Damian Lillard says the Trail Blazers aren't good enough to be a 'flip the switch' team

[BrunoSOC]

I dont know if i understand this right, but what he's trying to say?

What this ''flip the switch'' means?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I dont know if i understand this right, but what he's trying to say?

What this ''flip the switch'' means?

"Flip the switch" is a term meaning a team that only puts out half effort for a portion of a game, then can decide later on when it's time to put out full effort in order to win. He's saying that the Blazers need to be putting out full effort from the beginning of the game in order to be successful.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Just turn it on and be good all of a sudden. Like how the Warriors coast for a few minutes and then they “flip the switch” and then they’re “on”. Like turning on a light.

 

[BrunoSOC]

"Flip the switch" is a term meaning a team that only puts out half effort for a portion of a game, then can decide later on when it's time to put out full effort in order to win. He's saying that the Blazers need to be putting out full effort from the beginning of the game in order to be successful.

Ooooh, i understand.

Its like we need to play with consistence all time. Example: The warriors can play bad 3qrs and in the 4qr they put full effort and get the W.

 

[Strenuus]

Incoming Canzano article coming soon....

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Ooooh, i understand.

Its like we need to play with consistence all time. Example: The warriors can play bad 3qrs and in the 4qr they put full effort and get the W.

Precisely.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I wonder how many teams are this year. GS for sure.
But to be able to do it consistently (flip a switch) you have to be really good defensively too. Trading baskets won't cut it. You have to be able to shut teams down while you go on your run. Maybe OKC eventually as well. I can't think of anyone else with that type of potential.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

"Flip the switch" is a term meaning a team that only puts out half effort for a portion of a game, then can decide later on when it's time to put out full effort in order to win. He's saying that the Blazers need to be putting out full effort from the beginning of the game in order to be successful.

Funny, I usually think of "flip the switch" as a season long thing, i.e. it's OK to suck at the end of the season, and then "flip the switch" in the playoffs. It's very unusual for that to happen, but Cleveland did it last year.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Funny, I usually think of "flip the switch" as a season long thing, i.e. it's OK to suck at the end of the season, and then "flip the switch" in the playoffs. It's very unusual for that to happen, but Cleveland did it last year.

I do too--in fact, that's what I was typing out in answer to the OP's question, but then I played the clip he posted, and Dame was only talking about a single game, so I tried to keep it in context. But yeah, I think more of the Shaq/Kobe Lakers not trying until after the all-star break and then "flipping the switch" for the final third of the season and the playoffs.

 

[Trackjack]

Dame is correct on what he saying about going in with the mental part of the game coming out of the gate of all games.

 

[tester551]

I dont know if i understand this right, but what he's trying to say?

What this ''flip the switch'' means?

He's saying they can't half-ass it durine the games.
They have to whole-ass it!

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Dame basically saying they need to be "Bad Boys"

 

[julius]

He's saying something that I think 99% of us have known for a long time. The problem is, they've played like they thought they were good enough to be able to "flip the switch"...when they weren't even close to it.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Lillard is saying this now, but in the majority games that I win online in NBA2K18 I only put in half the effort though 2 1/2-3 quarters.

 

[Denny Crane]

I take it as being able to turn up the heat on both offense and defense in a game, something that takes a lot of physical effort and willingness (and ability) to play hard on defense.

 

[Mr. Robot]

Dame basically saying they need to be "Bad Boys"

Nurk attitude rubs the rest of the team, including the leader of this team

 

[e_blazer]

I'd say it was a pretty good response for a team leader to point this out in light of the ridiculously slow start the Blazers got off to yesterday.

 

[PDXFonz]

The term implies that teams aren't trying, which may happen but I generally think it's bs used to claim a team was doing something other than underperforming before hitting their groove.

 

[PDXFonz]

Lillard is saying this now, but in the majority games that I win online in NBA2K18 I only put in half the effort though 2 1/2-3 quarters.

Video games take effort? What do you do, run in place?

 

[Wizard Mentor]

I'd say it was a pretty good response for a team leader to point this out in light of the ridiculously slow start the Blazers got off to yesterday.

Not to mention the last 2 seasons...

 

[BrianFromWA]

I'd say it was a pretty good response for a team leader to point this out in light of the ridiculously slow start the Blazers got off to yesterday.

yeah, outscoring a WC playoff contender 65-38 in 18 minutes of gametime is....lights-out.

 

[e_blazer]

yeah, outscoring a WC playoff contender 65-38 in 18 minutes of gametime is....lights-out.

True, but they were down 3-15 five minutes into the game. I don't know the context of what Dame said, but I would imagine he was saying that they can't make a regular habit of waiting five minutes to start playing.

 

[e_blazer]

Not to mention the last 2 seasons...

All too true. Given that the first quarter of this season is filled with winnable games, I'd say that getting off to a good start is important not only each game, but in this stretch of the season too.