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Okay. After the two wins, it's time to get serious about an extended losing streak. Six seriously losable games.
Lottery Time! Go Celtics! (twice) 76ers! Pelicans! Knicks! Clippers! The Blazers need these guys on their A-game.
Let's start this streak right -- on the road and 3 straight -- then come home and get the six pack! The Blazers need this.
 
blazerfan11 said:
5.3%

The lottery was held on May 22, 2007 in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Portland Trail Blazers, who had the seventh-worst record in the previous season, won the lottery with just a 5.3% chance to win.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NBA_draft
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funny thing that year; we played sonics late in that season and everyone at BBB wanted us to lose that key; we won- bummer! Then we won the lottery - good thing we beat the sonics, then oden busted, everyone was right; if we had lost to Seattle, we would’ve gotten 2 pick and drafted Durant
 
RipCity4Life0 said:
OKC, Orlando, Chicago, and Indiana all won tonight. Portland now has the 7th spot in the lottery standings with a 26.4% chance for a top 4 pick and 6.0% chance at #1
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Dame on the injury report for tomorrow. Sit him in every game we could potentially win, play him in the three wins that we will have and feature the hell out of Ant to bring his trade value up.
 
Who has done the deep dive on Brandon Miller? He's perfect for us on the court.

What do we make of this case? Is is it a complete no-no?
 
illmatic99 said:
Who has done the deep dive on Brandon Miller? He's perfect for us on the court.

What do we make of this case? Is is it a complete no-no?
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I think he looks like Brandon Ingram with a harder nose. If we're building around Ant and Shae then he is the perfect guy to complement them as the best perimeter in the league. If we're honestly building around Dame then we have to trade any pick that isn't Wemby. If we land the number one pick we have to trade Ant, Nurk and as many future firsts as it takes to get a post that can muscle up next to Wemby.
 
blazerkor said:
I think he looks like Brandon Ingram with a harder nose. If we're building around Ant and Shae then he is the perfect guy to complement them as the best perimeter in the league. If we're honestly building around Dame then we have to trade any pick that isn't Wemby. If we land the number one pick we have to trade Ant, Nurk and as many future firsts as it takes to get a post that can muscle up next to Wemby.
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That's fine but not my question.

I'm just questioning Miller in general. Is he a character risk who will be tough to root for (or worse end up in jail) or is it just a mistake that he will grow from? I haven't done the research so I'm asking if anyone has.
 
Ingram sat last night, Blazers have a rest advantage vs the Pels and are favored by 1.5 points on the road.
 
Has anyone actually been paying attention to his season so far?
He isn't playing poorly but i wouldn't say he is dominating anything against euro league players. One thing that stands out is he is only playing 31 minutes which might be just the way their game is played and the rotations they use?
Blocks continue to improve. I would think this is because he is getting older and more comfortable. He's up to 3.2 a game.
His TOV rate is pretty bad. I also think this might be due to his age and lack of experience. 2.4 a game.
His FG% is not great for a big. 47% Probably because he attempts over 5 threes a game. This also shows his 3pt percentage at just under 30% (29.8). My thinking is he obviously could improve here but it also speaks to him being rail thin and he opts for the outside shot.
Rebounding i would think would be better? Again this guy is rail thin and can't hold his own. If he is only getting 9 rebounds a game in international play he will be worse (Much Worse) in the NBA. Look at Porzingas. That guy should be getting 12-15 a game and can only get 8.
One positive is he has been healthy. He has played 23 games this year. I wonder if he could take a grueling 82 game schedule?
Here is a recent HOT BUTTON issue. He makes his free throws. 81% shooter.

Bottom Line- Kid is really good but he's also at least 2-3 years from making much of an impact in the NBA.

His International stats are here.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wembavi01.html
 
I'd be really happy with the 2nd spot and Brandon Miller.

Unless the red flag is too much to over look....he is the 1A in the draft. Imo.
 
Yeah, I don't think Miller will slip much....unfortunately for us.
I would love to get him. If I had to guess..... I just don't think he knew the extent of what was going on based on the one text.
Was he stupid? of course but unless he interviews poorly he will not slip.
 
Fucking Pacers out tanked us last season and it looks like they're going to try to again. Our next three games are pretty easy to lose but we better have a lot of guys in street clothes when we play the Jazz or just fucking staying home.
 
Looking at the standings, regardless of how bad we have been playing we would literally have to finish like 2-12 or something to even get a chance imo to get this dude and I don't think we will do that. I think Whitmore and/or Black one will fall to us and I would be happy with either one.
 
Sloth said:
Looking at the standings, regardless of how bad we have been playing we would literally have to finish like 2-12 or something to even get a chance imo to get this dude and I don't think we will do that. I think Whitmore and/or Black one will fall to us and I would be happy with either one.
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So, I think we can go 2-12 and regardless of where we finish as long as we don't make the playoffs we have a chance... that's the whole point of the lottery.
 
blazerkor said:
So, I think we can go 2-12 and regardless of where we finish as long as we don't make the playoffs we have a chance... that's the whole point of the lottery.
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Well yes I understand the concept of the lottery, just think the odds of us getting the number one pick is not the greatest. I'm not as high on this kid as a lot of people are anyway,but that's another discussion.
 
Sloth said:
Looking at the standings, regardless of how bad we have been playing we would literally have to finish like 2-12 or something to even get a chance imo to get this dude and I don't think we will do that. I think Whitmore and/or Black one will fall to us and I would be happy with either one.
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I am still of the conviction of the following:

#1 - Draft Wemby
#2-4: Trade for a star and include less assets
#5-9: Trade for a star but have to include more assets.

I think the only we we use the pick is if we get #1. Otherwise, it will be combined with the NYK pick and Ant? + Sharpe? to get a big time player.

.....unless Dame finally asks out. Then we use all the picks to rebuild. I'm not suggesting he does, but if we get #1 and don't trade it, we are still in rebuild mode and it is a legit question, regardless of how loyal he is, to wonder if he would want to wait around another 2-3 years while Wemby and Sharpe continue to develop. If we don't include a top lotto pick, we either wouldn't have enough to trade for another big time player, or would have to gut the team to do so.
 
Sloth said:
Well yes I understand the concept of the lottery, just think the odds of us getting the number one pick is not the greatest. I'm not as high on this kid as a lot of people are anyway,but that's another discussion.
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I think he's the only person in the draft that we should draft in the first round. Otherwise whether we land 2-4 or later in the lottery that pick should be moved along with more draft assets and players for a proven commodity.
 
blazerkor said:
I think he's the only person in the draft that we should draft in the first round. Otherwise whether we land 2-4 or later in the lottery that pick should be moved along with more draft assets and players for a proven commodity.
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Fair enough friend. Going to be an interesting offseason for us in a lot of ways.
 
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