Portland Trailblazers – Page 18

Al-Farouq Aminu 19 Points Full Highlights (1/12/2018)

Al-Farouq Aminu always looks like a hobo. His nickname is “chief” but no African chief would be so undignified in their appearance. They would either have a real beard, or they would keep a close shave. They wouldn’t have a patchy hobo beard that looks like it was the result of two weeks’ neglect +…

Jusuf Nurkic 19 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/12/2018)

Jusuf Nurkic vs. DeMarcus Cousins. Most intense center matchup in recorded (as opposed to unrecorded, frickin’ Wilt 100 points full highlights why do they not exist) NBA history? An especially enterprising entrepreneur would set up some sort of celebrity MMA match between the two and charge a ton of money for it on Pay-Per-View. They…

Shabazz Napier 21 Points Full Highlights (1/9/2018)

Shabazz Napier for MIP? It’s not going to happen because his raw stats/minutes played are still on the low side, but it’s impressive how much he’s improved since last season. Yeah, his minutes have doubled which resulted in most of the gain in numbers, but he’s way more efficient and looks like a real NBA…

Maurice Harkless 19 Points Full Highlights (1/7/2018)

In between this game, where he scored nineteen points, and the game on December 23 where he dropped 22 on the Lakers, Moe Harkless has gotten the following statlines: Vs Phi: 8/2/2/1/1 At Atl: 6/1/0/1/0 At Chi: 0/1/0/1/0 At Cle: 3/1/1/0/1 Sure, his average minutes per game was in the upper teens for that span,…

Jusuf Nurkic 23 Points Full Highlights (1/2/2018)

If Jusuf Nurkic was a deli meat, what kind of deli meat would he be? It’s a tough question. At first I was totally like “salami” because salami is a pretty good deli meat, but not the best one, kind of like how Nurkic is a pretty good player but not the best one. So…

Pat Connaughton 16 Points Full Highlights (1/1/2018)

Pat “Irish Kobe” Connaughton (sorry Johnny O’Bryant I’m temporarily repurposing your nickname) may be one of the least stat-prone players in the league. Like a white Tony Snell. Just kind of out there, sometimes shooting threes, sometimes not, acting as a 5th man who doesn’t necessarily need or even want the ball. Still, he’s a…

Evan Turner 22 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (1/1/2018)

Evan Turner is getting paid SO MUCH MONEY. Holy damn. Blazers fans are already acutely aware of this fact, and maybe everyone else is as well, but I’m still surprised every time I look at Portland’s cap situation. What were they thinking with that? He was fine in Boston, maybe edging towards “good”, but did…

Al-Farouq Aminu 24 Points Full Highlights (1/1/2018)

It’s easy to forget that Al-Farouq Aminu was a top-10 pick once upon a time. I guess in a way he still is. There were reasons for why he was drafted that high, real reasons that were really reached by real NBA GMs. Those reasons are gone now. One of them might have been “defense”,…

Shabazz Napier 21 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (12/30/2017)

Three straight 20-point games in a row for Shabazz Napier. I normally would say something like “who even needs Damian Lillard right now”, but I’m pretty sure that, despite this nice stretch for ShabazzleDazzle, LIllard remains the better player. Hot take, I know. What the Blazers could consider doing is maybe dialing back Lillard’s minutes…