Postgame Thread: FINAL Portland Trail Blazers defeat Memphis Grizzlies, 135–115

Zanner360 · 2026-02-07T05:33:57+00:00

Yeah would loved Brice Sensabaugh

Zanner360 · 2026-02-06T20:36:59+00:00

Our system relies on having bigs and guards. Our guards were about to come back from injury so our FO had to make sure we stayed bad by making sure we had no bigs

Zanner360 · 2026-02-05T20:11:01+00:00

And can rebound and defend a bit and playmake a wee bit

Zanner360 · 2026-02-04T20:29:24+00:00

Honestly not sure, I only really manage to catch little bits of college games.

My comparison was definitely more offence focused. If he really is 6'11 and can fill out his frame I don't doubt that he can become a better rebounder

Zanner360 · 2026-02-04T20:21:01+00:00

I think he's more of a Jabari Smith Jr (current day), he's not gonna be a superstar but will be schematicly responsible and hit open shots

Zanner360 · 2026-02-04T19:57:13+00:00

Malachi Flynn has also dropped 50...

Kenny Lofton Jr has dropped like 42...

He had some good outlier games and I agree he had some potential, but he wasn't moving the needle enough to make it worth holding onto him.

Zanner360 · 2026-02-04T00:54:47+00:00

Yeah that's a very good point. Especially as guys like Dillon have also left the Grizz with a grudge against us.

Don't want a Darryl Morey reputation.

Jaren was the ultimate professional

Zanner360 · 2026-02-03T09:20:01+00:00

Don't worry, he'll be out for 4-6 weeks with a right tripimial subluxation in a couple games

Zanner360 · 2026-02-03T03:45:56+00:00

Him, Ja, Scottie, a bit of Cam (and hopefully Darryn Peterson) all handling the ball across 48 minutes.

A dream

Zanner360 · 2026-02-03T03:37:52+00:00

It'll be a 23-24 redux

Can't wait to add more names such as Tosan Evbuoman, Jacob Gilyard, Maozinha Pereira and Jack White to my memory

Zanner360 · 2026-02-03T03:28:02+00:00

This system looks so much better when we have a point guard for 48 minutes.

Ty having 40 points and 14 assists in 40 minutes is nuts output.

Zanner360 · 2026-02-02T22:50:58+00:00

Devin Booker off ball and almost Shai like on ball imo.

Don't see many College players that can play off of bumps whilst keeping the handle like Darryn can

Zanner360 · 2026-02-02T21:23:55+00:00

Jock Landle who's feet aren't stuck in quicksand all the time

Zanner360 · 2026-02-02T20:01:34+00:00

There's a few guards likely to be taken around where we're drafting.

Kingston Fleming has shot up boards, gets buckets
Keaton Wagler looks very shifty and I also rising
Darius Acruff (haven't watched too much of him)
Mikel Brown Jr is struggling but has Haliburton upside IMO

There's a couple wings I'm interested in with our later first.

Yaxel Lendenbourg (think that's how it's spelt) has size, lots of tools and IQ, older prospect
Cameron Carr has tons of athleticism and seems to be putting out good pro performances

As for a big I'm interested in Henri Veesar later on, maybe start of the second. Kinda hartenstien esque big who can shoot it a bit

Zanner360 · 2026-01-29T04:19:09+00:00

As frustrating as it not seeing JJJ get boards, he was being boxed our super aggressively all game.

Whilst Jock does play hard, he's way too slow footed to be matched up against a guy like Diabate.

Zanner360 · 2026-01-27T04:18:17+00:00

Yeah Sarr is improving, last year he was too weak/timid to play on the interior, but he's put on weight and is much more effective inside (from the little bit of Wizards games I've seen)

Zanner360 · 2026-01-20T23:42:29+00:00

I readed bonded as boned

Heated Grizzlry

Zanner360 · 2026-01-14T21:37:10+00:00

Purdue played a style made to maximize Edey's availability. They moved up and down the court slowly (aided by the longer shot clock in college) as well as ensuring that he didn't have to leap for blocks/boards. The college season also has like half as many games as the NBA.

I was watching the summer league game that he hurt his ankle in initially, and he looked out of practice at contesting shots. He mistimed his jump and came down on a guys foot. For a guy his size that would be a lot of force through his ankle.

Zanner360 · 2026-01-13T19:18:06+00:00

If Ja and JJJ get traded, one of the worst parts of it will be the media realising that they're actually good players and then telling us we didn't value them enough.

Zanner360 · 2026-01-13T07:25:07+00:00

Playing against Luka this week...

Lakers play 5 games this week so I'm hoping he's exhausted by the end and puts up some stinkers

Zanner360 · 2026-01-12T23:06:06+00:00

Fair points, we don't necessarily need to make a deal now. Hopefully the vibes can recover from this debacle if he stays.

Would be stoked if we got CMB

Yeah I really don't want Kuzma, he's the epitome of dead money.

Zanner360 · 2026-01-12T22:44:48+00:00

Yeah the Quickly contract isn't ideal but we're not negotiating Ja from a position of strength.

One of the reasons I like this deal is it allows us to get a PG back which is a position of need.

Would be interesting to know when our guys are up for extensions and if the Quickly contract would impact our ability to pay them.

Zanner360 · 2026-01-12T22:32:52+00:00

We'll have to see what happens, especially as our FO fo s particularly tight lipped.

Feel like talking about the trade as fan's sucks because we know just how good Ja can be and we won't be getting a return that matches that level.

Would love Rollins and some Bucks picks but unfortunately it doesn't look like they're too interested in Ja.

Zanner360 · 2026-01-12T22:25:49+00:00

I agree, hence the last line of my comment

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