Game Thread GAME# 50: BLAZERS @ SUNS - JANUARY 24, 2019 - THURSDAY, 6:00 PM, NBCSNW

[Chris Craig]

Get him Zach

 

[VenomXL]

Lookin good. Lookin real good.

 

[Strenuus]

This is so sad right now.

 

[craigehlo]

You can't pl as blame the coach on every bone head mistake this team makes. This players get pay millions dollars to play baseball and the players fault if they can't come out focus and there fault but if they handle pressure. It not all the coach these players needs to figure out to adjust how there getting play.

There is no consequence for half-assing it on defense with Stotts as the coach.

 

[TBpup]

You can't pl as blame the coach on every bone head mistake this team makes. This players get pay millions dollars to play baseball and the players fault if they can't come out focus and there fault but if they handle pressure. It not all the coach these players needs to figure out to adjust how there getting play.

Discipline comes from the top down. Stotts doesn't hold Dame or CJ accountable so no one else feels like they have to stay in line.

 

[LayneStaley]

I bet Zach will be a KG level asshole in 3-4 years if he turns into the player most of us think/hope he will be.


And it will make me happy.

 

[illmatic99]

I'd rather have Meyers in there.

and why is Nik in street clothes?

Is there something going on?

 

[Jade Falcon]

Excitement<<<Depression.

 

[BonesJones]

You can't pl as blame the coach on every bone head mistake this team makes. This players get pay millions dollars to play baseball and the players fault if they can't come out focus and there fault but if they handle pressure. It not all the coach these players needs to figure out to adjust how there getting play.

When the team is NEVER prepared to handle pressure defense when its obviously our achilles heel, then yes, I can blame Stotts. Almost all his sets break down against pressure defense. It turns into isolation BS.

 

[Jade Falcon]

I bet Zach will be a KG level asshole in 3-4 years if he turns into the player most of us think/hope he will be.


And it will make me happy.

He won't. He can't even play well against Phoenix. I don't know what the hell people see in this guy.

 

[ripcityboy]

Whenever we go on the road at some point talent level gets exposed. It's like teams know the players Olshey gets are only capable of being pushed so far.

 

[VenomXL]

Nice pass Zach. Jake can’t jump quite THAT high.

 

[BonesJones]

He won't. He can't even play well against Phoenix. I don't know what the hell people see in this guy.

Facepalm

 

[TBpup]

Jake glides to the basket so effortlessly...

 

[illmatic99]

I don't know what defense we're playing right now. First time this lineup has played this year I believe and it looks like it

 

[ripcityboy]

That was Bender falling down.

 

[Strenuus]

That was a clear foul lmao they almost let it go.

 

[LayneStaley]

He won't. He can't even play well against Phoenix. I don't know what the hell people see in this guy.

I’m not ready to give up on any 21 year old nba player with tons of potential, especially ours.

But I agree his development this year is less than I expected.

 

[BonesJones]

I’m not ready to give up on any 21 year old nba player with tons of potential, especially ours.

But I agree his development this year is less than I expected.

Less than expected? Hes been efficient offensively and above-average defensively. What the hell do people expect?

 

[ripcityboy]

I think Zach will be a good shooter eventually. But right now he just seems like he's jacking up any shot haphazardly.

 

[BonesJones]

Grab the ball FFS

 

[VenomXL]

Nurk missing everything tonight.

 

[BonesJones]

Nurkic cant finish.

 

[illmatic99]

Wake up!

 

[Strenuus]

OH MY GOD don't show that!!!!

 

[craigehlo]

No pressure on the ball handler in transition is a trademark of a Stotts' coached team.

 

[TBpup]

Suns are fast-breaking us to death! I don't get how Stotts thinks easy baskets are such a bad thing.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Not only are the Blazers not getting out in transition at all, they're not stopping the ball in transition pretty frequently. Just a sloppy, poorly executed game. They need to make the "right play". Phoenix is an NBA team but the Blazers are making it much harder on themselves then they need to..

 

[ripcityboy]

All they have to do is pressure us on defense and beat us back because we are so bad in transition. Terry does not prepare this team. I'm not even that good at basketball and I can see that.

 

[James lamphear]

There is no consequence for half-assing it on defense with Stotts as the coach.

True!