Imagine for a second Jimmy Butler on the Blazers instead of McCollum. Size - check. Defensive intensity - check. Provides 20+ PPG - check. Holds his teammates accountable - check. There is a good chance Chicago may have accepted a trade package centering around McCollum if NO had bothered to call them.
I'm not ready to use Stotts as the reason...he's obviously frustrated and tried a rotation that failed last night....back to back losses usually bring out the torches and pitchforks...that's a given. We rely on Chief to stop quicker guards at the rim......we're not nearly as good without his defense
Aminu is a bench player at best. He’s not the reason we lost.
Not to mention having Crabbe start as our two guard next to Dame. Much better size but we'd lose the playmaking ability of CJ. Leaving us with just dame who could get their own shot and Nurk to some extent.
What I saw was Pat C, ET and CJ turning the ball over and fouling guys like nobody's biz at the end of the game....there was a stretch where we just gave them the game....Nurk or not...credit where credit is due....those guys let the game slip away at the end
you miss the 3rd qtr of the game?
Jimmy butler is more than capable of getting his own shot.
Pretty sure he’s talking about the 4th. Basketball is a game of runs. Nurk could’ve easily gone off in the 4th if he got any chance.
I didn't blame Nurk...I'm saying he was on the court when we lost the lead and he didn't play good defense during that stretch. Nobody did
he was...just not for all 17 pts of the run....defense is a team skill...we didn't keep a string on D all night ...I'm baffled Nurk didn't play the end game just like everybody else..I'm just not assuming he would have saved the day last night...Pat, CJ and ET would still turn over the ball when the game was on the line
Nurkic allowed 3 points during the 3rd?!
Okay, use the past year to throw him under the bus then. Everything I said in the OP is stuff that is still happening now. @yuyuza1 and others thought it was a stupid overreaction, but I've always been right about Stotts.
