Lickity Brindle | Rip City

Longtime Blazers fan. Blazers thoughts, occasional graphics and whatever else catches my interest. Here for good Rip City discussion.

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Yang definitely has some offensive chops

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good morning, we got some practice edits for y'all

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Rip City Storylines: Energy Guys

Vit: Can he become a sniper off the bench?
Sidy: Is his energy too hard to ignore?
Sochan: Can he carve out a meaningful role?

With a crowded rotation, who earns the minutes?
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A bunch of our better players are playing with a chip on their shoulder this year. Love training camp footage

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Got some footage from scrimmage day

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@DanClarkSports Good point

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@johncanzanobft He’s been calling WNBA games and either they didn’t dig up his twitter past or didn’t find it to be a problem. Also, they traded for Ja Morant who’s had a bit of a past himself.

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🤦🏼‍♂️

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There it is, in the 11th hour. He sounds like a decent broadcaster. Glad Hurd and Brooke are back.

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@SleeperBlazers 😆@ nevermind

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There it is, in the 11th hour. He sounds like a decent broadcaster. Glad Hurd and Brooke are back.

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Rip City Storylines: Defensive Monsters
Three very different defensive questions.
Toumani: back to All-Defense?
Timelord: can he put together back-to-back healthy seasons?
Jrue: still the closer?
Which one are you watching closest?
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@ShiloJoslin It’s such a tricky contract situation with his ups and downs and injuries. I don’t think he’s earned a shaedon sized contract, but I don’t think he’ll accept less and he’d rather bet on himself in free agency

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@ShiloJoslin I think he bets on himself if it’s not at least Shaedon’s contract 4/90$.

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@ShiloJoslin If it’s me, I’d start Dame and Jrue. With Tou, Deni and Clingan. I love the balance of that lineup so much more than dame/Ja. Plus, to me Ja/Scoot/Rob Will off the bench could be fun.

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Nothing gets me more amped for the season than a training camp vid.

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we are so back

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@DaWhiteWolf1776 @SleeperBlazers I agree

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@BretSimmonsbbq @SleeperBlazers Body language throughout the morning, just wasn’t good vibes like you’d hope

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@syngyChi @trailblazers Thought the same thing, he looks bigger

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Rip City Storylines: Young Core
Scoot finding his place among the deep backcourt. Shaedon working his way back. Clingan trying to add real offensive tools and will Ja/Dame make life easier for him?
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@TwoForOneTalk I agree that Sidy will probably get run. Defensive energy guy that impacts the game. I feel like Potter will earn minutes with his ability to play 4 or small ball 5 and knock down 3's at a good clip.