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Post by beavaristotle on Mar 29, 2022 6:55:10 GMT -8
12-14 from the floor and 3 steals. Maybe he is too good for Portland if they are trying to get a lottery pick
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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 29, 2022 6:59:54 GMT -8
12-14 from the floor and 3 steals. Maybe he is too good for Portland if they are trying to get a lottery pick They still lost. It is the perfect situation for Drew. Gets tons of minutes due a limited roster to try and show his skills for a new contract next year. |
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Post by ochobeavo on Mar 29, 2022 7:03:35 GMT -8
12-14 from the floor and 3 steals. Maybe he is too good for Portland if they are trying to get a lottery pick that's cool and glad he's getting minutes but that's also 2 teams trying to out-tank each other so someone has to play and score. Blazers with the timeout, shoot for 2 with the game on the line down by 3 to out tank the Thunder. OKC starting 5: Roby, Wiggins, Pokusevski, Maledon, Krejci PDX starting 5: Eubanks, Hughes, Williams, Johnson, Elleby. That one should have been free admission. |
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Post by beaverstever on Mar 29, 2022 7:25:50 GMT -8
The Blazers have an 8 year playoff run where they never had a team realistically in pursuit of a title. Combine that with being in a small market that doesn't win in the big free-agency opportunities, they hit a hard ceiling. Tanking and getting a gem in the lottery is the franchise's only chance at a title run at some point; I welcome the periodic tanking to get the lottery swings for the fence over being perpetual early-round fodder.
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Post by ochobeavo on Mar 29, 2022 7:32:58 GMT -8
The Blazers have an 8 year playoff run where they never had a team realistically in pursuit of a title. Combine that with being in a small market that doesn't win in the big free-agency opportunities, they hit a hard ceiling. Tanking and getting a gem in the lottery is the franchise's only chance at a title run at some point; I welcome the periodic tanking to get the lottery swings for the fence over being perpetual early-round fodder. Yeah I feel the same way. too many years where they were a 6/7/8 seed and Olshey talked himself into being 1 guy away from a championship team = panic trades/bad salaries/late 1st round picks. |
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Post by rob85 on Mar 29, 2022 10:50:42 GMT -8
I admire Portland's tank job. Right after they gut the starting five, they win four in a row, right before the All-Star game. What?! No. So Nurkic suddenly develops plantar fasciitis, out for the season. Simons lighting it up every night. Nope, he's done for the season. Lol. Well done, Trailblazers, that's a solid tank job. Must be interesting for Billups.
But as many have noted, great situation for Eubanks. Log a lot of minutes, put up solid scoring and rebound numbers, build towards a new contract next year. Plus getting paid well for every ten day contract, on top of his contract before he was waived. Great to see him making the most of this opportunity. I was one who thought he would never make it in the league, glad to be wrong.
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