One thing I see watching the playoffs...

[tlongII]

Is we SUCK. We have no concept of how to play defense. We are so far from being a good team it's ridiculous.

 

[HailBlazers]

You gotta have enough players to play defense, right now we have like 5 and none of them are a much of a center.

Playoffs are all about solid depth 1-5.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Yes. We have maybe two (Aldridge and Matthews) good defensive players.

 

[HailBlazers]

We have maybe two (Aldridge and Matthews) good defensive players.

Name the top five SFs you would choose to matchup best with Durant, Batum should be on that list.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Name the top five SFs you would choose to matchup best with Durant, Batum should be on that list.

Batum is literally one of the most overrated defensive players in the league.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

To be fair, you could've said exactly the same thing about Golden State last year. It's possible to turn it around with basically the same coach AND personnel. Dunno how, though.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Batum is literally one of the most overrated defensive players in the league.

I think he's metaphorically overrated.

 

[KingSpeed]

We beat NY (in NY) and Denver this season.

 

[KingSpeed]

I wonder what our record was when everyone was healthy. I think we were at least .500. We just didn't have depth to fall back on when people were hurt.

 

[Mediocre Man]

We beat NY (in NY) and Denver this season.

And Miami twice, what's your point?

 

[illmatic99]

To be fair, you could've said exactly the same thing about Golden State last year. It's possible to turn it around with basically the same coach AND personnel. Dunno how, though.

Uh who said that about GS? They just needed to get healthy. Bogut makes a huge difference, and Curry played damn near 80 games on his ankle.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

It's hard to remember that we weren't horrible for stretches during this season, given how the season ended. Having a bench would probably help.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Curry played damn near 80 games on his ankle.

Ouch! What happened to his foot?

 

[KingSpeed]

And Miami twice, what's your point?

We only beat Miami once.

 

[KingSpeed]

And the point was that we could compete with these teams.

 

[KingSpeed]

Can we merge this with the playoffs thread

 

[KingSpeed]

To be fair, you could've said exactly the same thing about Golden State last year. It's possible to turn it around with basically the same coach AND personnel. Dunno how, though.

Adding Landry and Jack

 

[RoyToy]

The Blazers just need to build some depth + add another really solid piece.

Aldridge and Lillard are better than any player on the Nuggets.

Well, Lawson and Lillard are probably a tie at this point. I'll take Lillard going forward, though.

At the same time, George Karl >>>>>>>>>>>> Terry Stotts.

Blazers will still need a new coach at some point.

 

[julius]

I think the team as constructed NOW is far away. But add 2 or 3 solid bench players/or 1 starter/2 bench players, and it would be a huge difference.

Actually get them to play defense? It'll be a miracle...er..I mean, a much better team.

 

[Mediocre Man]

We only beat Miami once.

Well that ruined that point LOL

 

[e_blazer]

I think everyone of the malcontents we shed last season is playing in the post season. Most around here were happy to see them go and were talking about looking forward to a rebuild. Did you expect it to happen overnight and be painless?