Make or break for Nate?

[jlprk]

I recall two years ago, almost every national televised game the announcers talked about our depth. This year, the only time Portland Trail Blazers and depth is brought up, its about our lack of depth.

They simply reflect the local resignation to lesser expectations for Rudy Fernandez. You're acting as if they're the authorities on the subject, when they're just parrotting what they hear from the local media.

Has it occurred to you that our lousy bench is the fault, not the excuse, of our crappy coach?

Instead of saying, he has no talent on the bench, maybe you should discover, he doesn't know how to play Batum, Roy, and Fernandez. Batum is the worst player in today's game vs. Dallas. In your view, that only makes McMillan look better.

We do need a substitute big man (e.g. Juwan Howard), but that's not why we lose. We lose because McMillan loves the jump shot. He goes inside only on the rebound, or as a last resort. He just has no clever inside plays.