F*** YOU NATE MCMILLAN

[VanillaGorilla]

So what? Him being in the game allows for him to be matched up on Joe Johnson when switches do occur. Blazers are up by one and Joe Johnson drives right by Blake with 14 seconds to go and makes an easy layup. Yes, it was on a switch, but a superior athlete handles that switch while staying in front of his man. Webster or Bayless SHOULD have been in the game at that point for defensive purposes. McMillan fucked it up by leaving Blake in to defend. A good coach isn't so rigid in his rotations down the stretch of a game as to discount obvious advantages. Sadly, McMillan has a hard on for all things Blake does and quite clearly does not see benefit in playing winning matchups.

... I was replying to this quote from ITS GO TIME.

So last night, he starts the game (playing man defense against Joe Johnson), he leads the team to a double digit lead with throwing entry passes that led to 3-5 layups.

 

[Pontius]

You want Bayless in for defensive purposes with 14 seconds left in the game? Sorry, that pretty much should eliminate your right to criticize Nate's thinking ever. Bayless would have just jabbed his arm out into Johnson, and put him on the line. He averages over 2 fouls a game, in under 9 minutes. No. He absolutely should NOT have been in the game.

As opposed to letting him waltz in for the score?

So I am not right to criticize McMillan's failed scheme, simply because YOU think Bayless wouldn't have been up to task?

I actually would've preferred Webster to Bayless, but I'd also prefer Bayless to Blake. And as much as you demean my theory, the relevant data suggests that having Blake in didn't work. So any other suggestion(Bayless) is seemingly just as credible if failure is the baseline. So the worst I could be is on par with McMillan with my Bayless suggestion.

 

[PapaG]

He was pretty bad to be quite honest. Let everyone outrebound him and did nothing on offense.

I just saw and briefly talked to Przy outside the PetCo in Tualatin. Let's just say the team is happy to be home.

 

[Rodolfo]

Stop it. It's Blake's fault (and Nate's). Oh, and Outlaw's as well.

You forgot KP!