Ed Davis: Stotts is probably the coolest coach who I’ve played for in my whole life

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  1. KingSpeed

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    KingSpeed, Jan 15, 2016
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    All these guys wanna stay here. Wes and Rolo did too. LaMarcus was the only one that didn't like Portland. It makes me wonder if we can use how much players like it here once they put on Blazer uniforms as a tactic to away free agents.


    For us this talk about players not wanting to come here, we sure have players who like it here.
     
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    Watch. We will have a major push this offseason with Dame leading the way to try to find that right free agent.Dame will lead our FA recruiting with your sentiment.
    Come join us, we are up and coming and you will never want to play for another team again. Top notch organization from top to bottom.
     
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    That has always been the case with Portland. Guys who are decent people with good values have almost always loved Portland...once they got here. It's always been the "getting them here part" that has been the problem.
     
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    Terry is very much a players coach. Just like Neil is a players GM.
     
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    And Kaman basically said the same thing as Ed last year (though not in the same exact words).
     
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    That was long.

    I had to laugh at the part when he said basically that playing for Portland he doesn't have to worry about the team bringing in another superstar to take his job. LOL

    See, the players know.

    Draft or Bust!

    :)
     
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    What was it? The only coach he didn't want to strangle or something?
     
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    Even Sheed liked being in Portland. There are only two players I can think of that didn't like being here - Oden and LMA. I suspect Crawford/Felton didn't like it here, but that's only a suspicion - and I can't blame Crawford for not liking to play under Nate.
     
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    And this is why we may just turn the tie in free agency. We have a players coach, a players GM, A top notch organization and Dame Dog is gonna lead the recruiting in the off season.

    Especially Crawford. The guy has never played well as a starter yet Nate insisted on making him our PG. It was nuts, and though I wasn't a member then, I am willing to bet just about everybody here was screaming holy hell!!!
     
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    Ed Davis is the perfect backup big man. He plays great defense, uses his length to block shots, attacks the offensive glass with ferocity, and is so damn efficient around the rim when he gets the ball in his hands. We would be foolish to move him.
     
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    I think Jamal Crawford liked it here, hes from Seattle you know..
     
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    May have liked the city, but not how he was used on the court, which is the most important in all reality.
     
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    You know what was interesting... Jamal Crawford was on Colin Cowherd the other day... and he has been in the league for 17 years.. this year, he said, marked the first time he's had a coach for longer than a year.
     
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    Forgive my ignorance but why does everyone think the LMA didn't like it here? Didn't he re-sign twice?
     
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    And just in a short sentence for someone who was absent for that era, why did Jamal not like Nate? (Knowledge is power)
     
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    No. he re-signed once because he was an RFA, but he was unhappy with the contract. He left when his first opportunity to leave rolled around.
     
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    LMA didn't re-sign as an RFA though, he signed an extension. Never got a contract offer from another team. I think he was definitely upset he never got the max extension like Roy did, but he still signed one nonetheless.
     
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    Everything that man (Nate) did provoked that reaction from me.
     
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