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im sorry but i like Terry Stotts as a coach but ive had enough of him and his love for the starters. im convinced that no matter how good of a bench player(s) we have on the bench he wouldnt give them more mins. hes running our starters into the ground. if he hasnt noticed the spurs won it all because of them being well rested and having a deep bench. we have some good players and he doesnt like to play them i have noticed that if a starter isnt playing good down the stretch of a game and a bench player is he still takes them out. batum is playing horrible bball right now and doesnt give wright the confidence he needs to contribute. we play back to backs he should extend crabbe, lenoard, freeland, barton, robinson mins. and he needs to get aldridge to the basket more shoots too many jumpshots at times. when the bench players make mistakes let them play thru it. and rest the starters some times because they are playing too many mins thats how batum got hurt. i think he should sit out until he recovers. start crabbe and give wright crabbs bench mins we have alot of good players use them.
 
1) I'm pretty sure the starters have played less minutes than last year

2) Wright sucks for any extended period of time.
 
False premise == faulty conclusion.

Aldridge is the only player on our roster in the top 20 in total minutes played (he's 20th) and MPG (15th). He's averaging 35.5 MPG - his lowest since the 2007-08 season, his second season in the league, when he averaged 34.9 MPG.

BNM
 
Batum is averaging 33.9 MPG, down from 36.0 MPG last season and 38.5 MPG two seasons ago. He's seen his minutes cut by over 4.5 per game the past two seasons under Stotts.

BNM
 
It's clear we need to bring back Nate!
 
SlyPokerDog said:
It's clear we need to bring back Nate!
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Yeah, there's no pleasing some people. When Nate was coach people were constantly bitching that he needed to play Nic at LEAST 32 MPG, and now that he's playing 33.9 MPG, people are bitching that Stotts is playing him too much. Apparently, unless he's averaging exactly 32.95 MPG, someone is going to be calling for the coach's head.

BNM
 
If the Blazers were to lengthen the games from 48 to 60mins that would give Stotts 3 more mins per quarter to play the bench.

Problem solved.
 
Outside of our only truly decent/good bench player (Kaman) who are all of these maligned bench players getting short shrift from Stotts? The simple fact that he's been able to shave ~3 minutes per game and maintain the record he has is pretty remarkable.

As for adopting the Spurs approach, it's nice when you have a proven track record of being able to turn it up a notch and trot out 3 future hall-of-famers at the end of the season, but Portland doesn't have the luxury of knowing they'd even make the playoffs if they gave extensive minutes to guys on the bench.
 
I agree with most of the OP.
Aldridge could play 40 minutes occasionally but I think we could also give him 25 in many games and still win. I don't want Wright specifically getting more minutes but if TRob gets 10 minutes, once every two games or so, it will only make us better.
Players should play. Bench players getting a decent chance would boost their confidence, get them in rhythm and give us more options in the rotation - Crabbe is a great example.
Stotts should stop being so fixated on his regular rotations and start having fun with the substitutions. Having the starters Always finish the games to me proves he's fixated and not going with the flow of the game.
Aldridge, Batum, Lillard etc could only benefit from playing less minutes unless it's their stat-line that matters. We have excellent bench players not getting minutes at all (Barton, Robinson). To me, that's poor coaching.
 
Blazer4ever said:
I agree with most of the OP.
Aldridge could play 40 minutes occasionally but I think we could also give him 25 in many games and still win. I don't want Wright specifically getting more minutes but if TRob gets 10 minutes, once every two games or so, it will only make us better.
Players should play. Bench players getting a decent chance would boost their confidence, get them in rhythm and give us more options in the rotation - Crabbe is a great example.
Stotts should stop being so fixated on his regular rotations and start having fun with the substitutions. Having the starters Always finish the games to me proves he's fixated and not going with the flow of the game.
Aldridge, Batum, Lillard etc could only benefit from playing less minutes unless it's their stat-line that matters. We have excellent bench players not getting minutes at all (Barton, Robinson). To me, that's poor coaching.
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The easiest way to get everything you want without missing the playoffs is to petition the NBA and have us moved to the Eastern conference.
 
wow, they lose one game...
 
LA takes a lot jump shots? Are they of the low percentage type?

Maybe BFW could elaborate.

Go Blazers
 
SlyPokerDog said:
If the Blazers were to lengthen the games from 48 to 60mins that would give Stotts 3 more mins per quarter to play the bench.

Problem solved.
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Nate McMillan would have solved this problem by simply playing 6 players per shift.
 
This thread lol... Come on.... Four guys played in 82 games last year. I think they did fine. They'll be fine this year too.
 
mistafab322 said:
im sorry but i like Terry Stotts as a coach but ive had enough of him and his love for the starters. im convinced that no matter how good of a bench player(s) we have on the bench he wouldnt give them more mins. hes running our starters into the ground. if he hasnt noticed the spurs won it all because of them being well rested and having a deep bench. we have some good players and he doesnt like to play them i have noticed that if a starter isnt playing good down the stretch of a game and a bench player is he still takes them out. batum is playing horrible bball right now and doesnt give wright the confidence he needs to contribute. we play back to backs he should extend crabbe, lenoard, freeland, barton, robinson mins. and he needs to get aldridge to the basket more shoots too many jumpshots at times. when the bench players make mistakes let them play thru it. and rest the starters some times because they are playing too many mins thats how batum got hurt. i think he should sit out until he recovers. start crabbe and give wright crabbs bench mins we have alot of good players use them.
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Meyers Leonard is starting threads again.
 
I am very happy with Coach Stotts. I can see that the players enjoy playing for him and he's great with X's and O's. This team has joy. Let it be.
 
Blazer4ever said:
We have excellent bench players not getting minutes at all (Barton, Robinson).
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Excellent in what way?

Barton: PER = 4.8, TS% = .427, WS/48 = -0.034, VORP = -0.4

TRob: PER = 8.8, TS% = .441, WS/48 = 0.053, VORP = -0.5

The two worst PERs on the team, only Dorell Wright has a lower TS%, and he plays fewer minutes, the two worst WS/48 on the team and the only two players with negative VORP.

So, why didn't Meyers Leonard make your list of "excellent bench players not getting minutes at all"?

Leonard: PER = 16.7, TS% = .630, WS/48 = 0.222, VORP = 0.1

Leonard has gotten fewer minutes than TRob and less than half as many minutes as Barton, but unlike the other two, he's actually produced when given a chance. Why aren't you clamoring for more minutes for the most excellent Meyers Leonard?

BNM
 
How can you argue with success? If it ain't broke don't fix it!
 
Boob-No-More said:
He should be. He's played way better in his limited minutes than either Barton or TRob.

BNM
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Agreed; he's gently coming along as a Channing Frye-lite, with much room for improvement still. Wouldn't this be his senior year of college right now?
 
Elton said:
How can you argue with success? If it ain't broke don't fix it!
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If people actually followed your advice, traffic on this site would grind to a halt and Denny would be filing for bankruptcy.

BNM
 
BlazerCaravan said:
Agreed; he's gently coming along as a Channing Frye-lite, with much room for improvement still. Wouldn't this be his senior year of college right now?
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No, he played at Illinois for two seasons, but barely played as a freshman. So, if he would have stayed 4 years, his would be his rookie season, in the NBA.

BNM
 
Well BNM, with all due respect, Your statistical analysis gets more and more complicated and just one thing is missing from your posts IMO and that's actually basing your arguments upon watching the players play.
TRob was the highest + player against Minnesota (2 points, 2 rebounds in 2 minutes with a +4) and although you may claim it was only in garbage time, him playing only in garbage time is exactly the issue.
The most exciting single play last season was also against Minnesota, TRob (block) to Claver to Mathewss to Barton alley oop. The 3 of these 4 players who are not playing are exactly who I want to see added to the rotation.
Leonard is not the issue here, I think he's made some improvement but I don't think he's as good as Barton and Robinson already proved to be and I think Claver deserves the same chance Leonard did get this season.
My point isn't just about any specific player, it's that I want to see a deeper rotation. I think we could have had more success against the Spurs if our players were more fresh and if more players were able to get playing time and gain confidence throughout the season, just like, for example, the Spurs...
I think Stotts' rotations are still too stiff. I think he could juggle the lineups much more freely and that it'd make us more successful in the short term and long term.
The only concern is that players could start worrying about not getting theirs but while a real concern I think winning would make it irrelevant and I think our guys like each other well enough that they'd be happy to sit a bit more and have other deserving players also get a chance.
 
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