Notice Respect Stotts

[Draco]

He took over a team that was stacked with talent. All he has done is continually make moves, fuck with chemistry, and lose in the playoffs. He has arguably the best pure point guard in the league, one of the best power forwards, one of the best centers, a great bench scorer, and a very serviceable shooting guard. The guy can't seem to win. He lucked out of the first round against GSW last year and then got smashed by the Thunder. He couldn't do shit with Boston after his stars aged beyond their peak. About the only skill that he can claim to be the best is whining. Nobody can touch him.

Doc is a good coach. Check out the Orlando roster he got to .500 Darrell Armstrong was their best player.

Doc the GM is horrible. I blame an owner for giving a coach that much power they are two very difficult demanding jobs.

 

[Natebishop3]

Doc is a good coach. Check out the Orlando roster he got to .500 Darrell Armstrong was their best player.

Doc the GM is horrible. I blame an owner for giving a coach that much power they are two very difficult demanding jobs.

Did you forget he had a young Ben Wallace on that team?

Do you think he would have done that in the western conference with that team? He did it in the east. It's really not that impressive.

 

[blue9]

He has arguably the best pure point guard in the league, one of the best power forwards, one of the best centers, a great bench scorer, and a very serviceable shooting guard. The guy can't seem to win. He lucked out of the first round against GSW last year and then got smashed by the Thunder.

I fail to see how this is all that different from Stotts.

 

[Draco]

I think Stotts is good but we have a very difficult March and last year the Blazers were far too fatigued at the start of the playoffs. With such a huge lead on the division we will have at least a 4 seed so I want to see the team fresh when the playoffs start even if it costs us some wins.

Stotts had some good moves last night but I put most of the clippers offensive struggles on their lack of options and fatigue. They were missing their 2nd and 3rd options in Griffin, Crawford. CP3 was magnificent but he was fatigued at the end and their bench was horrible. Clippers are a tough opponent for anyone and they have the worst wing rotation in the league. Their GM is awful.

 

[Natebishop3]

I fail to see how this is all that different from Stotts.

Really?

You fail to see how the Clippers last year with CP3, Blake Griffin, and one of the best benches in basketball is different from Terry Stotts and his band of merry men? How did our bench last year compare at all to the Clippers?

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Terry was the difference between the Nic we saw com out of halftime for the first 21 mins and the Nic we saw in the final 3 in the fourth and then OT. When Nic turned the corner on the one drive and didn't take it strong to the hoop, he got after him.

You see the difference in this team when Nic is aggressive and when he's not. Unfortunately more times than not he needs to be told to be aggressive. That's not good news.

 

[Blazinaway]

Stotts didn't get crap out of Claver when we all know that Pops could have turned him into an allstar.

this is true, fire the bum

 

[blue9]

Really?

You fail to see how the Clippers last year with CP3, Blake Griffin, and one of the best benches in basketball is different from Terry Stotts and his band of merry men? How did our bench last year compare at all to the Clippers?

Best PG (CP3) = Best* PF (LMA)
One of best PF (Blake) = One of best PG (Lillard)
Center (Jordan) = Center (Lopez)
Bench Scorer (Crawford) > Bench Scorer (Mo)
Serviceable SG (Reddick) < Serviceable SG (Wes)
Lucked out of the first round (GSW) = Lucked out of the first round (HOU)
Bounced = Bounced

Like I said, not dramatically different. Are there differences? Of course, but there's also a tremendous amount of similarities. But basically it all boils down to the fact that neither Doc nor Stotts are all that great.

*Some people think LMA is the best PF in the game.

 

[magnifier661]

Yeah, his high-percentage shots inside - when combined with the shots further away - will pull up the overall percentage for the distance you're measuring. But no matter how you slice it, the numbers are there and they say that outside of 5' LMA is a ~40% shooter. I don't know what the league average is, but I suspect he's worse than average.

But it's also 57% when he shoots from 10ft and in.

Guess you are a half empty guy. I like being half full!

 

[blue9]

But it's also 57% when he shoots from 10ft and in.

Yes, because his 63% shooting from within 5' brings up his 40% shooting from 5-9' to 57% when they're combined. That doesn't change the fact that when he's further than 5' from the hoop he shoots 40%. It has nothing to do with the glass being half-full/empty.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

But it's also 57% when he shoots from 10ft and in.

Guess you are a half empty guy. I like being half full!

That's what your wife says every night!

 

[Natebishop3]

Best PG (CP3) = Best* PF (LMA)
One of best PF (Blake) = One of best PG (Lillard)
Center (Jordan) = Center (Lopez)
Bench Scorer (Crawford) > Bench Scorer (Mo)
Serviceable SG (Reddick) < Serviceable SG (Wes)
Lucked out of the first round (GSW) = Lucked out of the first round (HOU)
Bounced = Bounced

Like I said, not dramatically different. Are there differences? Of course, but there's also a tremendous amount of similarities. But basically it all boils down to the fact that neither Doc nor Stotts are all that great.

*Some people think LMA is the best PF in the game.

Here's the huge difference that you left out in your comparison:

Clippers Bench
Crawford
Big Baby Davis
Matt Barnes
Darren Collison
Jared Dudley
Danny Granger
Hedo Turkoglu

Blazers bench
Mo Williams
Will Barton
Thomas Robinson
Dorell Wright
Meyers Leonard
Joel Freeland
CJ McCollum

Notice a difference?

 

[Pinwheel1]

I like Terry too. My frustration was simply based on our inability to handle their trap against Dame....again. For a while we were back to shooting contested three's that were not close to going in.

But Terry did a lot of good things in that game. And one as mentioned was with Nic. I was pissed when Nic drove to the lane in the 4th and passed on a open shot. The result was a much worse shot by someone else. I watch Terry after that play walk to Nic and had a conversation with him. Immediately after that is when Nic became more aggressive. His players like playing for him.

 

[blue9]

Here's the huge difference that you left out in your comparison:

Clippers Bench
Crawford
Big Baby Davis
Matt Barnes
Darren Collison
Jared Dudley
Danny Granger
Hedo Turkoglu

Blazers bench
Mo Williams
Will Barton
Thomas Robinson
Dorell Wright
Meyers Leonard
Joel Freeland
CJ McCollum

Notice a difference?

I was merely responding to what you originally wrote. The similarities were uncanny.

 

[Strenuus]

You'd think we lost the game last night or something.

What the fuck is going on?

 

[riverman]

You'd think we lost the game last night or something.

What the fuck is going on?

Baffles me too, I'm calling it the "we almost lost 4 game winning streak meltdown" It's almost worse than a 2 game losing streak meltdown

 

[Natebishop3]

I was merely responding to what you originally wrote. The similarities were uncanny.

No, you completely disregarded my point about the Clippers having one of the best benches in basketball. That was a pretty large part of my original point.

Pound for pound, the starting units match up pretty well, but last year their bench was vastly superior to our bench. It wasn't even close.

 

[magnifier661]

Yes, because his 63% shooting from within 5' brings up his 40% shooting from 5-9' to 57% when they're combined. That doesn't change the fact that when he's further than 5' from the hoop he shoots 40%. It has nothing to do with the glass being half-full/empty.

Yes and his 37% shooting from 20 brings down his 3-10 ft shooting of 57% down to 39%

 

[Boob-No-More]

I fail to see how this is all that different from Stotts.

So, who exactly is our "great bench scorer"? Jamal Crawford averages 16.4 ppg off their bench. He averaged 18.6 ppg last year. To put that in perspective, two years ago, our entire bench averaged 18.5 ppg.

And, in spite of all that, we actually have a better record than the Clippers, in spite of losing over twice as many player-games to injury.

BNM

 

[Natebishop3]

So, who exactly is our "great bench scorer"? Jamal Crawford averages 16.4 ppg off their bench. He averaged 18.6 ppg last year. To put that in perspective, two years ago, our entire bench averaged 18.5 ppg.

And, in spite of all that, we actually have a better record than the Clippers, in spite of losing over twice as many player-games to injury.

BNM

Oh you and your "facts"

 

[blue9]

Yes and his 37% shooting from 20 brings down his 3-10 ft shooting of 57% down to 39%

No it doesn't.

 

[magnifier661]

No it doesn't.

Use my link and do the math

 

[blue9]

So, who exactly is our "great bench scorer"?

Bench Scorer (Crawford) > Bench Scorer (Mo)

I do believe the kids today say "learn to read, then post".
(I do not mean that to sound as offensive as it might - it is merely tongue-in-cheek parroting of board vernacular.)

 

[blue9]

Use my link and do the math

Sorry, but that's just not how it works. The percentage that a player shoots from 20-25' (or whatever the actual measurements are) does not affect their shooting percentage from 5-9'. It simply doesn't work in that direction.

 

[magnifier661]

Sorry, but that's just not how it works. The percentage that a player shoots from 20-25' (or whatever the actual measurements are) does not affect their shooting percentage from 5-9'. It simply doesn't work in that direction.

Yep, but basketball reference uses different parameters and in the link I provided, Aldridge shoots 57% from 0-10 ft

 

[oldmangrouch]

Stott's job just got a lot more challenging.

 

[blue9]

Yep, but basketball reference uses different parameters and in the link I provided, Aldridge shoots 57% from 0-10 ft

I'm not sure what you're not understanding, and I don't feel like having a circular conversation is doing any good.

 

[magnifier661]

I'm not sure what you're not understanding, and I don't feel like having a circular conversation is doing any good.

Well it's usually your blind hatred of Aldridge that gets in the way. I guess we can leave it at that

 

[blue9]

Well it's usually your blind hatred of Aldridge that gets in the way. I guess we can leave it at that

The numbers are what they are regardless of my - or your - feelings about LMA.

 

[magnifier661]

The numbers are what they are regardless of my - or your - feelings about LMA.

Yep!

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/aldrila01/shooting/2015/

68% + 43% / 2 = 55.7% from 0-10