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

[Chris Craig]

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Resl funny

 

[Chris Craig]

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Pretty sure that's a foul on Kristaps there

 

[Chris Craig]

ESPN is saying that Curry is out.

That would be good. Casey Holdal above says he is probable.

 

[lawai'a]

Resl funny

that is from the blazers' very own official twitter page.

 

[Chris Craig]

that is from the blazers' very own official twitter page.

I know

 

[Chris Craig]

No Scott Foster

 

[lawai'a]

I know

at least we know Dame was born for moments like this, and will almost certainly rise to the occasion. mentally so tough. i expect Nurk to answer the call too.

 

[wizenheimer]

Then we would be unstoppable. While there would be some of same issues as CJ at the 2, Doncic would be better. If we had him at the 3, with Dame and CJ...The NBA would be pissed

I put a little more useless thought into it....I did do-overs on the 2017 & 2018 drafts

instead of taking Zach and Swanigan in 2017, the Blazers took Bam Abedayo and Dereck White. Then, for 2018 they traded CJ + 24th pick plus future pick for Doncic (plus Blazers still added Trent in 2nd round):

Dame - Trent - Doncic - Abedayo - Nurkic.

That's a pretty awesome lineup

but maybe, the Blazers went for depth in 2017 and just stayed where they were in the draft and added John Collins, Og Anunoby, and Derreck White. Collins is shooting 40% on three's this season and is still a strong rebounder. But Abedayo is a much better defender. What a quandary

 

[Chris Craig]

Refs for the Game:

Kane Fitzgerald, Ben Taylor, Marat Kogut

 

[Scalma]

We’re not gonna get any help today so we have to win out.

 

[Chris Craig]

This is feeling like an OT game

 

[Chris Craig]

I put a little more useless thought into it....I did do-overs on the 2017 & 2018 drafts

instead of taking Zach and Swanigan in 2017, the Blazers took Bam Abedayo and Dereck White. Then, for 2018 they traded CJ + 24th pick plus future pick for Doncic (plus Trent in 2nd round):

Dame - Trent - Doncic - Abedayo - Nurkic.

That's a pretty awesome lineup

but maybe, the Blazers went for depth in 2017 and just stayed where they were in the draft and added John Collins, Og Anunoby, and Derreck White. Collins is shooting 40% on three's this season and is still a strong rebounder. But Abedayo is a much better defender. What a quandary

I wonder if the Mavericks would have done that trade. They were very high and for good reasons on Doncic. He is a far better player than CJ

 

[Shaboid]

That would be good. Casey Holdal above says he is probable.

Casey just updated it to him being out due to leg soreness. I'm fine with that.

 

[B-Roy]

I put a little more useless thought into it....I did do-overs on the 2017 & 2018 drafts

instead of taking Zach and Swanigan in 2017, the Blazers took Bam Abedayo and Dereck White. Then, for 2018 they traded CJ + 24th pick plus future pick for Doncic (plus Blazers still added Trent in 2nd round):

Dame - Trent - Doncic - Abedayo - Nurkic.

That's a pretty awesome lineup

but maybe, the Blazers went for depth in 2017 and just stayed where they were in the draft and added John Collins, Og Anunoby, and Derreck White. Collins is shooting 40% on three's this season and is still a strong rebounder. But Abedayo is a much better defender. What a quandary

Or they could have just drafted Giannis instead of CJ. Why does no one talk about that?

 

[B-Roy]

Curry is really doing us a solid here.

 

[wizenheimer]

I wonder if the Mavericks would have done that trade. They were very high and for good reasons on Doncic. He is a far better player than CJ

of course not...but reality doesn't belong in my fantasies, otherwise Jessica Alba, Charlize Theron my own tropical island, and a billion dollars wouldn't belong in them either?

besides that, Atlanta had the 3rd pick and they were settling for Trae Young at 5. Maybe they would have settled for CJ + 24 + future 1st

 

[PtldPlatypus]

He’s great basketball player too. A lot of success last year was because of him. Always seem to hit shots, play great defense. We let him go to give Simons more run smh

We "let him go" because we had absolutely no legal way under the CBA to pay him what he commanded in free agency.

If you're going to criticize the team, at least criticize them for something they could actually control.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Here's hoping CJ's rough shooting last game is behind him - and we got more like Denver Game 7 CJ today.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Or they could have just drafted Giannis instead of CJ. Why does no one talk about that?

 

[tester551]

We "let him go" because we had absolutely no legal way under the CBA to pay him what he commanded in free agency.

If you're going to criticize the team, at least criticize them for something they could actually control.

They were in that position due to some ludicrous contracts that Portland had handed out previously. You have to account for WHY they were in that position in the first place....

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Or they could have just drafted Giannis instead of CJ. Why does no one talk about that?

Because no one though Giannis would be this good.

 

[B-Roy]

I wonder if it might be worth it to try the gimmick defense the Blazers use on Harden on Doncic. They operate somewhat similarly, just try to get the ball out of their hands and live with the results.

 

[kjironman1]

I wonder if it might be worth it to try the gimmick defense the Blazers use on Harden on Doncic. They operate somewhat similarly, just try to get the ball out of their hands and live with the results.

I would expect that. Problem is they don't have Westbrook on their team.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I would expect that. Problem is they don't have Westbrook on their team.

I think they shoot better than Houston too.

 

[Labinot41]

We need Dame and CJ to go for 60+ combined

 

[Darkwebs]

 

[tester551]

I would expect that. Problem is they don't have Westbrook on their team.

Also, I'd expect a Carlile coached team to counter that move fairly effectively

 

[jlprk]

2 weeks ago, I copied and pasted the game schedule. Today's Dallas game was to be at 2:00 Pacific Time. For the last hour I raced to finish tasks. At game time, I find no game on. What? I check, it says 3:30. Fuck, I compressed activities for nothing and this changes my whole day's schedule. Did they change the time? I look it up.

https://www.nba.com/blazers/start-times-set-trail-blazers-final-two-seeding-games

They only changed it yesterday!

The Portland Trail Blazers game against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, August 11 will now start at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time, it was announced by the NBA. In addition, tip-off for the Trail Blazers final seeding game against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday, August 13 has been set for 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

The location of the August 11 game against Dallas has been changed to The Field House. The August 13 game against Brooklyn will be played at AdventHealth Arena.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

2 weeks ago, I copied and pasted the game schedule. Today's Dallas game was to be at 2:00 Pacific Time. For the last hour I raced to finish tasks. At game time, I find no game on. What? I check, it says 3:30. Fuck, I compressed activities for nothing and this changes my whole day's schedule. Did they change the time? I look it up.

https://www.nba.com/blazers/start-times-set-trail-blazers-final-two-seeding-games

They only changed it yesterday!

HCP posted a couple days ago that the game had been moved to be on TNT.

 

[jlprk]

HCP posted a couple days ago that the game had been moved to be on TNT.

How do you know? Did someone quote him?