Game Thread 2022-23 Game #56 - BLAZERS VS THUNDER- FEBRUARY 10, 2023 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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OneSport3 said:
Utah and OKC hired the right coaches. Both rookie head coaches as well.
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I don't even know what "right coach" means, but good for them. I don't really worry about OKC or Utah's coaches.

Some people thought Billups was the "right coach" early this season and last season. Maybe with a championship level roster he would be, I don't know.
 
Strenuus said:
Stotts really sucks. Chauncey just sucks. Lol. I can meet there. But honestly billy the billygoat herder would have been a better coach than Stotts.
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Stotts is actually a person. A good human being you are slandering by out and out saying he sucks. First of all, he’s a championship winning assistant coach. And as a head coach, he won 4 playoff series. His team got back to back 3 seeds with only one All Star on the roster. Saying he “sucks” is childish and you shouldn’t be allowed to be a moderator using language like that.
 
KingSpeed said:
Stotts is actually a person. A good human being you are slandering by out and out saying he sucks. First of all, he’s a championship winning assistant coach. And as a head coach, he won 4 playoff series. His team got back to back 3 seeds with only one All Star on the roster. Saying he “sucks” is childish and you shouldn’t be allowed to be a moderator using language like that.
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Chauncey hasn't come close to that. Probably won't.
 
I’m giving Chauncey a long ass leash. Because in my mind this is an awful roster and I’ve said so for a couple years. No balance whatsoever.

You look at a team like OKC and there’s LENGTH at every positions. This is the modern NBA. You try and out shoot another team on a nightly basis you’re essentially rolling the dice
 
Tince said:
I don't even know what "right coach" means, but good for them. I don't really worry about OKC or Utah's coaches.

Some people thought Billups was the "right coach" early this season and last season. Maybe with a championship level roster he would be, I don't know.
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He may or may not be the right coach. But you don’t know unless you try. We already knew what Stotts was about. And just because we hired a worse coach, it doesn’t absolve Stotts. Both could be mediocre or bad coaches. It just means we made the wrong hire. I am willing to admit that Chauncey might not be the right guy. I just hope they realize it quick and don’t let him stay for a decade.

And I am well aware of your love affair with Stotts so I’ll end the conversation here.
 
Strenuus said:
Is there ANY world where that happens? He doesn't have an injury that'll keep him out like last year lol
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The goal should be to improve our lottery position. The last two seasons, SGA sat out a lot to improve their draft position. It happens. Horford was kept off the floor. Dallas sat their starters during 4th quarters so they could get Luka. This is a good draft. Tell Dame it’s better for his career to sit the rest of this out. The Sharpe pick was a home run. Let’s get one more. And if it’s Wembenyama, we’re in business! But even if it’s not, we could put our 2 picks (go Knicks) in a trade for someone like Siakam or OG. Utah and OKC have already passed us. Let the Lakers pass us too and then become an Orlando Magic fan. Getting to 5th lottery position gives us a 10% chance at the #1 pick. Joe should sell Dame on that.
 
Phil Jackson is the greatest coach of all time. He also always had multiple Hall of Famer’s. The few times in which he didn’t, his teams weren’t that great.

I feel like the best coaches in the NBA is way more about managing ego’s than any kind of X’s and O’s.
 
KingSpeed said:
The goal should be to improve our lottery position. The last two seasons, SGA sat out a lot to improve their draft position. It happens. Horford was kept off the floor. Dallas sat their starters during 4th quarters so they could get Luka. This is a good draft. Tell Dame it’s better for his career to sit the rest of this out. The Sharpe pick was a home run. Let’s get one more. And if it’s Wembenyama, we’re in business! But even if it’s not, we could put our 2 picks (go Knicks) in a trade for someone like Siakam or OG. Utah and OKC have already passed us. Let the Lakers pass us too and then become an Orlando Magic fan. Getting to 5th lottery position gives us a 10% chance at the #1 pick. Joe should sell Dame on that.
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No. I’m 100% onboard with what you’re saying. It’s a breath of fresh air from the homer shit you used to be all about
 
wizenheimer said:
LOL...what a troll....babbling about how lucky OKC fans are to have a talent like SGA after you spend month after month after month and hundreds of posts in a Blazer forum trashing the talent of Dame
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I apologized about that. Dame is amazing and I feel bad for ever talking shit about him. In fact he deserves better than this garbage organization
 
KingSpeed said:
It took a long time but I’ve seen the light.
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I mean why do people think 1st round picks are such a hot commodity these days. Scrapping it out and rebuilding if it isn’t working is chique these days.

Look how Boston was built, looks how Golden State was built. It was because they got those picks. It didn’t take them decades clinging on..

The Durant’s, Harden’s, Irving’s are fun to talk about but that’s it. Good teams are built organically. Through hitting home runs with 1sts
 
MickZagger said:
I mean why do people think 1st round picks are such a hot commodity these days. Scrapping it out and rebuilding if it isn’t working is chique these days.

Look how Boston was built, looks how Golden State was built. It was because they got those picks. It didn’t take them decades clinging on..
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Yep. Memphis. Dallas. And soon, it will be Houston and San Antonio. Makes me wish we had hired Ainge.
 
If Billups coached the Celtics would they be a contender? Because it was all about how great they are with Udoka. They sure haven’t missed a beat with Mazzula
 
wizenheimer said:
yeah....sure....obviously this loss is on Dame....good job identifying the issue. I'm glad you didn't point at Billups for his shit coaching and lack of adjustments; or on Simons for doing almost nothing positive; or on whatever the defense was that allowed SGA to look like Michael Jordan on steroids. Yep,,,this was all Dame's fault
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Who said it was all Dame's fault? I hope you're being compensated for all your sensitivity.
 
OneSport3 said:
He may or may not be the right coach. But you don’t know unless you try. We already knew what Stotts was about. And just because we hired a worse coach, it doesn’t absolve Stotts. Both could be mediocre or bad coaches. It just means we made the wrong hire. I am willing to admit that Chauncey might not be the right guy. I just hope they realize it quick and don’t let him stay for a decade.

And I am well aware of your love affair with Stotts so I’ll end the conversation here.
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I understand you want to frame my feelings different than the reality. I don't think we ever saw Stotts coaching a roster that was near a championship roster, so I don't agree the we knew Stotts couldn't take a team that far.

Becoming a franchise that has new coaches every couple years is not a great way to attract and build a championship roster.

Also of note, I don't think Billups is the main reason we're not very good.
 
MickZagger said:
If Billups coached the Celtics would they be a contender? Because it was all about how great they are with Udoka. They sure haven’t missed a beat with Mazzula
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Great question. I think in the case of Mazzula, the groundwork had already been laid by Udoka. Same with Luke Walton and Steve Kerr.
 
KingSpeed said:
Great question. I think in the case of Mazzula, the groundwork had already been laid by Udoka. Same with Luke Walton and Steve Kerr.
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Ground work or great roster. Insert Stotts, Billups, Mo Cheeks. I still think that team is a top team in the East
 
KingSpeed said:
There’s more than one ROOT Sports channel.
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Not in Seattle there isn't. And if the Kraken are playing then I can't see the Blazers on it here. I just hadn't experienced them not showing the start of a Blazers game after the Kraken had finished.
 


Legendary performance. Damn near all in the paint with layups too
 
AldoTrapani said:


Legendary performance. Damn near all in the paint with layups too
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That shit isn't legendary because he did it against our virtually nonexistent defense and you only have to go back to Dirk to find something as good. Dame had a one of one game earlier this season by having the most efficient 60 point game in league history. SGA is really impressive but I think like early Jordan, he would have a really tough time in the playoffs when teams stuff the paint... kid needs a better jumper or at least to trust it more but that will probably come and he could be MVP someday,
 
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