TERRY STOTTS. NASSIR LITTLE. PASCAL SIAKAM

[B-Roy]

I posted this in the game thread, but this deserves it's own thread. For those that watched the game, Nassir was the primary defender on Siakam. He was doing a good job and then this happened:

I went back to the play by play and counted the plays.

Nassir little came out at 2:46 in the third. It was 74-75 at that point. Siakam at that point was 6/18 for 14 points.

SINCE NAS CAME OUT: SIAKAM WENT 9/10 (Did not miss a shot until close to a min left in the 4th when the game was already over). HE ENDED THE GAME 15/28 for 36 POINTS.

MY BLOOD IS ACTUALLY BOILING RIGHT NOW. I literally cannot breathe. I cannot believe we just extended this fraud of a coach and his buddy CJ. This may be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

I'm raging beyond belief right now. Most of the losses this season I've brushed off. This is as mad as I've been since the Raymond fucking Felton days.

 

[Scalma]

The coaching tonight was embarrassing in that fourth quarter. I’m so sick of this fucker not trusting young players and his robo rotations.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Yep, sounds like a typical Stotts game. I've been saying it for the past few years....he needs to go.

Rip City ain't getting no chip with him at the helm. Put Olshey's useless ass on the block too.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

As I said in the game post, I'm eager to see how the apologists defend Stotts after tonight's game.

You can't even make this stuff up.

 

[julius]

You know, and hear me out (see @SlyPokerDog ? I can learn and adapt)...maybe Stotts has been told to tank the season!?

 

[Bruno_Sabino]

Important road trip coming. Don’t give up but yet!

 

[TBpup]

6-18 vs 9-10

You just can't make that stuff up. #Analytics

 

[wizenheimer]

This is as mad as I've been since the Raymond fucking Felton days.

calm down man....have a doughnut

 

[oldmangrouch]

At one point I almost praised Stotts for giving Little a chance tonight. Glad I held off.

 

[Jon]

This loss is strictly on our coaching. Nothing else.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

This loss is strictly on our coaching. Nothing else.

I would suggest that other losses we've had were on the coach as well. Tonight might have been more blatant that even the Stotts supporters couldn't defend him. It's unusually quiet on here after the game.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

We should fire Stotts, but only if Kevin Pritchard is available to coach.

 

[Jon]

the problem with this team is, it's pretty much a new roster, minus a couple guys. especially with the injuries. Stotts knew everyone's strengths the past few years, so he utilized them. this year, he doesnt know anyone's strengths, so he is tooling with the lineup. so much so, that it is screwing things up.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

This may be a surprise, but I am going to stick up for Stotts a little bit. He sat Tolliver. I don't have a gamelog but my impression was that on the last few possessions that Little guarded Siakam, that Siakam scored quite easily. It appeared he had Little figured out. So I can see why Stotts would have wanted to try something new. Probably since Siakam was so hot and we don't really have anyone on the roster right now who is ideally suited for guarding him, he probably should have blitzed him to get the ball out of his hands. This is one of his longterm failures, not getting the ball out of the hands of really hot players.

 

[SIeepwalker]

This may be a surprise, but I am going to stick up for Stotts a little bit. He sat Tolliver. I don't have a gamelog but my impression was that on the last few possessions that Little guarded Siakam, that Siakam scored quite easily. It appeared he had Little figured out. So I can see why Stotts would have wanted to try something new. Probably since Siakam was so hot and we don't really have anyone on the roster right now who is ideally suited for guarding him, he probably should have blitzed him to get the ball out of his hands. This is one of his longterm failures, not getting the ball out of the hands of really hot players.

"Hmmm Siakam scored twice on Little, let's bench him the rest of the way"

"Hmm, now Siakam scored 9 straight time really easily, maybe Little was better after all ? No of course not, he's a rookie ! Get yourself together Terry !"

 

[SIeepwalker]

Calabro: "And the Moda Center is on their feet applauding Nassir's effort !"

And he was never seen again for the rest of the game

 

[Hoopguru]

I think they are packaging little in a trade and were putting him on display. More than likely have to include him or Ant in a significant trade.

 

[illmatic99]

calm down man....have a doughnut

I think you mean cupcake.

I think they are packaging little in a trade and were putting him on display. More than likely have to include him or Ant in a significant trade.

Is it bad that I'd rather trade CJ than Ant or Little in a trade?

 

[kjironman1]

At one point I almost praised Stotts for giving Little a chance tonight. Glad I held off.

You beat me on that. I fell for it.

 

[kjironman1]

Calabro: "And the Moda Center is on their feet applauding Nassir's effort !"

And he was never seen again for the rest of the game

Criminal....

 

[blazerfan11]

What I would like to see from Stotts is giving Nassir Little the task of being a starter and staying in the game for 35 minutes without fouling out and keeping the same energy. Little won't know how to do that until he's given a chance by the coach.

 

[hoopsjock]

You know, and hear me out (see @SlyPokerDog ? I can learn and adapt)...maybe Stotts has been told to tank the season!?

So they're tanking by killing Dame playing him big minutes? CJ's tanking by missing so many shots?

Respectfully this is the dumbest post I've read today and there are some dumb ones.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

This may be a surprise, but I am going to stick up for Stotts a little bit. He sat Tolliver. I don't have a gamelog but my impression was that on the last few possessions that Little guarded Siakam, that Siakam scored quite easily. It appeared he had Little figured out. So I can see why Stotts would have wanted to try something new. Probably since Siakam was so hot and we don't really have anyone on the roster right now who is ideally suited for guarding him, he probably should have blitzed him to get the ball out of his hands. This is one of his longterm failures, not getting the ball out of the hands of really hot players.

Yeah. No. Someone already put up the stats. Siakam had like 16 points on 30% shooting and when Nassir left he murdered us badly. You couldn't be more wrong.

 

[Darkwebs]

According to another Blazers board, Siakam shot 4/11 when Little was in the game. And 11/15 when Little was not. Ooof.

 

[riverman]

According to another Blazers board, Siakam shot 4/11 when Little was in the game. And 11/15 when Little was not. Ooof.

That's sort of what franchise players tend to do in 4th qtrs. though...Dame has sure done his share of it...Dame had 4 pts at halftime I think...the good is that losing allows us to find out what we have in Nas and Trent and get a long look at them against NBA talent...Nas is making a case for a solid rotation spot..that's worth a loss with a hobbled roster to me..Stotts is doing what a development coach would do....he's played the whole bench 11 games in with our injuries...I'm sure he looks at it as homework now...the NBA will scout for Nas and we'll see if he keeps up the same level moving forward...guys who haven't been scouted usually look really good as the G league Warriors squad did against us.

 

[SIeepwalker]

So they're tanking by killing Dame playing him big minutes? CJ's tanking by missing so many shots?

Respectfully this is the dumbest post I've read today and there are some dumb ones.

You should really be able to detect sarcasm when it's that obvious

 

[PtldPlatypus]

This is so incredibly obviously one of those confirmation bias things that it's not even worth discussing.

If you're already a Stotts detractor: "Little was doing a great job on Siakam; he should have stayed out there."

If you're already a Stotts supporter: "Siakam would have gone off in the 4th regardless of who defended him."

Is there anyone in this forum whose view on Little not playing in the 4th is not reflective of the stance they've already expressed?

 

[riverman]

"Siakam would have gone off in the 4th regardless of who defended him."

I wouldn't phrase my sentiments like this at all because Siakam did go off in the 4th and we don't know if he would've done the same against any defender we put against him...it's speculation. I think it's something that the coaches look in the film room after the game. Stotts made a choice, we lost. The folks who've NEVER liked Stotts system have been very vocal about it after every loss...I support the guy but it has nothing to do with my view of Nas or any of our 3rd string project new guys...this season there's just a lot of change to absorb and watch develop...which I find entertaining win or lose. What I don't find entertaining is constant negative affirmation. Struggling with injuries and chemistry early I find to be fortunate because it's "early" if it has to happen, better now than March...I think we'll figure it out halfway through the season and are in building mode.

 

[hoopsjock]

This is so incredibly obviously one of those confirmation bias things that it's not even worth discussing.

If you're already a Stotts detractor: "Little was doing a great job on Siakam; he should have stayed out there."

If you're already a Stotts supporter: "Siakam would have gone off in the 4th regardless of who defended him."

Is there anyone in this forum whose view on Little not playing in the 4th is not reflective of the stance they've already expressed?

The fact is we lost the game. A game in which Little actually did a really good job on Siakam. It sucks not knowing what would've happened if players actually got rewarded for their play on the floor.

 

[riverman]

The fact is we lost the game. A game in which Little actually did a really good job on Siakam. It sucks not knowing what would've happened if players actually got rewarded for their play on the floor.

A rookie getting a start in a home game is pretty good reward for playing well in short spurts on the road....I came out of the game feeling great about Nas and from what I heard everyone else did too. Nothing about that sucks....what sucks is we couldn't shoot well again. Dame struggled all game ...doesn't mean he should have been benched in my view. Stotts left Nas in when Nas bricked his first 3 corner 3 shots...he let him break the sweat and finally Nas made one....Nate McMillan would've pulled Nas after missing one shot. Terry is a very patient coach