Game Thread SUMMER LEAGUE GAME# 6 - GRIZZLIES VS BLAZERS - JULY 16, 2018 - MONDAY, 7:30 PM PDT, ESPN2

[Orion Bailey]

I chose the lakers so we can send @HCP home crying.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Presented without comment:

 

[Rastapopoulos]

How cool was that to see ‘Bron in Laker gear. Wow, gave The HCP goosebumps.

Reminded me of this:

and this:

and this:

Ah, Lakers greats of the past.

 

[riverman]

Actually love the naivety, the cluelessness, the innocence.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Flashback to last year's semi-final against the Grizzlies - AKA The Comeback:



Funny to see Baldwin on the wrong side. And he was +9, too:

http://www.espn.com/nba-summer-league/boxscore?gameId=400968246&league=nba-summer-las-vegas

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Flashback to last year's semi-final against the Grizzlies - AKA The Comeback:



Funny to see Baldwin on the wrong side. And he was +9, too:

http://www.espn.com/nba-summer-league/boxscore?gameId=400968246&league=nba-summer-las-vegas

I miss Stokes, Guitierrez, and a much better decision-making Biggie.

 

[Jade Falcon]

I gotta say......Biggie looked way better last year than this year. I don't get it.

 

[Driew]

I gotta say......Biggie looked way better last year than this year. I don't get it.

It's summer league. He's probably working on things that coaches want him to improve on which is hurting his overall game.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Reep]

...days until you are home wondering how you got shut down by WB.

 

[dviss1]

re: The Poll Question
So far, 10 votes in, and I'm the only one to vote for the Cavs.... sigh.

I have been reluctant to bring this up, but we're entering a dark time to be an NBA fan, especially a fan for a small market team. Why? The national media WANTS to write all about LAL, NYK, and LBJ. Well, the Knicks suck so they've been talking more about the other two. Now that LBJ is actually on LAL, the media coverage is ridiculous. I expect a full 1/3 of ESPN NBA articles and tweets to be about LAL or LBJ - it's already started to happen. It's not just ESPN, it's other outlets as well such as SI, and even nba.com. The reason I haven't liked LBJ for the last 2 or so years isn't anything about him, it's just that I've become sick listening about him all the time (his recent Oden/Blazers slam has annoyed me as well). Here's an example: GSW sweeps LBJ in the finals this year, and right afterwards ESPN had ONE article on GSW and TWO articles on LBJ, and neither of the articles was on his free agency, they hadn't even geared up for that yet. Now, the Lakers won last year's summer league, and they are undefeated in this one. So yeah, they're getting a lot of coverage. LAL will continue to get the lion's share of hype for the next several years. The only way for the Blazers and the Jazz's of the world to get any coverage at all will be to go to the conference finals.

So, to me the poll question is "Do you want even more fucking LAL coverage/hype or not" and my answer is no.

Bro we already know who the media is gonna cover.

Let's let them cover AN ASS WHOOPIN’!!

 

[Boob-No-More]

How cool was that to see ‘Bron in Laker gear. Wow, gave The HCP goosebumps.

You seem a little confused. Let me help you out...

Goosebumps and bacne are not the same thing.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

So glad it's the late game since I work until 6:30. Want to face the Lakers and see how Baldwin does against Josh Hart, who gets all kinds of kudoes in this article while Baldwin never mentioned. (Do they consider him neither a rookie or a veteran?)
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...best-worst-most-surprising-rookies-5-5-debate

That's what you get for considering ESPN a serious news source. Just look at the very next article on their web site. It's much longer, better researched and better illustrated:

Who had the best sneakers of Summer League this year?

With such hard hitting journalism, how can you possibly dispute that they remain The Worldwide Leader In Sports?

BNM

 

[BonesJones]

Collin Sexton is fun to watch.

 

[Darkwebs]

Beat L.A.!

 

[Scalma]

No simons? Shit. Give me more Trent then.

 

[Darkwebs]

 

[Darkwebs]

Of course it goes to a double OT because the Blazers are playing next

 

[Natebishop3]

CHOKEEEEEEEEEE

 

[BonesJones]

@Darkwebs Should've put the time as "9:00PM" since that's when it's gonna start...

Double OT, why does this always happen to us in the game before, even in Summer League?!?!

 

[BonesJones]

CHOKEEEEEEEEEE

He got iced so bad haha. Sexton has been clutch all game.

 

[BonesJones]

WTF

 

[BonesJones]

Actually I want the Cavs to win because Baldwin vs. Sexton would be fun.

Baldwin vs. Carter is already gonna be a very fun matchup, but Baldwin vs. Sexton would be insane.

 

[Natebishop3]

Fuck the Lakers.

Who whines about fouling out?

 

[Jade Falcon]

LMAO. As if Cleveland needed another reason to hate LA this off-season.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Fuck the Lakers.

Who whines about fouling out?

With 37 points no less.

I wish we had someone on our SL Team who could score 37 points in a game.

 

[Natebishop3]

So it took me a minute to confirm that the Jeff Ayres was the same Jeff Ayres that played for Portland because I couldn't believe he was in SL.

 

[Natebishop3]

With 37 points no less.

I wish we had someone on our SL Team who could score 37 points in a game.

I think if Baldwin jacked up a bunch of shots he could probably put up that many.

 

[Jade Falcon]

I think if Baldwin jacked up a bunch of shots he could probably put up that many.

Eh......no, lol. I like Baldwin, but he's not THAT good offensively.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

No simons? Shit. Give me more Trent then.

I hope it means they will let Baldwin play 35 minutes.