I know Deni’s shot has been a struggle this season, but his playmaking and defense have been a godsend. I think we need to keep him in the starting lineup.
@@shawnc4268wtf r u talking about Norman Powell just hit his prime and 31. Deni is a hard worker and if u allow him patience instead of pushing him to the side u get the best side of him
I am proud of the work I do. I'm not looking for work at the four letter network though. But I will accept big bundles of cash in exchange for regular thoughts on the Trail Blazers.
During the last years that Deni played in Washington, I would wake up in the middle of the night in Israel and I did not miss one of his games. I didn't think Danny would end up in a team that could play worse than Washington. I know Deni well and his body language and it is quite clear that his acclimatization in Portland is very difficult for him. He doesn't seem to enjoy his team's game. deni came from Europe that all that matters in the European teams is the team victory and it doesn't matter how many points you add to your personal statistics. The game in Portland is not easy because every player in the team plays for himself and not for the team. In addition, with Deni, the whole game comes from the emotion and the head. Deni needs to feel belonging to the team he plays for and restore his confidence. We know that Deni knows how to play good basketball. Why doesn't it work in Portland??? For this, Portland has the professionals who need to understand it and handle the problem
The biggest issue is Chauncey. Why is the horrid coaching being ignored? They started the season getting blown out by over 30, This is exactly what they do!!!
"only someone who speculates about the team on a regular basis into this very microphone could've possibly seen coming, oh and HUNDREDS of you out there, as well." I lol'd
Sadly, I think Henderson is the elephant in the room because the young man with all of his physical gifts does not know how to manage a game. I wonder if benching Scoot for a couple of games and then insert Deni as point forward might prove beneficial.
@slimeonaplane673 That doesn't make him a good playmaker, that just mean his passes turned into buckets. Watch all his moves not just stat highlights. Russell Westbrook has 199 triple doubles, that doesn't contradict he's the worst player ever stepped in a basketball court.
The only thing that seems a bit different this year is trying to play faster. It seems like it has led to quick shots, which often results in poor shots. That is not really playing fast, just hurried. But the overlying problem is they are still building through the draft, while evaluating who stays and who goes. Playing hard and together is pretty much the opposite of those goals. Not sure how you fix that, but you can set expectations like playing your butt off and communicating better.
There's no chemistry with this team. That's why Deni is struggling, it's why everyone is struggling. There's no team leader, the GM downgrades every position, and Billups doesn't have experience coaching. Everyone had better stats before they became Blazers ,except for JG maybe
Whats wrong with Simons? He got an unfathomable bag from a sorry franchise that has made the mistake before while being told by numerous people something he is clearly not. Now you ride the grayhound across the country.
I think we blew it with Scoot, it forced Dame to ask for a trade, and made Simons feel unwanted. package that with Scoot being way farther behind then advertised and ya we blew it
THANK YOU!!!!! I've been saying this from day 2 (I gave him one day to see what he could do). He is NOT him and was seriously not the way to go. I didn't see him being the building block they keep trying to make him out to be...
It doesn't look like and I don't think something will ever change?... Deni will never gonna fit in with the way this team plays!... No spacing, clogging up the paint, lazy running and joining together to help in transition, poor screening, poor rolling on pick n' roll, poor availability for alley-oop passes, bad boxing out job and on top of everything, no ball movement, a lot of iso and forcing it which most times lead to a turnovers!
At the beginning of the season, after Shaed went down, I recommended that that they start Delano Banton. Now, i think that they put Deni back in and take out Camara.
This is silly. They can and will still lose plenty of games while trying to provide a mildly functional structure. Whether or not they succeed in creating that structure is another thing. But they obviously should and will /try/ to.
i just want the vets gone, as much as I like those guys its just not good to keep them, takes away too many minutes. Not only from the potential future mainstays like Shae or Scoot but even bench guys that could turn into good players like Jabari or Rayan, we've seen Jabari especially show that fight and tenacity whenever he gets minutes but he can't develop if he only gets like 5 a game
i wish i could slap some sense into casual fans such as yourself. Simons.........at 25 million dollars a year.....on a 4 year contract.......was unmovable the day he signed it without attaching assets. He is too small, low iq and inconsistent to be anything other than washed up Jamal Crawford. His market dictates he gets paid around 10 million at the most and I am being nice here. Nobody wants dead money with years left on the clock. How is this a hard concept to understand?
just think of them as a zoo and not a team. then it all make sense and more entertaining. plus too many elephants for a room but zoo is a different story.
At this point Blazers need to start with the low hanging fruit. Set a goal to reduce the number of uncontested lay ins they give up. Don't even worry about a successful defensive stand. Just make the opposition work harder for their scores for a change.
Several things can be true at once. Deni has played poorly, the Blazers have used him poorly, he is a bad fit with some of his new teammates including the starting center. You don't have to pick a thing when it's several things.
Bruh, with all due respect, Ant is 2nd in scoring and 2nd in assists. Through the first 10 games, he was first in both categories (19+ points a game). Yes, game 11 was absolutely horrendous. That's not reflective of the first 10, though. He'll bounce back.
In the first 10 games of the season Anfernee Simons was averaging 19 and 5 and shooting 39% from the floor. He was 26 of 82 from 3. Grade on whatever curve you want. Those are not the numbers of a good NBA player or even, like, a good version of Anfernee Simons, with all due respect.
@@LockedOnBlazersnot his best certainly. My point is questioning how he can be the elephant in the room when he's still outscoring everyone else not named JG (and he's not getting those buckets in garbage minutes, i.e. not stat padders). I just think he's getting way too much of the blame (in general, not just you) when this team pretty much as a whole has struggled consistently. He's not the biggest problem to fix. But yes, as you said, he's got to play better. And I'm confident he will. You also mentioned he's not getting the number of double teams he did last year. This is true. I believe it's in part due to his less consistent shooting at the start. I also believe it's because the ball isn't in his hands nearly as much, particularly when he and Scott share the court. So the open man just isn't there. Also, I 💯 agree with you regarding the dribble handoffs. I hate it. It rarely developed into what it's created to do and ends up being a waste of time. And they do it so many flipping times!!!! Anyway, as always, thanks for replying and for your podcast. I look forward to us having a GREAT game tonight. I'm speaking it into existence!
Simon’s will never be good. Good players don’t struggle this bad, he’s just not there in the head and he’s small like a skinny 8th grader. It will never happen. Trade him now before the league sees more of who he really is. Deny has that ideal contract because Washington saw the kind of games that he has been showing us in Portland. He showed flashes of a great player but nothing consistent. Again, that’s why he signed that lame contract because he knew the truth as well. This is who he is. Anyway hope Ptown gm’s will realize this.
He signed the contract when he averaged 9 pts a game lol In the last half of that season however, those numbers skyrocketed to 20 pts 10.5 reb 4 ast . Get your facts straight.
I know Deni’s shot has been a struggle this season, but his playmaking and defense have been a godsend. I think we need to keep him in the starting lineup.
Absolutely not, that guy has been terrible this year. I've said it from the beginning that was a terrible trade for Portland
@@shawnc4268The Wizards were patient with him & got a grate trade as a result his game elevated big time & that’s what he needs …time & patience
@Ripoispo Players don't usually "Peak" AFTER 5 years, they do it before. Last year was the best version of him, I doubt we see that here
@@shawnc4268wtf r u talking about Norman Powell just hit his prime and 31. Deni is a hard worker and if u allow him patience instead of pushing him to the side u get the best side of him
@IdanBitan-Zenkovich Lmao ok pal, I get it, you only watch the Blazers 🤣. Norman has ALWAYS been a scorer, so that is a TREERRIIBBLLEE comparison
Your pulling off an interesting daily podcast on a bad team. I think people are sleeping on your talent. ESPN where you at.
I am proud of the work I do. I'm not looking for work at the four letter network though. But I will accept big bundles of cash in exchange for regular thoughts on the Trail Blazers.
@LockedOnBlazers lol nice
C'mon man he's all we have. Don't tell the corpos about him
During the last years that Deni played in Washington, I would wake up in the middle of the night in Israel and I did not miss one of his games. I didn't think Danny would end up in a team that could play worse than Washington. I know Deni well and his body language and it is quite clear that his acclimatization in Portland is very difficult for him. He doesn't seem to enjoy his team's game. deni came from Europe that all that matters in the European teams is the team victory and it doesn't matter how many points you add to your personal statistics. The game in Portland is not easy because every player in the team plays for himself and not for the team. In addition, with Deni, the whole game comes from the emotion and the head. Deni needs to feel belonging to the team he plays for and restore his confidence. We know that Deni knows how to play good basketball. Why doesn't it work in Portland??? For this, Portland has the professionals who need to understand it and handle the problem
Worse Than the Wizards: A Portland Trail Blazers Story
At least bombs aren't waking you up in the middle of the night.
@@jirikurto3859
What that supposed to mean?
The biggest issue is Chauncey. Why is the horrid coaching being ignored? They started the season getting blown out by over 30, This is exactly what they do!!!
“We’ve lost more than this”
--After losing by 40 points.
@@Flowers4Fischl We lost by more than 60 twice last year.
Losing to get flag seems like a good idea to me
Ya and that’s another thing. Blazers do no player movement on offense. They all get into position and just stand there. Just bizarre
"only someone who speculates about the team on a regular basis into this very microphone could've possibly seen coming, oh and HUNDREDS of you out there, as well." I lol'd
After watching the Wolves game it's clear who the elephants were.
Sadly, I think Henderson is the elephant in the room because the young man with all of his physical gifts does not know how to manage a game. I wonder if benching Scoot for a couple of games and then insert Deni as point forward might prove beneficial.
scoot had 8 assists last game, no idea how you could come to that conclusion.
@slimeonaplane673
That doesn't make him a good playmaker, that just mean his passes turned into buckets.
Watch all his moves not just stat highlights.
Russell Westbrook has 199 triple doubles, that doesn't contradict he's the worst player ever stepped in a basketball court.
The only thing that seems a bit different this year is trying to play faster. It seems like it has led to quick shots, which often results in poor shots. That is not really playing fast, just hurried. But the overlying problem is they are still building through the draft, while evaluating who stays and who goes. Playing hard and together is pretty much the opposite of those goals. Not sure how you fix that, but you can set expectations like playing your butt off and communicating better.
There's no chemistry with this team. That's why Deni is struggling, it's why everyone is struggling. There's no team leader, the GM downgrades every position, and Billups doesn't have experience coaching. Everyone had better stats before they became Blazers ,except for JG maybe
Whats wrong with Simons? He got an unfathomable bag from a sorry franchise that has made the mistake before while being told by numerous people something he is clearly not. Now you ride the grayhound across the country.
I think we blew it with Scoot, it forced Dame to ask for a trade, and made Simons feel unwanted. package that with Scoot being way farther behind then advertised and ya we blew it
THANK YOU!!!!! I've been saying this from day 2 (I gave him one day to see what he could do). He is NOT him and was seriously not the way to go. I didn't see him being the building block they keep trying to make him out to be...
The answers for this young team, they come from within
It doesn't look like and I don't think something will ever change?... Deni will never gonna fit in with the way this team plays!... No spacing, clogging up the paint, lazy running and joining together to help in transition, poor screening, poor rolling on pick n' roll, poor availability for alley-oop passes, bad boxing out job and on top of everything, no ball movement, a lot of iso and forcing it which most times lead to a turnovers!
They could find a trade partner for Anfernee, but you're probably only getting expirings and maybe a protected pick or young player.
Scoot has been better playing with Khris Murray and Rupert (no disrespect). Give him the keys give him the confidence.
No player with 'gravity' on offence. All they can do is scrap on D this year. Not enough !
At the beginning of the season, after Shaed went down, I recommended that that they start Delano Banton. Now, i think that they put Deni back in and take out Camara.
Simons, Sharpe, Grant, Deni, Ayton
Then Scoot, Banton, RWiii, Clingan, Toumani
They're not TRYING to find solutions to early-season struggles, because they're tanking their faces off.
This is silly. They can and will still lose plenty of games while trying to provide a mildly functional structure. Whether or not they succeed in creating that structure is another thing. But they obviously should and will /try/ to.
I recommend deni a waterbed
i just want the vets gone, as much as I like those guys its just not good to keep them, takes away too many minutes. Not only from the potential future mainstays like Shae or Scoot but even bench guys that could turn into good players like Jabari or Rayan, we've seen Jabari especially show that fight and tenacity whenever he gets minutes but he can't develop if he only gets like 5 a game
Until Jody and Vulcan are replaced the Blazers are going to be a waste of space... and your time.
There's the elephant 🐘
We gotta move Simons for a pick. He hasn't taken a step forward in 3 years. He is what he is and its not what the Blazers need
i wish i could slap some sense into casual fans such as yourself. Simons.........at 25 million dollars a year.....on a 4 year contract.......was unmovable the day he signed it without attaching assets. He is too small, low iq and inconsistent to be anything other than washed up Jamal Crawford. His market dictates he gets paid around 10 million at the most and I am being nice here. Nobody wants dead money with years left on the clock. How is this a hard concept to understand?
I don't think too many teams are lining up to give up a pick for an undersized combo guard who can't defend
Deni is far from perfect. His shooting follows his confidence that follows drives once the the paint is clogged its hard to jump start this train
Maybe the team should visit the Portland Zoo and hang out with real elephants. Share some peanuts.
just think of them as a zoo and not a team. then it all make sense and more entertaining. plus too many elephants for a room but zoo is a different story.
At this point Blazers need to start with the low hanging fruit. Set a goal to reduce the number of uncontested lay ins they give up. Don't even worry about a successful defensive stand. Just make the opposition work harder for their scores for a change.
How is Ayton the reason Deni is struggling? Deni was never a good shooter in Washington and now he's blowing layups.
Several things can be true at once. Deni has played poorly, the Blazers have used him poorly, he is a bad fit with some of his new teammates including the starting center. You don't have to pick a thing when it's several things.
DA clogging the paint Deni can't drive.
Ayton's gotta go.
Look at the game Vs wolves
Bruh, with all due respect, Ant is 2nd in scoring and 2nd in assists. Through the first 10 games, he was first in both categories (19+ points a game). Yes, game 11 was absolutely horrendous. That's not reflective of the first 10, though. He'll bounce back.
In the first 10 games of the season Anfernee Simons was averaging 19 and 5 and shooting 39% from the floor. He was 26 of 82 from 3. Grade on whatever curve you want. Those are not the numbers of a good NBA player or even, like, a good version of Anfernee Simons, with all due respect.
@@LockedOnBlazersnot his best certainly. My point is questioning how he can be the elephant in the room when he's still outscoring everyone else not named JG (and he's not getting those buckets in garbage minutes, i.e. not stat padders). I just think he's getting way too much of the blame (in general, not just you) when this team pretty much as a whole has struggled consistently. He's not the biggest problem to fix. But yes, as you said, he's got to play better. And I'm confident he will.
You also mentioned he's not getting the number of double teams he did last year. This is true. I believe it's in part due to his less consistent shooting at the start. I also believe it's because the ball isn't in his hands nearly as much, particularly when he and Scott share the court. So the open man just isn't there.
Also, I 💯 agree with you regarding the dribble handoffs. I hate it. It rarely developed into what it's created to do and ends up being a waste of time. And they do it so many flipping times!!!!
Anyway, as always, thanks for replying and for your podcast. I look forward to us having a GREAT game tonight. I'm speaking it into existence!
Simon’s will never be good. Good players don’t struggle this bad, he’s just not there in the head and he’s small like a skinny 8th grader. It will never happen. Trade him now before the league sees more of who he really is.
Deny has that ideal contract because Washington saw the kind of games that he has been showing us in Portland. He showed flashes of a great player but nothing consistent. Again, that’s why he signed that lame contract because he knew the truth as well. This is who he is.
Anyway hope Ptown gm’s will realize this.
He signed the contract when he averaged 9 pts a game lol
In the last half of that season however, those numbers skyrocketed to 20 pts 10.5 reb 4 ast .
Get your facts straight.