Blazers @ Suns Game Thread 11-21-12

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Morris really hitting his shots. Gortat also doing a good job but man, what wouldn't i give to see him dunk some of those balls emphatically. He needs to develop a "big man mentality" around the rim.
 
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Again way to Gentry, Goran needs to sit 7 minutes in the second. Where's Beasley btw...

If Gentry is smart, Tucker will be getting a lot of Beasley's minutes in the future. Where is Phrazbit saying he told us so.
 

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Morris does so much better when he doesn't have to create his own shots.
 

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If Gentry is smart, Tucker will be getting a lot of Beasley's minutes in the future. Where is Phrazbit saying he told us so.

I think Beasley's play is doing my speaking for me.

Dragic/Tucker/Morris/Gortat and whoever has the hot hand between Brown and Dudley is probably our best 5.

I hope tonight's game is a sign that Morris' struggles were more about bad pairings in the 2nd unit and now having far better spacing with Gortat.

He still does some wonky things out there. Whenever he hesitates on his jumper I could swear he travels every-time. And he really needs to get better about going up strong when he gets the ball right under the hoop (that goes for Marcin too).

But so far so good with the new lineup.
 

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Its also worth noting Portland probably has the worst bench in the league. If they could get some players in their 2nd unit they'd be a good team. That starting lineup is solid.
 

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If Gentry is smart, Tucker will be getting a lot of Beasley's minutes in the future. Where is Phrazbit saying he told us so.

actually I think the same, Tucker needs to play more and it's not like Beasley can only play one position.
 
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I think Beasley's play is doing my speaking for me.

Dragic/Tucker/Morris/Gortat and whoever has the hot hand between Brown and Dudley is probably our best 5.

I hope tonight's game is a sign that Morris' struggles were more about bad pairings in the 2nd unit and now having far better spacing with Gortat.

He still does some wonky things out there. Whenever he hesitates on his jumper I could swear he travels every-time. And he really needs to get better about going up strong when he gets the ball right under the hoop (that goes for Marcin too).

But so far so good with the new lineup.

I wonder how long Gentry will stick to starting Beasley because I think this is all on Blanks and Babby... not Gentry's call. Beasley will either respond or just get worse.
 
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Its also worth noting Portland probably has the worst bench in the league. If they could get some players in their 2nd unit they'd be a good team. That starting lineup is solid.

As AzStevenCal said correctly, Leonard could develop into a very good center.
 

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Wow, Aldridge looked like a rookie there vs. Morris.
 

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What happened to Aldridge? I thought he was going to turn out to be o e of the better PF/C
 

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"Phoenix getting a little out of sync right now on offense"

Pssssssssssst, its because Beasley is back in the game.
 
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Why didn't Leonard get a T. It looked like he threw an elbow near Gortat and he was doing some talking.
 

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Man is Lillard good. Morris looks great out there with Gortat tonight. Not many of those dumb SMH moments for the Suns tonight.
 

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OMG, Morris showing some amazing agility. Who is this guy?!
 
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I can't believe that move by Morris.
 

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Morris is a new man in the starting lineup. Agile PF with strength and intelligence.
 

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A lot more spacing for Gortat in this game. He's getting space to shoot.
 
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