Game 9 Portland vs San Antonio 5:00pm

[Brandon-Clyde]

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Time: 5:00pm
Place: San Antonio
TV: Charge

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GLB of the game Camilla Mendez

Spoiler:

[Blazinaway]

Timelord no longer listed as questionable and Sharp now listed as questionable as opposed to "out"

[zzaj]

Yeah, interesting to see if TL plays tonight. None of the Blazer Cs match up well with Wemby, but there is maybe 1 in the whole league that does.

I wouldn't expect Sharpe to play many minutes, if at all...but who knows. I think Sharpe will dig into Rupert and Banton's minutes for the time being, which sucks because both have shown that they deserve to play in their roles.

But it is IMPERATIVE that the Blazers suss out what they have in Sharpe. Personally? I've never really seen "it" on the level of a franchise player. One-way players have to be over-the-top good to make up for their lack of defense, and so far Sharpe has been wholly a net negative. Can that change? Of course. Is it probable? Likely not.

[Blazinaway]

Yeah, interesting to see if TL plays tonight. None of the Blazer Cs match up well with Wemby, but there is maybe 1 in the whole league that does.

I wouldn't expect Sharpe to play many minutes, if at all...but who knows. I think Sharpe will dig into Rupert and Banton's minutes for the time being, which sucks because both have shown that they deserve to play in their roles.

But it is IMPERATIVE that the Blazers suss out what they have in Sharpe. Personally? I've never really seen "it" on the level of a franchise player. One-way players have to be over-the-top good to make up for their lack of defense, and so far Sharpe has been wholly a net negative. Can that change? Of course. Is it probable? Likely not.

My biggest concern with Shae is not his talent it's his drive/motivation - how bad does he want it? Does he put in the hard work every year to improve and play hard every night- if he had Camara's drive/attitude I would have no or very few doubts. That's what I want to start seeing from him

[Blazinaway]

Looks like Shae is playing, not starting

[zzaj]

Yeah, interesting to see if TL plays tonight. None of the Blazer Cs match up well with Wemby, but there is maybe 1 in the whole league that does.

I wouldn't expect Sharpe to play many minutes, if at all...but who knows. I think Sharpe will dig into Rupert and Banton's minutes for the time being, which sucks because both have shown that they deserve to play in their roles.

But it is IMPERATIVE that the Blazers suss out what they have in Sharpe. Personally? I've never really seen "it" on the level of a franchise player. One-way players have to be over-the-top good to make up for their lack of defense, and so far Sharpe has been wholly a net negative. Can that change? Of course. Is it probable? Likely not.

My biggest concern with Shae is not his talent it's his drive/motivation - how bad does he want it? Does he put in the hard work every year to improve and play hard every night- if he had Camara's drive/attitude I would have no or very few doubts. That's what I want to start seeing from him

Yeah, by all accounts Rupert is the hardest working player on the team. I don't know that Sharpe DOESN'T have a strong work ethic, but I'd love to see some of the on-court intensity that Camara brings to the table. That's likely not ever going to happen. Sharpe was a bad defender pre-NBA, and he's been a bad defender in the NBA. That's not going to magically change overnight.

Also, I've heard a few people spill that Sharpe's time with team Canada this summer didn't go well. These are not the signs you want to be seeing from a player who is ostensibly a potential franchise cornerstone.

[Brandon-Clyde]

1st quarter GLB pic

Spoiler:

[Blazinaway]

Yeah, interesting to see if TL plays tonight. None of the Blazer Cs match up well with Wemby, but there is maybe 1 in the whole league that does.

I wouldn't expect Sharpe to play many minutes, if at all...but who knows. I think Sharpe will dig into Rupert and Banton's minutes for the time being, which sucks because both have shown that they deserve to play in their roles.

But it is IMPERATIVE that the Blazers suss out what they have in Sharpe. Personally? I've never really seen "it" on the level of a franchise player. One-way players have to be over-the-top good to make up for their lack of defense, and so far Sharpe has been wholly a net negative. Can that change? Of course. Is it probable? Likely not.

My biggest concern with Shae is not his talent it's his drive/motivation - how bad does he want it? Does he put in the hard work every year to improve and play hard every night- if he had Camara's drive/attitude I would have no or very few doubts. That's what I want to start seeing from him

Yeah, by all accounts Rupert is the hardest working player on the team. I don't know that Sharpe DOESN'T have a strong work ethic, but I'd love to see some of the on-court intensity that Camara brings to the table. That's likely not ever going to happen. Sharpe was a bad defender pre-NBA, and he's been a bad defender in the NBA. That's not going to magically change overnight.

Also, I've heard a few people spill that Sharpe's time with team Canada this summer didn't go well. These are not the signs you want to be seeing from a player who is ostensibly a potential franchise cornerstone.

Yeah, gotta be careful with the "rumor stuff", I'll let what I see on the court tell me what I want to know

[Brandon-Clyde]

2nd quarter GLB pic

Spoiler:

[Brandon-Clyde]

3rd quarter GLB pic

Spoiler:

[Walton1one]

Avdija’s aggressiveness on offense is starting to pay off

How many assists would Scoot have this year if other players could hit wide open shots? I think I have said this before?

Clingan has to be more aggressive on offense, make the defense foul you!!!

Scoot’s decision making needs to be better

Sharpe rusty as expected, he has moments where you think he’s the one, then follows it up with a lengthy period of passive play. That is not going to cut it.

Grant/Ant silent so far

Ayton is overpaid for sure, however his play this year so far has been good, 3pt shot in particular is a nice new wrinkle that seems to be working

If Banton is not scoring, then he is pretty worthless out there

No Timelord so far, wonder if he will be taking Clingan’s minute in 2nd half?

[Brandon-Clyde]

4th quarter GLB pic

Spoiler:

[Walton1one]

DA looking good, active. Not worth his salary, but not a counterproductive player either

Where is the Timelord? Playing him judiciously is one thing, not playing him at all?

Banton has shown himself so far to only have one mindset, score. Even if it means trying to challenge Wemby or trying to force things that are not there, which more often than not does not work out well.

Sharpe looking ok, given all the time off, nice take vs Wemby

3? 4? times tonight Banton has tried to force the issue on offense and has been rejected at the rim, this is the “bad” version of his game

Avdija finally in with 5min left, bad roster mgmt by Billups, should’ve been in a while ago

The minutes managed by Billips is awful, where is Scoot?

Haven’t seen Clingan since the first half?

Williams hasn’t played at all?

[Walton1one]

Outside of Wemby, POR has the most overall talent IMO, which does not reflect well on their play, clearly there is a major coaching deficit going on here

[Brandon-Clyde]

Consolation GLB pics

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

[monopoman]

Outside of Wemby, POR has the most overall talent IMO, which does not reflect well on their play, clearly there is a major coaching deficit going on here

This team definitely has some real talent, and you can tell I think Billups is a lame duck coach without question. They will let him walk out the door this season then really push to be competitive next year especially if they get the #1 pick and are able to draft Flagg.

[BNM]

Outside of Wemby, POR has the most overall talent IMO, which does not reflect well on their play, clearly there is a major coaching deficit going on here

This team definitely has some real talent, and you can tell I think Billups is a lame duck coach without question. They will let him walk out the door this season then really push to be competitive next year especially if they get the #1 pick and are able to draft Flagg.

The only difference this year he's a duck. He's always been a lame coach.

[zzaj]

Was only able to watch the first half...

I'll say it again, if Sharpe is going to have positive value he's going to have to be otherworldly on offense all the time. Otherwise he's going to have to become an average defensive player to be a starter on a good team.

As expected there's a bit of a minutes crunch now, with Scoot/Simons/Sharpe/Rupert/Camara all deserving of guard minutes for their own respective reasons. Add TL into the center mix adds to the crunch. I expect TL will play sparingly and never in B2Bs...

[Norm2953]

Outside of Wemby, POR has the most overall talent IMO, which does not reflect well on their play, clearly there is a major coaching deficit going on here

This team definitely has some real talent, and you can tell I think Billups is a lame duck coach without question. They will let him walk out the door this season then really push to be competitive next year especially if they get the #1 pick and are able to draft Flagg.

Who would you want to be the next head coach? Promising assistant coach or one of the recycled
coaches?

[Walton1one]

Outside of Wemby, POR has the most overall talent IMO, which does not reflect well on their play, clearly there is a major coaching deficit going on here

This team definitely has some real talent, and you can tell I think Billups is a lame duck coach without question. They will let him walk out the door this season then really push to be competitive next year especially if they get the #1 pick and are able to draft Flagg.

Who would you want to be the next head coach? Promising assistant coach or one of the recycled
coaches?

A lot of young talent that needs to be molded into a system, get them integrated while they are still young and before they become jaded vets. Find their identity, focus on the players that fit that identity and then fill in with players (young or vet) who fill the missing parts needed.

I'd still throw a hat in the ring for Danny Hurley, he flirted with coming to NBA LY and I think at some point he is going to make the jump, good coach, has a system, gets players to buy in and is smart enough to know that some of the things he does in college will not work in the NBA. Moving to the NBA and starting with a young team would be helpful for him.