Game Thread GAME# 19: BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - NOVEMBER 23, 2018 - FRIDAY, 7:30 PM, NBCSNW

[Scalma]

Who says we are a good passing team? We're in the bottom of the league in assists every year.

It’s why I don’t think we need an Otto Porter as much as we need someone like Batum (no I’m not saying get Batum)

We need playmakers. And maybe a coach willing to hold his stars accountable. Then again they’re probably just doing what Stotts wants them to do since he doesn’t trust anyone else.

 

[KingSpeed]

CC and Stren deleting posts.

 

[Jade Falcon]

You take the two guards away from this team, this is what happens. Blowouts. Doesn't matter the matchups.

There you go. And of course Stotts never has an answer for it.

I wish Allen were here.....I don't think he would tolerate blowout losses like this. But the way things stand, Stotts will likely be here for the foreseeable future.

Goddammit. I want that man FIRED!

 

[brooklynballer]

I believe Stotts actually wants more ball movement. The question is do cj,dame and Turner want that?

Then man up and force your team to play the way you want them to. If certain players won’t (ie. Dame & CJ) then bench their asses until they do.

 

[beast blazer]

Then he needs to not be a limp dicked pansy and do something about it.

A coach who pisses off his star will have no job. Dame needs to figure it out and take the lead.

 

[LuckyShot]

They need to be benched

That's what I'd do. They obviously aren't helping us on the floor. Gotta set a standard somewhere because our effort and intensity is just all over the fucking place from game to game, week to week.

 

[Blazer4ever]

For the rest of the game, watch Dame playing defense, if you're a masochist I mean

Memo to Dame: if you want to stay on your man no matter what and never rotate, you need to guard their best player, not their weakest

 

[Darkwebs]

 

[BonesJones]

- The ONLY pass available to Dame and C.J. is to pass to someone standing on the perimeter, who then does nothing productive with the ball.
- If Dame and C.J. drive, they have no passing opportunities because the help defense is so set and ready and collapse so hard that there's no passing windows to other players, partly because they don't get to open space or cut into the open passing window.

So what the hell should they do, exactly? It's easy to say "They need to pass more". Problem is, there's no productive passes to be made.

 

[BonesJones]

Memo to Dame: if you want to stay on your man no matter what and never rotate, you need to guard their best player, not their weakest

How many different ways are you gong to say the same thing?

 

[tykendo]

Harkless is freakin' useless. And he needs to wipe that goofy smirk off his face.

 

[LuckyShot]

A coach who pisses off his star will have no job. Dame needs to figure it out and take the lead.

That just seems like a lame response to me.

 

[beast blazer]

That's ridiculous. Dame has shown the ability to make the right pass his whole career. He sees cutters. And if players are using other players as an excuse to play lazily and stand on the perimeter instead of moving, then that means they care more about their touches than the betterment of the team, and they need to go. It could also be a product of them not being instructed to, or them simply not listening to the coaching staff, which means the coaching staff needs to go.

Dame,cj and Turner are what really drive the way we play offense. Stotts doesn't say..ok guys tonight I don't want you to run our offense, I want you to take turns chucking up shots....

 

[KingSpeed]

- The ONLY pass available to Dame and C.J. is to pass to someone standing on the perimeter, who then does nothing productive with the ball.
- If Dame and C.J. drive, they have no passing opportunities because the help defense is so set and ready and collapse so hard that there's no passing windows to other players, partly because they don't get to open space or cut into the open passing window.

So what the hell should they do, exactly? It's easy to say "They need to pass more". Problem is, there's no productive passes to be made.

Except Aminu who drove and scored twice and hit a three.

 

[Binx]

Just got home.. what the hell is happening? Curry and Draymond ain’t even playing

Yep. This is apparently the game that reveals our true colors. We aren’t even in the same league with the Warriors.

 

[BonesJones]

Watching this Kansas vs. Tennessee game right now. It's a great game. Less than 2 minutes left, and #5 Tennessee is up 69-67 over #2 Kansas

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

This post, is how I have felt watching every single blazer game on this road trip, even the ones they won...

 

[beast blazer]

That just seems like a lame response to me.

Fact of life in the NBA. Even all-time greats like jerry sloan lose when they butt heads with their star.

 

[BonesJones]

Except Aminu who drove and scored twice and hit a three.

And? I'm talking about the majority of possessions. If a team has 3 transition buckets during a game, they're likely not pushing the ball enough. But you're retort would be "But these 3 possessions..."

 

[julius]

Remember the loss to the Knicks right before McMillan got canned?

One can only hope....

 

[LuckyShot]

- The ONLY pass available to Dame and C.J. is to pass to someone standing on the perimeter, who then does nothing productive with the ball.
- If Dame and C.J. drive, they have no passing opportunities because the help defense is so set and ready and collapse so hard that there's no passing windows to other players, partly because they don't get to open space or cut into the open passing window.

So what the hell should they do, exactly? It's easy to say "They need to pass more". Problem is, there's no productive passes to be made.

An offense that features more movement off the ball would help. Currently we have Dame or CJ driving 1 on 5 after getting a nearly useless ball screen, with the other 4 teammates just standing still and watching most of the time. Of course they won't do shit when they catch the ball flat footed at the 3 point line with all 5 defenders still standing in front of them.

 

[Scalma]

A coach who pisses off his star will have no job. Dame needs to figure it out and take the lead.

Fuck that. If our stars can’t handle *COACHING* they’re not going to lead us anywhere anyway. Think Popovich gives a shit if he hurts anyone’s feelings? Guy consistently lit up Ginobili, Parker, etc but it made them better.

 

[tykendo]

Neil needs to go get Porter, PERIOD! Send Heartless gone please ASAP.

 

[BonesJones]

Dame,cj and Turner are what really drive the way we play offense. Stotts doesn't say..ok guys tonight I don't want you to run our offense, I want you to take turns chucking up shots....

But then Stotts puts them in a position where they're running a high school offense and the most beneficial thing they can do is try to freelance out of it.

 

[KingSpeed]

well, we lose the game and that's a respectable 5-5 on the road to go with 7-2 home record. Sweep our three game homestand and we're 15-7. I'll take it.

 

[BonesJones]

Neil needs to go get Porter, PERIOD! Send Heartless gone please ASAP.

I'm starting to think that won't fix much. We need a new coach.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

@SlyPokerDog How many times does he need to do this?

Thank you for bringing to my attention.

He has been banned from this thread.

I will attempt to talk to him again via Private Message.

@Blazer4ever I would like to have a conversation with you in private. I have tried to have one with you before but you never replied back.

 

[BonesJones]

well, we lose the game and that's a respectable 5-5 on the road to go with 7-2 home record. Sweep our three game homestand and we're 15-7. I'll take it.

And we'll be no better since we still haven't fixed our deficiencies that plague us during the playoffs.

 

[Chris Craig]

well, we lose the game and that's a respectable 5-5 on the road to go with 7-2 home record. Sweep our three game homestand and we're 15-7. I'll take it.

Dude, your suppose to be the postive one. We got this.

 

[BonesJones]

Thank you for bringing to my attention.

He has been banned from this thread.

I will attempt to talk to him again via Private Message.

@Blazer4ever I would like to have a conversation with you in private. I have tried to have one with you before but you never replied back.

Thank you, appreciate it.