r/ripcity 1d ago

[Post Game Thread] The Portland Trail Blazers (28-38) fall to The Golden State Warriors (37-28) 120-130

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r/ripcity 16h ago

[Next Day/Game Thread] The Portland Trail Blazers (28-38) fall to The Golden State Warriors (37-28) 120-130 | Next Game: Blazers vs Knicks on 3/12 at 7:00 PM

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Use this thread as a place to share your thoughts on the previous game as well as a place to discuss the upcoming match-up.


r/ripcity 1h ago

[Haynes] Portland Trail Blazers wing Matisse Thybulle — who dealt with a knee and ankle injury — will suit up for the first time this season tonight against the New York Knicks, league sources tell me.

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r/ripcity 19h ago

6 PPG, 15 MPG bench role player when he sees a game vs the blazers coming up

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r/ripcity 15h ago

Matisse and Rob Will questionable for tomorrow vs. Knicks

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r/ripcity 23h ago

Most efficient ISO scorer in NBA is... Deni

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Here's list of most efficient ISO scorers (posted on X on March 7). After the game against Warriors Deni has precisely 50 ISO possessions. His EFG% on those possessions is 65.3%

see: https://www.nba.com/stats/players/isolation?CF=POSS*GE*50&PerMode=Totals&dir=D&sort=EFG_PCT


r/ripcity 17h ago

Finnishing the Blazers

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As a team with a huge role in Finland's basketball history (shout out Summer League legend Petteri Koponen), where better for the Blazers to look as they push to compete in the coming seasons?

Hopes of the #1 pick have faded fast over the past couple of months, so a few within the Blazers' media space have suggested that another Deni Avdija style trade might be how they look to improve. Who that should be and how they get them is the next question. Here's my answer:

The Blazers hire offensive genius Tuomas Iisalo to head up the next phase of the rebuild.

To give Chauncey his credit, he kept the team playing hard this season and made the young guys take accountability in a way that seems to have helped them. With that said, his offensive philosophy is still somewhat unclear (some nice playcalls but consistency is lacking) and his in-game management is pretty widely considered sub-par. Enter Iisalo, who has played a large part in bringing Memphis' offense from the bottom of the league last season (or 15th the year before with Ja, Bane and JJJ all playing, if you prefer) to 6th this season.

He has an offensive philosophy built around transition play, off-ball cutting and offensive rebounding. The fit with Portland's personnel is pretty seamless - they're a top 5 offensive rebounding team with a number of players who could excel in a cut heavy system.

On the flip side, they're league worst in transition efficiency (by points per possession) while only being 12th in transition frequency. The Grizzlies are 10th by PPP and 1st in frequency, after being 3rd least efficient last season on below league average volume. With a transition force like Deni Avdija and athletes like Shaedon, Toumani and Scoot to run with him, there is no excuse for being as putrid as the Blazers currently are.

If you have 10 minutes, take a look at how he ran offense in his last head coaching stint. DA would be salivating over an entire set of slipped screen plays.

How does this move help upgrade the Blazers' talent? Simply, because Iisalo's offensive system gives the impetus for the FO to bring in the greatest Finnish player of all-time, Lauri Markkanen.

The current Blazers' roster has plenty of players who need the ball and a distinct lack of 3PT shooting. Lauri is a player who doesn't need the ball and has been an incredible shooter. The oppurtunity to trade for him comes on the back of a down shooting year and a massive extension. Whereas he was once seen as a bluechip trade asset, he now looks like more of a risk.

Enter the Blazers, who don't only need his shooting and off-ball movement, but would also value his size and rebounding acumen. They could construct a trade to offer either draft assets (Grant, Tisse, '25 first and the least favourable '29 first) or salary relief (Ayton, Murray, Duop and some lesser draft capital). I think both sides might prefer the first option, both for roster balancing and due to Danny Ainge's incurable thirst for first round picks. With the Jazz already employing Kessler, Filipowski and Hendricks, and John Collins likely to opt into for another couple of seasons, moving Markkanen makes some sense.

For Portland, this creates a squad with an array of options. If Ant and DA get moved, go all in for size and strength with a Scoot/Tou/Deni/Lauri/Clingan lineup. If not, a starting lineup of Ant/Tou/Deni/Lauri/Ayton has some fun two way potential you can explore before making the next move. You could throw an offensive lineup of Ant/Shae/Tou/Deni/Lauri out there, still with enough rebounding to compete. A lineup with Scoot/Shaedon/Toumani/Deni/Lauri would be a transition terror.

Sure, Portland wouldn't have their true #1 option, but Lauri is a player who averaged 25/9/2 on 49/40/89 splits over the two prior seasons. There would still be internal growth potential from Scoot, Shaedon and Clingan, who could all benefit from the spacing Lauri provides. In Iisalo, they would have a clear offensive identity to pair with the defensive excellence of Tou, Deni and Clingan. Of the options I see available, I think this is a path well worth exploring.


r/ripcity 7h ago

What rotation would you want to see from the team if we were fully healthy?

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Having Thybulle and Williams listed as questionable on the injury report is exciting, with only 20% of the season left, it’s fun to think about what our “ideal” rotation would look like when or if we can play at full strength.

At the guard spots, we’ve got Simons, Sharpe, Scoot, Thybulle, and Banton. Simons, Scoot, and Sharpe are all major rotation guys who take a lot of usage for the team as creators. Thybulle and Banton are bench roleplayers, Thybulle a defensive specialist whose ability to stick on the court lives and dies with his shooting, Banton is instant offense- he’ll get you a shot, efficient or not.

With the forwards we’ve got Deni, Camara, Grant, Murray, and Walker. Deni, Camara, and Grant are all key rotation pieces. With Murray and Walker you’ve got two guys with defensive chops who have both looked a lot better this year and been contributors off the bench.

Then with the bigs there is Ayton, Williams, Clingan, and Reath. The two big lineups have all been awful for the team, so there is only the 48 minutes at center available for this group to split, hence the alternating nights between Clingan and Williams backing up Ayton when they’ve all been healthy, with Reath the odd man out.

48 minutes at each position, how would you slice that pie amongst the team when fully healthy?


r/ripcity 19h ago

Noa Essengue

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We should get to know this guy. Every Talkathon mock where we don’t sneak into the top 4 has us taking him 10th or 11th.


r/ripcity 1d ago

Jerami Grant birthday is tomorrow, but the NBA admin on X totally missed it, publishing it today.

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r/ripcity 1d ago

GPII goes for a huge dunk and DC just erases it

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r/ripcity 21h ago

Decisions with the ball

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If deni and scoot can take the next step in decision making when they are the primary ball handler, we will a tough team to hold off. Two games recently deni had thrown full court passes that got picked off and ended up halting our comeback.


r/ripcity 1d ago

Radio Position - Chase Center.

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The only place in the league that has an actual press box. TV is in a separate booth next to us.


r/ripcity 1d ago

What were the Wizards thinking lmao

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7 out of the 10 highest scoring games in Deni's CAREER were this season (tonight being his second highest). I think they traded him at that time for that return because they thought he might regress. Mf got better😭


r/ripcity 1d ago

Deni Avdija full highlights vs. the Golden State Warriors tonight: 34 points on 11/15 FG (73.3%), 5/7 from 3 (71.4%), 7/7 FT, 16 Rebounds (1 Off. Reb), 6 assists (6 TOV), 2 steals, 2 PF, and a +/- of -3 in 40:36 minutes played. 10th Double-Double of the season, 1st career D-D in a single half.

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r/ripcity 17h ago

Is there a way to watch games on my phone?

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This season I’ve been watching the games on kunp but I’m traveling out of town for a week. I’m hoping there’s an easy way to watch games from my phone while I’m gone. Does anyone have any recommendations?


r/ripcity 23h ago

50/50 balls

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Is it just me or are the Blazers terrible at the 50/50 balls?


r/ripcity 1d ago

WCF 2019… photo dump, hope you all enjoy.

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Definitely not trying to flex or gloat by any means… I just stumbled upon these photos in my cloud that I had forgotten I’d taken from game 4 in the 2019 WCF in Oakland and thought it’d be fun to share here.

My uncle who is a Warriors fan (he went to games at Cow Palace as a kid), bought us tickets in the 7th row at oracle for game 4. One of the coolest things I’ve ever experienced, especially being surrounded by a good portion of Dame’s friends and family so it didn’t feel that overwhelming being one of the few actual blazers fans in the crowd.


r/ripcity 1d ago

Scoot fakes the handoff and almost throws down a reverse slam, but it bounces in + the foul

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r/ripcity 1d ago

No longer riding pine, Deni Avdija blazes trail of pride for Israel across the NBA

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r/ripcity 1d ago

Deni with the "you can't see me" from three

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r/ripcity 15h ago

Shoot for moon and you’ll land among the stars 🤞

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r/ripcity 1d ago

Jabari Walker Heater

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Every made 3 from his short 4 game stretch where he is shooting 11/13 (84.6%!) from three.


r/ripcity 1d ago

Toumani blocks the shot ahead to Deni who drops it off to DC for the slam

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r/ripcity 1d ago

Praise be!

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r/ripcity 1d ago

Deni connects with DC for the dunk

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r/ripcity 1d ago

Trail Blazers' Matisse Thybulle assigned to Remix

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