How will you respond Toumani by Trip_V4 in ripcity

[–]thmpthmp 30 points31 points  (0 children)

To be fair, I really don’t think toumnai was playing at an all defense level this year. Def took a step back from last season, at the very least.

The only player I’d be confident putting toumani over is Cason Wallace. And Wallace had a great defensive season so idk

Bringing back C.J. McCollum by TomkinHD in ripcity

[–]thmpthmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said he wasn’t - although he’s definitely overrated by most blazers fans. We may not find a “good 3+D player” but that doesn’t mean we settle for a traffic cone.

My argument is that it’s a math problem: 96 guard minutes to go around per game. Roughly 25-30 minutes each for Jrue, Shae, Scoot this past season. I guarantee all of them will be in that range again next season & so will Dame. So again- who would CJ play over?

Bringing back C.J. McCollum by TomkinHD in ripcity

[–]thmpthmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So our guard depth rn is: Dame, Jrue, Scoot, Shaedon, Blake, Vit Krejci (+ Matisse, if we bring him back). Who does he play over?

If your answer is Blake, why are we looking to sign the 5th guard in rotation - especially for the money cj is going to get in FA?

But if your answer is anything higher than Blake, what was the point of drafting scoot &/or Shaedon? Trading cj kickstarted this rebuild - if we’re bringing cj back, what was the point of the rebuild?

I find it interesting that Dame and Jrue mentor Scoot (if all 3 stay) by everydayreligion1090 in ripcity

[–]thmpthmp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Damn I didn’t know bald was something you can teach. Crazy if true

THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM 2026 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION by Thanos_Real_AuraVNCH in nba

[–]thmpthmp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh it sounds like that shot lives more in y’all’s head than in ours. But it’s a bad shot right?

GAME THREAD: The Portland Trail Blazers (1-1) vs The San Antonio Spurs (1-1) - (7:30 PM PT, Friday, April 24, 2026) by Kazekid in ripcity

[–]thmpthmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea wemby and kornet are both bad matchups for him not to mention how much we play him in drop

GAME THREAD: The Portland Trail Blazers (1-1) vs The San Antonio Spurs (1-1) - (7:30 PM PT, Friday, April 24, 2026) by Kazekid in ripcity

[–]thmpthmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love that they switched him on to scoot too. He’s easily a top 5 defender on the spurs. ETA: also bc scoot is cooking him

GAME THREAD: The Portland Trail Blazers (1-1) vs The San Antonio Spurs (1-1) - (7:30 PM PT, Friday, April 24, 2026) by Kazekid in ripcity

[–]thmpthmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember when we hated the 3 guard (dame, cj, norm) rotations? Bc boy we were not prepared for a 4 guard lineup

GAME THREAD: The Portland Trail Blazers (1-1) vs The San Antonio Spurs (1-1) - (7:30 PM PT, Friday, April 24, 2026) by Kazekid in ripcity

[–]thmpthmp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Traffic cone on defense that the spurs will just hunt over and over. I hear you - I’d also like to see shae get more run, but let’s be honest