A simple solution?

[Fez Hammersticks]

A coaching change could do this team wonders.

The players, IMO, who wont live up to their potential in this slow system:

-Nicolas Batum
-LaMarcus Aldridge
-Rudy Fernandez
-Jerryd Bayless
-Dante Cunningham

The only players who really fit the pace:

-Brandon Roy
-Greg Oden

We have a pace of 87.8, dead last in the League for the 3rd straight season.

KP needs his players to continue to develop but I just think Nate's system is going to stunt the growth of a lot of the roster outside Roy.

 

[Natebishop3]

I have a better solution. Move the RG to the top of Mt. Hood. We could have a homecourt advantage similar to Denver.

 

[maxiep]

Okay, who do we hire in his place?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

My first choice:

Mike Budenholzer

The lead assistant in San Antonio. Offensive minded and obviously learned from one of the greats in Popovich.

 

[MickZagger]

Okay, who do we hire in his place?

Tom Thibidou

 

[WillG]

Anyone decent, as long Mr Powermonger is gone!

 

[ironcrotch]

My first choice:

Mike Budenholzer

The lead assistant in San Antonio. Offensive minded and obviously learned from one of the greats in Popovich.

Yes because Pop runs such a high paced system.

Pop's system is a half court defensive system, you know, kinda like the guy you got?

Let's fire KP while we're at it.

And two guys that you mention that are the only ones that fit the system are two of our three key guys. I believe you build around your best players not your bench.

 

[ehizzy3]

firing and hiring a coach is never simple

 

[barfo]

Paul Westhead.

barfo

 

[STOMP]

Bill Musselman. Dude has his drawbacks like running a similarly slow system and being dead for a decade now, but at least he's not Mr Powermonger

the way the blazers are winning sure isn't hurting Nate's chances of getting a new deal... has the COY ever not been retained?

STOMP

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Bill Musselman. Dude has his drawbacks like running a similarly slow system and being dead for a decade now, but at least he's not Mr Powermonger

the way the blazers are winning sure isn't hurting Nate's chances of getting a new deal... has the COY ever not been retained?

STOMP

Think down a generation--Bill's son Eric. Also an excellent basketball mind, with great energy too.

 

[e_blazer]

Shouldn't the title of this thread be changed to, "A Simple-Minded Solution"?

 

[hasoos]

The team has been running more lately. Relax. Give them a chance to grow. Fuck man, Bayless and Rudy have only been full time rotation players now for a few weeks. They need some time to gel. But there are already signs of the pace picking up, especially when the 2nd unit is in.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I don't mind if the Blazers run . . . as long as they win.

It seems this team is trying to copy a SA formula . . . I don't recall SA being known as a running team. You don't need to run to win championships.

 

[hasoos]

I don't mind if the Blazers run . . . as long as they win.

It seems this team is trying to copy a SA formula . . . I don't recall SA being known as a running team. You don't need to run to win championships.

Correct. But you do need to take advantage and get easy hoops. Put it this way, they shouldn't be last in the league.

 

[yenniedn]

I don't mind if the Blazers run . . . as long as they win.

It seems this team is trying to copy a SA formula . . . I don't recall SA being known as a running team. You don't need to run to win championships.

I beg to differ. Between GSW and Phoenix those two have basically monopolized the NBA title going back to the 80's!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

...you forgot the " " at the end of your sentence.

 

[hasoos]

I beg to differ. Between GSW and Phoenix those two have basically monopolized the NBA title going back to the 80's!

Have fun being different!

 

[J_Ray]

I don't mind if the Blazers run . . . as long as they win.

It seems this team is trying to copy a SA formula . . . I don't recall SA being known as a running team. You don't need to run to win championships.

Well good defense should lead to some fastbreak points. Easy buckets are what controls momentum in basketball along with some 3's, and momentum is huge basketball. Another thing is that Aldridge is no Tim Duncan There is no reason to slow down the pace to get your Superstar big man in the game when Oden and Aldridge can both run.

 

[hasoos]

Well good defense should lead to some fastbreak points. Easy buckets are what controls momentum in basketball along with some 3's, and momentum is huge basketball. Another thing is that Aldridge is no Tim Duncan There is no reason to slow down the pace to get your Superstar big man in the game when Oden and Aldridge can both run.

That is one thing I like about Camby. He knows how to keep a block in play.

 

[mook]

The only players who really fit the pace:

-Brandon Roy
-Greg Oden

If you had to put the likelihood of Portland winning a championship any time soon on the shoulders of two players, those are the two players.

Teams should always adjust their talent and their tempo around the stars, and if we're hitching our wagons to Oden and Roy, well, we should plan on playing a crapload of half court basketball.

Yeah, I think we could stand to run some more, but I certainly don't think it's a bad plan to play the pace that our most important players want to play at.

 

[mook]

The players, IMO, who wont live up to their potential in this slow system:

-Nicolas Batum
-LaMarcus Aldridge
-Rudy Fernandez
-Jerryd Bayless
-Dante Cunningham

I think Batum is going to thrive no matter what type of tempo you play him in. He's quick and graceful and a great finisher, so yeah, he'd do well in a half-court team. But he's also blossoming into an excellent defender and great perimeter shooter, so a slow-down grind-out game works too.

Bayless is going to get his fast break points in any offense, because he does it all on his own. He's all about dribble fast and finishing hard. He'd probably do it better in an uptempo team, but I don't see him being stifled. The fact that he's doubled his PER in one season tells me quite the opposite.

Rudy I don't know about. He's not finishing the lob anymore (too risky). He's never had a great handle on the break, although he does make great decisions with it. Yeah, I could see him being stifled in our offense.

Aldridge is the single guy I think there's an unequivocal argument for being stifled under Nate. That dude is born to run. Of our best four players (Roy, Oden, Batum and Aldridge) I think he's kind of the odd fit here. I'd really love to see him in a package for Bosh.

However, even if we keep him, he can still fit in with grinding half court basketball, provided Oden can recover. His awesome jumpshot seems the perfect complement to Oden's bruising interior game.

 

[MickZagger]

Bill Musselman. Dude has his drawbacks like running a similarly slow system and being dead for a decade now, but at least he's not Mr Powermonger

the way the blazers are winning sure isn't hurting Nate's chances of getting a new deal... has the COY ever not been retained?

STOMP

Sam Mitchell?

 

[BenDavis503]

Andre Miller! Player Coach.

But yeah, I completely agree. We need a new coach. I have felt this way for a long time. Nate is a teacher. Not a winner.

 

[Minstrel]

However, even if we keep him, he can still fit in with grinding half court basketball, provided Oden can recover. His awesome jumpshot seems the perfect complement to Oden's bruising interior game.

Agreed. I've always felt that Aldridge's skillset (shooting, some ability to pass) makes him an ideal high-post complement to Oden in the low post.

I think Aldridge would flourish statistically if he played in the system Stoudemire did under D'Antoni...a lot of chances to run, a lot of chances in the half-court to use his athleticism to finish on the receiving end of great ball movement. But I think he'll still possess a lot of value in conjunction with Oden.

 

[OddEnormous]

Correct. But you do need to take advantage and get easy hoops. Put it this way, they shouldn't be last in the league.

Wrepped

 

[Draco]

The only players who really fit the pace:

-Brandon Roy
-Greg Oden

The current system fits our two best players? Sounds great to me!

 

[maxiep]

Bill Musselman. Dude has his drawbacks like running a similarly slow system and being dead for a decade now, but at least he's not Mr Powermonger

the way the blazers are winning sure isn't hurting Nate's chances of getting a new deal... has the COY ever not been retained?

STOMP

Mike Schuler. He was COY in 1987 I think and fired close to the 1989 playoffs for Adelman.