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Batum, the second highest paid Blazers, continues it coast.

He'll have spurts of great play and then he'll just disappear.

The ball movement isn't there and nor is the outside shot.

 
Yep.

I'll be positive when the team gives me something to be positive about

Just so we're clear. :)
 
...they're done?

Fez Hammersticks said:
Batum, the second highest paid Blazers, continues it coast.
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Yup, and with LMA out its like the big 1. Seems Batum has reached the ceiling of his current skillset and doesn't have the confidence to score consistently. Bottom line, we need him to be an offensive threat if we ever want to become a contender.
 
HailBlazers said:
...they're done?



Yup, and with LMA out its like the big 1. Seems Batum has reached the ceiling of his current skillset and doesn't have the confidence to score consistently. Bottom line, we need him to be an offensive threat if we ever want to become a contender.
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6 TO's, he is so frickin lazy with his passing, really pisses me off
 
Something feels wrong ... like something internally is brewing. There is NO WAY a team that started 24-5 and was playing with a "Us Against The World" mentality all of a sudden stops competing. Yes, we have been losing a lot since the start of the new year, but this month has been abysmal. 1-4 Road Trip including a 30-point hole in Dallas. After losing a heartbreaker to Golden State, we nearly lost at home to the BUCKS! And now this gem of a road trip so far.

The passing, shot selection, and defense is wearing real thin on me right now. Outside of a few players (mainly RoLo and Will), the team just seems disinterested.

Anyone else get the same feeling?
 
MAS RipCity said:
Something feels wrong ... like something internally is brewing. There is NO WAY a team that started 24-5 and was playing with a "Us Against The World" mentality all of a sudden stops competing. Yes, we have been losing a lot since the start of the new year, but this month has been abysmal. 1-4 Road Trip including a 30-point hole in Dallas. After losing a heartbreaker to Golden State, we nearly lost at home to the BUCKS! And now this gem of a road trip so far.

The passing, shot selection, and defense is wearing real thin on me right now. Outside of a few players (mainly RoLo and Will), the team just seems disinterested.

Anyone else get the same feeling?
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I think they miss LA.
 
I got their back here. Yeah, losing these last games sucked but it's not over yet. I do think we want the 8th seed more than the 5th and that's a bit suspicious.
 
MAS RipCity said:
Something feels wrong ... like something internally is brewing. There is NO WAY a team that started 24-5 and was playing with a "Us Against The World" mentality all of a sudden stops competing. Yes, we have been losing a lot since the start of the new year, but this month has been abysmal. 1-4 Road Trip including a 30-point hole in Dallas. After losing a heartbreaker to Golden State, we nearly lost at home to the BUCKS! And now this gem of a road trip so far.

The passing, shot selection, and defense is wearing real thin on me right now. Outside of a few players (mainly RoLo and Will), the team just seems disinterested.

Anyone else get the same feeling?
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I do. It just seems odd.
 
maxiep said:
I think they miss LA.
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Of course they do. But we were playing like crap even with him. That Laker loss at home? With LA. That 0-4 start on the early march Road Trip? With LA.

I don't think he'll come back and magically solve these issues we've been having.
 
MAS RipCity said:
Of course they do. But we were playing like crap even with him. That Laker loss at home? With LA. That 0-4 start on the early march Road Trip? With LA.

I don't think he'll come back and magically solve these issues we've been having.
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This. We collapsed before LA even went down the first time. This has been a gradual deflation since we lost to OKC before the All Star break and WITH or without LA, we have played badly. Our only hope now is that LMA will lead us to the playoffs. They definitely won't do it without him.
 
KingSpeed said:
This. We collapsed before LA even went down the first time. This has been a gradual deflation since we lost to OKC before the All Star break and WITH or without LA, we have played badly. Our only hope now is that LMA will lead us to the playoffs. They definitely won't do it without him.
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Yep. We just gave Orlando their 20th win. On march 25th. 3 months and 11 days after we got our 20th. *facepalm* It just hurts.
 
MAS RipCity said:
Of course they do. But we were playing like crap even with him. That Laker loss at home? With LA. That 0-4 start on the early march Road Trip? With LA.

I don't think he'll come back and magically solve these issues we've been having.
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Be careful, maxiep doesn't like it when you shove reality in his face. He gets very upset.
 
This is asking a lot, but remember preseason? The Blazers actually had the best defense in the NBA. Although our offense isn't too hot right now, it's our defense that is simply abominable. Lopez is being asked to do too much, and teams can expose his slow footspeed when that happens. And like it or not, it's our PGs who are the worst offenders.
 
Have the close losses done them in mentally? I can say that as a fan, I really cared about winning earlier in the season, but the way they've constantly come up short in 2014 has me feeling very apathetic.

They've lived and died by the 3 a lot this season and it's hard for them to win when it's not falling. I think they should also re-think the prevent defense they've been playing this year.
 
Blazinaway said:
6 TO's, he is so frickin lazy with his passing, really pisses me off
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I've been saying that about Batum's passing all season, and it seemed to piss people off. I guess they wanted to imagine he was this great ball handing forward. But I don't see anyone on the other teams consistantly passing the ball right to us 4-5 times a night.
 
You know what enrages me more than anything? That Stotts won't play Claver more. I don't care if Wright can hit a three pointer - he's pretty much worthless otherwise. And don't get me started on Meyers Leonard. It's like if you're not known as a three point shooter you're invisible to Stotts. I'd actually be happy if we sat Williams in favor of Earl Watson, if it weren't for the fact that Earl Watson's game has fallen off a cliff.
 
Honestly, I think it's time for a new coach. A coach that has a team that relies on the outside shot in order to win, has the center (Lopez) constantly outside the paint, doesn't adjust to the style of the game, does not have plays to get players open in the paint, and doesn't coach defense needs to go. It was brutal watching a team who was 19 and 52 just man handle the 5th team in the West!! I'm disgusted. Stotts needs to GO!!
 
Oh, and let's pass SOME blame to the players. What is up with the SLOPPY passing?!? It's like watching a high school team play!!
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Orlando was 1-9 in their last 10. Until tonight.

The Lakers couldn't even manage to lose to them without Pau Gasol.
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You sure like to show up on this forum these days when we've played like shit. How convenient.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
You know what enrages me more than anything? That Stotts won't play Claver more. I don't care if Wright can hit a three pointer - he's pretty much worthless otherwise. And don't get me started on Meyers Leonard. It's like if you're not known as a three point shooter you're invisible to Stotts. I'd actually be happy if we sat Williams in favor of Earl Watson, if it weren't for the fact that Earl Watson's game has fallen off a cliff.
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Claver sucks. He has moments but he's not that great really.
 
Their performance is consistent with a team-wide outbreak of syphilis.

barfo
 
The greatest GM of all time did it this way, on both the Sonics and Blazers: He always made trades at the Midseason Trading Deadline. Getting a couple of eager new players for deadwood energized the rest of the team and gave the fans a buzz for the 2nd half of the season.

Olshey was lazy and didn't trade Claver and Leonard. So the team is asleep on autopilot like a plane headed toward Antarctica.
 
jlprk said:
So the team is asleep on autopilot like a plane headed toward Antarctica.
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So you are saying there's hope!

barfo
 
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