i didn't see this posted yet: http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/...iaView/AlbumID/5179/MediaID/3064/Default.aspx
So here's what you do kids. You constantly talk in the media and on the bench about how you want to push the pace of the team to get easier baskets. This makes it seem like that is your plan. However, during games you call every single play from the bench ensuring the pace is how you really want it; slow as hell. Best of both worlds! Also, only play guys you trust regardless of talent level. How else are you supposed to know that your sideline plays are always followed? One other lessson; remember that 6'8" chuckers make the absolute best backup power forwards.
Then he left out several things. Continue to start a bottom 5 PG when you just signed a top 10 PG No matter how badly it gets your interior guys in foul trouble, you should always switch on pick and rolls The best offense is the one that gets you a pretty well covered fade away jumper Even though your team is horrible at drawing FTA, you should stick with the PG that only shot 75 the entire year I realized it wasn't a transcript of Nate when there were no uh's or um's in any of it
Why Bitch about it when it hasnt even happened. Nate is stroking an ego. It works decent with Aldridge I would say You mean the offense that ran through Roy? Just cause Outlaw is a dipwit and fades on layups doesnt mean Nate did it. Again.. it still hasnt happened. And last year its not like Sergio would have been a better option
Considering Portland was one of the top few offenses in basketball, adjusted for pace, it's hilarious that you use this as a "criticism" of McMillan. It's an interesting mix of "Screw actual productivity, they're bad because they play a style I dislike" and actually getting that style wrong (as a far better simplification of Portland's offense last year would be "Roy slashing to the hoop and open three-pointers").
What Nate said was this. "Our starting unit last year won 54 games. We're not going to mess with that starting unit," Now to me that is more than "stroking an ego" Yes, it did work with Aldridge, but didn't work at all with Oden or Joel I can pin it on Nate because Nate continued to play him
I assume you are talking about Outlaw there.. I'm far from an Outlaw fan.. but we didnt have a better option there.
Rudy? Batum? More twin towers? When you look at the whole picture, there were a lot of options better than Travis. What Travis does really well is create his own shot. He also shoots the corner 3 well. He doesn't play defense, get anyone else invloved, or rebound worth a crap though.
Until Rudy or Batum can play some PF I just cant think of a better option that we had. Twin Towers would be nice, yet Oden was in foul trouble all the time.
Again, see offensive rebounding. Those easy putbacks off of off ballanced clanks is only 1 possession. Take Oden and Joel away and our offense sucks.
Portland was one of the best three-point shooting teams in the NBA. If you call swished shot "clanks," so be it. But it's hard to get an offensive rebound on a made shot.
Our offense does not suck even without the offensive rebounds - last year, without Rudy and his high-volume 3s - we still were #14 in the NBA, add Brandon's improvements and LMA's improvement - and this team's offense is efficient even without the great offensive rebounding. Of course, when you have proficient offensive rebounders - an offense that opens the interior for them to operate is smart and effective - which is exactly what the coaching staff implemented...
I was speaking more about the 2 pt jump shots. We shot 40% on those, and attempted 42% of those shots per game. To me that is not good. We only shot 33% of our shots from close in, and I would imagine that a good chunk of that is from offensive rebounding. Our offense relies on Brandon Roy rescuing us within the last few seconds of the shot clock most of the time.
Our offense relies on Roy's brilliance at creating baskets for himself and shot attempts for others, excellent shooting on those open shots and offensive rebounding created by Oden and Przybilla feasting thanks to that spacing. In other words, McMillan has played to the strengths on the roster to fashion one of the best offenses in basketball.
