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LayneStaley said:
Since when has Happy Dame led the team to any winning that mattered? Maybe it’s time Dame had a coach that wasn’t a buddy and more of a coach.
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I'll bet on a team with Dame and Jason Kidd as the HC over a team with Phil Jackson and CJ as their best player.
 
I think we could all go to the game with Kidd mugshot signs!

jasonkiddmug.jpg
 
i just want them to do their due diligence. dame has to be involved in the hiring process-- he can be on the hiring committee.

at least interview them first
 
Serbian said:
Indeed i like billups also the man was Genius floor General and head coach on the floor his basketball IQ was similar to Kobe
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Wait and Jason Kidd wasn't a genius floor general? The guy was one of the greatest on court minds this league has ever seen. The guy came in the league with everything but a jumper and left the league top 10 in threes made... Dame just made him 11th this season.
 
“I like J. Kidd and Chauncey,” Lillard said, referring to Lakers assistant Jason Kidd and Clippers assistant Chauncey Billups.

A source close to Lillard says he prefers Kidd because of his previous head coaching experience in Brooklyn and Milwaukee, and his background as an Oakland point guard. But Portland’s management is intrigued by Billups, the former point guard who was an NBA Finals MVP with Detroit. It is believed the Trail Blazers will ultimately decide between Kidd and Billups.
 
This season, as the defense continued to be a problem and Stotts struggled to find a fluid rotation, he struggled to reach his players. Behind the scenes, there were growing concerns about his ability to make in-game adjustments, a fact illustrated in April in Los Angeles when the Blazers played at the Clippers.

According to two sources, Lillard was taunted throughout the game by a Clippers player, who mocked that the Blazers didn’t have a coach who could adjust to the Clippers’ trapping defense on Lillard. The Blazers were stifled 133-116 in that game while Lillard was held to 11 points on 2-of-14 shooting.
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lmao wow
 
Scalma said:
This season, as the defense continued to be a problem and Stotts struggled to find a fluid rotation, he struggled to reach his players. Behind the scenes, there were growing concerns about his ability to make in-game adjustments, a fact illustrated in April in Los Angeles when the Blazers played at the Clippers.

According to two sources, Lillard was taunted throughout the game by a Clippers player, who mocked that the Blazers didn’t have a coach who could adjust to the Clippers’ trapping defense on Lillard. The Blazers were stifled 133-116 in that game while Lillard was held to 11 points on 2-of-14 shooting.
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lmao wow
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That’s embarrassing.
 
Scalma said:
This season, as the defense continued to be a problem and Stotts struggled to find a fluid rotation, he struggled to reach his players. Behind the scenes, there were growing concerns about his ability to make in-game adjustments, a fact illustrated in April in Los Angeles when the Blazers played at the Clippers.

According to two sources, Lillard was taunted throughout the game by a Clippers player, who mocked that the Blazers didn’t have a coach who could adjust to the Clippers’ trapping defense on Lillard. The Blazers were stifled 133-116 in that game while Lillard was held to 11 points on 2-of-14 shooting.
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lmao wow
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gee i wonder who that player was
 
So management seems to want Billups, and Dame likes Billups even if he prefers Kidd. I think this one is obvious.
 
i dunno what billups' coaching bonafides are.

suppose you could say the same for kerr/nash .

just hope it's like kerr and not like derek fisher
 
The comment from Lillard saying he would like the new coach to have “experience” seems to definitely insinuate he wants Kidd over Billups, even if he likes both.

The comment saying he would pick Kidd does also lol.
 
I remember that Kidd's first game back after the arrest was here in Portland with the Suns. I was there. EVERY single time he had the ball in his hands--for the entire time he had it in his hands, for the entire game--the crowd booed at the top of their lungs.

That kind of complete effort from start to finish was magnificent.
 
MickZagger said:
I mean coaches can become better. Happened with McMillan, Doc Rivers, and a few others. But they also got more talent.

Jason Kidd previously underwhelmed IMO. In fact I remember him causing a lot of waves and his players tuning him out.

Something about the Oakland connection though. If you’re from Oakland you love everybody else Oakland it seems.
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I was just going to write this. I’m a Bay Area guy and played HS basketball around the same time Kidd was at St Joe’s, Payton was through the system and Oregon state, Brian Shaw, etc, those guys are incredibly tight. A true brotherhood.
 
I would rather hire Billups over Kidd but you gotta go with whatever makes Dame happy I suppose. He probably values that Oakland connection.
 
never realized dame and kidd were close. kidd played at the HS dame left cuz he wasn't getting PT.
 
maxiep said:
I remember that Kidd's first game back after the arrest was here in Portland with the Suns. I was there. EVERY single time he had the ball in his hands--for the entire time he had it in his hands, for the entire game--the crowd booed at the top of their lungs.

That kind of complete effort from start to finish was magnificent.
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Yeah that was over 20 years ago and somehow he has found jobs that vetted him and found him fit to among other things be a head coach/GM. I'm not saying that domestic violence is in any way acceptable but what is the sentence for it?
 
blazerkor said:
Yeah that was over 20 years ago and somehow he has found jobs that vetted him and found him fit to among other things be a head coach/GM. I'm not saying that domestic violence is in any way acceptable but what is the sentence for it?
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I was just commenting on how amazing it was to see one player booed for 20-25 minutes of game time. Lots of unforgettable games from this team, and that was one of them.

And that's not why I don't want Kidd. I don't want him because I don't think he's very good. With this unbalanced roster, it's going to take a supremely good Xs and Os coach.
 
illmatic99 said:
never realized dame and kidd were close. kidd played at the HS dame left cuz he wasn't getting PT.
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Yeah, Bishop Odowd is the best basketball school in Northern California. I watched Kidd play his senior year when I was an eighth grader. Best high school player I've ever seen and crazy enough he dunked like ten times.
 
MickZagger said:
I mean coaches can become better. Happened with McMillan, Doc Rivers, and a few others. But they also got more talent.

Jason Kidd previously underwhelmed IMO. In fact I remember him causing a lot of waves and his players tuning him out.

Something about the Oakland connection though. If you’re from Oakland you love everybody else Oakland it seems.
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nate mcmillan just went 11 yrs between playoff series victories as head coach.

very arguable that he's improved
 
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