Game Thread GAME# 51: BLAZERS @ JAZZ - APRIL 8, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

[AldoTrapani]

Another thing I told ya. GOOD FOR HIM. Dame deserves the best. This organization has failed him and wasted his time.

 

[Tince]

When asked about playing Melo/Kanter together on defense:

Stotts: "It hasn't been good... we have to be better with those two on the floor."

He followed up by saying they are going to continue to play. Says "if we lose a little on defense, we have to make up for it on offense."

 

[wizenheimer]

If we get 7th seed but lose play-in, are we in the lottery?

yes....same rules as last year....maybe

 

[Strenuus]

When asked about playing Melo/Kanter together on defense:

Stotts: "It hasn't been good... we have to be better with those two on the floor."

He followed up by saying they are going to continue to play. Says "if we lose a little on defense, we have to make up for it on offense."

Fucking. Moron.

 

[Tince]

I just can't see the ownership not telling Olshey to pull the plug on Stotts as soon as possible. Maybe they will went but longer they wait you just might loose some of there season ticket holders for next year.

You don't need to tell Olshey that. Just tell Olshey to look for another job and the new GM will take care of it w/out directive.

 

[James lamphear]

Don’t the Rockets own our pick?

I think its lottery protected. I might be wrong.

 

[DDolla]

Guys, we are making the playoffs and the streak is alive but we are not going to beat anyone. We just need to prepare for that.

 

[TBpup]

Guys, we are making the playoffs and the streak is alive but we are not going to beat anyone. We just need to prepare for that.

If that is the case, I'd rather have the glimmer of hope with the Lottery pick.

 

[wizenheimer]

yeah....with all of these aggressively anti-stotts posters, it's loopy for them to not also be anti-olshey. One situation doesn't exist without the other

 

[Serbian]

Another thing I told ya. GOOD FOR HIM. Dame deserves the best. This organization has failed him and wasted his time.

It only failed because Stotts is still the coach after almost 10 years. Any GM with brains would have fired stotts after pelicans sweep. We must go on 10 game loosing streak and hope stotts sorry ass will be fired

 

[Tince]

Guys, we are making the playoffs and the streak is alive but we are not going to beat anyone. We just need to prepare for that.

If they weren't prepared for this in November, they never will be.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

An old Italian gentleman lived alone in New Jersey. He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament.

"Dear Vincent, I am pretty sad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me, like in the old days. Love, Papa."

A few days later, he received a letter from his son.

"Dear Papa, Don't dig up that garden. That's where the bodies are buried. Love, Vinnie"

At 4 am next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left. That same day, the old man received another letter from this son.

"Dear Papa, Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances. Love you, Vinnie"

I read that joke on FB today, but it was with potatoes.

 

[wizenheimer]

If that is the case, I'd rather have the glimmer of hope with the Lottery pick.

it would barely be a glimmer because the same guy managing the pick is the same one who managed the last draft Portland had a lottery pick:

10 Zach Collins
13 Donovan Mitchell
14 Bam Adebayo
19 John Collins
22 Jarrett Allen
23 OG Anunoby

 

[Tince]

yeah....with all of these aggressively anti-stotts posters, it's loopy for them to not also be anti-olshey. One situation doesn't exist without the other

Yet some of the loudest anti-Stotts people refuse to criticize Olshey with any consistency, some won't do it at all.

 

[LayneStaley]

When asked about playing Melo/Kanter together on defense:

Stotts: "It hasn't been good... we have to be better with those two on the floor."

He followed up by saying they are going to continue to play. Says "if we lose a little on defense, we have to make up for it on offense."

This is proof Stotts is a fucking moron. I mean what else does Jody need?

 

[Tince]

This is proof Stotts is a fucking moron. I mean what else does Jody need?

Olshey is the one who decides if Stotts has a job.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

When asked about playing Melo/Kanter together on defense:

Stotts: "It hasn't been good... we have to be better with those two on the floor."

He followed up by saying they are going to continue to play. Says "if we lose a little on defense, we have to make up for it on offense."

You're making me cry!

 

[LayneStaley]

it would barely be a glimmer because the same guy managing the pick is the same one who managed the last draft Portland had a lottery pick:

10 Zach Collins
13 Donovan Mitchell
14 Bam Adebayo
19 John Collins
22 Jarrett Allen
23 OG Anunoby

What were the number 1s we gave up to get 10? I wanna know what TWO players we could have to really twist the knife.

 

[LayneStaley]

Olshey is the one who decides if Stotts has a job.

Pretty sure Jody could clean house or demand Stotts gone, both should be fired.

 

[Tince]

You're making me cry!

Sorry... I'm just sharing information!

If I were trying to be an apologist, I would not have posted it. I know a lot of people don't hear the press conferences and I thought those lines were noteworthy.

 

[Tince]

Pretty sure Jody could clean house or demand Stotts gone, both should be fired.

Correct.

With that logic, she can demand anything, including playing time and rotations. However, she hires people to make those decisions. Olshey's job is to obtain talent and hire/fire coaches. It's his job.

Like I said, firing Olshey will be the end of Stotts most likely.

 

[OneSport3]

What were the number 1s we gave up to get 10? I wanna know what TWO players we could have to really twist the knife.

We gave up 15 and 20, so we could have had any two of John Collins, Jarrett Allen or OG Anunoby

 

[brooklynballer]

1-8 record versus the Too 5 teams in the West, including 5 blowouts. If that isn’t a sub-.500 team mascarading as a ‘contender’ I don’t know what is. Truly pathetic. Hope the Vulcans are watching closely.

 

[HailBlazers]

yeah....with all of these aggressively anti-stotts posters, it's loopy for them to not also be anti-olshey. One situation doesn't exist without the other

Obviously its his job to fire Stotts but I do really like our roster and if its loopy to think we need to have the right replacement on hand before doing so so be it.

 

[Tince]

Obviously its his job to fire Stotts but I do really like our roster and if its loopy to think we need to have the right replacement on hand before doing so so be it.

You like our roster to do what? Win a series? This roster is a MAJOR piece way from being a legit contender and the assests (draft picks, good contracts) we have to obtain that major piece are getting worse and worse each season. That's on Olshey.

 

[illmatic99]

You like our roster to do what? Win a series? This roster is a MAJOR piece way from being a legit contender and the assests (draft picks, good contracts) we have to obtain that major piece are getting worse and worse each season. That's on Olshey.

lol this nonsense again. you'd go to the ends of the earth to defend your man.

 

[OneSport3]

How low is the bar falling for the Pro-Stotts crowd? Joe Simons on The Outsiders said they competed and showed so much effort in the 1st half...

 

[TBpup]

You like our roster to do what? Win a series? This roster is a MAJOR piece way from being a legit contender and the assests (draft picks, good contracts) we have to obtain that major piece are getting worse and worse each season. That's on Olshey.

I like our roster a lot better than being 1-8 against the teams ahead of them in the conference...with most of those losses being blowouts. We have more talent than that. We have more talent than being last or next to last in defense.

 

[Tince]

lol this nonsense again. you'd go to the ends of the earth to defend your man.

List me the last team to win a championship with only one all-star who was below average height. It's been 30 years. 20 years since a team got to the finals with a roster like that. You may not like those facts, but they're facts.

NBA champions aren't built on 8 average/good players and one all-star.

 

[TBpup]

On the Outsiders, the translator feed interpreted "the Melo/Kanter thing" as 'the Melo cancer thing'.

You just can't make this stuff up.