The best way I can put this: We have Dame and CJ, and a bunch of pieces from Ikea but we lost the instructions. What the fuck happened to our team we ssaw the first week of the season? This doesn't resemble it at all.
Expectations. Never thought Portland wouldn't be in a dog fight to make the playoffs. But I still believe they'll be a top 4 seed again. This is the West, there are no easy games. 1-13 is good.
While we have had a rough last few games and without looking at the stats and all that jazz this still feels like one of our best starts to the season and usually we pick it up around after all star break. The problem is the west is very tough with a lot of good teams so losing streaks like this really hurt and will continue to hurt if we do much more of it. This game shows how important Nurk is to us and while our bench does seem better, this team still needs to figure out that CJ and Dame just aren't going to cut it. In summary, I hope the Blazers kick everyones ass the rest of the year on the way to the championship.
Another wasted season. Stagnation, excuses, but no meaningful change/progress. With every season my frustration grows and my love of the team atrophys.
Same team they've always been. Going nowhere. Won't go anywhere until we have a new system in place. Won't have a new system in place until we have new ownership. Buckle up - it's gonna be a LONG ride.
Same team that got swept by Pelicans last year... nothing will change until we either fire Stotts or trade CJ... hopefully both
I’ll just paste what I said in the other thread since it fits here better. Here’s my conclusion on Stotts When things go to script, he’s fine. Since Dame and CJ are such good scorers, that’s the case more often than not. The problem? As soon as shit hits the fan, it’s over. The strategy when Dame and CJ aren’t on? More Dame and CJ. Now, Neil hasn’t exactly given him the best roster, so it’s not all his fault, but theres no trust beyond those two players. Do we sometimes post Nurk? Sure. Do we sometimes post or pick and pop with Collins? Sure. Do we sometimes post Harkless? Sure. Do we sometimes let Stauskas create? Sure. Etc etc. Do we do any of those things when we’re trailing? Fuckkkking NOPE. And seemingly everyone is held accountable except 0 and 3. Shit needs to change but history says it won’t, so we may as well just can him (and Olshey) now.
Dear Neil, If you can’t find a forward who can consistently make a shot, there’s no point to the rest of the season. Signed, A fan
OLSHEY! What we saw early was an illusion. This roster is dysfunctional and severely under-talented. I won't even bother ranting about the negative impact of his terrible financial decisions. The purge has to start at the top or any changes will just be cosmetic.
Pretty much what I thought. We’ve nearly seen our high as a team, not sure if we’ve seen our low but it’s close. Somewhere in the middle of those two extremes is our true identity. Fighting for the 5-8 seed and hoping for godly performances from our guards to get past the first round. Seems like the NBA figured us out about 3 yrs ago and unless there’s dramatic roster or coaching changes we pretty much know what the ceiling on this team is year in and year out.
the #14 seed in the West would be 1/2 game out of an Eastern Playoff Spot. We are 1.5 back of leading the conference, after losing to the #1 in the East (5th game of Road Trip), #2 in the West (6th game of road trip), and #1 in the West in this 3-game losing streak. BTW, last 5 games Dame is shooting 29% from three on 9 a game. Chief's shooting 23% on more than 5. (on a related note, Meyers Legend is 53/53/94 right now for a 22.1 PER.)
