Hopefully some of y'all can quit dogging Terry MF Stotts now

Everyone can be criticized. Sure. And Stotts fucks up. But people who don’t know the truth who make blanket statements like it’s the gospel are clowns. Unless you are there in practice or the locker room you don’t know. Have an opinion but when it’s thrown around like someone has all the answers as fact it’s ridiculous.

 

I use the eye test every time.

My eyes show me Stott's is fucking up.

 

I base everything off of what I see on the court.

 

Right. But your/their eyes can’t be everywhere. I guess I should start reading some of these posts with the mental tag line of “...in my opinion”. Instead of people writing like they have the answers.

 

Or maybe you could discuss actual basketball, and why you think we're wrong in schematic terms.

 

Nothing is surprising the warriors. They've seen it all.

Their collective IQ is unbelievable.

I understand the idea behind being flexible in your pnr/off-ball/handoff coverages.

I just think people *underrate how much communication that takes to execute, especially against a team without Durant that plays such a decisive, flowing and largely random brand of basketball that has the playmakers to make you pay for nearly every mistake you make.

 

Go read the last couple of game threads and some of the posts. That was not a sign of intelligence and many were not critical analysis, but merely "Stotts sucks" "fucking Stotts" "WTF, why is Stotts putting in Myers and not Collins"" with Collins having a horrible game and on the verge of fouling out in as little as 8 minutes. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but doesn't mean they are right, but the potty mouth personal attacks on Blazer players, coaches and management is worthless banter as game threads are a joke and why i avoid them.

 

When they turn ump the defensive intensity it's amazing to see how they get their hands down low, everywhere and disrupt/defect plays. They do it without fouling.

 

Stotts is polarizing for me and a real mixed bag

some of the most momentum killing subs
some of the most infuriating non subs
a playbook the size of a stamp
a plan b (use in case of emergency ie losing 17pt leads like its nothing) strategy that is exactly the same as plan a
his ability to leave evan turnover on the floor for extended minutes

he's a great coach when dame n whoever are playing well...... but when we actually need some strategy, its pretty obvious to me that he misses the mark most times.

 

No coach is going to come up with a master plan to outscheme the Warriors. To beat them you need to play well, and they need to be off. Stotts came up with some dumb plan for a game with regards to defending curry/3’s. I don’t get it and it’s over. He did some things that did work. Meyers gave some great minutes. Curry did too.

He’s handcuffed with his rotations because of injuries. I wish he would let go of Aminu and Harkless. I’ve never been an aminu guy. So many coaches are scared to death of playing young or unproven guys. So you won’t see Layman, Simons etc.

You can’t stop Curry. I’m a weirdo and believe good offense beats good defense in the nba. He’s too good. And smart. You can trap all you want but it just means layups. Draymond comes to the middle and he also is too smart and good of a passer and he throws lobs to Andre or Looney all night long. Its a layup drill for them. It’s why they are going to win their 4th title.

Personally, I think your only shot is to ugly it up and get physical. Literally not an easy shot. Foul guys out. Use Skal to foul Looney five times. Who cares. They rely on rhythm and flow. More than any team maybe ever. So don’t let them have it. Going head to head you can beat them once or twice a SEASON. But you ain’t beating them 4/7 times if you do your thing and they do theirs. For all their strengths I don’t think they love physicality. Who knows maybe Green gets tossed.

As for schemes, what can you do? Their Denver series ended like 30 hours before this one started. They might lose but don’t let them outwork you. And send guys to the floor. That’s all.

 

Good advice. You can't expect folks to remember to post a disclaimer everytime!

 

No.

Why the fuck would I do that?

I'll never get that time back. I didn't enter those threads for a reason

 

Huh? I see what's done on the court. I see stotts gameplan. I see it FAILING. I don't see him adjusting.

It's not rocket science.

Basketball is an EASY game that gets complicated by doing too much.

 

How many fans were in that thread?

Riiiiiight...

It's just a cross section of the most rabid ones.

figure it out.

 

Yeah, if only we had more experience running the scheme, we may have been able to do a better job executing it.

 

I'm asking this for the sake of discussion, not to continue arguing so please don't take it that way.

Using the last couple plays on defense as an example. They have Klay at the 3 point line from the free throw line extended and Iggy in the corner. You can't leave Klay so why don't the other 2 guys rotate over to Green and Looney? If the ball gets swung to Iggy and he hits the 3 then hats off to them but I'd rather take my chances with that instead of a lay-in or lob dunk or not hedging leaving Curry open. If Iggy drives then there is plenty of time to recover back to stop that. This is what GS does to us. They let Aminu beat them. Aminu is shooting 27.8% on wide open 3's (no defender within 6+ feet) during the playoffs. For that same variable Iggy shoots 36%.

 

I have no idea how many but i know several regulars were in there. You even had a doozy or 2.

Oh, and i have what i need figured out. No reason for you to be concerned.

 

Yup, just that simple....

 

I look at this way it either Stotts telling or showing the players what he wants and there not doing it or ignore his instructions then the player need to sit until he gets the message or the coach needs to go because he lost them. I don't think Stotts has lost them.

 

I'm a big Leonard Homer for better or worse. He had a huge game and I was very proud of his impact. But the reason you take Collins out after picking up his fifth foul is so that you can use his six later on in the game when defense is of utmost importance. A good coach will make per possession substitutions that are critical down the stretch.