KINGS @ BLAZERS - GAME THREAD - 11/8/13, FRIDAY, 7 PM - NBATV

[SlyPokerDog]

Trail Blazers PR ‏@TrailBlazersPR Two active Trail Blazers now rank among the team's top five in 3-pointers made (Nicolas Batum-3rd, 515; Wesley Matthews-T5th, 464).

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

The fact we arent ahead by 15 is because......

Outlaw and Patterson hitting 3s hurts

 

[BrianFromWA]

Who's Boogie abusing right now? Lopez? LMA? Freeland?

 

[Natebishop3]

CJ will be nice. Can't wait to let Mo become a backup PG and get our bench REALLY going.

At this point, I'm not sure if Mo is gonna be much of a point guard, even with CJ on the court.

 

[Natebishop3]

Who's Boogie abusing right now? Lopez? LMA? Freeland?

Lopez. They haven't had Aldridge on him.

 

[Strenuus]

I still want to watch the games, but i'm not going to get the fancy cable and cable package just to watch them, i want to cut the cord, not get even more. If they'd get rid of that bullshit blackout nonsense it wouldn't be a problem anymore.

And this is what the majority of people are starting to realize and revolt against. Cable companies will either get it and adjust, or stay the same and be greedy assholes. I am pretty damn sure the latter will be the way. But, they will be out of business in 15 years because of advancing technology and changing demands for entertainment, so fuck them all.

 

[santeesioux]

The problem is that he's not playing like a point guard. He's a shooting guard, and at this point I would much rather see CJ as our backup shooting guard.

I wouldn't be surprised/hope he was signed to be trade bait at the trade deadline with CJ here. I didn't think he was a very good player before he came here, and it's never a good thing when fans of other teams are happy when the player leaves them like Utah fans were.

 

[Darkwebs]

Who's Boogie abusing right now? Lopez? LMA? Freeland?

Lopez, mostly

 

[B-Roy]

I love Lillard, but it doesn't look like his vision has improved. Next Steph Curry maybe, but not Deron Williams.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Trail Blazers PR ‏@TrailBlazersPR Two active Trail Blazers now rank among the team's top five in 3-pointers made (Nicolas Batum-3rd, 515; Wesley Matthews-T5th, 464).

Lillard will be there by next year's all-star break.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

At this point, I'm not sure if Mo is gonna be much of a point guard, even with CJ on the court.

We can always deal Mo if needed (if CJ shows he can really get buckets).

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Trail Blazers PR ‏@TrailBlazersPR Portland's all-time 3-pointers made Top 5: 1) Porter, 773; 2) Stoudamire, 717; 3) Batum, 515; 4) C. Robinson, 492; 5) Matthews, 465.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Do we always have b2b home and home against the Kings? Seems like every season it happens.

 

[BrianFromWA]

it doesn't seem like they should only be down 5.

 

[Natebishop3]

We can always deal Mo if needed (if CJ shows he can really get buckets).

Mo looked so much better on offense in the preseason, but right now he's just completely worthless.

 

[Strenuus]

Damn. Curry-less Warriors only score 74 against SA.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Mo looked so much better on offense in the preseason, but right now he's just completely worthless.

His shot isn't falling but it's not like he is being careless with the ball turnover wise.

 

[Strenuus]

Do we always have b2b home and home against the Kings? Seems like every season it happens.

Pretty much.

Wish it was Seattle though.

 

[Strenuus]

His shot isn't falling but it's not like he is being careless with the ball turnover wise.

Him jacking up shots with 20 on the clock and Lopez not ready down low is pretty much the equivalent of a turnover.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I love Lillard, but it doesn't look like his vision has improved. Next Steph Curry maybe, but not Deron Williams.

He has 5 assists and has only taken 3 shots at the half. I'll take that any night.

And, being the next Steph Curry (hopefully, without the injuries) would not be a bad thing.

BNM

 

[Natebishop3]

His shot isn't falling but it's not like he is being careless with the ball turnover wise.

If you look at all the preseason and regular season games, he has actually been very careless with the ball.

 

[Darkwebs]

Do we always have b2b home and home against the Kings? Seems like every season it happens.

Perhaps the NBA's trying to create a rivalry. Haha

 

[Drttimmy]

it doesn't seem like they should only be down 5.

I expect them to cool off in the second. They're not shooting an outrageous percentage, but they're taking a lot of medium looks - especially Cousins.

 

[Natebishop3]

I love Lillard, but it doesn't look like his vision has improved. Next Steph Curry maybe, but not Deron Williams.

I don't think he's that type of point guard. He's not a Jason Kidd, but he's doing pretty damn good so far. 5 dimes, 4 boards to go with 9 points?

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Him jacking up shots with 20 on the clock and Lopez not ready down low is pretty much the equivalent of a turnover.

Yes but those shots will eventually fall more regularly eventually IMO. He has a lot of confidence which is something we haven't had off the bench since Crawford.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Perhaps the NBA's trying to create a rivalry. Haha

Maybe. I wouldn't be surprised to see Sac and GS added to the NW division in the future.

 

[Rhal]

The kings look like a mesh of talent that will click some nights and look amazing then other nights be blown out by 50. I'm just not sure what to make of them.

 

[Natebishop3]

Yes but those shots will eventually fall more regularly eventually IMO. He has a lot of confidence which is something we haven't had off the bench since Crawford.

Yeah, but when CJ comes back, is that what we need? We need a point guard to play with Lillard and to run the second unit. Not convinced at this point that Mo can do that.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I get the feeling that CJ isn't going to be shy, either.

 

[B-Roy]

I don't think he's that type of point guard. He's not a Jason Kidd, but he's doing pretty damn good so far. 5 dimes, 4 boards to go with 9 points?

Some of those assist opportunities were created by Batum and Mo Williams, not to mention his assists on the season are down (So far).

What's really strange to me is that Batum seems to be the one setting up the offense most of the time. Nic is a good playmaker, but does Stotts believe is a better playmaker than Damian? Something to think about.