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I’d love to hear the 8-9 guys that should be playing instead of wenyen, since evidently he’s a 9th and 10th guy on, and I quote, “any” team.
 
Scalma said:
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Why the hell can't the Blazers play like this regularly during a game? I thought it was basketball 101. Attack the hoop, make the defense react, make the right play, be it pass to a cutter, pass to a 3-point shooter or take the shot yourself.
The Blazers must be one of the worst teams in the league at this. It certainly isn't a staple of Terry Stotts flow offense.
 
Wade Garrett said:
And....don't forget...
Not only can he make a shot, but nobody on this team is better at fouling.
I got absolutely nothing against the kid, and I'm pulling for him cos he does hustle...but c'mon guys....he's a 9th or 10th guy at best, on any team.
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Yes. But he has potential to grow into more than that.
Will he? IDK... Probably not. But IMO he's shown more than Little.
 
tester551 said:
Yes. But he has potential to grow into more than that.
Will he? IDK... Probably not. But IMO he's shown more than Little.
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Stotts isn’t putting little in great positions to succeed imo. He’s playing way too much four. Last game against Detroit he had him matched up against Christian Wood, who’s got like five inches on him. Like come on. Stotts does it to Wenyen as well. He’s not a center (he’s barely a four,) yet most his minutes lately have come as Whitesides backup. In certain matchups it can work, but seeing him have to bang against Kanter last night was nooooot fun, and then you got people crying about his fouls.

Nas is a three who can play the four in certain matchups imo. Wood isn’t one of them.

Gabriel is also a three who can play the four and five in certain matchups imo. Kanter isn’t one of them.
 
Both wenyen and Nas should be playing at least 15 minutes every night. If they keep losing, they eventually will.
 
Scalma said:
I’d love to hear the 8-9 guys that should be playing instead of wenyen, since evidently he’s a 9th and 10th guy on, and I quote, “any” team.
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OK - he should have said any team putting a play-off run above player development. You can make a strong case for saying the kids should be playing more, but the front office (or ownership) are locked into a different priority.
 
oldmangrouch said:
OK - he should have said any team putting a play-off run above player development. You can make a strong case for saying the kids should be playing more, but the front office (or ownership) are locked into a different priority.
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Ok but Mario still got more minutes than either little or wenyen the last two games. Why?
 
illmatic99 said:
Kinda reflective of how little hope we have this season.
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Not all of us give up so easily. We also have 4 starters including our best player on the bench so the challenge is much greater but just like the players lead by Lillard I am still in full support of them achieving their best considering the circumstances.
 
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Scalma said:
if you’ve got nothing against him then you should probably put things into perspective first. If fouls are your biggest gripe about a rookie, then his outlook is pretty good. How many fouls did Joel Embiid average his rookie year? Zach? Nurkic? I mean the list goes on but those are just three examples.
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Comparing him to Joel Embiid, Zach Collins or Jusuf Nurkic shows how much you over value his 165lb. frame.
If this Blazer team, was as assembled, as it was supposed to be, I would honestly believe most in here never would have heard of the kid.
Again...I enjoy his hustle....but knowing his name and clamoring for him to play more is nothing more than a result of a disasterous season.
 
Wade Garrett said:
Comparing him to Joel Embiid, Zach Collins or Jusuf Nurkic shows how much you over value his 165lb. frame.
If this Blazer team, was as assembled, as it was supposed to be, I would honestly believe most in here never would have heard of the kid.
Again...I enjoy his hustle....but knowing his name and clamoring for him to play more is nothing more than a result of a disasterous season.
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Saved for later. Thanks!
 
SIeepwalker said:
You mean you don't think putting him in the game than pulling him 40 seconds later because he missed a shot is good ?
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Its soooo annoying. He does it all the time too. Like last year I knew he would bench Layman as soon as he ran into some adversity. And then he plays vets way past their expiration date. I bet if Bazemore and Tolliver were here they’d still be in the rotation.
 
Scalma said:
Its soooo annoying. He does it all the time too. Like last year I knew he would bench Layman as soon as he ran into some adversity. And then he plays vets way past their expiration date. I bet if Bazemore and Tolliver were here they’d still be in the rotation.
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Absolutely. Stotts prefers bad-to-mediocre predictability to the inherent unpredictability of young players. Many coaches seem to have this written right into their genetic code.
 
oldmangrouch said:
Absolutely. Stotts prefers bad-to-mediocre predictability to the inherent unpredictability of young players. Many coaches seem to have this written right into their genetic code.
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It’s true, especially older coaches. Pop is an exception. Probably why he’s the best. Younger coaches tend to be a little more liberal as well. Stevens is a good example. He’s not afraid to play an unproven guy. And it’s not like Stotts doesn’t have job security either, so there’s no excuse.
 
Scalma said:
It’s true, especially older coaches. Pop is an exception. Probably why he’s the best. Younger coaches tend to be a little more liberal as well. Stevens is a good example. He’s not afraid to play an unproven guy. And it’s not like Stotts doesn’t have job security either, so there’s no excuse.
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Simons, Trent, Little, Gabriel...all seem pretty young to me. I’m sure that Gabriel and probably Little wouldn’t be playing if Stotts had more experienced guys available, but of all the things people ding Stotts for, this year not playing young guys isn’t one of the more plausible ones.
 
e_blazer said:
Simons, Trent, Little, Gabriel...all seem pretty young to me. I’m sure that Gabriel and probably Little wouldn’t be playing if Stotts had more experienced guys available, but of all the things people ding Stotts for, this year not playing young guys isn’t one of the more plausible ones.
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Playing guys 5-10 minutes isn’t really playing them don’t be dumb.
 
Scalma said:
Playing guys 5-10 minutes isn’t really playing them don’t be dumb.
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@Scalma .
Please answer this honestly.
Do you really believe it even matters?
Other than Dame, Cj, Nurk, Rodney, Zach, Trent, Ariza, Melo, Whiteside and Ant..
Does it really matter in the long term?
 
CupWizier said:
because we are lacking ball handlers with Lillard out.
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Last game Mario averaged 2.05 seconds per touches (less than CJ, Ant, GT, Melo, and Ariza) with 0.64 dribbles per touches (less than CJ, Ant, GT, Melo, Ariza, Little and barely more than Gabriel)

But yes, I'm sure he provided some much need ball handling.
 
SIeepwalker said:
CupWizier said:
because we are lacking ball handlers with Lillard out.
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Last game Mario averaged 2.05 seconds per touches (less than CJ, Ant, GT, Melo, and Ariza) with 0.64 dribbles per touches (less than CJ, Ant, GT, Melo, Ariza, Little and barely more than Gabriel)

But yes, I'm sure he provided some much need ball handling.
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The only balls Mario handled last night was Stotts' so he could get playing time
 
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