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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perkinsfor3 said:
https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest...acture-lower-back-hits-2-free-throws-seal-win
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That sucks that he's in pain... bench him. If he wants to tough it out and it won't impact his future health, fine but bring him off the bench to play in spurts when the offense needs some punch but don't start the guy. He isn't the right guy to start when healthy so he definitely shouldn't be starting with that injury... just watch the games, it's totally obvious that he shouldn't be playing the minutes Stotts is playing him.
 
blazerkor said:
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.
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The thing is if you seat CJ for Zach, they are going to still not guard zach. No matter how bad CJ is shooting, they are not going to leave him alone.
 
twobullz said:
The thing is if you seat CJ for Zach, they are going to still not guard zach. No matter how bad CJ is shooting, they are not going to leave him alone.
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Yeah but the problem is that no matter how bad CJ is, he's going to keep shooting and not passing. He'll also keep playing the same "defense".
 
twobullz said:
The thing is if you seat CJ for Zach, they are going to still not guard zach. No matter how bad CJ is shooting, they are not going to leave him alone.
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Right but Zach was hitting more shots than CJ today and he actually plays defense... so the obvious move, if you aren't being irrationally sentimental is to bring CJ off the bench, especially if he is playing through a fractured vertebrae.
 
tykendo said:
Fair, as he did have an incredible season topped off by a Championship. But for a career, It's Dame, Not Clyde.
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Will certainly agree with that! Some of my friends my age won't like it though!
 
Is anyone going to say the obvious that nurk has been terrible? Besides first 2 games he is awful. He misses so much at rim. Whiteside needs to be our starter forget loyalty. As of now we be better off loosing cj. He is terrible. I radther play hezonja who hustles and defends
 
Serbian said:
Is anyone going to say the obvious that nurk has been terrible? Besides first 2 games he is awful. He misses so much at rim. Whiteside needs to be our starter forget loyalty. As of now we be better off loosing cj. He is terrible. I radther play hezonja who hustles and defends
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I don't think he's been terrible, he's passing the ball well. But a motivated Whiteside is a better player. Just depends which Whiteside shows up. He certainly scares other team's players out of the paint a lot more than Nurkic.
 
Blessings to CJ. Back problems are no BS. He's playing with guts cause he knows we need him. I got a feeling he will come up big in the near future. Gotta believe. As someone who was crippled by a back injury, and faced a long healing process over many years, to now, be physically able to play hoops, it takes a lot of work and faith to overcome. You may be able to question some of the shots, but don't question his commitment to his teammates, and the fans who follow them.
 
blazerkor said:
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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All the other teams play before us. If they all lose, we can play Adams/Simons/Hoard/Little/Wenyen 48 minutes and rest the stars. And we'll probably win lol.
 
tykendo said:
Blessings to CJ. Back problems are no BS. He's playing with guts cause he knows we need him. I got a feeling he will come up big in the near future. Gotta believe. As someone who was crippled by a back injury, and faced a long healing process over many years, to now, be physically able to play hoops, it takes a lot of work and faith to overcome. You may be able to question some of the shots, but don't question his commitment to his teammates, and the fans who follow them.
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I think most of us are questioning Terry Stotts, not CJ McCollum.
 
tykendo said:
Blessings to CJ. Back problems are no BS. He's playing with guts cause he knows we need him. I got a feeling he will come up big in the near future. Gotta believe. As someone who was crippled by a back injury, and faced a long healing process over many years, to now, be physically able to play hoops, it takes a lot of work and faith to overcome. You may be able to question some of the shots, but don't question his commitment to his teammates, and the fans who follow them.
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Sames. As much as I do not like CJ's style of play, if he is out there with a fracture in his back, props to his dedication. Which he had the same dedication towards hitting the open man or taking better shots.
 
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