Stotts just gave one of the worst answers I’ve ever heard in a postgame.

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  1. BBert

    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    IDK. I think these are legitimate criticisms. Sag 10 feet off Steph Curry? Really?
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    For the first time ever, I was ready to hire Van Gundy during the 4th quarter.
     
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    I think Blazers lost for two reasons. Number 1: Turnovers. Number 2: Leaving Steph Curry wide open.

    Honestly, though, the team looks spent.
     
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    Maybe we should rest Dame next game.
     
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    It took until the WCF for a team to finally target Kanter's PNR defense. If Stotts had kanter crowd the three point line Steph would blow by Kanter for 100% layups. Good coaches don't put their players in position to fail. We need Kanter on the floor and if he's going to be on the floor we have to live with Steph shooting 40% threes or whatever. You have to pick your poison against great teams/players in the Warriors/Steph. They attack your weaknesses. Kanter is our weakness on defense and it's finally being shown.
     
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    Van Gundy is a playoffs coach. Stotts, I'm not sure.
     
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    I think Kanter should have either Zach or Meyers on the court with him at all times. Zach should do his best to defend and block shots without getting in foul trouble. Meyers should hammer the shit out of anyone who drives into the lane. Cleanly, of course.
     
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    I'm sorry but this post is just a bullshit excuse to me. Jokic is a terrible defender but he was able to trap Dame last series and make it tough on him. Kanter didn't even attempt to hedge, blitz, or trap (obviously by design) Curry so how do you know it wouldn't work? Besides if we double Curry and guys like Bogut, Looney, Green, and Iggy end up beating us then I would be much more at ease with the fact that we at least would've TRIED to do something.
     
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    ...luckily, it sounds like the Players understand what to do! :dunno:

     
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    Everyone but the coach.

    Sometimes I wonder, if Stotts was coaching another team and trying to defend Dame, knowing what he knows about Dame, would he use this same defensive scheme or would he trap? My thought is the former, and that scares me about him as a coach.

    You can’t call yourself a championship contending team and only know how to play one defensive scheme. That just doesn’t work. Maybe in the regular season, but if you can’t adapt in the playoffs against different teams and different matchups, you deserve to be fired.
     
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    This blows my mind
     
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    If there was ever a loss to criticize him, its this one. You gotta criticize him when he obviously messes up.
     
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    Holy shit.

    So stotts still may get fired. This is great.
     
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    Why? Who is listening? How will it help the team?
     
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    So even the players have a problem with how rigid Stotts' defense is...
     
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    If we couldn't adjust without Durant, then it proves how much better they are and how one dimensional Stotts can be. They actually play better as the Guards are taking the lions share of play making opportunities. We sucked and they look like Champions.
     
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    They are still better team. With Nurkic we maybe had a shot, but like this, it's going to be really hard to take them down.
     
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    Idk, why am I ordered to "give props"?
     
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    Even with Nurk it is still the same defense scheme so you probably going have the same result on that end. But offensive might have been different due to he set better screens to free up Dame and CJ.
     
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    We will see if he makes adjustments if not it will a short series.
     
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