[Game] Preseason Game 1: Kings @ Blazers 12/11/2020 7:30pst,10:30est

[KainLear]

Blazers announcers already talking about a championship run

Homer gotta homer-ing...

 

[Tetsujin]

Far be it from me to question a coach’s rotations but why is Trent JR. still in at the end of this preseason game?

 

[jcassio]

The best King tonight was Harry Giles.

 

[SLAB]

GILES!!!

 

[SLAB]

16/13 and a bunch of blocks. Who does he think he is? Hassan Whiteside?!

 

[Tetsujin]

why is Derrick Jones Jr. also still playing? Is Stotts trying to get his guys hurt?

 

[SLAB]

HG making Sacramento feel it and I straight up don’t care.

 

[Tetsujin]

Also Kyle Guy is not good

 

[hrdboild]

"This is why he was a top 10 pick..." Umm, RJ you're only off by about 10 spots. Close though.

 

[Tetsujin]

At the same time, Harry should probably save some of this for the regular season.

 

[SLAB]

Man that was fantastic. I’m laughing so hard at HG clowning the team.

 

[Iced Espresso]

Blazers all seem to all ready love Harry.

 

[Iced Espresso]

Guy looks like a Jimmer, with less talent than a Jimmer...

 

[KainLear]

Blazers all seem to all ready love Harry.

Looking at his energy, how can you not?

 

[DesertFox]

Metu looks interesting as a switching defender. His offense looks like it will help with the tank.

 

[SLAB]

http://twitter.com/boogiecousins/status/ 1337637675516502020

link broken because of a swear

 

[SwipaTical]

Harry "I produce against bench players" Giles with a good game

 

[AaronPDX]

Kings made a huge mistake on Giles, and he's going to remind them of that 4 x a year.

 

[KainLear]

http://twitter.com/boogiecousins/status/ 1337637675516502020

link broken because of a swear

I'm enjoying this like a wrestling beef.

 

[Tetsujin]

Metu looks interesting as a switching defender. His offense looks like it will help with the tank.

You can see the defensive skill set that had Pop invest in him and you can also see the horrific offense that had Pop eventually let him go.

 

[Tetsujin]

Harry "I produce against bench players" Giles with a good game

To be fair, he’ll be going against bench players in his role with Portland.

 

[SacTownKid]

Final analysis; the team as constructed is terrible. There seems to be some intriguing young pieces. Get rid of the mediocre baggage and just legit tank with the youngsters.

The pieces to build a pretty decent bridge are all in the box. Luke however is still determined to make a land locked pirate ship with them however. AGAIN, we see some life when they go small with Barnes at PF and one big. What does he do most of the game? Two big, no big, 2 PG bull****. I'm at the under on 10 games or so before the blade comes out to play if he doesn't start walking the walk. Per usual he talked the talk about playing the right way, etc. but the follow through in this preseason game wasn't there. Per usual.

 

[joemama]

Ramsey looked like an NBA player, the rest crap or meh.

Walton didn't change anything lineup-wise. He was playing Jabari as a center. You know, the other player on the team with one of the lowest open 3pt percentages in the NBA (the other is Fox).

Haliburton is going to have a really hard time getting dimes when he is out there with combos of DQJ, Parker, CoJo, JJ, Yuck!

Why the hell is JJ still on the team?

 

[SwipaTical]

Kings made a huge mistake on Giles, and he's going to remind them of that 4 x a year.

Stop. Harry had no role on this team. Maybe he'll be a decent contributor on a blazers team that will fighting for a playoff spot but Giles wasn't doing anything for the kings in their current situation. Dude is not a difference maker on a crappy team

 

[Tetsujin]

The pieces to build a pretty decent bridge are all in the box. Luke however is still determined to make a land locked pirate ship with them however. AGAIN, we see some life when they go small with Barnes at PF and one big. What does he do most of the game? Two big, no big, 2 PG bull****. I'm at the under on 10 games or so before the blade comes out to play if he doesn't start walking the walk. Per usual he talked the talk about playing the right way, etc. but the follow through in this preseason game wasn't there. Per usual.

You could see the makings of a good scheme on both ends of the floor in the first quarter but then Luke kept finding new ways to get in the way until there was absolutely no momentum and the old ways returned.

 

[Iced Espresso]

Ramsey looked like an NBA player, the rest crap or meh.

The lack of college ball because of corona, no summer league, short camp.....quite a few rookies are going to start slow this season.

Ty showed some defensive potential tonight getting into lanes, he moves the ball fast but I question how much of the floor he could read, was like hot potato sometimes.

 

[SacTownKid]

Ramsey looked like an NBA player, the rest crap or meh.

The poise is incredible. I can't remember a player at his age with that kind of poise as a 2nd rounder. He had it at Texas Tech too. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up like Buddy where we find out his birth certificate was wrong. He's actually 32. haha.

 

[AaronPDX]

Haliburton seemed to be more of an observer tonight than I expected. Hopefully he's as high bb IQ as represented and was absorbing everything?

 

[SLAB]

Stop. Harry had no role on this team. Maybe he'll be a decent contributor on a blazers team that will fighting for a playoff spot but Giles wasn't doing anything for the kings in their current situation. Dude is not a different maker on a crappy team

Young player with upside might help team in playoff race, but has no spot on one of the worst teams in the league. That logic checks out.

 

[Tetsujin]

The lack of college ball because of corona, no summer league, short camp.....quite a few rookies are going to start slow this season.

Ty showed some defensive potential tonight getting into lanes, he moves the ball fast but I question how much of the floor he could read, was like hot potato sometimes.

It almost felt like he had too much respect for NBA defenders and was afraid to be too aggressive