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http://www.csnnw.com/blazers/blazers-hungry-ready-take-next-step
 
Aldridge was impressed with the way role players like ex-Blazer Patty Mills stepped up when called. He said the Blazers needed to get better individually and as a unit.
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Great article by Jabari Young. I wonder how big an impact seeing Patty Mills step up had on Wes, Batum and La.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
Great article by Jabari Young. I wonder how big an impact seeing Patty Mills step up had on Wes, Batum and La.
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Don't see how that would pertain to our starters. Maybe impacting our bench would be a better statement
 
magnifier661 said:
Don't see how that would pertain to our starters. Maybe impacting our bench would be a better statement
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It's a very clear example of everyone needing to step up to be a contender. Something like that would strengthen their desire to get better individually and as a team. This helps increase the benches desire to get better because you see 3 of your best players expanding their game because of something, it's only natural to want to emulate their success.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
It's a very clear example of everyone needing to step up to be a contender. Something like that would strengthen their desire to get better individually and as a team. This helps increase the benches desire to get better because you see 3 of your best players expanding their game because of something, it's only natural to want to emulate their success.
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Step up? I think both Batum, LMA and Matthews has definitely "stepped up", since they had career years last season. As I said, it applies to our bench that was completely shit last season.
 
Great article. I think Jabari is an upgrade over there
 
Wow. Quality of writing compared to Haynes is just off the charts. Well done, Jabari.
 
magnifier661 said:
Step up? I think both Batum, LMA and Matthews has definitely "stepped up", since they had career years last season. As I said, it applies to our bench that was completely shit last season.
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Theres always room to improve
 
magnifier661 said:
That applies to every player in the league. I don't see how this would single out Batum, LMA and Matthews when they have improved each and every season to date.
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They are the only 3 to have played with patty.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
Are you kidding me? We've gone full circle
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Lol, you said that Matthews, Batum and Aldridge take note of Patty's commitment to improving each year. Then I said "why would they need to when they improve every year?" Then you said "because they were teammates."

Excuse me if I'm saying "huh" to you.
 
magnifier661 said:
Lol, you said that Matthews, Batum and Aldridge take note of Patty's commitment to improving each year. Then I said "why would they need to when they improve every year?" Then you said "because they were teammates."

Excuse me if I'm saying "huh" to you.
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LaMarcus Aldridge, Wesley Matthews, and Nicolas Batum played with Patty Mills for a number of years. These three saw Patty's performance both in practice and in games. Skip forward to the 2014 Western Conference semi final match up between the Blazers and the Spurs. Aldridge, Batum, and Matthews now see this player they were close to for a few years playing at a higher level than they have ever played before. They see the success that he is enjoying by stepping up and giving it 110%. Seeing this reaffirms the notion that in order to win a championship you have to step up, you can't be 'good enough', you have to be better than that. All the sudden you go from hearing about how important it is to step up, to actually seeing an example where stepping up pays off.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
LaMarcus Aldridge, Wesley Matthews, and Nicolas Batum played with Patty Mills for a number of years. These three saw Patty's performance both in practice and in games. Skip forward to the 2014 Western Conference semi final match up between the Blazers and the Spurs. Aldridge, Batum, and Matthews now see this player they were close to for a few years playing at a higher level than they have ever played before. They see the success that he is enjoying by stepping up and giving it 110%. Seeing this reaffirms the notion that in order to win a championship you have to step up, you can't be 'good enough', you have to be better than that. All the sudden you go from hearing about how important it is to step up, to actually seeing an example where stepping up pays off.
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Hmmm, Patty mills isn't the reason why the Spurs won the championship. He was a role player. And what Patty has done was great, but his effort is no more greater than those three you mentioned.

In fact, I think playing extended minutes all season and playing a series of their lives against Houston shows this heart you seem to mention.

And OKC, Miami, and the other teams the Spurs steam rolled through are in the same boat as you just mentioned.
 
Patty Mills won the trust of Popovic, not the trust of Nate. He also lost a lot of weight and looked much stronger in SA. Patty deserves credit for his improvement. He is a better player now than he was with us
 
Liking the business approach this team has seemingly taken. Heard it mentioned numerous times now. Good sign.
 
Scalma said:
Liking the business approach this team has seemingly taken. Heard it mentioned numerous times now. Good sign.
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I just watched a short documentary on NBATV featuring the spurs core 3 and Pop. Tony Parker said that they never looked at it like a business, that they were always family.

Not like one way is the only way to get it done. I just find it interesting in comparison.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
I just watched a short documentary on NBATV featuring the spurs core 3 and Pop. Tony Parker said that they never looked at it like a business, that they were always family.

Not like one way is the only way to get it done. I just find it interesting in comparison.
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Amazing what can happen when coaches and teammates actually really like each other
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
I just watched a short documentary on NBATV featuring the spurs core 3 and Pop. Tony Parker said that they never looked at it like a business, that they were always family.

Not like one way is the only way to get it done. I just find it interesting in comparison.
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The Spurs have 11 players on their roster who've been there since 2011-12 post-lockout season. We have 3 (Batum, Wes, LMA). Tough to be a "family" when there's turnover, but tougher when the players you bring in can't/won't stick.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
I just watched a short documentary on NBATV featuring the spurs core 3 and Pop. Tony Parker said that they never looked at it like a business, that they were always family.

Not like one way is the only way to get it done. I just find it interesting in comparison.
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When they say "business approach" I don't think they're referring to relationships with eachother, but rather the way they prepare for each game. Blazers seemingly have really good chemistry as well.
 
The Spurs have had the same coach and kept a core together which is something most franchises have not done. That's a contender. The revolving coaches chair around the league has hurt a lot of franchises.
 
would you say that sticking long-term with a non-Hall of Famer helps, though? I mean, sure, you let Pop or Riley or Jackson or Auerbach stick around for a decade or more because they're good. Who's clamoring that if only Mike Brown had 10 more years of developing his defense, the team would be awesome?
 
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