So how many people believed Nate

[LittleAlex]

Don't let the facts get in the way of your story...

My story?

I believe it is pretty well known that Nate calls a large number of plays from the bench during games. Not as much as Dunleavy, for example, but a fairly significant number.

I honestly could care less what pace the team plays at as long as they win. The point of the post was if I thought they would run more. My answer? Nope, because Nate likes to control the offense and he always has.

What evidence do you have that I am wrong? What teams of Nate's in his whole coaching career have been fast paced?

Actions speak louder then words. Nate can say he wants to play faster, but his actions claim otherwise.

 

[hasoos]

Do you want the team to run, or don't you? Because if you do, Outlaw will be playing some PF on a running second unit.

You are stuck too much of the Don Nelson mindset. D'Antoni used to run all the time with a very big PF. His name is Amare Stoudemire you might have heard of him. If you want to play small ball that is one thing. But if you want to run, that is another. They are not the same.

 

[rocketeer]

You are stuck too much of the Don Nelson mindset. D'Antoni used to run all the time with a very big PF. His name is Amare Stoudemire you might have heard of him. If you want to play small ball that is one thing. But if you want to run, that is another. They are not the same.

actually, amare played center for the d'antoni suns. guys like marion and diaw played pf.

 

[Tince]

You are stuck too much of the Don Nelson mindset. D'Antoni used to run all the time with a very big PF. His name is Amare Stoudemire you might have heard of him. If you want to play small ball that is one thing. But if you want to run, that is another. They are not the same.

Wrong again.

You are really struggling of late to get anything right.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Andulusian, I post with Kingspeed: I know Kingspeed; Kingspeed is a friend of mine. Andulusian, you're no Kingspeed.
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I'm excited that you managed to fit 4 different forms of punctuation in one sentence.

Out of curiosity, which evaluation metric were you using to get the 8th and 13th in efficiency? Almost everything I've seen says we were #2 or so in offensive efficiency.

 

[andalusian]

I'm excited that you managed to fit 4 different forms of punctuation in one sentence.

Out of curiosity, which evaluation metric were you using to get the 8th and 13th in efficiency? Almost everything I've seen says we were #2 or so in offensive efficiency.

I believe that MARIS, in his usual attention to detail - looked at the playoffs only statistics.

 

[fumanchu]

It would be nice if Nate could teach all the young players here how to be a good fast breaking team like the Drexler days. But the fact of the matter is that he's had a bunch of young players that he's had to teach the basics of the game to for the past 5 years. Young players that don't have the court awareness to run effective fast breaks, or the defense to get the steals and the rebounds that lead to fast breaks.

I chalk up Nate's slow pace to having a bunch of youths that are best playing a structured game and learning the right way to execute and I expect over time as this group gets more experienced he will losen the reigns and not be afraid to let them take more risks.

 

[STOMP]

It would be nice if Nate could teach all the young players here how to be a good fast breaking team like the Drexler days. But the fact of the matter is that he's had a bunch of young players that he's had to teach the basics of the game to for the past 5 years. Young players that don't have the court awareness to run effective fast breaks, or the defense to get the steals and the rebounds that lead to fast breaks.

I chalk up Nate's slow pace to having a bunch of youths that are best playing a structured game and learning the right way to execute and I expect over time as this group gets more experienced he will losen the reigns and not be afraid to let them take more risks.

Yup... most of his PG's lacked the sort of handle and athleticism to really excel on the break and his SF options also have had very poor ball skills. Nic can dribble some which should help them get out on the break a bit more as (presumably) he starts to make the position his this season and of course Andre is vastly superior on the break to any PG Nate has had in Portland before. Combined with their rebounding prowess, I'm expecting the club to fastbreak a lot more then in years past.

STOMP

 

[e_blazer]

Let's see, the Blazers were 54-28 last season, they've improved by at least 9 wins over their previous year's record every year since Nate became coach, and I'm supposed to get my knickers in a bunch over the fact that they don't play like a D'Antoni team?

 

[Tince]

Let's see, the Blazers were 54-28 last season, they've improved by at least 9 wins over their previous year's record every year since Nate became coach, and I'm supposed to get my knickers in a bunch over the fact that they don't play like a D'Antoni team?

Of course. The Suns are heading the right direction!

 

[Wheels]

As did every other team in the history of the game.

And the Sonics did it in spite of Nate, not because he told them to.

They were just used to playing that way and had enough balls to defy him. Probably why he left Seattle.

What's your point?

wow just wow... I mean this in a non personal attack way mods.. but your lack of basketball knowledge disturbs me.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Yup... most of his PG's lacked the sort of handle and athleticism to really excel on the break and his SF options also have had very poor ball skills. Nic can dribble some which should help them get out on the break a bit more as (presumably) he starts to make the position his this season and of course Andre is vastly superior on the break to any PG Nate has had in Portland before. Combined with their rebounding prowess, I'm expecting the club to fastbreak a lot more then in years past.

STOMP

+1

The Blazers will not be a "running team", but they will get more opportunistic fastbreaks than in the past, simply because they have been adding some players that can actually *do* that.