Game Thread SEEDING GAME# 7: BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - AUGUST 11, 2020 - TUESDAY, 3:30, TNT & NBCSNW

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Which team does POR have the best chance of defeating in the Play-in?


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By the way, Yes! CJ had a tough game. But if the Blazers are to win going forward, he will have to turn it around. And i think he will Thursday. Let's have his back. Dame does, his teammates do as well.
 
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yeah. that's what makes me ill. CJs getting his time as long as he's a Trail Blazer.
I said I won't discuss personnel movement until after the season is over for us and I won't. However the problem is that Stotts won't stop playing him and the entire franchise seems to look past all of his glaring weaknesses. I think CJ seems like one of the best guys you could meet. He seems really smart. The guy gives a lot of effort on offense (not the right kind of effort for what we need but still a lot of effort). He is woefully lacking as a guard defensively and asking someone who would be a terrible, smallish, too slow defensive one to defend twos is just fucking stupid. I will not talk about the contract that is already signed or possible trades at this time. The only logical thing right now is to bring CJ off the bench as instant offense. It's the only thing that makes sense. Dame, Gary, Melo, Zach and Nurk is the starting lineup that makes sense for next game, the play-in game (hopefully not games) and the playoffs. Stotts needs to pull his head out of his ass and realize that Gary is the way to go at shooting guard... don't bench Melo, don't bench Zach, just give our bench some offensive punch and make CJ the sixth man.
 
I said I won't discuss personnel movement until after the season is over for us and I won't. However the problem is that Stotts won't stop playing him and the entire franchise seems to look past all of his glaring weaknesses. I think CJ seems like one of the best guys you could meet. He seems really smart. The guy gives a lot of effort on offense (not the right kind of effort for what we need but still a lot of effort). He is woefully lacking as a guard defensively and asking someone who would be a terrible, smallish, too slow defensive one to defend twos is just fucking stupid. I will not talk about the contract that is already signed or possible trades at this time. The only logical thing right now is to bring CJ off the bench as instant offense. It's the only thing that makes sense. Dame, Gary, Melo, Zach and Nurk is the starting lineup that makes sense for next game, the play-in game (hopefully not games) and the playoffs. Stotts needs to pull his head out of his ass and realize that Gary is the way to go at shooting guard... don't bench Melo, don't bench Zach, just give our bench some offensive punch and make CJ the sixth man.
I think just about everyone here would agree with your assessment.
 
By the way, Yes! CJ had a tough game. But if the Blazers are to win going forward, he will have to turn it around. And i think he will Thursday. Let's have his back. Dame does, his teammates due as well.
I'll have his fucking back as our instant offense sixth man!
 
I liked the adjustment at half to start Trent in the second half and bring Zach off the bench. I think that actually should be the starting lineup.
 
big step forward

But Blazers still need that win against Brooklyn. If Blazers lose and two of Memphis, Phoenix, Spurs win, Blazers are on vacation
 
I liked the adjustment at half to start Trent in the second half and bring Zach off the bench. I think that actually should be the starting lineup.
It was better but it was not the correct adjustment. Make no mistake about it Stotts' dogmatic loyalty and his stubborn overestimate of CJ is what almost cost us that game. I know CJ got those free throws and I am greatful but he was our worst player that got a minute tonight. With the exception of those free throws, every minute CJ played was bad for us... I don't like +/- but his -25 tonight was a great measure of what he did to us.
 
big step forward

But Blazers still need that win against Brooklyn. If Blazers lose and two of Memphis, Phoenix, Spurs win, Blazers are on vacation

Blazers should have no trouble beating brooklyn
 
By the way, Yes! CJ had a tough game. But if the Blazers are to win going forward, he will have to turn it around. And i think he will Thursday. Let's have his back. Dame does, his teammates do as well.
Agree and you will piss Dame if you trade him.
 
Is this true? They showed a graph after the game that said we clinched 9 tonight

If we're down 0.5 games to 3 teams. We lose Thursday and the other 3 teams win, I think that would put us in 11th, right?
 
Is this true? They showed a graph after the game that said we clinched 9 tonight
Yeah, whatever you saw was wrong. We win against he Nets and we get the 8th spot in the play-in no matter what but if we lose the Spurs, Memphis and Suns all can pass us with a win. We have to beat the Nets and we will.
 

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