Game 54: Portland vs Denver 6:00pm Chargetv and KUNP

[Brandon-Clyde]

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Time:6:00pm
Place: Denver
TV Chargetv and KUNP

GLB of the game Holly Taylor

Spoiler:

[PDXKnight]

Will we lose by only 10 this time?

[m0ng0]

Isn't that what you want?

[Brandon-Clyde]

1st quarter GLB pic

Spoiler:

[Brandon-Clyde]

2nd quarter GLB pic

Spoiler:

[PDXKnight]

Chauncey should be fired on the spot for not starting Sharpe in a meaningless game we are gonna lose anyhow. Seriously Kris Murray? Get out of town with that crap!

We arent developing players even when we clearly 100 percent likely will not win a game. This is inexcusable and if he can't get on the same page and has such a vendetta for Sharpe as this we need to get rid of the coach. Kris may be high iq but where is his talent? He clearly isn't gonna be a major piece moving forward no one would argue that besides maybe the blowhards on 620. So what the heck are we doing?

And furthermore any owner who isnt pounding their fists on a table over these coaching decisions needs to be booed every time they take the court until they get the heck out of town. We should be booing kolde and jody as much as the Dallas ownership is being booed after the doncic trade. The only difference is we didn't have a 25 year old superstar to deal away. But we have plenty of reason to boo this ownership and they deserve every bit of it for what they've done to this team and the city of Portland. Props to blazers fans for being classy but in this case I wouldn't blame the fans one bit if they turn on Jody and frankly it's been a long time coming!

Any one of us, maybe even that ocaasional ball boy with weird ideas who thinks he's a genius would fire every last one of these people, every last one of them! We need leadership, they don't have to do what the fans approve of every time but bare minimum they should enjoy the team have a vested interest in the team doing well and care at least a little bit about Portland and Oregon in general. I'm not convinced Jody had heard of portland before she "owned" the team. Seems like she knew a lot more about purchasing poached/dead animals and sexually harassing 5 of her security guards (allegedly) than she ever knew about Portland. But hey when you have money you just settle and nothing ever happened right? She has zero connection with the fans, she is a terrible owner, and she just out of touch with Portland in general. Clean house starting from the top down, but until we get what we all deserve which is a passionate owner who loves the Blazers I'm fully down to boo any time she takes the court

[m0ng0]

Chauncey was great last week

[PDXKnight]

Chauncey was great last week

Never was great, I maintained he needed to go during the run. I thought if we make our decisions based on a small snippet of 4 seasons we are as dumb as we look as an organization. As wiz said that 11 of 12 games is probably gonna lead Cronin to make stupid decisions for a long time now. In terms of pick(s) and moves as an organization it may be one of the worst things that could have happened.

[m0ng0]

If your goal is to lose, why do you care about Chauncey? Or is he not losing WELL ENOUGH?

[PDXKnight]

If your goal is to lose, why do you care about Chauncey? Or is he not losing WELL ENOUGH?

Hes losing while playing veterans major minutes. Doesnt do us much good long term does it? Damn near every gm and every reporter in the NBA circles doesn't know what our plan is and is perplexed why we don't make any moves with our veterans. True that's olsheys issue maybe more than billups but I think you could blame both here. Sharpe is clearly better than Murray. I could live with Scoot and avdija because they are better players especially avdija defensively. But to start Kris Murray over Sharpe is just agitating

[m0ng0]

If your goal is to lose, why do you care about Chauncey? Or is he not losing WELL ENOUGH?

Hes losing while playing veterans major minutes. Doesnt do ua much good long term does it? Damn near every gm and every reporter in the NBA circles doesn't know what our plan is and is perplexed why we don't make any moves with our veterans.

So i want to make sure im 100% clear, you are rooting and hoping the team loses every game going forward and don't want us to play veterans if they have any thoughts of scoring points? That's your hope? Sorry asking for a friend

[zzaj]

Sharpe is in his 3rd season and will be 22 in a month.

Color me concerned. At this point he should be breaking out, and be undeniable even in limited minutes. And I know some will go on and on about Chauncey benching him, and not getting him minutes. Nonsense. He's averaging 30 minutes a game and his USG is higher than it's ever been. Actually, an argument could be made that he should be feasting going against 2nd unit players.

Sharpe hasn't really progressed demonstrably in any area in 3 years.

[m0ng0]

Sharpe is in his 3rd season and will be 22 in a month.

Color me concerned. At this point he should be breaking out, and be undeniable even in limited minutes. And I know some will go on and on about Chauncey benching him, and not getting him minutes. Nonsense. He's averaging 30 minutes a game and his USG is higher than it's ever been. Actually, an argument could be made that he should be feasting going against 2nd unit players.

Sharpe hasn't really progressed demonstrably in any area in 3 years.

Agreed

[PDXKnight]

If your goal is to lose, why do you care about Chauncey? Or is he not losing WELL ENOUGH?

Hes losing while playing veterans major minutes. Doesnt do ua much good long term does it? Damn near every gm and every reporter in the NBA circles doesn't know what our plan is and is perplexed why we don't make any moves with our veterans.

So i want to make sure im 100% clear, you are rooting and hoping the team loses every game going forward and don't want us to play veterans if they have any thoughts of scoring points? That's your hope? Sorry asking for a friend

We should have dealt the veterans but given where we are now we should be playing younger guys more. Injuries have occurred and changed the dynamic currently undoubtedly but I think we should enable Scoot to start by dealing ant, we need to not resign ayton with his i dont care attitude, and jerami ought to come off the bench with how bad he's been this year

[Brandon-Clyde]

3rd quarter GLB pic

Spoiler:

[zzaj]

Denver does such a great job staying organized offensively. Even at ends of shotclock there always looks like there's a plan getting executed. Lots of great North/South screens. Hats off to coach Malone and his staff. He knows exactly what his players can bring and puts them in positions to succeed in those roles.

When Murray is on a heater, shooting like he is, and Jokic is acting as facilitator against a switching defense...Denver will be tough to beat.

Clingan has looked pretty good so far. Blazers played a 4-1 zone for a few possessions which you could tell he was very familiar with. Probably a UCONN staple...

[m0ng0]

Hes losing while playing veterans major minutes. Doesnt do ua much good long term does it? Damn near every gm and every reporter in the NBA circles doesn't know what our plan is and is perplexed why we don't make any moves with our veterans.

So i want to make sure im 100% clear, you are rooting and hoping the team loses every game going forward and don't want us to play veterans if they have any thoughts of scoring points? That's your hope? Sorry asking for a friend

We should have dealt the veterans but given where we are now we should be playing younger guys more. Injuries have occurred and changed the dynamic currently undoubtedly but I think we should enable Scoot to start by dealing ant, we need to not resign ayton with his i dont care attitude, and jerami ought to come off the bench with how bad he's been this year

Simple question, is that a yes? You are rooting for this team to lose?

[PDXKnight]

So i want to make sure im 100% clear, you are rooting and hoping the team loses every game going forward and don't want us to play veterans if they have any thoughts of scoring points? That's your hope? Sorry asking for a friend

We should have dealt the veterans but given where we are now we should be playing younger guys more. Injuries have occurred and changed the dynamic currently undoubtedly but I think we should enable Scoot to start by dealing ant, we need to not resign ayton with his i dont care attitude, and jerami ought to come off the bench with how bad he's been this year

Simple question, is that a yes? You are rooting for this team to lose?

Yes I want them to lose for a pick but I think you're twisting the other half. It's mostly the roster management side that pisses me off, they're here I guess they have to be played but why are we in this position? Why did we re sign jerami grant and why will we probably resign ayton and simons?

[m0ng0]

The grant signing was known and I pointed it out when it happened, it was to appease DAME, but you can't just say Ayton and Simons GET IN THERE JUST DONT SCORE...can you? Are those expectations realistic?

[Norm2953]

At least these silly notions of competing for the play in spot can be put to rest.

It's time to tank for Ayton with this injury, might have played his last game of the season. It's time to
lose as many games as possible