Stotts just gave one of the worst answers I’ve ever heard in a postgame.

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hoopsjock said:
How many times do we need to say that this was about giving away game 1, a winnable game if we showed up? So Stotts gets a pass for putting a defensive game plan that my 6 year old son that doesn't care about basketball at all asks why they are just letting them shoot wide open shots because he might change it up in game 2?

That's a whole game too late for anyone who knows anything about basketball and apparently people who don't know anything either, except our head coach.

Do you realize this guy actually went into a game with the best shooter of all-time having the game plan to let him shoot uncontested 3 pointers? I wish that was a joke or an exaggeration but that is literally what occurred. How can anyone excuse that?
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I like that you say exactly what I think and I dont have to say anything.
 
hoopsjock said:
But we weren't sagging our bigs that far off Murray in the last series so that makes no sense that we changed to sagging but didn't have time to prepare to not sag.
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I don't think our bigs were sagging that much off except for Kanter. Maybe he was just having a brain fart since he has no food? Collins would sag but not below the free throw line like Kanter was doing--I think Kanter was just tired.
 
Driew said:
I don't think our bigs were sagging that much off except for Kanter. Maybe he was just having a brain fart since he has no food? Collins would sag but not below the free throw line like Kanter was doing--I think Kanter was just tired.
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I mean.... How many brain farts has stotts had, then?
 
hoopsjock said:
How do you explain the announcers after Curry's 1st wide open 3 (both former coaches) saying that an immediate adjustment needed to be made and them being befuddled that no adjustment was made late in the 2nd half.

We just gave away a game against the Warriors. A game in which Durant didn't play. They are tough enough to beat without being stupid.
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Why aren't they still coaching?
 
Driew said:
It's not an excuse. I'm explaining why they did that strategy after less than 48 hours to come up with a plan for GS. I doubt we'll use that same strategy in game 2 but you never know lol.
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Less than 48 hours? It's not like they didn't know well ahead of time if they won Game 7 they would play the Warriors. They have scouts who go ahead and make game plans well ahead of time as well for whomever they would play. Poor excuse.
 
Driew said:
I don't think our bigs were sagging that much off except for Kanter. Maybe he was just having a brain fart since he has no food? Collins would sag but not below the free throw line like Kanter was doing--I think Kanter was just tired.
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No, it was Collins too.

And if the guy has a brain fart 10 times in one game leading to their best players going off and Stotts doesnt make a sub, then thats on him as well.
 
Driew said:
It's not an excuse. I'm explaining why they did that strategy after less than 48 hours to come up with a plan for GS. I doubt we'll use that same strategy in game 2 but you never know lol.
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It takes 5 seconds to say "This is how were going to guard screens".
 
Driew said:
It's not an excuse. I'm explaining why they did that strategy after less than 48 hours to come up with a plan for GS. I doubt we'll use that same strategy in game 2 but you never know lol.
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In addition to what TBpup said, how do you get less than 48 hours? Noon Sunday (3pm end of game) to 6pm Tuesday is more than 48 hours. Of course, if they couldn't find time to practice Monday or have a pre-game shoot around Tuesday, they probably needed a full month to come up with a better Game 1 strategy.
 
A$AP Meyers said:


Terry Stotts logic:

Curry is going to get 30 either way so we might as well not make things tough on him. Holy shit, he’s really not going to adjust, is he? We are going to have to watch the two greatest shooters of all time walk into 3s for 4 games. Incredible.
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I disagree with your premise, ie that Stotts is saying that he's not going to adjust. He's saying STFU.

Sarcasm is the correct response to an insulting question, as if Stotts isn't aware of what Houston employed or how ineffective our game plan ended up being. He has coached us to the WCF.
 
Tince said:
I don't see how you can roast the guy for not giving away his decisions for the game plan and potentially hint to adjustments in Game 2.
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Except that's not at all why he's being roasted. Good try, Strawman!
 
Propagandist said:
I disagree with your premise, ie that Stotts is saying that he's not going to adjust. He's saying STFU.

Sarcasm is the correct response to an insulting question, as if Stotts isn't aware of what Houston employed or how ineffective our game plan ended up being. He has coached us to the WCF.
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What was so insulting about that question? The response was unnecessary-- Stotts even apologized yesterday to that reporter. Terry always reacts like this when there is even a hint of criticism his way.
 
yuyuza1 said:
What was so insulting about that question? The response was unnecessary-- Stotts even apologized yesterday to that reporter. Terry always reacts like this when there is even a hint of criticism his way.
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One of the changes Olshey has brought to the franchise. Seems like an over-reaction to all the years the team let the press bully them. I understand in general, but Stotts wasn't part of all that and this was not a good look for him.
 
Propagandist said:
Sarcasm is the correct response to an insulting question, as if Stotts isn't aware of what Houston employed or how ineffective our game plan ended up being. He has coached us to the WCF.
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The question wasn't insulting. Slater brought up how Houston defended Golden State as part of the reasoning for asking the question about Stotts' strategy--we all (Stotts included) just saw a generally more effective defense played against Curry and Stotts employed a far worse one...one that you can reason would be worse even before you try it and one that Stotts didn't abandon the entire game. It's perfectly reasonable to point out what Houston did as part of the question asking Stotts to clarify why he chose the strategy he did.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Why aren't they still coaching?
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I'm sorry but I don't know either personally. I'll tell you this though, both of them had more success in their careers than Terry did before he was hired by the Blazers.

Because they aren't still coaching does that mean they were wrong?
 
yuyuza1 said:
What was so insulting about that question? The response was unnecessary-- Stotts even apologized yesterday to that reporter. Terry always reacts like this when there is even a hint of criticism his way.
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"Sarcasm is the correct response to an insulting question, as if Stotts isn't aware of what Houston employed or how ineffective our game plan ended up being."

It insults his intelligence and his preparedness. I am not saying I'm in favor of how we defended Steph or how we defend in general--I actually am not. At all--I'm saying Stotts is purposely making decisions, based on what he sees as the variables, whether or not we agree with the reasons. It is easy to judge outcomes.
 
Propagandist said:
I disagree with your premise, ie that Stotts is saying that he's not going to adjust. He's saying STFU.

Sarcasm is the correct response to an insulting question, as if Stotts isn't aware of what Houston employed or how ineffective our game plan ended up being. He has coached us to the WCF.
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If you watch the full press conference (not saying you didn't) this is the 3rd question. The one right before this Dwight Jaynes asks him a general question about the pick and roll defense on Curry and Thompson and Stotts rolls his eyes before giving a pissy answer. It's perfectly legitimate to ask why a coach would leave the best shooter of all-time wide open most of the game. It's not the reporters fault the coach is stupid.
 
Good article from The Ringer. This was the money paragraph to me, with a Turner quote that maybe has been posted here but I hadn't seen it before:

“We let our stars get doubled, and let any other star go olly olly oxen free,” Evan Turner said after the loss. “It’s hard enough to get them to switch the pick-and-roll defense. That’s something I’ve been questioning for three years.” The Blazers’ dropping on Curry goes back further than Turner’s tenure with the team. Here’s Portland in 2014—note Andrew Bogut, former and current Warrior, immobilizing Lillard on a pick that leads to a wide-open 3 for Steph:




https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/...d-trail-blazers-defense-golden-state-warriors
 
hoopsjock said:
I'm sorry but I don't know either personally. I'll tell you this though, both of them had more success in their careers than Terry did before he was hired by the Blazers.

Because they aren't still coaching does that mean they were wrong?
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Does it mean they were right? Houston doubled Steph and he dropped 33 in a half
 
Kinda funny (not) how the OP makes this thread, never to be heard from again....
 
Mediocre Man said:
Does it mean they were right? Houston doubled Steph and he dropped 33 in a half
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Hey Steph can get hot, the whole world knows that, who knows maybe their isn't anything they can do about it, but they probably should at least try some different things and see if any of them can work a bit better. :)
 
Mediocre Man said:
Does it mean they were right? Houston doubled Steph and he dropped 33 in a half
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Yes, yes it means they were right. Everyone is the world that knows anything about basketball knew that the way we guarded him was idiotic.

Also, even though you're conflating Jackson/VG's comments about needing to defend differently with the post-game question about doubling, I'm curious - who were the defenders that were doubling Curry? [please say James Harden, please say James Harden]
 
hoopsjock said:
How'd he do int he 1st half of that game?
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But Curry wasn't struggling because of defense in that first half. He struggled because he was in a slump which happens to many athletes at different times.
 
CupWizier said:
Do you agree or disagree? and why?
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I mean it's quite silly to say he's struggling to fit a certain narrative when I could just counter by saying he got hot in the 2nd half to fit my narrative. He's the greatest shooter of all-time. Leaving him wide open out of the pick and roll is never going to work.

Besides, I've never said to trap him every time. I think we should throw all kinds of different looks at him, except for not guarding him.
 
Mediocre Man said:
We were down 6 after 3
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Absolutely and I was literally amazed by that, but they were definitely "in" the game, though it never felt like they were. I'm not trying to be all "doom and gloom", I thought they didn't play well and I think they'll play better tonight.
 
Wade Garrett said:
I know.....I know....

Terry should have announced his strategy change in the post game.
Tell Steve Kerr what he's thinking and MORE IMPORTANTLY let the panicked pricklies disquised as knowledgeable fans(fams?) know.
Grow up.
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Thanks....after ingesting a lot of whine and cheese, I needed this. Well played sir.
 
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