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What is the main contributing factor to the Blazers' poor record?

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I think this is part of the problem; the Blazers always seem slow to make the next move on offense. Is it because they are trying too hard to do the right thing?
"Then Lillard on Sunday tucked an interesting nugget in his explanation about the team’s chemistry and how the Blazers have good on-court chemistry, they just don’t sustain it consistently. He noted how good teams have players who are able to get themselves out of ruts by identifying go-to plays or make adjustments on the fly.

'We are looking to the sideline for direction,' Lillard said. 'I think if we can get to the point where we govern ourselves and figure things out for ourselves while we are in the middle of (a lull), I think it will help us.'

It wasn’t meant as a dig at Billups, but rather an illustration of how this team is still reliant upon their coach to direct them and lead them out of turbulence. I think it’s become evident this team is thinking a lot, and not just instinctually playing.

Ultimately, that is on the coach. Billups has to find a way to unlock these guys, make them feel free, yet keep them within the parameters of his vision of how they should play."
 
I would start hart at the two and bring Ant off the bench. Put Naz in at 3. Hart does a good job of pushing the ball up court and is a better passer than Simons at this point. He also is much better at taking it to the rack and getting buckets. Ant missed an easy three on 1 last night, instead Turing there ball over. Dame has proven he can also play off the ball with hart bringing it up quickly and moving the offense. Simons could take be a scorer off the bench another area we lack. If he's on fire at the end of games leave him in.
Dame and Ant slow it down way to much. Last night a few times Grant pushed the ball up and created with guys moving.
 
1) Nurkic has been chronically overrated for years. He’s soft and not smart.
2) Ownership is as shitty as it gets
3) Chauncey has never coached. He’s very close to becoming Steve Nash. Ex nba stars usually don’t work out.
4) feels like a lot of guys got paid and just riding it out
5) refusal to consider Lillard trade because of feelings
6) Need second star and Grant isn’t it. Never was it. Not close.
7) years and years of willingly being a .500 8th seed type team and being totally happy with it couldn’t stockpile any young pieces or potentially hit that homerun in the draft.
 
I think the biggest issue is the trade deadline is February 9th and everyone wants answers on January 23rd. Sucks waiting, but when the made trades before the deadline last year they were blasted for not waiting until the deadline for a possible better deal. I bet we won't see anything until the deadline this year.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Fortunately, Nurk doesn't have to guard a chair. At various times during his career he has had elite defensive numbers. He's still a far better team defender than Eubanks. Don't let Eubanks' sexy blocks mislead you: he's the white Montrezl Harrell - he flatters to deceive, and is deservedly a bench player (and probably not even that on a good team). But what Nurk is, is maddeningly inconsistent. He was our best player in the two games against Dallas, the last time we looked dominant against a half-decent team. But he's just a fucking foul magnet.
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Unfortunately Nurk has a huge body, but mentally he is a midget. He has this crazy idea imprinted on him since many years ago that he is has so much talent and being underutilised so when he doesn't get enough balls he checks out mentally.



Eubanks is defintely not better, but at some point effort has to be rewarded and something needs to be changed. Nurk not winning as any games anyway. We are literally close to the bottom of the Conference as it is.
 
Honest question but is Ant a better player than Norman Powell right now?
 
calvin natt said:
1) Nurkic has been chronically overrated for years. He’s soft and not smart.
2) Ownership is as shitty as it gets
3) Chauncey has never coached. He’s very close to becoming Steve Nash. Ex nba stars usually don’t work out.
4) feels like a lot of guys got paid and just riding it out
5) refusal to consider Lillard trade because of feelings
6) Need second star and Grant isn’t it. Never was it. Not close.
7) years and years of willingly being a .500 8th seed type team and being totally happy with it couldn’t stockpile any young pieces or potentially hit that homerun in the draft.
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This is all true.
 
Hoopguru said:
I would start hart at the two and bring Ant off the bench. Put Naz in at 3. Hart does a good job of pushing the ball up court and is a better passer than Simons at this point. He also is much better at taking it to the rack and getting buckets. Ant missed an easy three on 1 last night, instead Turing there ball over. Dame has proven he can also play off the ball with hart bringing it up quickly and moving the offense. Simons could take be a scorer off the bench another area we lack. If he's on fire at the end of games leave him in.
Dame and Ant slow it down way to much. Last night a few times Grant pushed the ball up and created with guys moving.
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I would even like to see a lineup without Lillard or Simons, with Hart as the point guard and Sharpe as the other guard. Fill in the rest as you like. I would have Little, Grant and Nurkic.
I think Billups has it in his head that those two are always indispensable.
 
wizenheimer said:
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Powell's one big advantage is that he gets to the FT line

that can't be discounted....getting to the FT line is very important
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He also gets 50% more rebounds (offensive and defensive) and 50% more steals and almost three times as many blocks per 100 minutes. He's also shooting over 42% from three point line (which is actually where I intuitively gave Ant the edge, not looking at the numbers, probably because of the games where he's been SO GOOD sticking in my mind).

I'd say Powell is definitely a better player than Ant right now, although I suspect and hope Simons will surpass him by the time he gets to age 29.
 
the Blazers have wholesale given up on defending the paint. Too small, to many guards, no weakside defense.

Outscoring opponents is the strategy. OK. This only works when the Blazers can connect from distance, and get the ball down low to Nurkic and Grant. When the Blazers face opposition that plays physical defense, spray and pray from beyond the arc has gotten the Blazers where? Below the .500 ball threshold.
 
Whyachi said:
the Blazers have wholesale given up on defending the paint. Too small, to many guards, no weakside defense.

Outscoring opponents is the strategy. OK. This only works when the Blazers can connect from distance, and get the ball down low to Nurkic and Grant. When the Blazers face opposition that plays physical defense, spray and pray from beyond the arc has gotten the Blazers where? Below the .500 ball threshold.
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if they cant fix defense with current roster or add more defensive players, they should add more scorers
 
I just watched Sexton drive uncontested down the lane, and Eubanks didn't even BOTHER to jump and contest the lay-in. What a joke. Nurkic is no better. Been posting it multiple times in various threads - the 5 position is our glaring weakness.
 
C_note said:
I just watched Sexton drive uncontested down the lane, and Eubanks didn't even BOTHER to jump and contest the lay-in. What a joke. Nurkic is no better. Been posting it multiple times in various threads - the 5 position is our glaring weakness.
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Eubanks played well over all i think.
Problem is he is too undersized. If we could put his athleticism inside of Nurks body, thats closer to the center we need.
Drew is quickly rising the list on my Blazer fandom list. He gives it his all every second on the court(barring barking at a ref for obvious blown calls), has good bbiq and he is home grown.
As a second/third stringer I hope he plays his whole career here.
 
BlazerBender said:
Eubanks played well over all i think.
Problem is he is too undersized. If we could put his athleticism inside of Nurks body, thats closer to the center we need.
Drew is quickly rising the list on my Blazer fandom list. He gives it his all every second on the court(barring barking at a ref for obvious blown calls), has good bbiq and he is home grown.
As a second/third stringer I hope he plays his whole career here.
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Drew also seems tough-minded which Nurk isn't, and is often an irritant to the other team, unlike Nurk who is just an irritant to us.
 
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