Game Thread PLAYOFFS: ROUND 1, GAME 5: BLAZERS @ GRIZZLIES - 4/29/15, WEDNESDAY, 6:30 PM (PST), TNT & KGW

[HailBlazers]

Lillard, CJ and Meyers all have cheap contracts next season. Don't resign LA or Rolo and trade Batum. That's massive cap space that doesn't paint us in the corner. We can build via free agency and trades. This team will be 100% more fun to watch.

OK Bro.

You break up this core and we'll never even sniff a ring.

 

[julius]

I'd like to thank some of you for reminding me why I hate posting here when the team is losing. Catcha closer to the draft.

 

[KingSpeed]

Wasn't just a dislocate, he tore something in the shoulder.

I believe he's having surgery on the shoulder, in fact.

 

[blue9]

It's a bit myth that he's a good defender, Lee is lighting him up this series. He has contributed nothing but suckage.

It's not a myth that he's a good defender. But he certainly hasn't been good THIS series.
It appears a lot of it has to do with Stotts' defensive plan though - all series he's had Nic on Tony Allen (!) or Lee (more understandable) and has had him roaming. So, when he gets switched onto Lee it's no surprise that he's giving him room because that's what Stotts has asked him to do.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Lillard, CJ and Meyers all have cheap contracts next season. Don't resign LA or Rolo and trade Batum. That's massive cap space that doesn't paint us in the corner. We can build via free agency and trades. This team will be 100% more fun to watch.

Who would you plan on replacing those 3?

 

[craigehlo]

OK Bro.

You break up this core and we'll never sniff a ring.

You are right. Let's max all these dudes out. We are SO close.

 

[KingSpeed]

I'd like to thank some of you for reminding me why I hate posting here when the team is losing. Catcha closer to the draft.

Come back in the 4th when we're winning!!

 

[oldfisherman]

Stotts needs to kick LaMarsha in the ass.

 

[H.C.]

Serious question here... Who has ever heard of a dislocated shoulder taking 4-6 months to recover from?

I heard Love also had bone bruises. If the bone that is bruised is the joint itself... That has to be extremely painful.
I know when my grandfather broke the joint bone that holds the wrist in place it took him well over a year and a half for him to be able to use his wrist like he used to... But then again keep in mind my grandfather grew up in the depression and he refused to stop working on the farm -.- .

 

[Strenuus]

Lillard, CJ and Meyers all have cheap contracts next season. Don't resign LA or Rolo and trade Batum. That's massive cap space that doesn't paint us in the corner. We can build via free agency and trades. This team will be 100% more fun to watch.

The spurs are 0% fun to watch in the minds of the mindless media, yet they have 5 championships in that time.... So...

 

[PHXBlazer1]

I'm worried. Are we going to win this?

Yes.

 

[craigehlo]

Who would you plan on replacing those 3?

Get a little younger at the PF and C. You will likely have to wait until trade deadline to make an unbalanced trade.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I'd like to see a forum poll of how many want us to resign LA to the max (to keep, not to trade).

I hope we can sign him to the max now rather than next summer (if he does the one year max this summer) ...

 

[Sinobas]

Lillard, CJ and Meyers all have cheap contracts next season. Don't resign LA or Rolo and trade Batum. That's massive cap space that doesn't paint us in the corner. We can build via free agency and trades. This team will be 100% more fun to watch.

I can only hope AAA opts out of his contract now. I'd rather have a hobbled Matthews. Though it wouldn't be too terrible if he stayed. I still think he can be ok once he gets time and is healthy.

 

[craigehlo]

The spurs are 0% fun to watch in the minds of the mindless media, yet they have 5 championships in that time.... So...

WTF? The media fawns over them. This Spurs team is fun to watch. Crisp ball movement, good tempo.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Aldridge needs to get his ass inside

 

[Sinobas]

I hope we can sign him to the max now rather than next summer (if he does the one year max this summer) ...

Seeing him lay a stinker this whole series hasn't swayed you?

 

[Strenuus]

WTF? The media fawns over them. This Spurs teams is fun to watch. Crisp ball movement, good tempo.

That's why they call them boring, and only fawn over them to seem like they are "unbiased".

They have LONG been called boring.

 

[Jade Falcon]

That sign behind Mike ...fml

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Get a little younger at the PF and C. You will likely have to wait until trade deadline to make an unbalanced trade.

I rather keep LA (at this current salary caps max) and Rolo can stay if he's cheap. I think a coaching change is more important.

 

[Strenuus]

Seeing him lay a stinker this whole series hasn't swayed you?

You go quiet when he does well.... So, you can't really say a whole lot on this issue.

 

[craigehlo]

I can only hope AAA opts out of his contract now. I'd rather have a hobbled Matthews. Though it wouldn't be too terrible if he stayed. I still think he can be ok once he gets time and is healthy.

AA looked like a bad fit before he got injured. We should have got Chandler. Denver knew what they were doing.

 

[KingSpeed]

That sign behind Mike ...fml

What does it say?

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Seeing him lay a stinker this whole series hasn't swayed you?

I'm not impressed but I know what he is capable of. We need a new coach more than anything. A coach that will get his ass in the paint.

 

[Strenuus]

AA looked like a bad fit before he got injured. We should have got Chandler. Denver knew what they were doing.

You mean, when he was supposed to be our 6th man and played less than 10 games as such?

Do you forget about these things or just conveniently overlook them to try to prove a point that is negated by the fact you ignore? Just trying to guage it.

 

[craigehlo]

I rather keep LA (at this current salary caps max) and Rolo can stay if he's cheap. I think a coaching change is more important.

If we resign LA, a new offense is key. His turnaround jumper isn't consistent enough to be our first option on offense.

 

[kingslayer]

CJ and Meyers not starting the half...

 

[kingslayer]

How the hell wasn't that a foul?

 

[Jade Falcon]

What does it say?

"We don't lose to French people".

 

[PHXBlazer1]

What the hell just happened?