GAME THREAD: Blazers @ Pistons 11.26.12 - 4:30 PST

[Darkwebs]

Hope Damian is okay. He's hobbling out there a little

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Is that four crappy games in a row for Batum now?

[checks stats - yup:

He's shot 15-42, 4-20 from 3 (exactly one three a game - the reason he's passing them up) and is averaging 10.25 pts, 6rbs, 3.5 ass., 2.5 to, 0.5 stls, 0.75 blks.

Bleh.]

 

[illmatic99]

Fuck injury to insult. Dame grabbing his knee.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Kanales is the current D coordinator - what do we do with him, do U put some of the blame on him?

I feel a Juan Castillo Situation coming on

 

[Darkwebs]

Kanales is the current D coordinator - what do we do with him, do U put some of the blame on him?

It appears Canales knows nothing about defense in the NBA

 

[Nikolokolus]

It appears Canales knows nothing about the NBA

I agree

 

[Darkwebs]

I agree

Nice edit. I agree. He's seems like a nice guy and a very hard worker, but I don't think he knows how to coach defense, let alone offense.

 

[KingSpeed]

Felton (3 of 18) shooting even worse than Lillard did

 

[XXPrimusXX]

Hope Damian is okay. He's hobbling out there a little

@WojYahooNBA - Damian Lillard has a heart attack after bumping knees with Greg Monroe in the 4th quarter of the Blazers/Pistons game tonight.

 

[Blazinaway]

I agree

It's interesting, I've mentioned he is our D coordinator 2 to 3 times during the season as out defense continues to suck balls, but NO ONE said anything. I was beginning to think he was some kind of sacred cow coach who could not be criticized, nice to see a few others getting pissed off

 

[Darkwebs]

@WojYahooNBA - Damian Lillard has a heart attack after bumping knees with Greg Monroe in the 4th quarter of the Blazers/Pistons game tonight.

At least he wouldn't need microfracture

 

[craigehlo]

At least he wouldn't need microfracture

Heart transplant

 

[Nikolokolus]

It's interesting, I've mentioned he is our D coordinator 2 to 3 times during the season as out defense continues to suck balls, but NO ONE said anything. I was beginning to think he was some kind of sacred cow coach who could not be criticized, nice to see a few others getting pissed off

Honestly I had no idea who was responsible for our defensive schemes.

 

[XXPrimusXX]

Heart transplant

The surgery was unsuccessful.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Is that four crappy games in a row for Batum now?

[checks stats - yup:

He's shot 15-42, 4-20 from 3 (exactly one three a game - the reason he's passing them up) and is averaging 10.25 pts, 6rbs, 3.5 ass., 2.5 to, 0.5 stls, 0.75 blks.

Bleh.]

Basically Batum is looking like the same inconsistent player from before, except now he does it in batches instead of alternating every game.

 

[Blazinaway]

Honestly I had no idea who was responsible for our defensive schemes.

Nick, I don't know how NBA teams and specifically the Blazers work the responsibility aspect for something like coaching and establishing a defensive scheme. Is it mostly Stotts? mostly Caleb? and obviously the players bear responsibility. I'm just trying to figure out on whose head this mostly falls

 

[RoyToy]

Basically Batum is looking like the same inconsistent player from before, except now he does it in batches instead of alternating every game.

You tend to be inconsistent when you have to rely on your jumper

Meh

 

[Nikolokolus]

Nick, I don't know how NBA teams and specifically the Blazers work the responsibility aspect for something like coaching and establishing a defensive scheme. Is it mostly Stotts? mostly Caleb? and obviously the players bear responsibility. I'm just trying to figure out on whose head this mostly falls

To be completely honest, I fault the players more than the coaches ... but even then I fault their overall lack of depth and overall shittiness more than any particular player. There just aren't enough people on this team that should legitimately call themselves NBA players, and those that are left are probably holding themselves back knowing how much energy they're going to need to keep up offensively.

 

[MARIS61]

nobody on that team, outside of Buck Williams, was a great defender.

Jerome Kersey was even better than Buck at defense, and Duckworth was no slouch either. Clyde was an excellent defender when he wanted to be.