Absolutely. OTOH, it is games like this that make the 4 pt, 4 rb, 0 blk games all the harder to understand.
...and he's probably picking up on the trend that he gets more leeway with the whistles at home then on the road STOMP
That is 100% my take as well. I don't understand how Nick Collison can make the guy a non-factor. I'm going to put the blame where it should be...on Greg's effort. He can dominate 90% of NBA players physically if he exerts himself and is into the game.
I will be confused (and maybe even concerned somwhere) when I see those without foul trouble and with over 24 minutes played. While I haven't looked this up, I would bet that almost all of his "bad" games (define that however you want) are in very low minutes-played games. Whether that's because of foul trouble or because Nate's taking him out because of matchups or because Nate can sense when he's just going to suck with more minutes I am not sure. I think it's most likely that foul trouble is the source of almost all of his lack of productivity, and I'm very confident that he'll learn how to avoid that over time... Ed O.
How is he supposed to get shots on his own? I don't see how he can be blamed when he gets NO shots through a whole half because he gets so few touches on the blocks. Ed O.
It makes it much easier to understand if you view it in the context of a rookie big man having an up and down season. Let's give Oden a break. Just for a little while longer.
Classic! I'm happy Portland was able to pull it out in the end. I think that Greg still needs time to really start showing what he can do. I almost feel like he needs to prove it to himself. He has to put in atleast 3 years before I call him a bust. I'd love to see him come out of the gate and crush other bigmen, but I'm in the camp that believes that it is going to take time.
you can't honestly think that nick collison made oden a nonfactor and actually have watched the thunder game.
Yeah. That's my opinion as well. I'm not the one wanting the coach to be fired or blaming every teammate of Oden's for his inconsistency.
Do they know telekinesis? Because otherwise I don't see how Collison could stop Oden from touching the ball enough to get a single field goal attempt in three of the four quarters. Ed O.
I am finally back from the game (stopped to have dinner out with the wife after the game - it's nice when you have the in-laws doing the baby-sitting thing when they are in town). My wife loved the game. I hated it. I hated how stagnant we got there in the 2nd half. I hated how awful our perimeter defense was. I loved the fact that in the end Travis and Brandon just put their head down and made sure we won this game - and Greg looked fantastic there - he is amazingly mobile for a big man, isn't he? But - the more we see this team playing defense without Blake - the clearer it becomes that as bad as we thought he is on defense - he is still head and shoulders better than Sergio. Rudy could not buy a bucket - but his defense actually looks a lot better in person than it did earlier in the year (I was out of the country for a long business trip - it's been a while since I got to see the team in person).
fool gold win tonight. defense is just awful. if we dont make a trade.....expect more losses to teams like okc. it took a 8-0 run to win vs the kniks at home...thats a disgrace
you already admitted you didn't watch the game because it was blacked out Connecticut where you live. Now you're passing judgement on it as a bad win because they had to come through in the clutch??? STOMP
I was at the game and have mixed feelings. Nice to see them pull it out at the end, but the Knicks also imploded with a sizable lead. The perimeter defense tonight was simply awful and we dodged some bullets during the comeback when they bricked open jumpers. I've never seen a team do so much showboating after shots as the Knicks were doing. This loss was karma for that crap.
Seriously I hate to say Mixum was right, but this win was much worse than the NO comeback. Brandon Roy just saved me from puking. Man I need to stop coming to this forum! It's taking the fun out of the team!
Ya, I couldn't believe the celebrating by their players in the 3rd quarter. It was like they had won the game. I guess they have to celebrate while they can.
