Does Stotts make it through the rest of the season?

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Does Stotts make it through the rest of the season?

  • Yes

    Votes: 49 90.7%

  • No

    Votes: 5 9.3%
  • Total voters
    54
wizenheimer said:
the thing that I wonder when I see so much resistance to any of these ideas...fire Stotts...fire Olshey...trade CJ...trade whoever...change the defense...is what would the Blazers really be risking?
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I think turning into the Pistons, Kings, or Hornets is much more likely than turning into the Lakers.

For the "only championships matter" crowd, they probably feel like the Pistons already. Me personally, hate the thought of actually turning into the Pistons or the Kings.
 
Tince said:
I think turning into the Pistons, Kings, or Hornets is much more likely than turning into the Lakers.

For the "only championships matter" crowd, they probably feel like the Pistons already. Me personally, hate the thought of actually turning into the Pistons or the Kings.
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I don't know where it was I said trade Lillard
 
MickZagger said:
That top 8 can be at out of the playoffs in the blink of an eye. Don’t get too comfy with saying top 8
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I totally agree it could (and likely will) get worse... Given that the top 10 will play a game after the regular season that could get them into the playoffs, I still haven't been able to find a head coach who got fired in the last 15 games of the season where his team had a legit shot of making the playoffs. How many examples can you come up with?

Do you think Stotts is more likely than not to get fired before the season is over?
 
wizenheimer said:
I don't know where it was I said trade Lillard
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I didn't think you said trade Lillard.

I do think there is risk involved. Nothing wrong with risk though, as long as it's calculated.
 
wizenheimer said:
and 24 games above .500 two years ago
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Bingo... Trend lines can look very different when you use an arbitrary starting point!

August 7, 2012 is probably the most fair starting point. I think they finished the previous season 10 games under .500. Even that lacks a ton of context.
 
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This board has a lot of dreamers. I tell you right now. Stotts and Olshey will be here next season.

But at least the dreamers are on my side now. A couple of years ago they hated me. Now they secretly adore me.
 
MickZagger said:
2 weeks ago we were 12 games over .500
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I don't know if this post was clear enough. Now we're five fucking games over .500. This team is nose diving and there is no help in sight. We have to play against the team we just lost to, two more times in the next 5 days and then 7 out of our eleven remaining games are teams with better records. That's not looking too good for us.

There is also the fact that through Stotts's interviews and the players' interviews it is plain to see that the coach has lost the team. Let Nate Tibbets try squeezing a few more wins out of this roster and then start over with a new coach and GM as soon as the last game of this season/post-season is over.
 
jlprk said:
This board has a lot of dreamers. I tell you right now. Stotts and Olshey will be here next season.

But at least the dreamers are on my side now. A couple of years ago they hated me. Now they secretly adore me.
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God, if finishing outside of the guaranteed playoff spots (1-6) isn't enough to get one (hopefully both) of the two guys talking championship at the beginning of the season fired, what is? It's not like it's our first rodeo with these two and they just need to get used to the reigns. They've both been here for almost a decade and this kind of over promising and under delivering should be enough for anyone to get fired but especially two guys with nine years of tenure.
 
The team loses this close games and that is all on the coach. These last four games are numbing and prove Stotts can't coach in the most difficult circumstances. As far as a defensive caliber team, he should be canned on that aspect alone.
 
stampedehero said:
The team loses this close games and that is all on the coach. These last four games are numbing and prove Stotts can't coach in the most difficult circumstances. As far as a defensive caliber team, he should be canned on that aspect alone.
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I think the equation might be simpler than that: when Dame was 'on', earlier in the season, Portland was winning lots of close game. In the last month, Dame has been 'off' or out and Portland is losing close games. Teams rely on their stars and the Blazers only have one; nobody else is talented enough to offset bad games from Dame

and maybe the equation is even simpler: close games are a coin toss; 50-50 propositions. Portland defied odds and won lots of close games early. It has been headed back to 50-50 over the last few weeks
 
wizenheimer said:
I think the equation might be simpler than that: when Dame was 'on', earlier in the season, Portland was winning lots of close game. In the last month, Dame has been 'off' or out and Portland is losing close games. Teams rely on their stars and the Blazers only have one; nobody else is talented enough to offset bad games from Dame

and maybe the equation is even simpler: close games are a coin toss; 50-50 propositions. Portland defied odds and won lots of close games early. It has been headed back to 50-50 over the last few weeks
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Yup, this is how I see it, too. Portland was essentially getting lucky with close games early and are now regressing to the mean.

Which also means their great record earlier on was a bit of a mirage.
 
One thing Stotts will be here until the end of the season there not going let someone go with 13 games left in the season. Then he will be let go for the reason that he couldn't find away to have his team play defense that biggest complaint about him by the upper organization about him. Even though I hate how his offense operate but it's still produce points majority of the time. Olshey brought in 2 guys that's supposed be good defenders but there average or below average on ball defenders but good off ball and playing the passing lanes in covington and Jones. Do I think he should be let go with one year left in his contract the answer is yes but it's not our call. I don't think Olshey does it on his own but he does it because the pressure from hire up will to much that he won't have any choice because it might jeopardize his job. If Paul was still alive I would be more convince that he would be fire and maybe Olshey also. But not convinced enough about who actually pulling the strings for Jody in other words who actually have her ear.
 
Nate McMillan was fired with 23 games left and Cheeks was fired with 27 games left. But, q3 games...yeah Stotts is staying till the end of the season. Probably since the Blazers will make the play-in and possibly the playoffs. But, this offseason he is gone.

The funny thing is an offseason or two after professing the importance of continuity, the Blazers will be all about how they need to move another direction.
 
Chris Craig said:
Nate McMillan was fired with 23 games left and Cheeks was fired with 27 games left. But, q3 games...yeah Stotts is staying till the end of the season. Probably since the Blazers will make the play-in and possibly the playoffs. But, this offseason he is gone.

The funny thing is an offseason or two after professing the importance of continuity, the Blazers will be all about how they need to move another direction.
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I don't think we get out of that play in. The playoff streak will end this year.
 
If you have twitter you gotta take a look at those guys they're hardcore Melo Fans. Pretty funny to see their side of view



 
GDiama said:
I don't think we get out of that play in. The playoff streak will end this year.
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So if we make the play-in but miss the playoffs, we still get our pick?
 
Chris Craig said:
So if we make the play-in but miss the playoffs, we still get our pick?
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yes...slots 11-14 in the lottery will be determined by the play-in results in the two conferences...I think...maybe...:)

just like last season
 
Chris Craig said:
So if we make the play-in but miss the playoffs, we still get our pick?
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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...nament-work-dates-projections-rules-explained

"Here's how the games will work:

  • Game 1: The No. 7 team in the standings by winning percentage will host the No. 8 team, with the winner earning the No. 7 seed in the playoffs. The losing team gets another chance in Game 3.

  • Game 2: The No. 9 team will host the No. 10 team, with the winner moving on to Game 3. The loser is eliminated and enters the NBA draft lottery.

  • Game 3: The loser of the No. 7 vs. No. 8 matchup will host the winner of the No. 9 vs. No. 10 matchup, with the victor grabbing the No. 8 seed in the postseason. The loser of Game 3 also enters the lottery."
That's from the article and while "enters the lottery" doesn't specifically address draft order. I do think it makes it pretty apparent that this draft order will be set like previous draft orders. The teams that don't make the playoffs will be put in order from worst to best record for the first through fourteenth pick and lottery odds. I see it just like when a team or teams in one conference get into the playoffs with a worse record than a team or teams from the other conference that miss the playoffs. The teams on the outside looking in on the playoffs get the higher picks even if they have the better records.
 
blazerkor said:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...nament-work-dates-projections-rules-explained

"Here's how the games will work:

  • Game 1: The No. 7 team in the standings by winning percentage will host the No. 8 team, with the winner earning the No. 7 seed in the playoffs. The losing team gets another chance in Game 3.

  • Game 2: The No. 9 team will host the No. 10 team, with the winner moving on to Game 3. The loser is eliminated and enters the NBA draft lottery.

  • Game 3: The loser of the No. 7 vs. No. 8 matchup will host the winner of the No. 9 vs. No. 10 matchup, with the victor grabbing the No. 8 seed in the postseason. The loser of Game 3 also enters the lottery."
That's from the article and while "enters the lottery" doesn't specifically address draft order. I do think it makes it pretty apparent that this draft order will be set like previous draft orders. The teams that don't make the playoffs will be put in order from worst to best record for the first through fourteenth pick and lottery odds. I see it just like when a team or teams in one conference get into the playoffs with a worse record than a team or teams from the other conference that miss the playoffs. The teams on the outside looking in on the playoffs get the higher picks even if they have the better records.
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what will be interesting is where the limits on fans will be by the playoffs. Currently, only 3 teams maintain the No-fans edict: Portland, Chicago, & OKC

if the Blazer end up in 8th, and Memphis 7th, then Portland would have a road game at Memphis and the Grizz currently allow 20% fan capacity. And I wouldn't be surprised if the limit was increased by the play-in. If it's reversed, it could still be that Portland would play at home in front of no fans

I don't know if Oregon is operating under an over-burdence of caution or not. As a state were are doing better then just about anybody else:

total cases per million:

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we're also ranked 47 in deaths/million (or 4th if it's a good news list)
 
wizenheimer said:
what will be interesting is where the limits on fans will be by the playoffs. Currently, only 3 teams maintain the No-fans edict: Portland, Chicago, & OKC

if the Blazer end up in 8th, and Memphis 7th, then Portland would have a road game at Memphis and the Grizz currently allow 20% fan capacity. And I wouldn't be surprised if the limit was increased by the play-in. If it's reversed, it could still be that Portland would play at home in front of no fans

I don't know if Oregon is operating under an over-burdence of caution or not. As a state were are doing better then just about anybody else:

total cases per million:

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we're also ranked 47 in deaths/million (or 4th if it's a good news list)
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Not trying to take this OT but the caution might be the causation for the great numbers. That is an interesting wrinkle though about fan attendance. I hadn't given it much thought.
 
something tells me david vanterpool will be portland trail blazers next head coach

hes familiar with the organization and our main guys dame, cj mccollum and nurk and these guys think hes good enough to be the head coach in the nba

nurk tagged him and he commented back

 
Play in games aren’t the playoffs so that shouldn’t affect the lottery.
 
Would the offense change under Vanterpool? Does he know what he has to do against elite defensive teams when they blitz Lillard? Would we have more ball movement and less predictable offense? Can he change the defense? Can he teach more and different schemes than the one drop scheme we always use? Will he hold players accountable when they show zero effort on Defense (yes Dame this also means you)? So many questions. Actually i hope we hire Becky or someone new, because i dont want anything to do with a Stotts guy
 
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