Biggest weakness: Talent, Toughness or Experience?

[Mediocre Man]

BTW, not to be pedantic, but there is a difference between "talent" and "skill".

Some of the Blazers (EG Oden, Outlaw, Batum, Sergio, Bayless, and even Rudy) have yet to fully develop their talents. Some likely never will. Experience will contribute to that, and to mental toughness as well.

Some Blazers are a little shy on talent (EG Blake, Joel), but ironically, they have developed their skills to get the most out of them.

Bottom line, IMHO, is that pure talent is not the biggest concern.

How many years until Outlaw fully develops his talent in your opinion? He has been in the league 6 years now. Oden, Batum, Sergio, Bayless and Rudy though you are right on. Although I am not sure any of them will fully develop them under Nate. Rudy, Sergio and Bayless all play too free style for Nate. Oden can't get a big man coach to help him, and get's no plays forced to him. Batum however plays safe, under control, and within himself, so he will do quite well under Nate.

I say Nate as in him and his staff. It certainly isn't all him, or really his fault. It's just his style.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Isn't that a majority of the positions? "If we add any one of these 3 positions out of 5, he agrees with me." 60% chance of being right if any move is made isn't bad haha.

I'll even go 1 possition. If KP upgrades the PG spot this offseason then he agrees with me.

 

[Ed O]

BTW, not to be pedantic, but there is a difference between "talent" and "skill".

Some of the Blazers (EG Oden, Outlaw, Batum, Sergio, Bayless, and even Rudy) have yet to fully develop their talents. Some likely never will. Experience will contribute to that, and to mental toughness as well.

Some Blazers are a little shy on talent (EG Blake, Joel), but ironically, they have developed their skills to get the most out of them.

Bottom line, IMHO, is that pure talent is not the biggest concern.

Agreed.

Ed O.

 

[RickyRubio]

Toughness. If we had a big banger in the middle against Houston, we would not have had so much trouble.

Oden needs to wake up and we need another banger in there. Draft Blair!

 

[BrianFromWA]

Couple of back-to-back truehoop bullets about relevant to this, IMO.

# Mike Sorensen of the Deseret News: "Because I don't cover the Jazz on a regular basis, I can't say which players get along with whom. But I watched a few games late in the year and know when a more-talented Jazz team can lose to the likes of Golden State and Minnesota on their own home floor with a higher playoff seed on the line, something is missing. Like chemistry. If a certain player -- let's call him CB -- doesn't get along real well with the rest of his teammates, then perhaps he isn't that valuable. If another player -- let's call him AK -- only gets real motivated when he's starting and involved more in the offense, how important is he to the club? ... Perhaps the Jazz might be better off letting one of their high-priced players opt out without trying to re-sign them, or sign and try to pick up an energetic young player, who is willing to work hard and be part of the team. Someone like Paul Millsap. The problem is, there's no way to predict how certain players are going to play together, although some are obviously more team-oriented than others. But in looking at next year's roster, Jazz officials should be more concerned about trying to put the right team on the floor, rather than the best collection of players."

# Mike Baldwin of The Oklahoman: "Some call it grit. During this year's NBA playoffs, 'nastiness' was a term used to describe the Houston Rockets' and Denver Nuggets' ability to go toe-to-toe with the highly favored Los Angeles Lakers. Call it what you want, but Malik Rose, who won two NBA titles with the San Antonio Spurs, said developing toughness is essential. ... Rose said team chemistry is vital, but developing an edge in practice produces benefits during an 82-game regular-season grind. 'They just need another year playing together,' Rose said. 'Once they get over that hump and learn what it takes to win consistently, they'll be very good. At times, they played very well. They just need another year of maturity.' And maybe a little more nastiness. '... practices were too fun. A little elbow or a little fight here or there in practice, being physical, pushing and shoving is good.' "

UFA Malik Rose, anyone? Though it sounds like Boozer and Kirilenko are available...

 

[Mediocre Man]

Couple of back-to-back truehoop bullets about relevant to this, IMO.


UFA Malik Rose, anyone? Though it sounds like Boozer and Kirilenko are available...

AK47 is who I think the Blazers will go after. I think it will probably have to be a 3 way though.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Couple of back-to-back truehoop bullets about relevant to this, IMO.


UFA Malik Rose, anyone? Though it sounds like Boozer and Kirilenko are available...

Rose, McDyess, Wilcox, whomever. Just some guy with a reputation for defense and physicality to back up LaMarcus, and preferably some semblance of an offensive game beyond garbage points and put backs otherwise I don't see them fitting in real well with our two centers.