Hopefully everyone has realized that there's major issues that are not because of a personnel. I mean, we upgraded our forwards from Moe Harkless and Al-Farouq Aminu to a 19PPG 40% 3pt shooter and Robert freakin Covington. Also, we have more talent than the Nuggets and they have all the dreaded injuries. But they're beating us? When Dame is playing insane? No way to excuse Stotts. The guy needs to go.
Agreed. Stotts need to go. But also Powell is a shooting guard not a forward. But he is better than DJ and all of those guys. Neil also need to go with his failure to trade for a second star when he had harden wanting to come here and Leonard on the market at one point but instead decided to stay with his baby boy CJ
No need to talk about this. Even if we win this series it’s clear Stotts is gone. He should even want to step down himself
Why is Powell a SG not a SF? He has an 8'7 standing reach. Heard that Olshey offered CJ for Harden too. So if so, why should he get fired for supposedly not doing something that he actually did?
first thing....the standing reach argument is fucking dumb....IMO of course. With wingspan you could at least argue it might impact passing lanes. But Mark Eaton was the last player to play defense with standing reach and secondly, just where did you hear Olshey offered CJ for Harden?
You think where the top of your head is matters more than how far you can reach up? You contest shots by reaching up. You grab rebounds by reaching up. You dunk by jumping and reaching up. Forgot, might've been Quick.
yes, for sure, when there is a 7 inch difference in head height. Blazers, and Powell, are damn lucky Porter is so inexperienced in the playoffs. If Powell was defending Tatum or Lebron, his standing reach would not matter Quick said just the opposite IIRC. Said something like "Olshey wouldn't trade CJ for PG13...no reason to think that would change for Harden". Bottom line was he didn't know....again, IIRC
The Joker can not jump at all, watch him he stretches and gets on his tippy toes out but the dude doesn't jump.
The thing you do keep missing when talking about Norm's size is actual size. Yes he is long enough to play SF but look at his body. He isn't big enough. Just watch how Porter eclipses him on plays. The guy just isn't as tall or thick as a legit forward. The bigger problem is and always will be that CJ is completely out of position on defense when playing with Dame. I don't know why you like the roster we have and I don't know why you think that CJ and Dame are even close to a good fit next to each other.
This morning I got the chance to talk with someone who is a member of an NBA coaching fraternity. He went over some very specific details regarding the Blazer 'defense' and how poor their scheme is along with the subsequent very poor rotations. We went over specific plays and he pointed out how poorly coached each situation was over and over again.....to the point it almost couldn't be done worse. It was interesting to hear his perspective and highlighted what many of us have felt from what we see already.
I'm not liking some of the things said attributed to Powell because it makes me worry he won't re-sign in Portland
Besides money what does Portland offer that other teams would have a hard time meeting or beating. Sometimes its a simple as where you would like to live. I turned down several opportunities to relocate for more money, and it came down to where I wanted to live and family.
