Man we've been doing the shootout thing for a long time and we win a bunch of games doing it. We have a ton of offensive (iso and pnr expert heavy) firepower on this team, a few disruptive defenders and little to no defense after that. That sounds like Olshey/Stotts brand basketball, they should get a trademark on that shit.
If Stotts can actually find a way to ride this team into the playoffs and get both Collins and Nurkic back in time to be fairly healthy and in shape by then i would assume he will have enough to get past the first round. Assuming they don't end up with the 8th seed and face the Lakers.
Could you imagine this forum if Hezonja were still on the team and he moved up in the rotation?
Well... Yeah. We all read what it was like last year no?
Getting a mobile big would help but I don't think anything will make Olshey or the Vulcans go into the luxury tax this season.
Max this place is crazy enough now! I could only imagine!
Nurk was smoking joints in the bubble? No wonder we lost to the Lakers!
Not going to make light of a foot injury at this point i guess? Both Dame and CJ had foot injuries early in their career. Obviously we are seeing Zach out. We all know they are issues for big guys. Even small guys by NBA standards are not "Small". I think i stole that comment from you didn't I? CJ Elleby is 6-6 isn't he?
After posting that i actually read around a bit further and now i read the Blazers have a bit more to work with due to the games that will be missed by Nurkic. Seems like they can afford a vets minimum at some level. Again i am not a cap guy. As i understand there are different levels of "Vets Minimum". So picking and choosing would be key right?
There is a meltdown thread for that kind of post SIR!
It's a service available to all at anytime! We allow everyone to participate even those who have ignored us!
Stotts should have been fired 2018 after pelicans sweep. Doesn’t get worse than that. And he still here
Well maybe lower the expectations and root for the kid to succeed? If he has a rough couple games but improves every game this would be a very good thing for the team.
For that min spot we have a little over .5M in space between our current cap number and the luxury tax, the bonus Nurk will no longer receive is 1.25M. The vet min scale says that a player with 4 years experience has a min of just under 1.74M so we could afford anyone with 4 years experience or less without going into the repeater tax which seems to be completely off limits. FYI the min with vets at 5 years is just under 1.9M. So yeah we can sign a two way player which I have no idea why we haven't because that doesn't have an effect on the cap number and a min player with 4 years or less of experience. With our min the two best guys I could find were Zhaire Smith at PG and Ante Zizic at C. I'm sure others in here and the Blazers scouting staff could possibly find better. I have no clue about D-Leaguers available for 2-ways.
with or without hair?
But we have entertainment that lasts all season. However, most teams would have fired him but Neil is the reason nothing was done from '18 to now. In regards to this matter, expect little from Blazers management.
Does ANYONE play defense for the Blazers. Perhaps, the foul calls from nit picking refs is the picture we all should see.
O no....Not Scott.
