because he's more likely to be left for an open look would be one reason... the D is expecting a play to be run for Rudy STOMP
Pundits will say what is on their mind. They don't get paid necessarily to be right and I am not sure why everyone is up in arms about Gavin and Cowherd. I have faith that Oden will be be a very good center, but I am not offended by the naysayers. Time will tell. And before this game, Oden really had not shown much to get that excited about. It is still evident that the Blazers don't know how to play with Oden. There were multiple times in the first half that Oden had sealed and the Blazers didn't swing the ball or lob it in.
Coaching is what lost us this game tonight.... that and our lack of guard production, which I attribute to bad offensive coaching.
It's not that they were wrong or in disagreement with others. It's their elitist annoying schtick, being rude to callers, and disrespecting Brian Wheeler.
Nice to see Sergio in the mix more. After 2+ seasons of disagreement on this issue , Nate and I had a little sit-down and I finally persuaded him that I know a little more about the PG position than he does. Good for all concerned.
Oh, so getting a three was a requirement in that situation? Plus, if the defense doesn't expect it then it must be a good idea? They should have started the game with that play and run it until the defense started looking for it. Oh wait, no they shouldn't. I bet they wouldn't expect Oden to take that three either, that would be really surprising. I said one reason he should take that shot, not one reason he could.
How is it good if we lose the game? Sergio did not make stupid T/O mistakes last night - and that kept him in the game. He actually reverted to bad shots again last night - unfortunately, Blake who usually shoots better also had a bad shooting game. Last night we had two point guards who could not hit the open shots (between them we were 2 to 10). This is probably where we lost the game - since our SG and Center positions spanked NOH and our PF and SF positions played their opponents to a draw. We really need an upgrade at PG, it is the main reason we are just a good team and not a great one.
And two of those four fouls came on Chris Paul in the last 1:39 of the game. They were good fouls. They kept Paul from going in for a lay-up and stopped the clock when the Blazers were trying to come back. Prior to that, Oden had two fouls in 22.5 minutes against the NOH big men. That's pretty good for such a physical, aggressive rookie. BNM
After reading the article on the game in The Oregonian -- Roy didn't know for sure if they had a timeout left or not. He didn't call timeout because he didn't want the technical foul.
