Game Thread SEEDING GAME# 3: ROCKETS @ BLAZERS - AUGUST 4, 2020 - TUESDAY, 6:00, TNT & NBCSNW

[Rastapopoulos]

God i love Gary Trent

how the hell did the organization hype simons up but not simons ?

I assume that second one should be Trent.

Answer: Simons can create his own shot better. And you don't know who's going to be a big game player till you play in big games. Although Trent did pretty well for Duke, so...

Simons will come around. Maybe not for us, but he's too talented to flame out of the league. He had a solid game today, too, and it was nice to see Terry trust him with minutes.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Simons reminds me of a more lanky Rivers, has the hype coming in, will likely be a rotational player most of his career. Trent Jr. reminds me of Wes, a guy who will do whatever you ask, play hard, and make shots.

Of course Trent, like Rivers, went to Duke.

 

[Scalma]

Melo has looked good at small forward.

Trent is a ridiculous shooter. No fear.

Nurk always tends to get a little too eager around the basket when he plays teams with no center. Other than missing some bunnies he was a monster.

Whiteside actually looked awake.

 

[Chris Craig]

Portland is so deeply in Westbrook’s head that we should charge rent.

 

[illmatic99]

also, harden looked really chunky.

 

[tykendo]

Imagine all the other teams blogs complaining how their team's gm didn't draft Gary Trent Jr.

 

[julius]

also, harden looked really chunky.

I noticed that too. He looks like he's a 50 year old now.

 

[tykendo]

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Wouldn't we have to pay rent since we have a residence in his brain?

 

[GhostOfPGA]

also, harden looked really chunky.

Eh, he’s always been that way. He just has a weird body type for a basketball player. He’s built like a big safety/LB

 

[kjironman1]

Wondering why we never see Westbrook shake hands with Damian Lillard after games?

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Wondering why we never see Westbrook shake hands with Damian Lillard after games?

He’s clearly suffers from Lillacism, the act of thinking you’re superior to Damian but are really a sniveling bitch.

 

[James lamphear]

He's been playing great D and distributing the ball all game. His shot has been a little off but they have been gearing their whole D to make him give up the ball and he's been making them pay for it.

I was talking about his shot not his overall game.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I'll certainly take the win, even if it wasn't artistic!

At the risk of pissing people off - I still think replacing Ariza with Zach has been a negative for us.

I wouldn't necessarily disagree with that.

But there wasn't a choice of sitting Zach and getting Ariza. If we sat Zach we'd have more Hezonja. Thank gosh for Zach.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Quick guess: who had the best /- in that game, with 13?

WRONG! It was Simons. In 16 minutes. He looked pretty solid doing it, too. Maybe playing in the Bubble suits him - no crowd to get in his head.

Another example of why +- is basically worthless.

 

[Scalma]

Wondering why we never see Westbrook shake hands with Damian Lillard after games?

do you shake hands with your dad? Buddy went to his room.

 

[wizenheimer]

Why can he not have a great 1st AND 2nd half? Is that to mutch to ask from your star player?

Why can't you see ANYTHING other than individual scoring?

c'mon now...don't you know that if Dame isn't averaging 45 points, he's letting the team down?

if Dame was a better player he could be averaging 29 & 8 while posting a .618 TS%. Too bad he couldn't average 49 & 10 over a 6 game stretch leading Portland to a 5-1 record which would have secured an invite to the bubble. Instead, Portland is missing out and staying home like Minny and Atlanta....all because Dame isn't good enough to lead Portland to wins

 

[Tince]

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/index.php...hread-rockets-blazers-8-4-2020.306297/page-49

My favorite. Every loss finds a fan base (including ours) placing blame in the same areas.

 

[Tince]

Alright go ahead and admit it.

Stotts is coaching this team well right now. Adjustments every game and a different look for all three teams. He is going with hot players and giving the team a chance to win. He has not missed on a challenge and he has called them at crucial times.

It was ugly offensively, but Portland has done a nice job coming up with a gameplan against Harden.

 

[jlprk]

also, harden looked really chunky.

Harden currently has a spare tire fit for a truck drive across Texas.

On defense, Trent is as energetic as Aminu. But his shot is no gimmick.

Nurkic is one-arming himself out of stardom.

 

[tlongII]

Nurk with 18 pts, 19 rebs, 3 asts, 1 steal, and 3 blocks.

 

[jlprk]

Nurk with 18 pts, 19 rebs, 3 asts, 1 steal, and 3 blocks.

And a dozen errors which could be avoided by holding the ball with two hands.

 

[tlongII]

Nurk is so good even when he doesn’t play that well he puts up a stat line like that.

 

[Minstrel]

Man, I remember when people thought Westbrook was a good player. Glad we're done with all that.

 

[tlongII]

And a dozen errors which could be avoided by holding the ball with two hands.

Only 2 TO’s.

 

[Chris Craig]

I have correctly predicted the first three Blazer games

 

[tykendo]

Nurk is so good even when he doesn’t play that well he puts up a stat line like that.

Because he leaves it all on the floor. That being said, Hassan's effort was much better tonight, and he provided some key production.

 

[Tince]

And a dozen errors which could be avoided by holding the ball with two hands.

Does it make you mad when a guy goes up for a left hand layup and jumps off his left foot or doesn't make a solid jump stop before passing?

 

[HailBlazers]

Man, I remember when people thought Westbrook was a good player. Glad we're done with all that.

Yeah somebody talking about trying to foul him out, better to have him around to f things up.

 

[jlprk]

Nurk is so good even when he doesn’t play that well he puts up a stat line like that.

True. A very mobile 280-pounder is rare.

 

[Scalma]

Does it make you mad when a guy goes up for a left hand layup and jumps off his left foot or doesn't make a solid jump stop before passing?

He gets mad when he has a sober thought.