Game Thread PRESEASON GAME# 4: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - DECEMBER 18, 2020 - FRIDAY, 6:00, NBCSNW

[James lamphear]

We are getting some assist by everyone except our point guard.

 

[TBpup]

I've been watching the Duck game and every time I switch to the Blazer game I've seen a Nurk turnover or CJ driving into a crowd and jacking up a bad shot

Dame's out so the offense likely sucks...is the defense any better tonight and are the Blazers giving better effort?

No

 

[julius]

Wide open 3, take another schlot!

 

[PHXBlazer1]

I'd add Trent in there as well.....but the bright spots have certainly been few and far between.

Ya Trents been good..I guess I expected that

 

[julius]

Another wide open 3! Take TWO shots!

 

[Chris Craig]

Too bad we didn't get Millsap

 

[TBpup]

Glad we didn't sign Millsap....

 

[PHXBlazer1]

What the fuck happened to Nurk

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Millsap obviously washed up

 

[cdub503]

Where you been FAMS!!!??

Moved down to LA and didn't realize how hard it'd be to watch games haha

 

[illmatic99]

Glad we didn't sign Millsap....

dude, he didn't want to leave denver

 

[Darkwebs]

Silver lining is this loss doesn't count

 

[B-Roy]

CJ misses, complains, doesn’t get back, Denver scores. How many times a game does CJ do this?

 

[julius]

this team sucks. It might be pre-season, it might be that they're learning a new defensive system, but this team sucks.

 

[illmatic99]

is this team gonna show any fire?

 

[TBpup]

79 points allowed in the first half.

Down 31 points.

It doesn't matter that this.....doesn't matter. Where is the pride?

 

[B-Roy]

I don’t know why I keep expecting different results when we have the same systemic issues every year.

 

[Chris Craig]

CJ misses, complains, doesn’t get back, Denver scores. How many times a game does CJ do this?

Too many

He's no star. Needs to stop thinking he is

 

[TBpup]

CJ misses, complains, doesn’t get back, Denver scores. How many times a game does CJ do this?

...another quality drinking game nomination.

 

[BonesJones]

Our defense being terrible right now isn't due to Stotts or scheme. It's constant, consistent, mind-boggling individual defensive mistakes that's causing this shit. Derrick Jones Jr's off-ball defense has been poor. Example:

 

[Blazinaway]

wow Denver 79 pts in 1st half, pathetic

 

[wizenheimer]

well...good thing these pre-season games don't mean anything

 

[OneSport3]

If CJ, Melo and Trent continue to play on the 2nd unit, there will ZERO passing. We already know CJ and Melo will not pass. But with Trent, he just declined an extension to prove himself for a bigger contract. He’s fully aware that if he passes the ball there is a very good chance he’s not getting it back so he will look for his own shots first.

 

[julius]

You know, it's like the defense that the team is tryin to start using, was thought up by someone who has no idea how to play defense.

 

[James lamphear]

Really hard to find positive in that half. We got out rebound by 11 and we got 11 assist. Trent had good half with 9 off the bench. But if you continue to get out rebound by big margining you not going to win many games.

 

[Buffalo Custard]

CJ misses, complains, doesn’t get back, Denver scores. How many times a game does CJ do this?

Fans howled in frustration when Zach Randolph did that.

 

[Chris Craig]

Our defense being terrible right now isn't due to Stotts or scheme. It's constant, consistent, mind-boggling individual defensive mistakes that's causing this shit. Derrick Jones Jr's off-ball defense has been poor. Example:

Its a team that hasn't been asked to play defense in 7 years and now that they suddenly are, their minds are blown, and their game on both ends of the floor has gone to shit.

 

[beast blazer]

3 straight blowouts = not encouraging

 

[illmatic99]

Our defense being terrible right now isn't due to Stotts or scheme. It's constant, consistent, mind-boggling individual defensive mistakes that's causing this shit. Derrick Jones Jr's off-ball defense has been poor. Example:

it's not just jones.

 

[BonesJones]

These issues aren't scheme design or coaching related, by the way.