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Time: 5:00pm
Place: Minnesota
TV: SNW

GLB of the game Julianne Hough



Missing the game because of work so the quarter by quarter GLB pics

1st quarter


2nd quarter


3rd quarter


4th quarter

The NBA must be training a lot of new refs this year.

These Hezonja/Trent/Tolliver lineups are borderline unwatchable. None of them are NBA players at this point. They'll all be out of the league within 2 years.

Tolliver is basically a parking cone on defense. And his rebounding as just as atrocious. He's just horrible to watch.

Baze really gets on my nerves. Good lord can we please move him ASAP.

Baze is a dumb ****. How the **** do you shoot that contested 3 with Dame WIDE OPEN next to him...

Wolves have no quick defenders and no shotblocker but we still can't get anything going.

Roy The Natural wrote:Tolliver is basically a parking cone on defense. And his rebounding as just as atrocious. He's just horrible to watch.

In this large planet on which many humans play basketball, someone must exist who will do better. We don't agree often, but that last quarter, I did more to help the Blazers win than did Tolliver. When will the GM find someone over 6'9" who can actually contribute?

Epicurus wrote:

Roy The Natural wrote:Tolliver is basically a parking cone on defense. And his rebounding as just as atrocious. He's just horrible to watch.

In this large planet on which many humans play basketball, someone must exist who will do better. We don't agree often, but that last quarter, I did more to help the Blazers win than did Tolliver. When will the GM find someone over 6'9" who can actually contribute?

I'd honestly rather just throw Moses Brown out there, rookie mistakes and all. Just tell him to rebound the ball and put his arms straight up when guys drive the lane. It can't be any worse than what we're seeing from Tolliver.

Those guys like Tolliver and Mario are going to have places in the league with more teams having
to pay 2-3 players more than half their cap. It's the mid-tier guys who are going to get paid by
the teams without have less than 2 guys taking up their cap space for the teams with the star
players can't afford to pay them. Those mid-tier laden teams are going to be tough to play in
the regular season.

Roy The Natural wrote:

Epicurus wrote:

Roy The Natural wrote:Tolliver is basically a parking cone on defense. And his rebounding as just as atrocious. He's just horrible to watch.

In this large planet on which many humans play basketball, someone must exist who will do better. We don't agree often, but that last quarter, I did more to help the Blazers win than did Tolliver. When will the GM find someone over 6'9" who can actually contribute?

I'd honestly rather just throw Moses Brown out there, rookie mistakes and all. Just tell him to rebound the ball and put his arms straight up when guys drive the lane. It can't be any worse than what we're seeing from Tolliver.

Tolliver had a nice long career. Time to give a gold watch and best wishes. Find Andrew Bogut in the Aussie backland or wherever. Kareem could not be worse. There has to be some huge Eastern European somewhere. Yea, Moses could hurt much worse, if at all.

I believe that Vonleh signed later and for less than Tolliver. What went through NO's brain?

Epicurus wrote:I believe that Vonleh signed later and for less than Tolliver. What went through NO's brain?

To be fair. That wouldn't change the outlook of this season. It was a dumb signing for sure. But Vonleh wouldn't help this sinking ship.

It hurts to even say it. But Evan Turner is a SIGNIFICANTLY better player than Kent Bazemore. I like how they have Bazemore out here with the rooks. He's that much of a scrub.

Roy The Natural wrote:

Epicurus wrote:I believe that Vonleh signed later and for less than Tolliver. What went through NO's brain?

To be fair. That wouldn't change the outlook of this season. It was a dumb signing for sure. But Vonleh wouldn't help this sinking ship.

Moving beyond your premature metaphor, rebounding is the Blazers biggest problem. Vonleh is considerably a better rebounder than Tolliver. He is also better able to cover more of the court.

Epicurus wrote:

Roy The Natural wrote:

Epicurus wrote:I believe that Vonleh signed later and for less than Tolliver. What went through NO's brain?

To be fair. That wouldn't change the outlook of this season. It was a dumb signing for sure. But Vonleh wouldn't help this sinking ship.

Moving beyond your premature metaphor, rebounding is the Blazers biggest problem. Vonleh is considerably a better rebounder than Tolliver. He is also better able to cover more of the court.

Vonleh would certainly improve the Blazers. But he's at best giving this team 2-3 more wins. He's not a 12 game swing player that all of the sudden makes this team into what we'd like to see. I like Vonleh. I'd be willing to throw a second round pick and Trent Jr or something like that to grab him back. But I just don't have enough belief in Vonleh to think he'd make much of a change in Portland's record to this point.

Bazemore just ran into the lane already with a Blazer, Little, on a fast break. He took away any lob attempt. Not a savy vet.

I wasn't suggesting Vonleh would make a major or even much of a minor difference. But he would for less have made more of a difference than has Tolliver--both rebounding and defense--hell, probably shooting also.

Woo. That is.. that is not a good loss.