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Blazer Freak said:
Don't forget when he was extorted by a stripper! (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...torted-stripper-extramarital-affair-with.html)

You guys can bitch about Stotts all you want but as long as Dame is here there are two options for head coach: (1) Terry Stotts (2) David Vanterpool. Vanterpool is the ONLY person Lillard would be okay with taking over for Stotts...and I think we are another couple failed playoffs runs from reaching that point. The bad thing is Vanterpool will be a head coach elsewhere by then.
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Not that I actually think this is true, but if it were, then I've never seen a greater argument to trade Damian than this. A player who will only accept 1 coach or that coach's assistant is basically an un-coachable player at that point.

If this team is to have any hope of becoming something else than an also-ran, then it needs to start playing defense. Right now our two best players (Damian and CJ . . . Nurkic needs to play more and do it for a longer period before I put him at number 2) are both minus defenders, which not only sets a terrible tone for the rest of the team, but can also breed contempt between role-players and "stars," If I'm a role guy making 1/3-1/2 what these guys make, but I'm expected to not only be a bystander on offense, but bust my ass on the other end of the court, just so these guys can get their 20 shots, that's a recipe for discontent in the long-run.
 
Stotts doesn't need to go, calm down everyone. Winning solves everything, when this team comes back and wins the division next year you won't be calling for Stotts head.
 
Blazer4ever said:
Whatever, I know more basketball than anyone here.
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Mark Jackson took a shitty Warriors team and turned it into a winning team. That being said there's another coach I can think about who is similar in that regard. That's Jacksons talent, getting teams back on their feet. Same with coach Nate, but at the end of the day I'm not sure either are championship caliber coaches. I believe coach Stotts is a championship caliber coach. A lot of what we see with Terry now is a product of his situation as a coach, what separates good from great coaches is the ability to adapt. Now that he has more options with Nurk we will see how things go. I am optimistic.

TLDR - I think some of you undersell Mark Jacksons coaching abilities, but I agree he is not right for our situation.
 
I would rather the team focus less on replacing Stotts and more on finding a backup for Nurk with a similar skill set. Stotts gets another year from me just based on the Nurk era.
 
Blazer4ever said:
So I have zero credibility? A team with two of the best offensive talents in the league, with supporting players that couldn't have been more poorly used, half the season you're rooting for us to lose then we make the playoffs and can't even put up a fight, and you like Stotts because he's like you, very white and knows nothing about basketball
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Why bring race into this?
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
Mark Jackson took a shitty Warriors team and turned it into a winning team. That being said there's another coach I can think about who is similar in that regard. That's Jacksons talent, getting teams back on their feet. Same with coach Nate, but at the end of the day I'm not sure either are championship caliber coaches. I believe coach Stotts is a championship caliber coach. A lot of what we see with Terry now is a product of his situation as a coach, what separates good from great coaches is the ability to adapt. Now that he has more options with Nurk we will see how things go. I am optimistic.

TLDR - I think some of you undersell Mark Jacksons coaching abilities, but I agree he is not right for our situation.
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Uh, he under achieved with a stacked team. He lucked into a team with Curry, Thompson, Green, Barnes.....etc. As soon as he left, the team rose to greatness.
 
Blazer4ever said:
Whatever, I know more basketball than anyone here.
You think Steve Kerr is why the Warriors are winning. Jackson was there through their rebuilding and was fired after a subpar season but left a team that was already primed for greatness.
If you think Stotts is a good coach, you're entitled to have an opinion, even if it has nothing with understanding basketball.
He puts lineups and makes decisions on par with the opinions of people in this forum. I stopped watching the Blazers this year and you guys' credible opinions and basketball knowledge led us to an embarassing season.
So I have zero credibility? A team with two of the best offensive talents in the league, with supporting players that couldn't have been more poorly used, half the season you're rooting for us to lose then we make the playoffs and can't even put up a fight, and you like Stotts because he's like you, very white and knows nothing about basketball
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Lmao. You think you know more than anyone, but you don't know shit. Here's some "Gems" you've had.

You claimed Cleanthony Early as a "great talent" less than a year ago.
You claimed that Montero and Alexander needed to play meaningful minutes.
Made multiple posts about how bad you wanted us to trade for Carter-Williams (saying we should trade Harkless for him).
Made a thread in 2016 about how we need to bring back GREG FUCKING ODEN.
Said we needed to be the 4th NBA team to give Jimmer Fredette a chance.
Suggested that we play Lamarcus at SF.
Made a thread in 2014 that Joe Jackson (who???) was gonna be a good NBA player.
Made a thread early this year about how we need to sign Warren Gillis (who???).
Claimed you don't even watch Blazer games.

But yes, you know more than everyone! Hahaha.

MCW / Fredette
Early / Gills
Aldridge / Jackson
Alexander / Montero
Oden / An irrelevant C

That would be a killer lineup!!!
 
MickZagger said:
Uh, he under achieved with a stacked team. He lucked into a team with Curry, Thompson, Green, Barnes.....etc. As soon as he left, the team rose to greatness.
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Don Nelson was out in 2009 (currys rookie year) and Jackson took over the year they drafted Klay. Their record improved each season until Kerr (championship caliber coach) took over and took that team to a championship.
 
And like I said, I'm not claiming Mark Jackson is a great coach, but he's not the scrub that some of you make him sound like.
 
BonesJones said:
Lmao. You think you know more than anyone, but you don't know shit. Here's some "Gems" you've had.

You claimed Cleanthony Early as a "great talent" less than a year ago.
You claimed that Montero and Alexander needed to play meaningful minutes.
Made multiple posts about how bad you wanted us to trade for Carter-Williams (saying we should trade Harkless for him).
Made a thread in 2016 about how we need to bring back GREG FUCKING ODEN.
Said we needed to be the 4th NBA team to give Jimmer Fredette a chance.
Suggested that we play Lamarcus at SF.
Made a thread in 2014 that Joe Jackson (who???) was gonna be a good NBA player.
Made a thread early this year about how we need to sign Warren Gillis (who???).
Claimed you don't even watch Blazer games.

But yes, you know more than everyone! Hahaha.

MCW / Fredette
Early / Gills
Aldridge / Jackson
Alexander / Montero
Oden / An irrelevant C

That would be a killer lineup!!!
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I would certainly die laughing.
 
MCW is a player I like no matter what you say, he's free-flowing, pure talent.
Cleantony Early isn't good? When he had that episode being robbed and shot at (iirc), the Knicks absolutely stopped winning.
Gillis is great, you just never seen him play.
Joe Jackson was great in the NBDL (I first saw him in College, played for Memphis) was actually signed by an Israeli team this year but couldn't make himself comfortable and was waived after about a month.
Lemarcus Aldridge I mostly wanted gone but thought as a SF he could maybe be worth something.
Montero was a disappointment but didn't get a real chance. Alexander I maybe wanted as a 3rd stringer, the player I really liked an wish we could bring back is TRob.
I want us to bring Kelly Olynyk. You didn't mention him but I think he is absolutely a great player.
Jimmer? I thought maybe he could become a decent role player. Oden if he was ever healthy I'd of course re-sign and he looked good for a while playing in China.
Anyway, thinking outside the box I understand you see as a fault but that's why if you listened to me we could bring excellent players for cheap.
I'm sorry for the angry words and disrespect, didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings
 
trailblazer18 said:
Why the fascination with Bennet? He is a fantastic college coach for sure, but he runs a system made for college. He wouldn't be able to run the pack line defense in the NBA and he is a slow down grind it out offensive guy. I'm not sure if I see the NBA translation. What do you see in him that you think would work, just curious?
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Maybe he likes his Duets albums?
 
unattainable but portland's own erik spoelstra would likely be an upgrade and I rank him just below pops, with kerr and stevens. I fear he is being groomed to take pat Riley's place though.
edit-thibodou should have been included on runner ups list though I find it interesting that the wolves (another very young team like the blazers) outside of Rubio play poor defense especially the team concept and rotations, even with thib as head coach. experience is a very big factor I believe in team defense, moreso than athleticism and size. gives me hope for stotts as a defensive coach.
edit redux-carlisle too
 
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Fez Von Savage said:
Dimitris Itoudis would be a strong choice.
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Could be a good choice, but you don't know how he would adapt to this league. Could be a bust as well. Blatt grew up in the US so it's not really same thing.
 
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