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Time: 7:00pm
Place: Brooklyn
TV: Root, Root+


GLB of the game Alice Eve

Thoughts and prayers going out to DeAndre Ayton missing the game dealing with sheets of ice. But at least they are sheets. A coverless waterbed of ice would have been way worse.

1st quarter GLB pic

2nd quarter GLB pic

JasonStern wrote:Thoughts and prayers going out to DeAndre Ayton missing the game dealing with sheets of ice. But at least they are sheets. A coverless waterbed of ice would have been way worse.

He makes 400 k a night, he's doing just fine

3rd quarter GLB pic

JasonStern wrote:Thoughts and prayers going out to DeAndre Ayton missing the game dealing with sheets of ice. But at least they are sheets. A coverless waterbed of ice would have been way worse.

Same reason Dale Davis gave 20 years ago during the last Portland ice storm. As I recall, one of the assistant coaches
offered to go get him and he got stuck as well

4th quarter GLB pic

Victory GLB pics

Woo hoo! Great offense by Grant and Simons in that fourth quarter to steal the win!

I found no joy in this win. In a season meant for development, eeking out a two point win by sitting rookies is pointless imo.

The Sebastian Express wrote:I found no joy in this win. In a season meant for development, eeking out a two point win by sitting rookies is pointless imo.

Fair enough. I think for the team's overall wellbeing, it's good to have some wins scattered in here and there. I agree that getting more minutes for the rookies (particularly Kris and Rayan after they played well against Phoenix) would have been nice. I don't mind so much Scoot and Toumani coming off the bench today because I suspect at least one of Brogdon and Grant will be dealt within the next few weeks. But yeah, if there aren't any meaningful trades on the horizon, I don't want to see the young guys in and out of the rotation with no prospect of team success this season.

Moonbeam wrote:

The Sebastian Express wrote:I found no joy in this win. In a season meant for development, eeking out a two point win by sitting rookies is pointless imo.

Fair enough. I think for the team's overall wellbeing, it's good to have some wins scattered in here and there. I agree that getting more minutes for the rookies (particularly Kris and Rayan after they played well against Phoenix) would have been nice. I don't mind so much Scoot and Toumani coming off the bench today because I suspect at least one of Brogdon and Grant will be dealt within the next few weeks. But yeah, if there aren't any meaningful trades on the horizon, I don't want to see the young guys in and out of the rotation with no prospect of team success this season.

The bench I felt was dumb. But sitting Scoot for the entire fourth quarter had no point. There is not, for me, a great amount of joy or promise in eeking out a rather meaningless win against the Brooklyn Nets in the middle of January with a bunch of veterans. I felt this was just a disappointing night overall. I don't see many good vibes coming from it, at least for me.

The Sebastian Express wrote:I found no joy in this win. In a season meant for development, eeking out a two point win by sitting rookies is pointless imo.

I do believe it's good for team morale to win every-now-and-then.

The Sebastian Express wrote:

Moonbeam wrote:

The Sebastian Express wrote:I found no joy in this win. In a season meant for development, eeking out a two point win by sitting rookies is pointless imo.

Fair enough. I think for the team's overall wellbeing, it's good to have some wins scattered in here and there. I agree that getting more minutes for the rookies (particularly Kris and Rayan after they played well against Phoenix) would have been nice. I don't mind so much Scoot and Toumani coming off the bench today because I suspect at least one of Brogdon and Grant will be dealt within the next few weeks. But yeah, if there aren't any meaningful trades on the horizon, I don't want to see the young guys in and out of the rotation with no prospect of team success this season.

The bench I felt was dumb. But sitting Scoot for the entire fourth quarter had no point. There is not, for me, a great amount of joy or promise in eeking out a rather meaningless win against the Brooklyn Nets in the middle of January with a bunch of veterans. I felt this was just a disappointing night overall. I don't see many good vibes coming from it, at least for me.

I get it, and I feel the frustration too! But seeing Ant hit that shot to seal the win and the team get excited by it was a nice moment. I want to see the young guys run wild, too. Quite badly, actually. Hopefully that happens soon.

It'll be okay for Portland is showcasing their vets for a possible move at the trade
deadline.

Malcomn will be a fine addition to wherever he goes. I'm hoping for the Knicks for one
of their protected FRP's from Detroit or Washington, which will not convey in 2024.

As long as this was a showcase good win.

But getting W's while leaning on Grant, Simons and Brogdan is not what I want to watch.

BlazersBroncos wrote:As long as this was a showcase good win.

But getting W's while leaning on Grant, Simons and Brogdan is not what I want to watch.

Yeah, pretty much my feelings exactly.

Tbh I'm sure the Blazers will be poised for a 20 or 30 games losing streak once they replace Brogdon, Grant and/or Simons with Reath and unleash our young players

BlazersBroncos wrote:
But getting W's while leaning on Grant, Simons and Brogdan is not what I want to watch.

agreed

I'll say again, the Olshey era's fundamental flaw was trying to straddle every fence in sight. Sure looks like the Blazers are locked into that kind of dead end again. Playing Grant and Brogdon does not enhance their trade value at all. Teams know who they are. Same for Simons and Ayton. Benching Scoot in favor of Brogdon doesn't make a lot of sense; starting ANT at SG almost never makes sense either.

I get that Sharpe is injured right now. But what I've seen is that Sharpe doesn't play well with Ant and neither does Scoot. Blazers have a square-peg/round-hole problem