You don't control how many shots Turner takes. We had a lot of other guys with great, wide open looks that they couldn't finish. Turner forced some things. Once Harkless is back Turner won't even start.
Probably because we’re well aware (via our own experiences) that anyone who has spent even minimal time in the cesspit known as “OLive” could not have come away without severe mental and/or emotional scarring.......too, it’s difficult to trust the judgement....and sanity...of anyone who chose to stay there for any “real” length of time. As bad as it gets here, OLive was/is one of the inner rings of hell......
Thanks for giving us permission.
First, let me say that my response was mostly tongue in cheek because I felt the post I was responding to was inaccurate and rather insecure. I (and I think most everyone else here) welcomes the new folks with open arms. You guys bring some great perspectives and I for one genuinely appreciate that. Second, this can be a tough crowd, but not as tough as OLive (based on my own experience) and I’m honestly surprised that @CupWizier got his feelings hurt. He has shown that he too on occasion (like too many of us) can be rude and condescending. So calling the rest of us out pissed me (personally) off. The back and forth is the nature of the beast. So....I guess I need to apologize for painting the entire group with one brush. It was no more fair than what was originally posted. I probably should have used green font. My bad.
I don't know why people are bitching about Turner. Not only was he the only guy who could score in the first half but he made two HUGE plays during our run at the end of the game. He had a big block, I believe he blocked Davis at the rim. Then he rebounded Nurkic's miss and made a crazy shot from behind the backboard to score two points. Turner was not the problem. At all. And it's not like Turner prevented CJ and Dame from scoring. CJ took 19 shots, Dame took 23 shots.
You think you know our team when you really don't. The difference between Turner's and Harkless' performances when put in similar situations was more-so the decision on whether to cut/dive or spot up in the corner. Stotts has empowered Turner too much as a shooter. If Turner dives from the corner (which is something that Harkless likes to do), he likely would've been as effective as Harkless. Hell, I could score in that situation. It'd be an open layup, since AD is on the perimeter doubling Dame and the helpside guy has already committed to a rolling Nurkic or Davis. Harkless is obviously the better player but you guys didn't play the right kind of defense. We just didn't make the right decisions to take advantage.
Let's try out 'cause even I can shoot better free throws than Nurkic.
You're too short and slow; AD would recover and block you.
Well then, I'm really out of luck.
I too have enjoyed the migration. For one thing, there's many more people to talk with. For another thing, people are, believe it or not, less judgmental in here. It's taking some time while getting use to this format, though.
And you've been the worst one of us in terms of stupid posts in S2 so far and starting way too many threads!
Holy crap, you had me going. I really hate to piss off most people and you're one of the 'most'.
They're better without Cousins. We're worse without Harkless. Much worse.
No that's absolutely Not true. Cousins is a Elite Player and they started to get Hot just before he got hurt. Harkless is a good role Player but nothing compared to Cousins. I don't want to hear anything about missing Harkless. Stop excuses
They missed playoffs with Cousins last year. They probably would've missed playoffs this year too with Cousins. Cousins is the anti-winner. If he's elite, how come he never went anywhere with the Kings? He had complementary talent like Isaiah Thomas, Rudy Gay, and Rondo. Could never win with any of them. If Cousins played in this series, we would've swept.
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On to the arena. Lets see our pelicans play under the influence.
Do you forgot how often Cousins killed us in the past? He is a absolutely nightmare matchup for the Blazers because since 2015 we had Nobody who could guard him. Early in the Season he droped over 35 Points twice against us. It's completely delusional to even think about that we would swept them with Cousins
I was at the Moda home opener. Cousins played. We won.
