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[PapaG]

I'm not a Blazer fan, its pretty obvious I want whats best for the Blazers. But the argument here has came down to Adelman vs. McMillan. Lets not get sidetracked.

Would you trade rosters with Minnesota's?

Absolutely. Minnesota is chock full of young lottery talent. Too bad their coach is holding them back. Nate would be perfect with a young team like Minny. Look what he did with a much worse, yet younger, roster in '08-09.

 

[MickZagger]

He got fired because he missed the playoffs two straight years. Now Kevin McHale steps in and is punking Adelman with a worse roster.

Plus, he should learn to coach his players to be more efficient. Once Roy fell apart, LMA was coached up to a 20+ PER player by Nate.

He missed the playoffs 1 year with a better winning % than McMillan's going to have this year and no All-Stars on that roster.

I'm sure McHale taught Lowry everything he knew about being a PG.

 

[PapaG]

He missed the playoffs 1 year with a better winning % than McMillan's going to have this year and no All-Stars on that roster.

He has an MVP candidate this year, just lost his starting PG, and wasn't in the playoffs prior to losing his starting PG.

Plus, he has three #2 overall picks that he keeps on the bench for some strange reason.

 

[MickZagger]

Absolutely. Minnesota is chock full of young lottery talent. Too bad their coach is holding them back. Nate would be perfect with a young team like Minny. Look what he did with a much worse, yet younger, roster in '08-09.

The Blazer are 'chock' full of proven veteran talent that many pundit early in the year predicted could do well in the West.

Daryl Morey got it right when he fired Adelman. It was time to go, bring in new ideas and philosophies. The Blazers have been riding this McMillan thing a couple years too long. He's lost the team, his ideas suck and are stale. This is the NBA, its a coaching carousel. Get someone fresh in there.

 

[MickZagger]

He has an MVP candidate this year, just lost his starting PG, and wasn't in the playoffs prior to losing his starting PG.

Plus, he has three #2 overall picks that he keeps on the bench for some strange reason.

Derrick Williams is perfect in the role that he's in right now. Energy off the bench. He'll figure it out as he learns to play a new position (SF) and Beasley is super talented, but a knucklehead who makes horrible decisions to shoot and doesn't play defense.

 

[magnifier661]

Why isn't Minny trying hard to get Deron Williams? He would be a perfect fit in Minny? They could offer Rubio, Beasly and Ridnour for him and that's actually a decent talent. Maybe they would give the Utah pick as well.

 

[PapaG]

Why isn't Minny trying hard to get Deron Williams? He would be a perfect fit in Minny? They could offer Rubio, Beasly and Ridnour for him and that's actually a decent talent. Maybe they would give the Utah pick as well.

Three 15 PER or less players (one who is injury-prone, another who is a headcase) for an All-NBA player? That would be a fleecing by Minnesota.

 

[PapaG]

Derrick Williams is perfect in the role that he's in right now. Energy off the bench. He'll figure it out as he learns to play a new position (SF) and Beasley is super talented, but a knucklehead who makes horrible decisions to shoot and doesn't play defense.

Sounds like a coaching issue to me. Also, how is Beasley in the "perfect" role? He's having the worst season of his career, and his first sub-15 PER season.

 

[illmatic99]

Evan Turner is starting to show why he was POY and the #2 pick of the draft. So smooth.

 

[magnifier661]

Three 15 PER or less players (one who is injury-prone, another who is a headcase) for an All-NBA player? That would be a fleecing by Minnesota.

Well many believe Rubio has a very high ceiling. Ridnour is a decent pick-up as well. Beasly is expiring so it really isn't a big deal. They could ask for Minny's (Utah pick) as well; which may pan out to be a nice first rounder.

 

[THE HCP]

McMillan hit his apex with the Blazers in that 08/09 season.

Really? You think we won all those games because of Nate's coaching? In my opinion the players won those games.... Just like they are losing them now.

 

[illmatic99]

Iggy is without doubt the best perimeter defender in the league. And it's not even close.

 

[magnifier661]

Iggy is without doubt the best perimeter defender in the league. And it's not even close.

Have always been a fan of Iggy. He had a shit team for soooo long. It's nice to finally see him start winning again.

 

[illmatic99]

The biggest change is Doug Collins. He realized that Iggy is not a scorer. He took the ball out of his hands (for the most part), and let him just play his great all around game instead of just expecting him to score 20 every night. He and the team is flourishing as a result.

 

[PapaG]

LOL at Stoudemire doing the 'late by a split-second' half-court attempt at the end of the third quarter. Can't hurt those stats!

 

[PapaG]

The biggest change is Doug Collins. He realized that Iggy is not a scorer. He took the ball out of his hands (for the most part), and let him just play his great all around game instead of just expecting him to score 20 every night. He and the team is flourishing as a result.

A credit to Iguodala for accepting the change, too. Collins somehow convinced Andre that he isn't a superstar, and the team is better for it.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Wow, his head was above the rim on that dunk. Of course, it's probably a lot easier to jump that high when your head is empty.

BNM

Here's a much better video of that dunk. Watch the slow mo starting at 12 seconds to see how high the top of Green's head is above the rim.

[video]http://www.nba.com/video/games/nets/2012/03/10/0021100597_hou_njn_play3.nba[/video]

BNM

 

[illmatic99]

MSG chanting FIRE D'ANTONI

 

[RR7]

hero to goat to hero to goat for Mike, eh? The shine of Linsanity is gone from Mike? No longer the genius everyone was proclaiming just a few short weeks ago?

 

[Boob-No-More]

Here's a much better video of that dunk. Watch the slow mo starting at 12 seconds to see how high the top of Green's head is above the rim.

[video]http://www.nba.com/video/games/nets/2012/03/10/0021100597_hou_njn_play3.nba[/video]

BNM

Here's a still image from that video:

BNM

 

[illmatic99]

hero to goat to hero to goat for Mike, eh? The shine of Linsanity is gone from Mike? No longer the genius everyone was proclaiming just a few short weeks ago?

I would trade Nate for him in a heartbeat.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

That dunk by Green was insane!!!

 

[PapaG]

I would trade Nate for him in a heartbeat.

Yeah, that 18-23 record really stands out.

 

[THE HCP]

Looked like an old school 'Nique dunk! Not bad for a guy with 9 fingers!

 

[MickZagger]

Sounds like a coaching issue to me. Also, how is Beasley in the "perfect" role? He's having the worst season of his career, and his first sub-15 PER season.

Where did I say Beasley was in the perfect role?

 

[MickZagger]

Three 15 PER or less players (one who is injury-prone, another who is a headcase) for an All-NBA player? That would be a fleecing by Minnesota.

Nash, Parker and Billups all had similar PER's when they were 21 years old.

 

[magnifier661]

Saw this on Facebook.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

^^ That's hilarious!

 

[THE HCP]

I would totally suck Ray Allen's tits!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I would totally suck Ray Allen's tits!

And he yours.