This team simply wasn't built for a long playoff run

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Uncle Ty said:
I don't see it that way. I give all the credits to the Spurs. Their execution on offense is just insanely precise. On defense, they're taking away our threes and forcing us contesting mid-range shots, which is the least efficient.

I think the guys are trying. It's just that it's demoralizing when a team come at you and never lets up as the Spurs have done so far in this series. Their bench has absolutely own us. Their bench was the reason why I was rooting hard for Dallas to win. Didn't get why some wanted the Spurs instead of the Mavericks.
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I agree with all of this. With that said, I don't believe their mindset was tuned just right. I believe there was a deep sense of satisfaction after last series and the team just came out of an emotionally draining series. All of sudden throw in this barrage San Antonio is throwing at them and I think it seems pretty overwhelming if not feels impossible to overcome. They have tough to overcome and I'm sure this team has enough to do that.
 
You know as a fan, I wasn't burnt after round one. I was emotionally tired and def not charged when game one rolled around with San Antonio. I can assume what the players must have felt.
 
You guys all suffer short term memory and ADD. Before the season most thought we would be fighting for the 8 spot. Then the team had a great run so people said anything short of making the 2nd round was a failure. Now the team makes the 2nd round and before game 1 people are content saying anything more is just gravy. So here we sit 0-2 and now people think the coach is the wrong guy or the GM came up short.

The answer isn't to shake this team up, it's young showing good development and getting a good education from the best playoff team over the last 15 years. Keep developing the guys who are showing progress, add a vet FA to bolster the bench and come back firing on all cylinders next season.
 
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And no, this team wasn't built for a deep playoff run THIS season. It was built to be better than las season and as step 1 of building a team for that run.
 
You're right just the same grumpy downers that bitch about everything anyway.
 
Schilly said:
You guys all suffer short term memory and ADD. Before the season most thought we would be fighting for the 8 spot. Then the team had a great run so people said anything short of making the 2nd round was a failure. Now the team makes the 2nd round and before game 1 people are content saying anything more is just gravy. So here we sit 0-2 and now people think the coach is the wrong guy or the GM came up short.

The answer isn't to shake this team up, it's young showing good development and getting a good education from the best playoff team over the last 15 years. Keep developing the guys who are showing progress, add a vet FA to bolster the bench and come back firing on all cylinders next season.
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Here's the thing Schilly, the Blazers did exactly what I predicted before the season so I don't get your point. I predicted 5th place and a little over 50 wins. I predicted at best second round. Our starting five is THAT good and all we needed was a better bench to see a significant improvement from last season. The Blazers lived up to my expectations, but now we are bumping up against our limitations. We have not been a good defensive team. I don't see that magically changing next season. It's a coaching issue, so either Terry is going to hire an assistant that knows how to coach defense, or we're going to see exactly the same thing next year.

Schilly said:
And no, this team wasn't built for a deep playoff run THIS season. It was built to be better than las season and as step 1 of building a team for that run.
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That's pretty much exactly what I've been saying. I'm not bashing the team, but I'm saying that we're hitting a ceiling. Most of us would have been thrilled to get to the second round, but I think we got caught up in the romance of the playoffs and we actually thought we had a chance to beat San Antonio. I at least didn't think we were going to get blown out. The Spurs are showing how far away we are actually being able to contend. Isn't that the goal? To contend? Changes will have to be made. We need to continue to strengthen the bench over the summer. I'm still not sure if we don't need to change the starting lineup though. Wes and Nic are too similar. They're both streaky. I'm fine with Nic being inconsistent, but when both Nic AND Wes are having an off game, we are pretty much sunk. I think we should look to upgrade the shooting guard position over the summer.
 
The Blazers held the Spurs to 44 points in the second half. They played defense.

It was 99-91 with 5:37 remaining. The Blazers held the Spurs to just 29 second half points at that point.

One game at a time. Hold home court, and it's a new series.

Go Blazers!
 
Denny Crane said:
The Blazers held the Spurs to 44 points in the second half. They played defense.

It was 99-91 with 5:37 remaining. The Blazers held the Spurs to just 29 second half points at that point.

One game at a time. Hold home court, and it's a new series.

Go Blazers!
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Thanks Denny, these are my feelings exactly! We're learning as we go. It may be too late to win this series, but keep learning and playing harder and hopefully we can push this to 6 or 7 games, while gaining valuable experience from a playoff juggernaut.
 
Denny Crane said:
The Blazers held the Spurs to 44 points in the second half. They played defense.

It was 99-91 with 5:37 remaining. The Blazers held the Spurs to just 29 second half points at that point.

One game at a time. Hold home court, and it's a new series.

Go Blazers!
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I hope you're right. It certainly helped that Mo didn't play in the second half.
 
Natebishop3 said:
We have no bench.

We play no defense.

Without those two things, you can't go deep in the playoffs. It is beyond me why nobody has learned yet that a team built entirely around offense won't have success in the post season. Phoenix pretty much proved that fact year after year with Nash and D'Antoni.
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Welcome to reality. My name is MM. Nice to meet you
 
A decent defensive big man seems like a must have unless you have Lebron on your team.
 
This team is 2 years ahead of schedule if you go by the History of the NBA.

what does that mean for next year? no idea. but i'm hopeful.
 
B-Roy said:
Stotts needs someone who understands defense. We played one scheme the first year he was here. He completely changed it the second year. Both schemes sucked and our defense has been shit his entire tenure.
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Lionel Hollins! Put him on the staff Terry!
 
Natebishop3 said:
That would be a good hire. I really wish we'd hire Gary Payton.

Does anyone else think GP would be a good head coach?
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Stotts gets to decide who he wants on his coaching staff, if he wants Hollins the Blazers should spend the money to get him.

I loved GP as a player but if he wanted to be a head coach he would have been one by now. Coaching is a hard time consuming job, some people just don't don't want to put in that kind of effort. He's got a good gig broadcasting, pretty much the same money but far fewer hours working.
 
Kind of agree with sly.
broadcasting is a much more secure job than coaching. especially assistants...
Not knocking people who want to coach, but there is no garrantee if you win 50+ games you won't be fired. George Carl was fired last year and now Mark Jackson. Who's next ? greg popavich?
it's like..
How dare you coach us to the playoffs and a winning record!
you are supposed to be tanking!
we want draft picks!
not more income from playoff generated revenue.....
 
No time to be throwing in the towel. Your team lost two road games and are heading back to your building where your crowds are great. As a previous poster mentioned if you when your home games the pressure is back on the Spurs. That being said, the Spurs may have played their best basketball of the year in the last three games. I hope this is them peaking at the right time.
 
Note to Mr. Allen: Please hire a defensive guru to assist our head coach.

P.S. Nate McMuffin is not a defensive guru.
 
Schilly said:
And no, this team wasn't built for a deep playoff run THIS season. It was built to be better than las season and as step 1 of building a team for that run.
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And that's where some of us disagree.

This season was a success and I am not losing any sleep over getting bumped by the Spurs. The problem is that there is no step 2.

The current roster has flaws - no sensible person can deny that. The team has no draft pick, minimal cap flexibility, and little to no trade assets. How does it get better?
 
oldmangrouch said:
And that's where some of us disagree.

This season was a success and I am not losing any sleep over getting bumped by the Spurs. The problem is that there is no step 2.

The current roster has flaws - no sensible person can deny that. The team has no draft pick, minimal cap flexibility, and little to no trade assets. How does it get better?
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Olshey made the moves to take this team from the lottery to the 2nd round of the playoffs in one season. Why not relax a little and see what he does this off season.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Olshey made the moves to take this team from the lottery to the 2nd round of the playoffs in one season. Why not relax a little and see what he does this off season.
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The good news is we finally have resolution on the Charlotte Hornets pick. We can start trading future first rounders again.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Olshey made the moves to take this team from the lottery to the 2nd round of the playoffs in one season. Why not relax a little and see what he does this off season.
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Agree with this. Don't think Mr. Allen and Olshey doesn't have a plan.

Whatever they do, I think McCollum is part of that plan.
 
How can we say there is no step 2 when the time for step 2 isn't even here yet?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Olshey made the moves to take this team from the lottery to the 2nd round of the playoffs in one season. Why not relax a little and see what he does this off season.
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Yes, Olshey kept talking about how he was gathering assets to trade later. Well later is coming up soon, so we'll see what pieces he can add together to consolidate a better bench!
 
I think we'll be fine. We need to pick up a player or two in the off-season and develop a couple of our current bench players. A little more focus on defense would be nice too.
 
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