I have never seen Stotts this pissed

[SlyPokerDog]

Why? This forum needs an insider who knows a lot about basketball.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

There have been very, very successful sports books....John Wooden's is still selling today

That's not a book, it's a basketball bible.

 

[WillG]

If only we could transplant some of Stotts' fiestiness into some of our more placid players. (I'm looking at you Meyers and Crabbe)

In regard to Karl - very unprofessional - he must truly be done with the NBA.

 

[Nate]

Well, I think Portland would have about 5-6 wins this year without Damian Lillard, but I think Karl makes a valid point about Lillard trying to do too much on his own at times.

And I've defended Damian's defense, but these last two games without him we've held our opponent under 100 points. How much of that is Damian, I don't know, but we'd only done it 5 times prior this season.

It's probably because CJ wasn't our starting 2 guard

 

[riverman]

That's not a book, it's a basketball bible.

ok....Hubie Brown's and Bill Walton's books sold a bunch....Hubie keeps reading his to me over, and over, and over whenever he broadcasts a game

 

[e_blazer]

This is a great sports book that was a New York Times best seller:

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1......0j0i67k1.-LShAhy_zvQ#imgrc=3yZUKaE7h4-suM:

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This is a great sports book that was a New York Times best seller:

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS710US710&hl=en-US&ei=NsplWLj7N4WMjwOAwYXgCw&q=david halberstam portland trail blazers&oq=david halberstam port&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.1.0.0i22i30k1.13161.15179.0.16400.6.6.0.1.1.0.161.537.3j2.5.0....0...1c.1.64.mobile-gws-serp..1.5.457...0j0i67k1.-LShAhy_zvQ#imgrc=3yZUKaE7h4-suM:

THIS!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Friday Night Lights was a hell of a read, great movie and pretty good TV series.

 

[dviss1]

Too bad he wasn't that upset when the Blazers were declining to last in the NBA in defense. So many people get so offended over someone else's opinion versus what is actually happening. Guess that is where we are as a society. I'm not saying Karl was right, but why is it such a big deal?

How do you know? You aren't in the locker room nor the training facility.

 

[dviss1]

There have been very, very successful sports books....John Wooden's is still selling today

@riverman. I served with John Wooden. I knew John Wooden. John Wooden was a friend of mine. riverman, George Karl is no John Wooden.

 

[ripcityboy]

If we are talking best selling sports books (all time) "Finding The Winning Edge" by Bill Walsh and Brian Billick has got to be top 10 if not top 5. That is literally the best written memoir/coaches manual in organized football. That man was a friggin genius.

I wish more people new about Terry Pluto's book "Loose Balls." Which is a comprehensive history of the ABA. That organization was haphazardly run by a bunch of maniacs and played by such. The story of Marvin Barnes is worth the price alone. I hope they turn it into a movie one day and not like that make-weight comedy, Semi Pro.

I think George Karl is going the way of Jim Bouton. He wrote a tell all book, about baseball's infamoua road life while he was pitching for the Yankees called "Ball Four." The book sold well but many of his teammates never forgave him, including Mickey Mantle, whose image/facade was basically destroyed. The press basically hailed Ball Four as groundbreaking but now it's seen as overrated bawdy macho farce. Jim Bouton regretted writing Ball Four later in life. I think Karl will regret writing his book as well.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If we are talking best selling sports books (all time) "Finding The Winning Edge" by Bill Walsh and Brian Billick has got to be top 10 if not top 5.

Here's a pretty good list.

http://www.si.com/vault/2002/12/16/334173/the-top-100-sports-books-of-all-time

I would love to read Plimpton's book someday.

 

[Minstrel]

I wish more people new about Terry Pluto's book "Loose Balls." Which is a comprehensive history of the ABA. That organization was haphazardly run by a bunch of maniacs and played by such. The story of Marvin Barnes is worth the price alone. I hope they turn it into a movie one day and not like that make-weight comedy, Semi Pro.

There was a good 30 For 30 on Marvin Barnes and the Spirits of St. Louis. If you haven't seen it, it's worth watching.

 

[ripcityboy]

There was a good 30 For 30 on Marvin Barnes and the Spirits of St. Louis. If you haven't seen it, it's worth watching.

Yeah. I saw it. Thought it was pretty good. Hard to believe Bob Costas got his start with that franchise. But as they say, "you got to start somewhere."

 

[ripcityboy]

Here's a pretty good list.

http://www.si.com/vault/2002/12/16/334173/the-top-100-sports-books-of-all-time

I would love to read Plimpton's book someday.

Plimpton was an American original, of a kind of class and quality in writing and journalism that you just don't find any more. The Paris Review was probably at its best when he was editor.

 

[riverman]

Here's a pretty good list.

http://www.si.com/vault/2002/12/16/334173/the-top-100-sports-books-of-all-time

I would love to read Plimpton's book someday.

I've read it...good read...I liked a book I didn't see on the list about Rod Laver I read long ago...might be out of print now. I love the 920 921 section of the library...read a lot of biographies and autobiographies. One of my favorites was definitely Cinderella Man by Jeremey Schaap....later made into a movie by Russell Crowe....frickin' amazing true story...win the championship and pay the govt back every penny his family got from Welfare the next day...awesome sports story

 

[riverman]

Hunter Thompson is another favorite of mine....I miss his columns

 

[Kaydow]

Well, I think Portland would have about 5-6 wins this year without Damian Lillard, but I think Karl makes a valid point about Lillard trying to do too much on his own at times.

And I've defended Damian's defense, but these last two games without him we've held our opponent under 100 points. How much of that is Damian, I don't know, but we'd only done it 5 times prior this season.

That's a fair question. But we need to remember that if Dame was asked to sell out for 36 minutes on defense, fight through/around pick after pick with Patrick Beverly-like intensity, we can't complain when he's not able to put up anywhere near 27 ppg. And when his offensive numbers drop & he's not able to take over games when we're desperate for buckets, will we say he's not clutch anymore? Or even worse, that he's not living up to his contract? Maybe he finds a balance between offense & defense like Chris Paul has, but with the current roster he has to shoulder A LOT of the burden to create not only his offense, but for others as well. There's only so much gas in the tank.

 

[riverman]

Dame has made improvements in his game this season...teardrop is better, gets to the line, assists up, turnovers down. Far outweighs the fact he's not Bruce Bowen on defense

 

[TBpup]

Dame has made improvements in his game this season...teardrop is better, gets to the line, assists up, turnovers down. Far outweighs the fact he's not Bruce Bowen on defense

I don't even need Bruce Bowen but to see how much effort Patty Mills put in the other night and how much he made shots difficult for Dame, that doesn't seem too much to expect.

 

[riverman]

I don't even need Bruce Bowen but to see how much effort Patty Mills put in the other night and how much he made shots difficult for Dame, that doesn't seem too much to expect.

I think he needs to be playing next to a Bruce Bowen but you're right...I'd love to get Patty Mills back