What really wins in the playoff's

[HailBlazers]

"What really wins in the playoff's is grinding it out, the media get enamored by high scoring teams, and they underestimate everyone else."

Almost exact quote from Brain Scalabrine 1080 the fan

Make's me appreciate Nate's offensive style hearing from a recent World Champion... It's not easy to pursue this system, but once its honed it's highly effective.

BAKE IT

 

[Nikolokolus]

A grind it out post up team? I agree. A grind it out jump shooting team? Not so much.

 

[DaRizzle]

"What really wins in the playoff's is grinding it out, the media get enamored by high scoring teams, and they underestimate everyone else."

Almost exact quote from Brain Scalabrine 1080 the fan

Make's me appreciate Nate's offensive style hearing from a recent World Champion... It's not easy to pursue this system, but once its honed it's highly effective.

BAKE IT

Wow...so he said more or less "defense wins championships"....what a groundbreaking train of thought

 

[HailBlazers]

less defense, more possession

 

[hasoos]

Yea I think that is the reason the blazers just shed 2 jump shooters. At least that is what I hope.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Every time I watch Boston they seem like a jump shooting team to me. (Except Rondo who can't shoot) But Ray Allen, Pierce, Rasheed, KG , eddie house.......they all shoot alot of jumpers. Nothing wrong with that if you make them. Pierce drives to the basket as much as Roy. KG posts up as much as LMA.

 

[STOMP]

Every time I watch Boston they seem like a jump shooting team to me. (Except Rondo who can't shoot) But Ray Allen, Pierce, Rasheed, KG , eddie house.......they all shoot alot of jumpers. Nothing wrong with that if you make them. Pierce drives to the basket as much as Roy. KG posts up as much as LMA.

yup, if you don't have a dominant low post threat but can spread the court with a lineup of shooters, then slashers like Roy and Bayless can have a field day with room to drive. LA Camby and Howard can all pop a jumper and drag opposing Bigs out of the paint.

STOMP

 

[andalusian]

82games.com tells us that Boston shoots 65% jump-shots, but the Blazers shoot 70%. The offensive efficiency for Portland is much much higher, Portland is 6th best in the league, Boston is 14th.

Defense on the other hand is still Boston's calling card, They are #1 in the league, where we are a miserable #17. Interesting to note, however, that before GO went down - we were the #2 team in the league in defensive efficiency.

I know there was a lot of bickering at the start of the year when the team seemed disjointed - but I really felt that GO's presence made us a real title contender. We were playing suffocating defense before he went down.

 

[HailBlazers]

Indeed, We Need that inside presence, Lets Go Camby

 

[drexlersdad]

it is a proven fact that scoring points wins basketball games. you simply cannot win with 0 points.

 

[OddEnormous]

A grind it out post up team? I agree. A grind it out jump shooting team? Not so much.

Can someone frame this and nail it up on the fucking wall?

It's never going to happen with this coach and these players.

 

[HailBlazers]

It's never going to happen with this coach and these players.

Definitely did not execute the offense tonight. It will happen once this coach and team establishes the post. From there the jump shot will fall.

Good effort from Canby, but were gonna need a scoring center and some better plays run for LMA

 

[OddEnormous]

and some better plays run for LMA

They've only had 4 years to work something out. Seems "18 foot jumper" is the only thing they can think of.

 

[HailBlazers]

Yea they are not focusing on their big summer investment!

 

[hasoos]

What really wins in the playoffs? Having a team worth a fuck.

 

[HailBlazers]

Yea Paul Allen should go back to Seattle and start a new franchise

 

[hasoos]

Yea Paul Allen should go back to Seattle and start a new franchise

That's a great idea. There is no rule against owning two franchises right? He can buy a franchise in Seattle, and use it as a farm team for Portland. Seattle could have bad years every year, and then trade their draft pick to us for players of the quality like Sergio!

 

[BGrantFan]

I think that the teams with fans that know more than the coach win in the playoffs. Trade Roy now because he is holding back this team.

 

[BGrantFan]

That's a great idea. There is no rule against owning two franchises right? He can buy a franchise in Seattle, and use it as a farm team for Portland. Seattle could have bad years every year, and then trade their draft pick to us for players of the quality like Sergio!

Paul Allen should buy out every franchise. That way, he'd always win, no matter if he had he worst coach in the NBA and the worst All-Star in the NBA.

 

[OddEnormous]

I think that the teams with fans that know more than the coach win in the playoffs. Trade Roy now because he is holding back this team.

I am quite convinced Ronald McDillon knows 5 millions times more than I do about basketball.

That still doesn't get us anywhere.

 

[MickZagger]

D'oh

Scalabrine's new nickname should be the messiah.

The red-headed bench warmer is the best interview that The Fan could get?

 

[KingSpeed]

Every time I watch Boston they seem like a jump shooting team to me. (Except Rondo who can't shoot) But Ray Allen, Pierce, Rasheed, KG , eddie house.......they all shoot alot of jumpers. Nothing wrong with that if you make them. Pierce drives to the basket as much as Roy. KG posts up as much as LMA.

The 2004 Pistons were a jump shooting team and they won the title.

 

[Kaydow]

The 2004 Pistons were a jump shooting team and they won the title.

That's right. It's not the norm, but that's what happened that year.

What wins in the playoffs? That's easy - teams that play good defense and that have superstar scoring power on offense. Since 1991, Finals MVP's: Jordan (6), Shaq (3), Duncan (3), Hakeem (2), Kobe (1), Pierce (1), Wade (1), Tony Parker (1), Billips (1)

How many of those guys are HOF'ers? At least 7 IMO (not Billips, and probably not Parker) In addition to playing good defense, you need to be able to avoid those 8 minute droughts when you can't get a bucket. When you have a "Go To" Superstar (s), it obviously makes the offense flow a lot easier. It forces teams into double teams, and opens up looks for 2nd, 3rd, 4th option guys. It really doesn't matter if you run the triangle, a motion offense, or even the simple sets that we run. If you put Shaq and Kobe (2000-2003 Circa) in place of Roy and Oden in our offense today, they win a title. That's what I think.

 

[STOMP]

82games.com tells us that Boston shoots 65% jump-shots, but the Blazers shoot 70%. The offensive efficiency for Portland is much much higher, Portland is 6th best in the league, Boston is 14th.

Defense on the other hand is still Boston's calling card, They are #1 in the league, where we are a miserable #17. Interesting to note, however, that before GO went down - we were the #2 team in the league in defensive efficiency.

I know there was a lot of bickering at the start of the year when the team seemed disjointed - but I really felt that GO's presence made us a real title contender. We were playing suffocating defense before he went down.

it seemed that they were going through some growing pains at the beginning of the season on offense integrating Greg. They hadn't had a real low post threat establishing deep position in the paint prior and they seemed uncomfortable in their new roles. Obviously Greg was very good on both ends of the floor, but collectively they weren't really clicking. This probably would have been worked out as the season went along.

If this roster had remained healthy, I think they could have really won in the playoffs this year. As it is, things will have to improve health wise just for the team to make it there

STOMP

 

[MARIS61]

It's all about which teams Stern wants where.

Truly, little else matters in the playoffs.

 

[HailBlazers]

D'oh Scalabrine's new nickname should be the messiah.
The red-headed bench warmer is the best interview that The Fan could get?

http://audio.1080thefan.com/m/audio/29142898/brian-scalabrine-celtics-f-2-19-10.htm

He IS the messiah. Unite and Bring him to Portland!