Talked to someone very close to the team. Two things: 1) They're very happy with Oden. Just need to keep him out of foul trouble. 2) Andre Miller has ruined the chemistry. Hmm... trade in December?
Don't you sit in the lower bowl area? That is much closer to the team, than I am in the 300 level! Maybe if you talked to somebody sitting behind the bench, you could talk to somebody "close" to the team too!
Nope, not me. I am mostly at the 300 level as well. I had tickets to 100 level seats last year for a couple of games - and quite honestly - I enjoy the 300 level better. People are very polite and well dressed at the 100 level - but they are loud and passionate at the 300 - which, for me, is part of the appeal. I think I have a couple of 200 level seats for this year, but most of the games I go to are at the 300 level.
That is a bad sign when players are blaming their poor performance on someone else. You see players do that with coaches sometimes... where they play lazy and like shit... blame the coach... have the coach canned and then they play their asses off. Was it the coach? I think the Blazers may be looking at something to point the finger at right now... but until they all point it back at themselves nothing will change.
Who's fault is that? Miller? Roy? Other? Nobody's fault, it's just a natural result of trying to integrate a new player with a dominant style? Is this finger pointing or just a general statement?
The chemistry has been disrupted, but it's not like Miller is a cancer. He's just trying to figure out his role. Roy hasn't exactly embraced him. If you're going to be a leader of a team, you have to take responsibility for the team chemistry.
Wow, it freaking amazes me that one player has ruined everything. I'm not saying it can't happen, since I remembered in 2000-01 season we changed Brian Grant and Jermaine Oneal (didn't get too many minutes) into Dale Davis and Shawn Kemp. We all know what happened after that. I guess I'm so floored because it almost seems like the same damn pattern as that year. We have good strides, almost ready for that next level. BOOM we make trades to get technically better, yet it screws up all the chemistry.
I agree. It's not like you hear Miller demanding minutes or being an 'off court' distraction. I think the chemistry problem, if there is one, has more to do with the entire team, not an individual. Could possibly be Miller as the reason, and the team not embracing him the why.
They don't. When someone says it is inside info from a course close to the team, you assume they cant name the source and you either take them at their word, or you don't.
