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just heard on ESPN
lebron credited nate for the improvement in his defense and called nate
"one of the best defensive minds we have in this league"

hmm
 
That means a lot comin' from him!
 
crowTrobot said:
just heard on ESPN
lebron credited nate for the improvement in his defense and called nate
"one of the best defensive minds we have in this league"

hmm
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Haven't you been reading the message boards? Nate sucks! :wink:
 
Fez said:
Damn, Sergio is worse than I thought...
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Maybe Nate's problem is that he's trying to teach a complex defensive scheme to players who aren't smart enough to grasp its nuances?
 
Nikolokolus said:
Maybe Nate's problem is that he's trying to teach a complex defensive scheme to players who aren't smart enough to grasp its nuances?
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Or maybe Sergio just sucks.

I'm just saying.
 
Hmm, isn't LeBron a free agent after next season? :dunno:
 
Mediocre Man said:
Then our whole team sucks at defense.
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Aaah comon. Give Bayless, Roy, and Aldridge some love. It's our 2 PG that keep leaving our bigs out to dry on the perimeter and letting opposing PG penetrate the key.
 
I think it odd that Nate is so widely respected and so ineffective as a head coach in his career.

Ed O.
 
Us getting Lebron would really stick it to the Grizz, wouldn't it?
 
hasoos said:
Aaah comon. Give Bayless, Roy, and Aldridge some love. It's our 2 PG that keep leaving our bigs out to dry on the perimeter and letting opposing PG penetrate the key.
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I actually don't think they all suck on defense. I think our coach has really poor defensive schemes for our personel
 
PapaG said:
Hmm, isn't LeBron a free agent after next season? :dunno:
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I don't think he is. I haven't heard a single thing from anywhere, ESPN, SI, nobody seems to mention whether he is a free agent, so I doubt it.
 
Ed O said:
I think it odd that Nate is so widely respected and so ineffective as a head coach in his career.

Ed O.
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I wouldn't say he's ineffective- with the Blazers, he's overacheived arguably every year that he's been here. The Sonics haven't been nearly as good since he's left.

I think he's widely respected because he does well with the personnel that he has.
 
B-Roy said:
Or maybe Sergio just sucks.

I'm just saying.
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scapegoats are fun. i think this whole team sucks on defense right now. sergio, blake, roy, rudy, TO....the list goes on and on with how bad we play on D. and i'm sorry but nate has to be calling for the switches, maybe it's because he knows our one on one D is no good, but you don't get 1/2 through the season doing something as fundamental as that without the coach approving it.
 
Interesting that Portland is 4th best in the west for PA (Points against) What does this mean? Not sure, because certainly style of play is a huge factor when looking at this stat. But I am going to go out on a limb and say we are not that bad on D @94.9 per game.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Interesting that Portland is 4th best in the west for PA (Points against) What does this mean? Not sure, because certainly style of play is a huge factor when looking at this stat. But I am going to go out on a limb and say we are not that bad on D @94.9 per game.
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Meh.

You have to use pace adjusted stats or they are basically meaningless ... for the same reason that ppg are not as indicative as points per 40.

Just for kicks, here is the place to see where we rank both offensively and defensively in efficiency.
Offense: (3rd in the league) http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/teamstats
defense: (20th in the league) http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/teamstats?sort=defeff&seasonType=2&league=nba
 
Nikolokolus said:
Meh.

You have to use pace adjusted stats or they are basically meaningless ... for the same reason that ppg are not as indicative as points per 40.

Just for kicks, here is the place to see where we rank both offensively and defensively in efficiency.
Offense: (3rd in the league) http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/teamstats
defense: (20th in the league) http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/teamstats?sort=defeff&seasonType=2&league=nba
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Obviously this website is seriously flawed as well. I mean look at these rankings. Utah #8?? This year is their worst D team ever. Ask their fans. The clippers at # 17?? Toronto at #19. I think I will stick with the old eyeball test. (which verifys the top 6) I mean Chicago is rated ahead of Portland. Come on.

7 Milwaukee
8 Utah
9 Detroit
10 Miami
11 New Orleans
12 Dallas
13 Denver
14 Philadelphia
15 Atlanta
16 Charlotte
17 L.A. Clippers
18 Chicago
19 Toronto
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Obviously this website is seriously flawed as well. I mean look at these rankings. Utah #8?? This year is their worst D team ever. Ask their fans. The clippers at # 17?? Toronto at #19. I think I will stick with the old eyeball test. (which verifys the top 6) I mean Chicago is rated ahead of Portland. Come on.

7 Milwaukee
8 Utah
9 Detroit
10 Miami
11 New Orleans
12 Dallas
13 Denver
14 Philadelphia
15 Atlanta
16 Charlotte
17 L.A. Clippers
18 Chicago
19 Toronto
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To be fair there's an awful lot of "clustering" and not a lot of range between 7 and 20 (102-105). The stat simply measures the number of points a team allows per 100 possessions and doesn't really care how those points are scored (3 pointers, points in the paint, second chance points, surrendering lots of free throws, etc.) So you're right it's not a be-all-tell-all measurement, but if you use it in conjunction with other measurements it's not completely worthless.
 
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