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LaMarcus Aldridge PF 24
Nicolas Batum SF 21
Jerryd Bayless PG 21
Dante Cunningham F 22
Rudy Fernandez SG 24
Patrick Mills PG 21
Greg Oden C 22
Jeff Pendergraph
Joel Przybilla C 30
Brandon Roy SG 25
Martell Webster 23

23.1
 
Wheels said:
I did the math and got 23.18 ave age for Blazers and 22.91 for the Thunder.

I hope our .27 year championship window doesnt close too fast :devilwink:
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damn u beat me, lol but they are still younger :)

But also, they dont seem to have the fragile players like we do, Pryz, Roy, Oden
 
OSUBlazerfan said:
damn u beat me, lol but they are still younger :)

But also, they dont seem to have the fragile players like we do, Pryz, Roy, Oden
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lol yes they ARE younger but you said a "lot" younger. Then go into depth... meh
 
Boob-No-More said:
Just got back from the game. Haven't read a single post in the game thread. So this is just based on what I saw with my own eyes.

It's really simple. Nate's 4th quarter offense is predictable, one-dimensional and easily stopped. Heck, I'll go so far as to say it stops itself. Running down the shot clock to the final seconds on every possession insures you will be forcing up a bad, low percentage shot under pressure. And it shows in the results. This is at least the third time in the last month and a half I've personally witnessed the Blazers blow a sizable 4th quarter lead at home in the final minutes thanks to an offense that simply can't generate points with the game on the line. I saw them get outscore 13-1 over the last 3:34 against Memphis to blow an 8-point lead. I saw them get outscore 10-1 over the final 3:26 to blow another 8-point lead against New Orleans. And now tonight. They blow a 12 point 4th quarter lead and score an anemic 10 points in the quarter.

This is just pathetic, and it doesn't matter what players we have on the floor, the results are the same - an inability to close out games we should be winning going away. And, as far as I'm concerned it's ALL on Nate. EVERY team and EVERY coach in the league knows EXACTLY what the Blazer are going to do in the 4th quarter. And, they have all figured out how to stop it. Because, you see, other coaches learn from their mistakes and make adjustments. Ours just keeps making the same mistakes over and over and over, expecting the results to be different and costing us wins.

So, I'll turn the floor over to the Nate apologists and let them rationalize how this pattern isn't Nate's fault, how great this team is doing in spite of the injuries, and how it's not bad play calling by the coach, but bad execution by the players that is causing the team to blow big leads in the final minutes of games - even though it happens no matter who the opponent and which players we have on the court at the time. When do th eapologists stop making excuses and begin discussing the possibility that the one common factor in all these blown leads is the head coach and his stagnant, predictable, ineffective play calling. The floor is yours.

BNM
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I don't see anyone making excuses. Nate decided to try to get Roy out of his funk tonight by feeding him the ball and running the offense through him. I would have done it on the road against a shitty team, but that was Nate's choice. I put a lot of the blame on him. However, mostly I give credit to the Jazz for never giving up. Sloan outcoached Nate and the Jazz outplayed us.
 
maxiep said:
I don't see anyone making excuses. Nate decided to try to get Roy out of his funk tonight by feeding him the ball and running the offense through him. I would have done it on the road against a shitty team, but that was Nate's choice. I put a lot of the blame on him. However, mostly I give credit to the Jazz for never giving up. Sloan outcoached Nate and the Jazz outplayed us.
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APOLOGIST!!!
 
is this why people think I'm 40 in here and not 23.. because I dont react on a lot of emotion?
 
oldmangrouch said:
And if my auntie had a beard, she'd be my uncle.

Loading the team with fragile players is not an excuse - it is part of the problem.
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How fragile were we last year? How many games has Rudy missed in his NBA career? Batum? Outlaw? Roy's missed some and Joel did early in his career, but they have been pretty steady otherwise.

This year has just been shitty luck. It's 77-78 all over again.
 
OSUBlazerfan said:
You're 23???? holyy shit...

im gonna be 23 next month :)
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lol yeah I seem to have the "John Strong" effect going on in here... no one seems to think I'm not old. :sigh:
 
Wheels said:
is this why people think I'm 40 in here and not 23.. because I dont react on a lot of emotion?
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I think a lot of people have you confused with the poster "BrianWheeler" at times. just too similar of names????
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
I think a lot of people have you confused with the poster "BrianWheeler" at times. just too similar of names????
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haha I wonder where they could get that idea! :devilwink:
 
OSUBlazerfan said:
damn u beat me, lol but they are still younger :)

But also, they dont seem to have the fragile players like we do, Pryz, Roy, Oden
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It seems you're trying to talk yourself into being a Thunder fan. Stay Gold, you Outsider you!

I'm sticking with the Blazers.
 
maxiep said:
How fragile were we last year? How many games has Rudy missed in his NBA career? Batum? Outlaw? Roy's missed some and Joel did early in his career, but they have been pretty steady otherwise.

This year has just been shitty luck. It's 77-78 all over again.
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sorry wasnt around then.. But how many went down that year? I know Walton.
 
maxiep said:
It seems you're trying to talk yourself into being a Thunder fan. Stay Gold, you Outsider you!

I'm sticking with the Blazers.
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How did u guess???

shit, my facade has been exposed
 
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OSUBlazerfan said:
do you have a reciding hair line?? :devilwink:
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lol no.. thank goodness my mexican dad gave me super thick hair.. unfortunately that may trickle its way to my back too.. DAMN MY HALF MEXICANNESS!!!
 
Wheels said:
lol no.. thank goodness my mexican dad gave me super thick hair.. unfortunately that may trickle its way to my back too.. DAMN MY HALF MEXICANNESS!!!
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haha ur half mexican???

Learning new things about Wheels, one post at a time
 
All I know is that tonight's Utah performance was vintage Jerry Sloan basketball; interior passes are crisp, his teams always play hard and if I didn't hate the Jazz so much I'd probably enjoy watching them play on a nightly basis. Sadly, tonight's second half was the worst of vintage Nate ball -- too much standing around, too many isos, too many contested jumpers, telegraphed offense into the teeth of a set D and an unfortunate result.
 
OSUBlazerfan said:
haha ur half mexican???

Learning new things about Wheels, one post at a time
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lol I better shut it now.. that way I dont get myself into trouble. But yeah My dad is full mexican.. but probably the most americanized mexican not named Carlos Mencia. :cheers:
 
Nikolokolus said:
All I know is that tonight's Utah performance was vintage Jerry Sloan basketball; interior passes are crisp, his teams always play hard and if I didn't hate the Jazz so much I'd probably enjoy watching them play on a nightly basis. Sadly, tonight's second half was the worst of vintage Nate ball -- too much standing around, too many isos, too many contested jumpers, telegraphed offense into the teeth of a set D and an unfortunate result.
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Sloans system is just amazing and a lot of fun to watch. Its just harder to appreciate it when its ripping my team apart lol. I can only imagine how many wins he could have had if he wasnt so damned loyal (after the Stockton/Malone years I mean)
 
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