Bert & Ernie @ Blazers game...+ players don't like 'Hero' ball

I agree with that to a certain extent but if we're getting rid of Stotts, while we're at it doesn't it seem like a good time to fire Stotts' boss who has kept him around for a far far too long and split up a back court that will be making 70M next season and is the worst starting defensive back court in the league?

 

Wasn’t there an article that came out last year I think about how after the Pelicans sweep Paul Allen wanted Stotts gone. It was Neil that stood up to him and said keep stotts. Maybe dame was in there too but I can’t remember. But the morale of the story is if we fired Stotts, Olshey should be gone too. That man has done absolutely nothing to add a second true star for Damian, failed to gain anything in return for LA, kept the undersized backcourt for far too long now. And his forwards since LA has been underwhelming. His drafts picks on big men disappointing. Brought back Melo to continue his legacy. And last but not least his all in trades such as Powell, RoCo, and Affalo had amazingly not help the team take the next level but somehow the opposite direction

 

Yes up to the coach to reel in his two leaders when start getting out of the game plan and if he doesn't then it's on him when the team don't function correctly.

 

great post

I was over on RealGM at the time, but I seriously questioned the selection of CJ in 2013 after Dame in 2012. It didn't make a lot of sense. And I seriously questioned Olshey's bench-building (absolutely terrible) and roster decisions over his 1st two seasons, especially after he tried to give a max-contract to Roy Hibbert. But when Olshey happily allowed the Aldridge team to dissolve and it became apparent he was determined to build around the Dame/CJ pairing I starting complaining that the two were just way too redundant in size, style, ball-dominance, and lack of defense. It wouldn't come close to making for a contender. And it hasn't. That was 2015

the capper, was Olshey doubling down, no, make that tripling down, on the Dame/CJ experiment after the feel-good playoffs of 2016 when Olshey gave out 340 million dollars in contracts to CJ, Crabbe, Turner, Meyers, Harkless, and Ezeli. Yeah, that's right, 340M for one starting level player and not an all-star in sight. I've detested Olshey ever since

that more people agree right now than back then doesn't make up for the fact that Paul Allen is gone but Olshey is still the fucking GM

 

Was right there with you. It boggled the mind to duplicate such redundancy when there were so many other gaping issues to address.

 

You just completely made that up. Do you write other fiction as well?

 

He said "I get the feeling" so yeah.... he kinda let you know that it was based on his own opinion.

 

"so far only to their agents but it’s just a matter of time before this turns into a full on cancer in the locker room."

That's quite a feeling!

 

So everything you've ever stated is based in facts and never based on your feeling?

 

Marang is the last reference you should use. Your thoughts are far more credible.

 

I don't think anything he said is wrong though.

 

Well if there saying behind closed doors then there fed playing with these 2 guys you can throw in Melo in there too. 3 years Harkless spoke out about and got bench. These guys need have a player meeting and iron this shit out. They tell how they feel about it not running a offense that's involved everyone. If they actually run a offense with player movement and ball movement that double team shit probably will go away.

 

Isn't "duplicate redundancy" itself redundant?

One thing I've noticed is that some GMs seem to have that as a positive strategy. Remember when the Knicks signed every PF? And how Detroit last Summer signed a shit ton of centers? I'm guessing the thinking is, if you have a bunch of the same type of player then you will really be able to see the one that's the best and you can flip the rest, whereas if you just sign one, he might be a lemon.

Of course, if that's the strategy, you don't keep re-signing them to massive contracts.

 

Appreciated...but I didn't see where Marang was incorrect in his assessment in this case.

Knicks and Detroit....if that is Neil's model, we are in even more serious trouble.

 

can someone summarize what he said so I don't have to listen to it?

 

The dude acts like Stotts is a top-level coach and Aaron Gordon wouldve saved our entire season and won us a championship, so I dont trust a single one of his takes.

 

Nothing new. Basically all the stuff we say on here.

 

That is certainly not what he has said of late.