Notice This isn't good news. Do we need to find Nurkic insurance

[Sinobas]

Shut him down. He was obviously not himself. He normally uproots much bigger players, but he didn't even really try to back anyone down last night.

 

[Sinobas]

FWIW, Stotts may be on the bubble.

I really like him as coach, but the reality is that the GM and owner invested in the team with the expectations of a better record than last season.

Instead, the team effectively underperformed and isn't really showing the spirit or preparedness in the playoffs.

We're getting dominated by the Warriors who lost players to gain cap space for Durant and aren't playing Durant.

Playing Nurk on a broken leg speaks worlds about Nurk, but also is a move of desperation.

Maybe we give Stotts a chance with Nurk for the whole season. Maybe Stotts is our Pops, and will coach for decades.

Or maybe something has to change: either players or the coach. Often it's the coach.

I'm not advocating that Stotts be fired. It's just one way management might be thinking.

I'm becoming more and more convinced that you are actually Neil Olshey. It's not Stotts fault that Neil decided to pay 3 backup...scratch that, 2 backup quality players and one piece of shit 46 million dollars per year combined. With Nurk hurt, the Blazers only have 2 good players.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

You owning the team would make my life amazing. I would save something like 300 hours a year not watching, caring about, or following your team.

Pretty stupid post. The team would be 100 times better for fans if Paul Allen didn't own it. The MONEY is his only good quality.

Ummmmmm, Bill Schonley? Remember him?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Pretty stupid post. The team would be 100 times better for fans if Paul Allen didn't own it. The MONEY is his only good quality.

Ummmmmm, Bill Schonley? Remember him?

Are you saying a Bill Schonley should own the team?

 

[Mr. Robot]

Warriors' JaVale McGee on Blazers' Jusuf Nurkic returning tonight:

I like JaVale, and while I liked when he was on Shaqtin with Shaq making fun of him, I see that was not cool, cause Shaq really exaggerated and it become disgusting..

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Warriors' JaVale McGee on Blazers' Jusuf Nurkic returning tonight:

I like JaVale, and while I liked when he was on Shaqtin with Shaq making fun of him, I see that was not cool, cause Shaq really exaggerated and it become disgusting..

Like a lot of folks, they grow as they mature. Sounds like JaVale's a pretty cool guy.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Are you saying a Bill Schonley should own the team?

No, I'm saying he should have called the games for as long as he wanted to. If I were the owner he would have.

 

[Mediocre Man]

You owning the team would make my life amazing. I would save something like 300 hours a year not watching, caring about, or following your team.

Because why?

Because I'd never draft WABC's?
Because I'd want my teams to emphasize defense?
Because I'd care about fans?
Because I don't consider Portland as Seattle south?

 

[Mediocre Man]

FWIW, Stotts may be on the bubble.

I really like him as coach, but the reality is that the GM and owner invested in the team with the expectations of a better record than last season.

Instead, the team effectively underperformed and isn't really showing the spirit or preparedness in the playoffs.

We're getting dominated by the Warriors who lost players to gain cap space for Durant and aren't playing Durant.

Playing Nurk on a broken leg speaks worlds about Nurk, but also is a move of desperation.

Maybe we give Stotts a chance with Nurk for the whole season. Maybe Stotts is our Pops, and will coach for decades.

Or maybe something has to change: either players or the coach. Often it's the coach.

I'm not advocating that Stotts be fired. It's just one way management might be thinking.

Not his fault he has a fucked roster

 

[Natebishop3]

Fucking idiots.

Fuck the team
Fuck the doctors
Fuck the fans trusting the team and doctors
Fuck me not having enough money to own the team, so I could start having input on what goes on there.

Dude... it's not that big of a deal. He just wasn't ready. It's not like they're saying that he broke his bone.

 

[SynTax]

Having pain in his leg isn't indicative of anything. He's not at risk of re-injuring it. It takes awhile for pain and swelling to go away. I've had a lot of broken bones from sports and it's always a few weeks after healing that the pain is gone. No big deal.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Having pain in his leg isn't indicative of anything. He's not at risk of re-injuring it. It takes awhile for pain and swelling to go away. I've had a lot of broken bones from sports and it's always a few weeks after healing that the pain is gone. No big deal.

Nice to have a dr in the forum

 

[Orion Bailey]

He really had the turd sandwich last season and over performed.

Same players, add ET.

The regression of several players looks to me to be the real issue. Ed Davis regressed, so did Aminu.

I don't think NO is going to use the unbalanced roster rationale. My assumption is that Stotts was involved in personnel decisions.

Seriously?
Aminu was hurt for some of the first half of the season and Davis has been out most of he season. How did they regress when they didn't play, especially Davis?

Stotts over performed last season based on an overly critical an uninformed national media that predicted..what. 27 wins was it? We have almost the same record as last year with almost the same squad. I would say he has been fairly consistent with the talent he has, which hasn't been much, other than two stud guards, no?

 

[Strenuus]

Nice to have a dr in the forum

I think, if I've read right, that doctors did in fact say he can't re-injure it.

They wouldn't say it'd be his decision if he could. That would be grounds for them getting fired. I dont think they are that dumb.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I think, if I've read right, that doctors did in fact say he can't re-injure it.

They wouldn't say it'd be his decision if he could. That would be grounds for them getting fired. I dont think they are that dumb.

See Blazers history

 

[Strenuus]

See Blazers history

Do we even have the same doctors that we had with Fragile Oden?

 

[Orion Bailey]

Some people think that great coaches make great teams out of nothing.

I call BS. A great coach can make a good team great, but it has to be a good team first.
Everybody was saying Luke Walton is the coach of the future... look what he did with Kerr out....Okay, how has he done with the Lakers?
It wasn't coaching as much as it was the talent level of the roster.
Thibs hasn't turned Minni around....

Coaches absolutely play a vital role, but to say they can just magically improve the talent of players s laughable at best.
A coaches job is two fold. Motivate the players to play at an optimal level, and manage/strategize their minutes during games(a fluid situation depending on the opponent) to maximize the rosters strengths while trying to shut the other teams strengths down to get a win.
If Aminu is shooting like shit, and Turner is shooting like shit, and Harkless is shooting like shit, well sometimes those guys are gonna have to shoot anyhow, and how is that on Stotts? He doesn't have anyone else.
Stotts ran plays that got these guys open shots and they missed them.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Do we even have the same doctors that we had with Fragile Oden?

Or Bowie, or Walton

Different dr. Same fuck me

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Or Bowie, or Walton

Different dr. Same fuck me

What would your solution to this curse be, as owner?

 

[Strenuus]

Or Bowie, or Walton

Different dr. Same fuck me

Well then, These doctors said it's his decision. That would be Nurk's fault then, wouldn't it? I mean, Nurk knew the risks. It could still hurt like fuck but it wouldn't re-injure.

 

[tlongII]

Just a fucking stupid decision by the organization to let him play. I guess I shouldn't expect anything else though.

 

[BonesJones]

I think, if I've read right, that doctors did in fact say he can't re-injure it.

They wouldn't say it'd be his decision if he could. That would be grounds for them getting fired. I dont think they are that dumb.

Nope. Can't trust those doctors because different doctors years ago made a couple mistakes. MM knows best.

 

[BonesJones]

Just a fucking stupid decision by the organization to let him play. I guess I shouldn't expect anything else though.

Why? He has no chance at reinjuring it if he's playing, so what's the problem?

 

[Darkwebs]

 

[B-Roy]

Nurkic won't play game 4, per stotts

 

[Darkwebs]

No further damage was done to Nurk's leg. And this comes from Stotts.

 

[tlongII]

Why? He has no chance at reinjuring it if he's playing, so what's the problem?

You gotta be kidding me. He absolutely could make it worse.

 

[Mediocre Man]

No further damage was done to Nurk's leg. And this comes from Stotts.

If there is no chance of reinjury, or injury to something else because of his leg, why wouldn't it be wise?

 

[Mediocre Man]

You gotta be kidding me. He absolutely could make it worse.

But the Blazer medical staff.....

 

[SynTax]

If there is no chance of reinjury, or injury to something else because of his leg, why wouldn't it be wise?

My guess would be because if there's too much pain, he risks compensating in his movements and injuring something else/playing badly. But you're the expert. Why don't you tell us?