Comments on: Blazers 88, Suns 107 Game 5 Re-Thoughts http://ripcityproject.com/2010/04/27/blazers-88-suns-107-game-5-re-thoughts/ A Portland Trailblazers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:30:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bobby T http://ripcityproject.com/2010/04/27/blazers-88-suns-107-game-5-re-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-3666 Bobby T Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:51:24 +0000 http://ripcityproject.com/?p=3835#comment-3666 Cunningham,Cunningham, Cunningham, Cunningham can someone please get to Nate and tell him, Cunningham, Cunningham Cunningham...Em the only one that see's this boys energy, the HEART, the will to fight and win. Not to mention that he can play, shoot the rock. He surley wont do anything less then Rudy (the brick layer ) or scared to drive or dribble the ball Webster. Dont get me wrong, Im a die hard Blazer fan to the bone, but d--b boy something has to give for us to will this.. CMON Nate make some ajustments, take some risks were behind you.......GO BLAZERS... Cunningham,Cunningham, Cunningham, Cunningham can someone please get to Nate and tell him, Cunningham, Cunningham Cunningham…Em the only one that see’s this boys energy, the HEART, the will to fight and win. Not to mention that he can play, shoot the rock. He surley wont do anything less then Rudy (the brick layer ) or scared to drive or dribble the ball Webster. Dont get me wrong, Im a die hard Blazer fan to the bone, but d–b boy something has to give for us to will this.. CMON Nate make some ajustments, take some risks were behind you…….GO BLAZERS…

]]> By: Travis http://ripcityproject.com/2010/04/27/blazers-88-suns-107-game-5-re-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-3635 Travis Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:56:01 +0000 http://ripcityproject.com/?p=3835#comment-3635 So glad you're addressing the issue of minutes and rotation here, Coup. I completely agree that Nate has to be called out--at least, that's my interpretation of what you're saying. Two guys I kinda wanted to strangle by the end of the third quarter: LaMarcus and Nate. Granted, they're bigger and stronger than me. Why oh why can't Nate use some common sense and stop playing Howard so many minutes against this team? Nate's got to adjust. More Cunningham--he matches up much better on Louis, Amare, and Frye. He can switch onto any of the smaller guys with a better shot of defending them than Howard. Dante's jumper is just as reliable as Howard's. No way Rudy should be getting main rotation minutes right now. None. Meanwhile, Roy and Nic played 19 minutes each. What?! Roy should have started, no question. Bayless played well and I think he'll finish the series strong, but he encourages the pace that the Suns want to play. Maybe you caught my tweet last night about this. The one lineup the Blazers absolutely need to have on the floor more than any other lineup: Dre, Roy, Nic, LA, Camby. They played 0 minutes together last night. Not one second. This one's on Nate. And it'd be damn nice if LaMarcus showed some muscle inside and grabbed some defensive rebounds. He can't be confused about getting called "soft" after a night like that. Oh, and those fade-away jumpers LA loves so much? Not sustainable. Get on the effing block, both ends. Ugh. That game was one the Blazers could have won. So glad you’re addressing the issue of minutes and rotation here, Coup. I completely agree that Nate has to be called out–at least, that’s my interpretation of what you’re saying. Two guys I kinda wanted to strangle by the end of the third quarter: LaMarcus and Nate. Granted, they’re bigger and stronger than me.

Why oh why can’t Nate use some common sense and stop playing Howard so many minutes against this team? Nate’s got to adjust. More Cunningham–he matches up much better on Louis, Amare, and Frye. He can switch onto any of the smaller guys with a better shot of defending them than Howard. Dante’s jumper is just as reliable as Howard’s.

No way Rudy should be getting main rotation minutes right now. None. Meanwhile, Roy and Nic played 19 minutes each. What?! Roy should have started, no question. Bayless played well and I think he’ll finish the series strong, but he encourages the pace that the Suns want to play.

Maybe you caught my tweet last night about this. The one lineup the Blazers absolutely need to have on the floor more than any other lineup: Dre, Roy, Nic, LA, Camby.

They played 0 minutes together last night. Not one second.

This one’s on Nate. And it’d be damn nice if LaMarcus showed some muscle inside and grabbed some defensive rebounds. He can’t be confused about getting called “soft” after a night like that. Oh, and those fade-away jumpers LA loves so much? Not sustainable. Get on the effing block, both ends. Ugh. That game was one the Blazers could have won.

]]> By: Coup http://ripcityproject.com/2010/04/27/blazers-88-suns-107-game-5-re-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-3632 Coup Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:59:53 +0000 http://ripcityproject.com/?p=3835#comment-3632 Even when Martell was good -- in November and January -- he hasn't been great. In fact, this series doesn't suit him perfectly in that it would help if he could do much off the dribble. But yes, I agree he should be among the first off the bench, and in the first half. Don't we know enough about Webster by now that if you sit him all half, he might be a little screwed up in the second half? Even when Martell was good — in November and January — he hasn’t been great. In fact, this series doesn’t suit him perfectly in that it would help if he could do much off the dribble. But yes, I agree he should be among the first off the bench, and in the first half. Don’t we know enough about Webster by now that if you sit him all half, he might be a little screwed up in the second half?

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