Go back to the Three Guard lineup!

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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    What he said.

    We could play Steve Blake at the three and do better than playing Martell at the three. In fact, in the three guard lineup that is effectively what's happening (on offense). I would suffer Blake being posted up a few times for the smarter basketball being played. And if Brandon's all worried about having to guard big strong men, we can zone up. With all the injuries we've had, we should probably play nothing but zone anyway just to conserve energy.
     
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    Okay, when did MM take over Ed's account?

    Haven't you heard, Ed - "positions" are so Twentieth Century.
     
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    Blaming Webster for the team's recent woes makes no sense to me. He has not played well, with a few exceptions, but he hasn't been THAT bad.

    Playing two point guards and Roy just to get Webster off of the floor is ridiculous.

    My last post was a bit confused because it sounds like Nate/the coaches aren't actually doing this, right? Just that Wayne Winston thinks the three of them played well together.

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    The simple solution IMO is to start Cunningham at the 3
     
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    That may well happen. I surmised before the season started that Cunningham would endear himself to the coaching staff because of the things he does on the court that our other SF don't. Those being a smart defender and rebounding. The only thing he doesn't have is 3 point range.
     
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    I think the Portland fan base over values 3 point range.
     
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    Live by the 3 die by the 3.

    The game is won in the paint.
     
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    Don't start Blake.

    Is it really that difficult of a task? Hell, if want you to do a guard lineup, sure, but why does Blake have to be involved? Miller, Bayless, and Roy would be nice. And they all would get their time with the beloved ball because Oden is now out.
    And why hasn't Steve Blake taken the Dan Dickau-suckass assessment test yet? You'd think it would have been administered by atleast some of our coaching staff by now.
     
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    All recent championship teams had reliable 3 pt shooters, and used them.

    You can't win in the paint unless you can spread the defense.
     
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    There is a difference between used and overused. The facts are points in the paint are more efficient and efficiency is the name of the game. The determining factor obviously being, your personnel and how good they are at shooting it.

    This is a good read:

    http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/12/03/mapping-the-nba-to-live-and-die-by-the-three/
     
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    If Blake is so bad, explain to me why he's perennially good in his +/-?
    And why did George Karl start him in Denver?
     
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    He plays with the starting unit
     
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    I could live with that. We did it last year with Nic. Why not this year?

    Miller
    Roy
    Cunningham
    LMA
    Joel

    I like that.
     
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