Game Thread 2023-24 GAME #63 - BLAZERS VS RAPTORS - MARCH 9, 2024 - SATURDAY - 7:00 PM PST - ROOT

[kjironman1]

Billups is in a no-win situation. Fans criticize him for winning and for losing.
I guarantee that some fans will point to his overall record as our HC and want him fired. Will he deserve it? Maybe but not based on his record. This season was supposed to be about developing Scoot and Sharpe. Scoot has dramatically gotten better despite his injuries. Sharpe's injury on the other hand really sucked. A wasted season.

Yeah that overall record is brutal. Three years straight tanking as his first three years of coaching has put him in a place that might never recover. 78-149 with a win% of .344. Being 71 games under .500 makes it years before he even sniffs a respectable win loss record. If he has 50 win seasons he gets 18 wins back. it will take 4-5 years at this rate and that is if they don't tank again next year.

 

[kjironman1]

Disagree. Id rather the Spurs get the pick ~#10 for this questionable draft, than a similar pick next year.

Good point.

 

[BBert]

So why does Murray miss so badly? He rarely hits the rim from 3 it seems. Something is just not right.

He needs to borrow Scoot's glasses.

 

[BBert]

My take-aways from this game are 1) Banton can make a three when he's wide open, relaxes, sets up, and gets the right arc on the ball; and 2) Ayton really, really wanted to win this game. I don't think I've seen him that determined to win a game since he's been here.