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The Blazers are gonna be freakin' dominant when we get all the boys back.

Just wow.
 
Roy and Bayless being both good at attacking the rim will help so much, and hopefully we have a good shooter at SF from 3 point land (Rudy, Webster, Outlaw) along with getting Aldridge and Oden opportunities. Bayless shot terrible tonight, but he was a main reason people were open as he gave up the ball which lead to nice ball movement.
 
anonymous gambler said:
yeah, Nate has to force Roy to give up Blake, though...
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More than a few of today's regulars will be stronger role players come playoff time. This is becoming a special team.
 
The boys weren't freakin dominant when we were healthy for a reason.
 
I don't know what we would do if everyone was healthy tomorrow.

How do you justify removing Juwan Howard from the starting line up?
 
Mediocre Man said:
The boys weren't freakin dominant when we were healthy for a reason.
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Yeah, but this is becoming a different, much better team right before our eyes.
 
Mediocre Man said:
The boys weren't freakin dominant when we were healthy for a reason.
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Yup. No chemistry issues when everybody knows their role and there aren't 10 (mostly rookie scale) guys jockeying for 5 open spots. too much depth is like too much pressure in boiler -- explosive and damaging.

We need a few of our boys back, but probably not everybody. Consolidation is still a must (at some point).
 
ABM said:
The Blazers are gonna be freakin' dominant when we get all the boys back.

Just wow.
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I wonder if having everyone back will make it worse? Minutes?????? Substitution problems? If everyone stays pulling together they will be awesome, if not it could be a problem:dunno:
 
KingSpeed said:
8-3 before Outlaw went out. Best start since 99-00 season.
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Oh come on. You know that we were playing easy teams, and not looking great in those games. This team really changed the moment Joel got hurt. I don't know if it was simply something mentally that kicked in, or if it perhaps has to do with the fact that we now have a 5th legit threat on offense.
 
I knew Portland had really good depth. I didn't know just how good that depth was. Also, who needs black and white units? Let them all play together.
 
Entity said:
I knew Portland had really good depth. I didn't know just how good that depth was. Also, who needs black and white units? Let them all play together.
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I agree, we should be allowed to play 9 on 5.
 
bintim said:
I wonder if having everyone back will make it worse? Minutes?????? Substitution problems? If everyone stays pulling together they will be awesome, if not it could be a problem:dunno:
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Trade, that is all we can do. If we don't trade Blake and/or Outlaw we have to let at least Blake walk because that impeded in one of Bayless/Rudy getting minutes, and quite frankely, Blake won't be the answer if at PG if we want to win a Championship. Maybe as a back-up, but I like Miller as a backup to Bayless. Not everyone will get minutes and someone will come out publicly with it most likely being Bayless or Rudy if they aren't getting time.
 
They've shown some damn good, gritty play over the past 10 days. If they can keep this up, we'll definitely make the playoffs.

I wonder if having an offensive threat from 18 feet at every position has changed the way teams play us and thus thrown them outta their own game. Tonight and the games against San Antonio and Dallas were not supposed to end in Blazer W's given our lack of depth.

Un-freaking-real. Great job, guys!
 
Mediocre Man said:
The boys weren't freakin dominant when we were healthy for a reason.
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Exactly. The Rockets continued a 25 game(or something) winning streak 2 years back when Yao went down. The ball movement is more crisp. The players know their roles. Aldridge and Howard complement a smaller attack much better. They are playing much harder. Throwing the injured players in doesnt necessarily augment the attack. Of the current injured players who are out, I think only Joel, Batum, and Rudy fit back in seamlessly. We can be a dangerous regular season team with this smaller lineup, but probably no more. We still need Oden to seriously contend. We still have growing pains to go through before we're onto something special. That said, this is still fun!
 
I'm fine with how today's game was played and the substitutions. Today was a COY-worthy performance from Nate. He kept his rotations short, he played the hot hand (Blake didn't come out in the 4th and kept bombing away on Denver like it was Dresden), let Bayless run the P&Rs while Roy was guarding Melo in the last 6 minutes, let B-Rex play through his craptasticity so that he could produce in crunch time, etc. The question I have, though (and I'm slightly more willing to give the BoD after the last couple of games) is if Nate would've kept Blake in if he was 0-5 on those 4th-quarter 3's instead of 4-5.

In the last 6 minutes, Bayless was playing PG. Roy was in the SG role (even though he was guarding 15) and Blake was spotting up in the corner and firing away. Blake's role could (IMHO) been just as capably (if not moreso) filled by Webster, Rudy or Batum.
 
Odd man out:



Based upon what has developed over the past four games, who is the most tradable?


In order: [of the healthy] All rhyme and reasoning considered:

Rudy #1

Blake #2

Miller #3

Webster #4

Cunningham #5

Howard #6

Pendergraph #7

Aldridge #8

Bayless #9

Roy #10



.... and of the injured, who is the most likely to be traded (for all ryhmes and reasons):


Outlaw #1

Pryzbilla #2

Mills #3

Batum #4

Oden #5



With the above noted, I think we look to trade Rudy plus picks for a big:

Lee? Okafor? Gortat?


Simply makes the only good sense for the short term and long term.
 
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BlazerCaravan said:
Did you like your seats tonight, ABM? :cheers:
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I feel really, REALLY bad. I had to sell them last week because my wife changed our plans...............THEN our plans changed again....so we COULD have gone to the game afterall! :banghead2:

I caught the 2nd half on TV. Man, was I wishing we were there!

Thanks, all the same. :)
 
BoomChakaLaka said:
Odd man out:



Based upon what has developed over the past four games, who is the most tradable?


In order: [of the healthy] All rhyme and reasoning considered:

Rudy #1

Blake #2

Miller #3

Webster #4

Cunningham #5

Howard #6

Pendergraph #7

Aldridge #8

Bayless #9

Roy #10



.... and of the injured, who is the most likely to be traded (for all ryhmes and reasons):


Outlaw #1

Pryzbilla #2

Mills #3

Batum #4

Oden #5



With the above noted, I think we look to trade Rudy plus picks for a big:

Lee? Okafor? Gortat?


Simply makes the only good sense for the short term and long term.
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Why would we trade Przybilla? He is the perfect center for this team. He doesn't need the ball, and he is an animal on rebounds and blocks. With this lineup, you don't need a scoring center, just someone to keep them from dominating inside.
 
Drttimmy said:
Exactly. The Rockets continued a 25 game(or something) winning streak 2 years back when Yao went down. The ball movement is more crisp. The players know their roles. Aldridge and Howard complement a smaller attack much better. They are playing much harder. Throwing the injured players in doesnt necessarily augment the attack. Of the current injured players who are out, I think only Joel, Batum, and Rudy fit back in seamlessly. We can be a dangerous regular season team with this smaller lineup, but probably no more. We still need Oden to seriously contend. We still have growing pains to go through before we're onto something special. That said, this is still fun!
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I totally agree with the fitting in of Przybilla, Rudy, and Batum. We don't need log jams at positions, just good players and some young guns that give 100% when called upon. Add these three to what we have now and we have a very well balanced team.

:clap:
 
bintim said:
I totally agree with the fitting in of Przybilla, Rudy, and Batum. We don't need log jams at positions, just good players and some young guns that give 100% when called upon. Add these three to what we have now and we have a very well balanced team.

:clap:
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those guys would fit fantastic (as would a passing 3/4/5), it's time to get rid of stale ball Blake and Outlaw, they contribute almost nothing. Blake's shot was wet last night, but if we're leaving a guy in the corner wouldn't it make more sense for it to be Rudy or Webster? They can make a greater impact on D and provide some size.

Blake/Outlaw for a currently underproducing Diaw makes a lot of sense IMO.

Miller/Bayless
Roy/Rudy
Webster/Batum/Cunningham
Aldridge/Diaw/Pendergraph
Howard/Diaw/Pendergraph

that's a pretty high IQ team IMO. Diaw is playing like crap right now but has always played well when relied upon which he would be here.
 
anonymous gambler said:
yeah, Nate has to force Roy to give up Blake, though...
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Blake had 14 points in the 4th quarter last night.

Perhaps Nate and Roy know a bit more about winning basketball than members of a message board.
 
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