Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 3: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - MAY 27, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:30, NBATV & NBCSNW

[SlyPokerDog]

Let me tell you the good about the game...

8,000 FANS IS AWESOME! LOVE IT! I have never had an easier time getting out the Moda center after a game then I did tonight! So little traffic! We really need to make this a permanent thing!

 

[LayneStaley]

We could really use Zach Collins in this series.

Fashion model Zach Collins? Yeah we did, too bad whatever the injury is is one with zero time table apparently.

 

[tlongII]

Goodbye Stotts.

 

[TBpup]

Let me tell you the good about the game...

8,000 FANS IS AWESOME! LOVE IT! I have never had an easier time getting out the Moda center after a game then I did tonight! So little traffic! We really need to make this a permanent thing!

Wouldn't think the exit doggy door would be that crowded.

 

[AldoTrapani]

When 3 of your 4 best players are 6'3" or under, you've got to do abnormal things. Roster make-up has been and will continue to be the main issue.

Good news is major changes coming

 

[blazerkor]

We could really use Zach Collins in this series.

We could use competent coaching and a GM that picks up another defensive minded big when it was clear that we weren't getting Zach back (not that he's the player you claim he is) instead of another sub 6'5" guard.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Covington drove to the rim three times tonight. He didn’t hit the rim on any of the three attempts. Just so, so bad.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Nobody is beating this team next series anyways

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Btw- how bad is Giles that he can’t get minutes over RHJ at center?

 

[blazerkor]

Man, that 19 to 4 run to end the first Q for Denver is what did it for them. We gave them the momentum and never truly recovered.

Yeah, after that every time we'd make a run the NBATV PBP guy would say that they just kept giving us a stiff arm to keep us from taking the lead again. I don't usually like mixed sports metaphors but that one seemed to be appropriate.

 

[blazerkor]

Btw- how bad is Giles that he can’t get minutes over RHJ at center?

We wouldn't know, we have to take Stotts' word for it and most of us don't put much stock in Stotts' word.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

We could use competent coaching and a GM that picks up another defensive minded big when it was clear that we weren't getting Zach back (not that he's the player you claim he is) instead of another sub 6'5" guard.

How did we beat Jokic/Plumlee in 2019 with Kanter/Collins then?

 

[illmatic99]

Subbing in Kanter in the first half at the 5:00 mark is when everything went to hell. Guarantee he does the same thing in Game 4 again, thinking this time it’s gonna be different.

this moron brought kanter in AGAIN in the 2nd half and has the audacity to call the decision to bench him after "obvious."

 

[julius]

Goodbye Stotts.

if there's one positive in the last 2 games, it's that it'll speed up his departure.

 

[LayneStaley]

Say the Knicks offer Quickley and 4 1s for Dame, would you consider it? Not saying I would just curious.

 

[blazerkor]

How did we beat Jokic/Plumlee in 2019 with Kanter/Collins then?

Jokic was nothing close to what he is now at that time. So comparing the two series is a bit ridiculous.

 

[GDiama]

I want Becky Hammon to succeed... pairing her with a Neil Olshey roster seems like a horrible idea.

Posts like this make me thinking of the whole US model thing with the GMs. In Europe cosches decide what they want and GMs (if the team has one) will just compile a list for the coach to choose from.

 

[B-Roy]

What can we realistically get for CJ? Not talking an actual star, I’m talking Luke Kennard and Patrick Beverly type deals.

 

[AldoTrapani]

How did we beat Jokic/Plumlee in 2019 with Kanter/Collins then?

They were young back then and only were happy to taste the playoffs. That year was just getting their feet wet. That franchise and how they built that team is unbelievable

 

[AldoTrapani]

What can we realistically get for CJ? Not talking an actual star, I’m talking Luke Kennard and Patrick Beverly type deals.

Hopefully a bunch of solid role players

 

[blazerkor]

Posts like this make me thinking of the whole US model thing with the GMs. In Europe cosches decide what they want and GMs (if the team has one) will just compile a list for the coach to choose from.

Yeah, it's my understanding that is how the Spurs have basically done things since Pops took over coaching.

 

[Tince]

Posts like this make me thinking of the whole US model thing with the GMs. In Europe cosches decide what they want and GMs (if the team has one) will just compile a list for the coach to choose from.

I didn't realize that's how it works in Europe and it's an interesting concept. I would love to see the GM work for the coach instead of the other way around.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Again silver lining guys nobody is beating this team next series

 

[blazerkor]

What can we realistically get for CJ? Not talking an actual star, I’m talking Luke Kennard and Patrick Beverly type deals.

I think you severely underestimate the value of a bucket getter of CJ's talents. I think that we can get a second option that is a forward and fits this team better than him, if we make the right trade. I think the Knicks would give up a lot of value to have CJ and I think we could probably take what the Knicks would be willing to give up and maybe some other assets of ours and get the rebuilding Raptors to give up Siakam if that's what they're looking to do. I also think that Tobias Harris is always an option in a trade straight up for CJ.

 

[blazerkor]

Again silver lining guys nobody is beating this team next series

I actually don't think anybody is beating that team if they stay healthy.

 

[Tince]

What can we realistically get for CJ? Not talking an actual star, I’m talking Luke Kennard and Patrick Beverly type deals.

Depends who you ask. Those who say CJ is basically an all-star level player should except we could get an all-star level player in their prime in return (Jamal Murray, Lavine, Jalen Brown, Middleton)

Those like you (and I) who do not think he's an all-star, see him as an overpaid starter. Which means, you'd get something similar in return (Aaron Gordon, Love, Wiggins) or a couple value 5th/6th man type players.

 

[AldoTrapani]

I actually don't think anybody is beating that team if they stay healthy.

Exactly what I’m saying. So at the very least we can take solace that we weren’t going to do shit next series. PLUS this series we in now definitely puts the final nail in for Stotts to be fired

I’m trying to be optimistic

 

[Tince]

I think you severely underestimate the value of a bucket getter of CJ's talents. I think that we can get a second option that is a forward and fits this team better than him, if we make the right trade. I think the Knicks would give up a lot of value to have CJ and I think we could probably take what the Knicks would be willing to give up and maybe some other assets of ours and get the rebuilding Raptors to give up Siakam if that's what they're looking to do. I also think that Tobias Harris is always an option in a trade straight up for CJ.

If your theory is right I would be excited and upset at the same time. If CJ has high value, we're crazy for having not traded him, but I'd be pump that we still have a chance to get something of value in return.

CJ is a bucket getter, and I fully expect a great game 4 from him. However, if you're an inconsistent bucket getter and a consistent bucket giver-upper, you can't take up 30% of the salary cap.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Man we need to talk about how useless Simons is.. Why the fuck did we not sign Rivers when he got waived?

 

[blazerkor]

Depends who you ask. Those who say CJ is basically an all-star level player should except we could get an all-star level player in their prime in return (Jamal Murray, Lavine, Jalen Brown, Middleton)

Those like you (and I) who do not think he's an all-star, see him as an overpaid starter. Which means, you'd get something similar in return (Aaron Gordon, Love, Wiggins) or a couple value 5th/6th man type players.

See, I would be happy with Wiggins or Gordon for him if we were able to also re-sign Norm and let him play at his natural position.

I do think that it might be smart to start realizing that different GMs may see things your way and a small group might see things the way of the others you were talking about do. So maybe there will be an opportunity to trade CJ to a team that has high value for him and flip what we get from them in a three team deal for a real second option. Who knows though. None of us have ever had the opportunity to gauge his trade value and I don't think our front office has ever really delved too deeply into it either.