Portland @ New Orleans 1/16/12 Game Thread

[magnifier661]

Wow Thomas was a +18? That's impressive

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

That was one ugly game. But, a road win is a road win.

 

[Carlito]

Jesus has Felton outplayed 1 pg all year? Teague must be licking his chops! When jack looks better then ur pg... It's a very upsetting sight.

 

[RoyToy]

So this summer, we need both a starting PG and C.

TBH, I really hope we sign Dre again to be our starter for the next 3 years.

God no

 

[Mediocre Man]

Without Chris Paul, the Hornets are soft as lemon meringue.

With Eric Gordon they are much better

 

[magnifier661]

That was one ugly game. But, a road win is a road win.

What are we 2-4 on the road? I know this wasn't necessarily an impressive team, but it's a road win. If we can beat Atlanta; then we have a really good shot going 4-2 on this trip. That would makes us a 1 game over .500 on the road.

 

[Sinobas]

I was sorta thinking about that, with all the PG turnover in the last few years, looks like we should have just kept Jarrett Jack.

 

[Carlito]

Hope Wallace is ok. Hope Felton starts playing at dleague level. Hope camby returns.

And we might just beat hawks.

Had hornets had even a few threes.... Blazers lose.

 

[e_blazer]

Hope Wallace is ok. Hope Felton starts playing at dleague level. Hope camby returns.

And we might just beat hawks.

Had hornets had even a few threes.... Blazers lose.

Maybe you should change your avatar to solid black.

 

[PapaG]

Reduce LA and Wallace's minutes, and hope they play harder in the minutes they do get.

LMA went 22/9 today. What the hell? He's the one guy bringing it every single game. It was also nice to see Wallace have by far his most productive road game of the season.

 

[PapaG]

TBH, I really hope we sign Dre again to be our starter for the next 3 years.

I'm just wondering when 'Dre starts whining about PT in Denver. He only got 20 minutes last night. Of course, he was terrible in those 20 minutes, so maybe he doesn't have much to complain about.

 

[ppilot]

I know its a small sample size but before this game Raymond Felton was the 42nd ranked PG in the nba according to his PER. He looks absolutely terrible out there

 

[BlazerBeav]

Jesus has Felton outplayed 1 pg all year? Teague must be licking his chops! When jack looks better then ur pg... It's a very upsetting sight.

He certainly outplayed CP3 in Portland last week.

 

[ehizzy3]

batum...pay the man

 

[crowTrobot]

it would be intersting to see what nolan smith would do with the first unit

 

[Mediocre Man]

it would be intersting to see what nolan smith would do with the first unit

I'd like to see a non career threatening injury to Felton so Nate would be forced to play Smith through his mistakes. I think the team would be better for it in the long run

 

[mook]

If Felton continues to struggle, what will we do on the PG front next year? The unrestricted guys are old, like Nash, Miller, Kidd.

Beno Udrih?

I'm perfectly fine with recycling one of those old PG's who can still shoot. Nash, Billups or maybe even Kidd would be an improvement. We'd suck defensively, but I think it's worth the trade off. Especially if we wind up keeping Batum, Matthews, Aldridge and Wallace. That's a lot of quickness and versatility that can make up for defensive blow-by's. On the other end, though, you get a PG who knows where his bread is buttered in the offense, getting it to Aldridge in places where he can score.

 

[TripTango]

I never complain about a road win, no matter the opponent and no matter how sloppy. Good game!

 

[Carlito]

What's up with Landry not playing?

 

[magnifier661]

Interesting about Batum. He looked pretty damn good on the floor, then I looked at the +/-. He was a -9. I don't get that shit at all. Anyone care to explain?

 

[HailBlazers]

Interesting about Batum. He looked pretty damn good on the floor, then I looked at the +/-. He was a -9. I don't get that shit at all. Anyone care to explain?

He's not a part of the offense, he's on his own island not connected to the team.

Yes I'm frustrated about it, incorporate him already!

 

[oldmangrouch]

I was sorta thinking about that, with all the PG turnover in the last few years, looks like we should have just kept Jarrett Jack.

Did you ever think you would find yourself saying that? I wonder if there is any truth to the story that Roy was the one who wanted to get rid of Jack?

 

[MickZagger]

Interesting about Batum. He looked pretty damn good on the floor, then I looked at the +/-. He was a -9. I don't get that shit at all. Anyone care to explain?

That has just as much to do with who he's surrounded with when he's in the game.

 

[jlprk]

He's not a part of the offense, he's on his own island not connected to the team.

I like that description. We used to say that he hovered near the sideline, waiting for something easy to open up, afraid to get into the mix.

 

[HailBlazers]

That has just as much to do with who he's surrounded with when he's in the game.

Well his teammates need to wake up and get him the ball, more times than not he's got a match-up advantage, or is often wide open and nobody sees him.

That said, nice Nic needs to demand the rock for once.

 

[MickZagger]

When Felton and LA get in pick and roll mode they get tunnel vision.