Felton frustrated with Nate

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It is time to give Smith and Williams some burn.

They will likely flop.....but there is at least a CHANCE they will be productive.

At this point, I wouldn't object if they just told Felton to clean out his locker and take the rest of the season off.
 
I wonder how uncle Paul feels about the lack of a real GM about now? If it's anything but "wow, I really fucked up by not having one and letting them run things" then we need a new owner ASAP.
 
Sign Iverson to a one-year deal and release Armon. What's the worst that could happen? He becomes a headcase from the bench, you cut him.
 
If we're going the waiver wire route, I'd be much happier with Brooks or Patty than AI. AI is probably my most favorite non-Blazer ever, but Patty and Brooks have a lot more game right now.
 
Well, the first thing Felton should do is get rid of friends who like to call him up and tell him what bad stuff they read in the paper. Not sure what he could do with the family members; stop taking their phone calls; or maybe learn to communicate directly and tell them he doesn't want to hear it! And while he is at it, why not go to Coach's office and talk with him.

I think the coach has got to have faith in him and leave him in, even if it costs us some games. Either he will get better so that maybe we can get something for him in trade (because I for sure would not want to take a chance on signing him longterm) or it will show he is just hopeless and we can play Smith.
And yes, it does seem that Nate has trouble coaching point guards; I don't know if he overcoaches them or what. If I was him i would ask Felton what he wants from him as a coach; what did D'Antoni do that helped him succeed?
 
Haha, I like the comment at the end of that piece.

"Andre Miller didn't have confidence from Nate either, until he screamed in his face."
 
Mediocre Man said:
I wonder how uncle Paul feels about the lack of a real GM about now? If it's anything but "wow, I really fucked up by not having one and letting them run things" then we need a new owner ASAP.
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Irrelevant to the thread, which is about the competence of the coach, who needs to go. You can change guards, coaches, and GMs, but you can't change owners. The owner is a given and everything else is a variable. And Paul Allen is not going to run away just because a message board doesn't like him, so you're just spinning your wheels.
 
Y'know, I've been sticking up for Felton, because, in all this, he has the most PG talent of anyone on our roster. But this is bullshit. He is playing LIKE CRAP. You cannot blame Nate for him dribbling the ball off his foot or hitting worse from outside than many fat message-board heroes like us could.

The most I'm prepared to say for Felton is that he's never had a reputation as a complainer, even when playing for legendary micromanaging griper Larry Brown, and that this is just total exasperation at annoying local reporters grilling him. But fucking hell, it's got to the point where he just needs to be cut.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
I think the coach has got to have faith in him and leave him in, even if it costs us some games. Either he will get better so that maybe we can get something for him in trade (because I for sure would not want to take a chance on signing him longterm) or it will show he is just hopeless and we can play Smith.
And yes, it does seem that Nate has trouble coaching point guards; I don't know if he overcoaches them or what. If I was him i would ask Felton what he wants from him as a coach; what did D'Antoni do that helped him succeed?
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Up until the past few games, this has happened all season.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Y'know, I've been sticking up for Felton, because, in all this, he has the most PG talent of anyone on our roster. But this is bullshit. He is playing LIKE CRAP. You cannot blame Nate for him dribbling the ball off his foot or hitting worse from outside than many fat message-board heroes like us could.

The most I'm prepared to say for Felton is that he's never had a reputation as a complainer, even when playing for legendary micromanaging griper Larry Brown, and that this is just total exasperation at annoying local reporters grilling him. But fucking hell, it's got to the point where he just needs to be cut.
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He has the most talent and shows it by being the 52nd ranked PG in the NBA PER wise. That is next level terribleness
 
yuyuza1 said:
If we're going the waiver wire route, I'd be much happier with Brooks or Patty than AI. AI is probably my most favorite non-Blazer ever, but Patty and Brooks have a lot more game right now.
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And this is what I don't understand.

Patty can dribble penetrate, find the open player and shoot pretty darn well. In every aspect of his game he's better than Felton. I guess that second round stigma is killing his chances of an NBA return.

Our managerial decision making is freaking horrible.
 
Well, he can't legally be contacted yet by the Blazers. If this continues on up to the all star break, I'm certain Chad will hit up Patty.

Check out this exchange on twitter last night:

And this:
@jwquick: @Patty_Mills need a point guard to the Rose Garden ASAP” --> That's where I wanna be mate. I really wanna help my Bala's out
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The Chinese Basketball Association is showing no inclination to let unhappy NBA players out of their contracts for the 2011-12 season, and will likely mandate they not receive clearance letters to return to the NBA until the Chinese season ends in March, sources told Yahoo! Sports.

The Chinese Basketball Association passed a rule that its teams could sign only NBA free agents during the lockout, and it was made clear to those players they would have to play the full season to be given FIBA clearance letters to sign contracts with NBA teams.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_china_nba_players_112811
 
yuyuza1 said:
If we're going the waiver wire route, I'd be much happier with Brooks or Patty than AI. AI is probably my most favorite non-Blazer ever, but Patty and Brooks have a lot more game right now.
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Didn't realize Aaron Brooks was out of the NBA. I'd take a chance on him. Patty sounds like another option I could live with. Both are lousy playmakers, but then so are Felton and Crawford. At least they give you good perimeter shooting.

I'm pretty much over the Felton experiment. But I still think Crawford has some value at doing what he does best--coming in at SG off the bench and creating for himself. He just hasn't had a chance to play that role much this year.
 
Bob Dobalina said:
Up until the past few games, this has happened all season.
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That's a good point; I gotta admit, I go back and forth on this. He has shown he can do a lot better other places so i guess i am in favor of trying to rehabilitate him enough to get some value in a trade. Maybe it's already too late for that.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
That's a good point; I gotta admit, I go back and forth on this. He has shown he can do a lot better other places so i guess i am in favor of trying to rehabilitate him enough to get some value in a trade. Maybe it's already too late for that.
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I think the term "beyond salvage" unfortunately may apply here, just get him the fuk off the flolor and off the team, ASAP
 
BoBoBREWSKI said:
Felton should be frustrated with Felton.
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Perfect post.

He isn't doing his job and playing the blame game.

When I see him wide open for a '3', and he misses the whole rim to the left or right, why is it Nate's fault? When he makes idiotic passes late in games or allows the ball to be taken from him, why is that Nate's fault?

He not only can't play, but he's a crybaby about it as well.
 
I think Felton is frustrated with Felton. What he is blaming Nate for is losing confidence in him
 
Chicken or egg?

Does Felton suck because Nate has no confidence in him?

Or, does Nate lack confidence in him because Felton sucks?

Time to break this vicious cycle. They both need to go. The sooner, the better.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
Chicken or egg?

Does Felton suck because Nate has no confidence in him?

Or, does Nate lack confidence in him because Felton sucks?

Time to break this vicious cycle. They both need to go. The sooner, the better.

BNM
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Easy answer.

Felton is not a good NBA PG. Period. It doesn't matter the coach or the system, he just isn't very good. He's not starter material and is being kicked around in nearly every game. He's not about to admit it, so he blames others.
 
Maybe a trip to the NBDL will boost his confidence.
 
Nate is a joke. Felton is even more of a joke. Crawford is a ball hog. Time to burn up this shit we think are guards on the blazers. I would even dare to say trade all three for draft picks or release the lot of em. Been the most frustrated as a fan since the Zach 20 win seasons. Ug this is so frustrating!
 
Nate is so hard on his PGs that Blake had his best seasons here (and tricked the Lakers into thinking he was half-decent) and Andre Miller scored 52 points, nearly the most by any Blazer ever, at age about 50. Damn that man!

I bet Luke Ridnour wouldn't mind being reunited with the NBA coach for whom he was a starting PG who got deep into the playoffs.
 
Boob-No-More said:
Chicken or egg?

Does Felton suck because Nate has no confidence in him?

Or, does Nate lack confidence in him because Felton sucks?

Time to break this vicious cycle. They both need to go. The sooner, the better.

BNM
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This is exactly what I was thinking. I completely blame Felton for showing up to camp out of shape and fat and I completely blame Nate for having no idea what to do with a point guard that makes his living going north-south as fast as possible. Felton bears the lions share for his woes, but he's got absolutely no shot here with this coach.
 
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