Comments on: Every Rose Has Its Thorn

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:57:47 +0000

I don’t see a lot of Artest holding the ball up on the offense either. A little with the second unit, if the other team sags off and takes away post entry passes, then he can tend to try to create. But for the most part I think he has fit in the offensive flow with the starters pretty well of late.

By: Darius

Darius — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:40:47 +0000

#61. Davis,
I don’t want to be harsh, but I think that article is trash. The author speaks some truths about the inefficienies in the offense – decreased shooting percentages for LO and Fisher and how Ron gets his shots, but I don’t see much (if any) of Ron holding the ball or looking for his own shot or over dribbling looking to make a play for someone else. I’d say that our offensive drop off is more related to our team as a whole not running our sets with as much crispness or energy. I’ve seen us too reliant on shot making and not on creating shots for eachother. I’ve seen too many isolations and not enough backside cutting and screening. And I’ve seen far too little ball movement. To even imply that this is because of Artest is faulty reasoning, at best.

By: thisisweaksauce

thisisweaksauce — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:26:26 +0000

Davis (61),

I definitely believe it may have some merit. The offense has a different look this year, and it makes sense to look at the personnel that is different this year (Artest and a healthy Drew).

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:19:10 +0000

new post up

http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2010/01/08/preview-chat-the-portland-trailblazers-8/

By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:03:41 +0000

We need the Warren Wee Lim first post mojo on the preview!

By: Davis

Davis — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:22 +0000

As an everyday reader of this site, I am often amused by other sites’ interpretations of the Lakers. What do you guys think about this one at Fox Sports? http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/is-artest-ruining-lakers-triangle

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:58:51 +0000

Preview coming soon, sorry for the delay. Got stuck on Pete Carroll duty at the other job and it’s been hectic.

By: dave in hillsboro

dave in hillsboro — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:56:24 +0000

18/19, believe me, I know how bad the Blazers announcers are. 20 games a year are on the local NBC affiliate, usually including all the Lakers games.

The funny thing is, some Blazer fans seem to have it in their heads that the Mikes are somehow better than 95% of the announcers in the league. Speaking as someone who samples a lot of games on any given night, I can say with confidence they rank, at best, twentieth in the league.

I put Joel and Stu pretty high, but I have to give the top spot to Walt Frazier and Mike Breen, more for the former than the latter. I also think highly of the Warriors guys, who have gotten a lot better over the years.

The worst announcers, though, are actually the ones who display gross ignorance of the game, such as the OKC announcers and the Grizzlies announcers. Portland’s guys are marginally knowledgeable, though they do get stuff wrong, but their fatal flaw is definitely the absolute lack of objectivity.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:44:54 +0000

46. I caught some of a D-Fenders game not that long ago, and I wouldn’t be looking there for anyone who can step in and help from there. Not in the short term.

By: ken

ken — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:41:45 +0000

Not much talk about Fisher aganist the Clips. 3 turnover in first 2 minutes, 16 points from assists or buckets from Davis in the first 6 minutes, minus 15 for the game. brown was a plus 4 and Davis only scored 4 points while guarded by Brown. AGAIN D fish is the WORST starting point guard in the NBA. Every coach knows it thats why they clear the court like Clips did and have the PG go one on one. BENCH FISHER!