Suns @ Portland 01/27/2012 - Game Thread!

[crandc]

Just a quick comment, no relation to a certain sports "writer". For some reason the Portland broadcast had "technical difficulties" so I had to watch the Suns broadcast. Aside from all their moaning & groaning and wishing the game would JUST BE OVER (hell, I was having fun), one thing jumped out. They talked about the Blazers losing two franchise players, Roy & Oden, and how most teams in that position would be in a dire situation, but the Blazers are on the edge of contending, and praised Nate McMillan. I hear that all the time when I watch opposing broadcasts, which I often have to do due to DirecTV scheduling. And I think it odd that Nate has so much respect around the league. Everywhere except on this board.

 

[B-Roy]

Just a quick comment, no relation to a certain sports "writer". For some reason the Portland broadcast had "technical difficulties" so I had to watch the Suns broadcast. Aside from all their moaning & groaning and wishing the game would JUST BE OVER (hell, I was having fun), one thing jumped out. They talked about the Blazers losing two franchise players, Roy & Oden, and how most teams in that position would be in a dire situation, but the Blazers are on the edge of contending, and praised Nate McMillan. I hear that all the time when I watch opposing broadcasts, which I often have to do due to DirecTV scheduling. And I think it odd that Nate has so much respect around the league. Everywhere except on this board.

That's because we watch every game. Coaches tend to get scrutinized when put under the microscope.

I've read many posts on Jazz and Spurs forums advocating firing Sloan and Popovich after a tough stretch of games.

Fwiw, I don't think Nate will lead us to a championship, just my opinion.