I love Dame but he needs to show more leadership on the court with his teammates. I see him late really getting on the refs but rarely see him getting on other players. I know it's not his personality to address or critique players, but he could at least try more. He simply needs to be more vocal with his team, as it is, indeed his team. He and Stotts are similar in demeanor thats why Dames loves him so much, but if he ever wants to be a legit super star known as a great leader, he needs to influence his players performance too. I don't care who you are everyone has areas for improvement, and I'm just saying I think this is an area Dame could improve on. Just my opinion. Now go ahead and chastise me addressing the Star of the team....
I don't think it would Change anything if Nurkic plays with the 2nd Unit or not. This Team has peaked and is done. It's Time for a new direction
I agree he needs to stop bringing the ball down low. He looses it nearly every time he does it. He needs to keep it close to his chest then turn and bring it high to the basket with authority without hestitation. Too much catching and losing the ball because he wants to dribble to create space. He needs to create the space with his huge ass body.
Honestly, I've been thinking the same thing but have been afraid to say it out loud. Neither Dame nor Stotts appear to be providing much leadership right now.
They haven't peaked and are not done. They just aren't being used right. Coaching is like playing chess. You control the pieces. Yeah, in basketball the pieces move by themselves, but its a similar scheme. It's tactics, the combination of plays and moves you make as you play the game. The coach has to control the players, he calls plays to use the players in a certain way. He has to utilize his pieces to the best of his ability. At the same time he has to be able to pay attention to the opponents moves, and adapt to the opponent. It is all about tatics and strategy. It's chess and Terry is a terrible player.
Dame has never been a screamer. It's just not his personality. He leads by example and behind the scenes to empower his teammates, but there comes a time when you need get on their asses for playing like shit. Tim Duncan let Pop handle that part because he was the same way. We don't have Pop unfortunately. We could really use a guy like Draymond right now.
And in turn I’ll bet if you were privileged to know exactly what the coach deals with behind closed doors with the team he could open your eyes a bit also. You have no clue other than what you perceive to be what is going on. Then there are the numerous post by you and many others saying players “Suck” but then again and again this coach exceeds expectations over and over again. Yeah it’s always easy to blame the coach.
Be careful man, you are going to make @BonesJones cry... you are totally right tho... this team has crossed over the line of continuity and are a little too friendly now... no one holds anyone accountable... these guys care more about being friends than winning
The feel good story about millionaires that all get along playing basketball and love each other through adversity. It’s just soooo Portland.
I have a question: Why don't we post up Collins mutiple times in the 2nd unit? The last two games Zach has gotten the ball one time each game in a post situation and both times made a beautiful combo of moves to get an easy bucket. Do we go back to him again? No, we don't. That's terrible coaching. It's the same thing when Nurk has it going.
Because Stotts. Since Meyers came into the rotation Collins has been useless, he was much better at Center but hE CaN PLAy pOwER fOWaRD
its not a terrible idea. something needs to happen, and sometimes a shift in rotations will spark the team short term. again its short term but something needs to be done. the next couple weeks are going to get real ugly.
I'd have to disagree with the quality of passes Nurk was getting. They were the right play, but the passes were adequate - not 'great'. Nurk does need to stop bringing the ball down, but Dame could help him with a little bit higher quality passes. Dame seems to have a habit of making passes a bit too low. When he dumps the ball to Nurk, they are frequently pocket bounce passes that only come up slightly above the knee. When he kicks the ball out to the 3pnt line, most of his passes are near the knees instead of the waist area.
You just don’t get it... as long as CJ is on the team there won’t be enough shots available to give any other player consistent touches... his offense will always be McLillard ISO ball and this team will always be last in assists... CJ has to go... and if Dame won’t let th GM do his job so he can keep his friend around than just blow it up completely and build for the future
Damn, so coaches are invincible huh? Nobody can be correct in criticizing their on court product because they cant possibly know what they deal with behind closed doors? Do you realize how ridiculous that is? It's easy to say "our role players suck". You know what's hard? Describing why our coach sucks at a detailed, schematic level, something I've never really seen you do. Thats fine, it's just that you want to talk about others "easy" opinions... nah dude. And your gonna try to use things said during the course of a game that's in reference to individual plays to try to make your whole point? Yikes. Tired of people not understanding or listening to the others trying to explain well thought out and detailed opinions how we struggle from a coaching standpoint,. If that happens, fine, just dont come back with so hypocritical stuff like "Thats an easy opinion. Our talent sucks".
I love how all these great posters dont get it, and somehow you (the guy who complains about anything he can) are the enlightened one. Give C.J. a coach that holds him accountable and preaches back movement. You'd see a change. Also, why the hell do you call it "McLillard ISO ball"? Dame does a good job of being a lethal scorer that still sets up his teammates.