played just fine in Game 1.
 
This is all head games. Batum should respond with excellent defense and team ball offensively. When the blazers win he can tell the media to talk to parsons because he's the best.
 
And yes, I want Nic to continue to slightly sag off Parsons and give him a moderately contested 3-pointer. That's much better for us than playing up on Parsons and either (a) picking up a foul when he drives, or (b) letting Parsons get to the lane and put foul pressure on Lopez where Parsons can either score himself, or dump to Howard. We just need to do a better job of rebounding those missed 3s - in Game 1 they bounced over our first line of rebounders into mid-range territory where they were picked up by the Rockets.
 
Anyone else laugh at this quote “I think for what I do for the Rockets, he does for them, which is a little bit of everything. He can guard one through four, he can shoot the ball, rebound and pass. It’s a good matchup for me.”

Yet parsons failed miserably at guarding dame and la last night, lol. I want to see parsons play d on Durant or lebron, then let's hear him talk about how he's so much better than nic...
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
This. He grabbed big rebounds and scored when we needed him to. Plus he took Harden out of his game in 4th/OT.
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there's two sides here, IMO he came out early without the intensity needed, but figured it out in the second half and did real well. I want to see the second half Nic for both halves all the time the rest of the playoffs, that is what it takes to win
 
As good as Parsons was in the first half, he was that bad in the second half. Second half of 4th quarter and OT, Parsons was basically nonexistent . . . surprised he is talking shit.
 
BBert said:
Batum needs to ignore Parsons and the fans and keep playing team basketball. Nico is not the leader of the team. He's the glue guy. The last thing we need is for Nico to take Parson's bait and try to do too much. Parsons is trolling. I hope it doesn't work.
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100% agree. Batum's contribution to this team is for him to do a little bit of everything, not just score the basket. Parson was probably coached by McHale to try and use a mind game on Batum, since the mind game on Lillard was shit. Regardless, it would be nice for Batum to block a few of Parson's shots! ;)
 
When Nic is asked about this, I hope he says, "Chandler who?"
 
Do we want our 3rd/4th offensive option to be taking 20+ shots (like Parsons did)? I guess if he's scoring on them, but with the way LMA, Wes and Lillard were killing HOU I thought Nic's 6/10 shooting was exactly what was needed from him.
Those 21 shots that Parsons took were 21 shots that could have been taken by Harden/Howard, which probably would have resulted in more fouls. Let's let Parsons take as many shots as he wants.
 
Blazinaway said:
there's two sides here, IMO he came out early without the intensity needed, but figured it out in the second half and did real well. I want to see the second half Nic for both halves all the time the rest of the playoffs, that is what it takes to win
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Apparently Nic is so good he only has to show up for half a game for the Blazers to win . . as evidenced in game 1.

Funny because if Blazers lost I could name the 3-4 posters who would blame the loss on Batum. But even when Blazers win they win dog Nic for his first half performance and try to cliam that if Blazers lose, it will be because of Nic.

Personally, I think Parsons is a stud of a player and glad Blazers have Nic to answer him.
 
blue9 said:
Do we want our 3rd/4th offensive option to be taking 20+ shots (like Parsons did)? I guess if he's scoring on them, but with the way LMA, Wes and Lillard were killing HOU I thought Nic's 6/10 shooting was exactly what was needed from him.
Those 21 shots that Parsons took were 21 shots that could have been taken by Harden/Howard, which probably would have resulted in more fouls. Let's let Parsons take as many shots as he wants.
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We will see if Batum bites on the bait. Personally I think he's much smarter than this, as well as the coaching staff. And what's in bold is what McHale hopes Batum does for Portland. The more you take away from Lillard and Aldridge, the better chance they have to win.

I really like how our team is the team with the edge. The Swag while the other team is just bitching and trying to get unfair advantages.
 
If Harden guards Batum tonight and he doesn't take advantage of it, I think Parsons will have a good case here.
 
magnifier661 said:
We will see if Batum bites on the bait. Personally I think he's much smarter than this, as well as the coaching staff. And what's in bold is what McHale hopes Batum does for Portland. The more you take away from Lillard and Aldridge, the better chance they have to win.

I really like how our team is the team with the edge. The Swag while the other team is just bitching and trying to get unfair advantages.
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they do seem to be whiny biatches, letem whine while we focus on what it takes to win game 2
 
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