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

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Strenuus said:
Never said stotts was not a decent dude nor did I mention anything about liking Chauncey for anything other than coaching.

Please refrain from assuming. Thank you. :)
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You've been wrong for about a year.
There is absolutely no debate on this. Conversation over. :cheers:
 
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Strenuus said:
I'm still going to enjoy the season but not expect much and that's okay. It's the off-season and next year that are important. Cronins job is on the line and hinges on this off-season, period. But I can be patient and wait.
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Something tells me Cronin has blown it already.
The team needs to be sold.
There needs to be a new GM.
There needs to be a new coach.

First step. Sell the team Jody.
 
Tince said:
Very few are willing to admit they were wrong on their stance about Stotts.
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But wait here. You know exactly where i stand on Stotts.
That does not mean for a second I'm ready to give up on Billups just yet. This is his first real as his second year coaching. It has not gone well. Assuming the team is not sold and there is not huge changes. I'm ready to see how he continues to grow. At least one more year before i throw in the towel. That is hard to type as I'm getting older every year.
 
Boston lost to Orlando 3 out of 4 games, the last 3 games being losses.
 
Natebishop3 said:
We knew it was a risk to change things up, and it was a mistake to let Neil pick the successor.... he should have been following Terry out the door.
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I have always disagreed with you on this. THAT IS OKAY. we just disagree.
I have always felt Neil should have gone and Terry should have had a better GM that got him better players to work with.
 
This is the shot chart for a PG in 2023. Wild.

I could’ve mistaken this for Shaq’s shot chart in 2002.

 
OneSport3 said:
This is the shot chart for a PG in 2023. Wild.

I could’ve mistaken this for Shaq’s shot chart in 2002.

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Bro I was saying this throughout the whole game thread this dude SGA is making all his shots in the paint like it’s nothing lol

Absolutely crazy to see
 
Chris Craig said:
How many has Chauncey Won
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wut?...did you think by pointing at Stotts' playoff record I was defending Chauncey?

I think Stotts was generally an average coach who was pretty good at adapting schemes to personnel. His playoff record was terrible.

I haven't seen anything from Chauncey yet that indicates he even rises to the level of mediocre, and it looks like his main thing is trying to jam square pegs into round holes. That game last night went about 90% of the way in convincing me Chauncey has his head up his ass in coaching defense. And he seems bad at making adjustments during a game

Chauncey was an Olshey hire when Olshey was scrambling to protect his job. That's not an optimal hiring situation. And I have not seen anything from Billups that makes me want him to remain the coach
 
Cronin isn't going anywhere soon. He's a devout Vulcan and appointed governor of the team by Jody, until the team sells.
 
MickZagger said:
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
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I'm not defending Billups. But I think part of the problem is that Stotts was just good enough to get us into the playoffs every year and out of a chance for a lottery pick. Combined with Olshey's generally bad picks, we just got left behind as other teams kept drafting young and long athletic players. I think Billups is coaching against better teams than Stotts coached against..
 
Chris Craig said:
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Maybe it's time for us to invoke the right of Kal-if-fee.
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https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kal-if-fee
 
Fairly-Hard said:
But wait here. You know exactly where i stand on Stotts.
That does not mean for a second I'm ready to give up on Billups just yet. This is his first real as his second year coaching. It has not gone well. Assuming the team is not sold and there is not huge changes. I'm ready to see how he continues to grow. At least one more year before i throw in the towel. That is hard to type as I'm getting older every year.
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I'm with you on this stance. I have not called for Billups to be fired either.
 
Tince said:
One of the bigger reaches I've read on the topic, which is saying something.

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I kind of agree with it. The NBA, especially the west has gotten better since Stotts left.
 
Chris Craig said:
I kind of agree with it. The NBA, especially the west has gotten better since Stotts left.
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Very subjective stance, but if the league as a whole has got better, that wouldn't help/hurt the Blazers as their players are better too.
 
Tince said:
Very subjective stance, but if the league as a whole has got better, that wouldn't help/hurt the Blazers as their players are better too.
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Not subjective at all. The west has gotten more and more competitive as teams have gotten better. The Blazers haven't gotten better as other teams have. They have gotten worse.
 
Chris Craig said:
Not subjective at all. The west has gotten more and more competitive as teams have gotten better. The Blazers haven't gotten better as other teams have. They have gotten worse.
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And Bingo was his name-O
 
Chris Craig said:
Not subjective at all. The west has gotten more and more competitive as teams have gotten better. The Blazers haven't gotten better as other teams have. They have gotten worse.
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You said not subjetive, then pulled out a term "competitive" which is totally subjective, with no data to back it up.

I just picked a random year in the Stotts era (17-18) to compare with Billups only full season (21-22)

West Winning Pct
17-18: 51.0%
21-22: 49.9%

These numbers will naturally wash out the 52 inter-conference games (at 50%) and factor in the record against the East. Meaning the difference in West vs East winning percentage is much greater than the 1% shown. Obviously, if they West was signficantly better against the East now than they had in the past, the West winning pct should be higher than previous years.
 
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Anfernee Simons "buried" a three to start the 4th quarter. Blazers took a 9 point edge, and OKC looked like they were about to fold. Blazer fans that tow the company line, telling everyone this team is good, are merely regurgitating what the Front Office tells them.

The fact that the Blazers completely melted down in the final 10 minutes, getting beaten to a pulp on their home floor is inconsequential? "Oh we lost? I turned the game off because I thought we would win."

I ain't buying it. This late game catastrophe is one of many this season.
 
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