We are gonna roll the Nuggs tomorrow night

[RonBrewer]

and we will win the next three.

Slept on it before posting. I am now on the Fire Stotts bandwagon. Zero fn adjustments. Hated the rotation and only one or two of these dudes look to pass.

Would like to see Melo's minutes shorter and get DJjr into the rotation for a few minutes

Nothing earth shattering and will prob get ripped for not putting this in another thread.

 

[Darkwebs]

Roll them Nugz and then smoke 'em!

 

[MickZagger]

We rarely get easy shots, but always allow our opponents easy shots.

it’s not conducive to winning in the playoffs

 

[Mediocre Man]

and we will win the next three.

Slept on it before posting. I am now on the Fire Stotts bandwagon. Zero fn adjustments. Hated the rotation and only one or two of these dudes look to pass.

Would like to see Melo's minutes shorter and get DJjr into the rotation for a few minutes

Nothing earth shattering and will prob get ripped for not putting this in another thread.

Why will this happen?

 

[Mediocre Man]

We rarely get easy shots, but always allow our opponents easy shots.

it’s not conducive to winning in the playoffs

Boom

 

[RonBrewer]

Why will this happen?

Bofa told me

 

[e_blazer]

Nice call.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Bunch of people on the “Fire Stotts” bandwagon but not many are saying we will win the next three games and they now want him fired?

 

[JoshuaHall]

Bunch of people on the “Fire Stotts” bandwagon but not many are saying we will win the next three games and they now want him fired?

Beating the Nuggets should have no bearing on whether Stotts keeps his job.

they aren’t healthy

 

[Natebishop3]

Damn I usually expect these kinds of threads from Jinxspeed.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Beating the Nuggets should have no bearing on whether Stotts keeps his job.

they aren’t healthy

Two edged sword there and that really wasn't the point of the comment at all but i understand where you are going.

 

[Labinot41]

Bunch of people on the “Fire Stotts” bandwagon but not many are saying we will win the next three games and they now want him fired?

I want him fired no matter what, the Nuggets are not a better team than us without Murray. We should beat them

 

[Orion Bailey]

Roll them Nugz and then smoke 'em!

whoa! Stole my line!


Best thread title ever candidate, right here.

 

[RonBrewer]

Bunch of people on the “Fire Stotts” bandwagon but not many are saying we will win the next three games and they now want him fired?

We should beat the Nuggets. Not much question about it.

 

[Tince]

We rarely get easy shots, but always allow our opponents easy shots.

it’s not conducive to winning in the playoffs

Neither of these things were true on Saturday.

 

[Tince]

I want him fired no matter what, the Nuggets are not a better team than us without Murray. We should beat them

Are you surprised we've been underdogs in 3 out of the 5 games?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Are you surprised we've been underdogs in 3 out of the 5 games?

Are you including the last game of the season? They have only played 4 playoff games? Who is favored in Game 5?
If you are looking at the last 5 games Portland was favored in 3 of them.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Got this from NBA Vegas odds


226u-10
-1½ -10

 

[RonBrewer]

Got this from NBA Vegas odds


226u-10
-1½ -10

Favored by 5 in Portland and a virtual pick em on the road. We were the series favorites coming in.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Beating the Nuggets should have no bearing on whether Stotts keeps his job.

they aren’t healthy

Either are we.

 

[MickZagger]

Neither of these things were true on Saturday.

I hope it continues

 

[JoshuaHall]

Either are we.

Looooool
Missing 1 rotation player is not nearly the same as missing 3? rotation players. (Murray, Barton, Dozier)
And the 1 player we’re missing can’t stay out of foul trouble
I’m sure Zach Collins means more to this team than Jamal Murray.
Get real.

Imagine the Blazers were missing CJ McCollum (Murray), Norm Powell (Barton), and Simons and the Nuggets were missing Aaron Gordon... and the Blazers managed to win that series. Malone should get canned faster than a rabbit can hump.

Now if we play a mostly healthy Suns team or possibly even Lakers and win, then sure, that should impact Stotts job status. But beating the Nuggets missing half their rotation.. uh, no.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Looooool
Missing 1 rotation player is not nearly the same as missing 3? rotation players. (Murray, Barton, Dozier)
And the 1 player we’re missing can’t stay out of foul trouble
I’m sure Zach Collins means more to this team than Jamal Murray.
Get real.

Imagine the Blazers were missing CJ McCollum (Murray), Norm Powell (Barton), and Simons and the Nuggets were missing Aaron Gordon... and the Blazers managed to win that series. Malone should get canned faster than a rabbit can hump.

Now if we play a mostly healthy Suns team or possibly even Lakers and win, then sure, that should impact Stotts job status. But beating the Nuggets missing half their rotation.. uh, no.

Neither Murray or Collins are All Stars but Collins is more valuable since we need his help to guard Jokic. He is much better than Kanter. Meanwhile, Austin Rivers making up for Murray’s production so they’re not really missing anything.

 

[Tince]

Are you including the last game of the season? They have only played 4 playoff games? Who is favored in Game 5?
If you are looking at the last 5 games Portland was favored in 3 of them.

Underdogs in Games 1 & 2
Favorites in Games 3 & 4
Currently 1.5 underdog in Game 5

Not saying it's a big number, but a team that is easily superior in talent would almost always be the favorite, even on the road.

 

[Strenuus]

Neither Murray or Collins are All Stars but Collins is more valuable since we need his help to guard Jokic. He is much better than Kanter. Meanwhile, Austin Rivers making up for Murray’s production so they’re not really missing anything.

I found so many things wrong with this post I'm just quoting it so I can say that.

 

[BBert]

Neither of these things were true on Saturday.

Because we finally pressured them on defense and more importantly pressured them on offense. How many times have we seen the Blazers do this in the last five years?

I have come to the conclusion Stotts has been holding this team back. Who's with me?!!!

 

[JoshuaHall]

Neither Murray or Collins are All Stars but Collins is more valuable since we need his help to guard Jokic. He is much better than Kanter. Meanwhile, Austin Rivers making up for Murray’s production so they’re not really missing anything.

Haha, alright.

Austin Rivers is averaging 11/3/2, greatly aided by his 20+ point effort in one game.
Jamal Murray (in playoffs) was averaging 25/4/6 (over 3 series in 2020). Or you can look at his stats against Portland when he was younger and worse.

Aside from being a much better player and much closer to an all star than ZCo will ever be, Murray is way more valuable because they wouldn’t be starting Facu and Austin Rivers. This would impact A) The Nuggets bench but B) also force Dame and CJ to guard an actual NBA starting caliber guard.

Also, you’re comparing Zco to Murray...

Not ZCo to Murray, Dozier and Barton.

So you wouldn’t trade ZCo for Murray, Dozier and Barton because he’s just that good?

remind me the last time ZCo dropped 50

 

[JoshuaHall]

Underdogs in Games 1 & 2
Favorites in Games 3 & 4
Currently 1.5 underdog in Game 5

Not saying it's a big number, but a team that is easily superior in talent would almost always be the favorite, even on the road.

Do you bet often? Because this is not true.

Denver has one of the *best* HCA in all of sports. Typically they’re awarded between 5-7 points for HCA. Additionally, in betting basketball being a 1 point favorite is essentially a “pick em.”

Also, despite being a “1 point favorite” the betting odds were in favor of the Blazers (-105, bet 100 to win 105) vs (-115, bet $100 to win $115, higher payout because although a slight favorite, books thought they’d lose)

All this essentially means the books think we are between 6 and 9 points better than the Nuggets, adjusting for HCA.

also coincides with us being a 8point favorite at home at one point.

now tonight the Nuggets are favored per the money line, +110 blazers -130 Nuggets.
And the game 1 line was the most important because that is what people thought heading into the series, before adjustments and stuff actually played out in real time.

 

[wizenheimer]

Neither Murray or Collins are All Stars but Collins is more valuable since we need his help to guard Jokic. He is much better than Kanter. Meanwhile, Austin Rivers making up for Murray’s production so they’re not really missing anything.

 

[Tince]

Because we finally pressured them on defense and more importantly pressured them on offense. How many times have we seen the Blazers do this in the last five years?

I have come to the conclusion Stotts has been holding this team back. Who's with me?!!!

I haven't counted, but I'm open to any data you may have to support this claim!