Behind the Locker Room Door

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i..._locker_room_door_trail_blazers_are_a_te.html

 

Who else but Quick would write incessantly about chemistry, worry if there's no church party atmosphere on the team, or praise players for being young and innocent (and low basketball IQ and manipulable by the Oregonian).

I knew it was him, but I clicked anyway to make sure. It's HIM.

 

Chemistry is huge in basketball more than any other sports, outside of maybe an offensive line in football.

 

I blame Al-Jazeera - they are marketing for the Americans!

 

My IR sensor picks up Quick from a thousand yards, but then, BO isn't all it's cracked up to be.

 

I don't know exactly how much great chemistry matters, but bad chemistry is a a pretty big deal.

 

.....things blow up......like teams, organizations, and stuff.

 

I miss Z-Bo and his posse.

 

So does the Hotel Vintage Plaza...............I think.

 

...and LaQueesha the late evening dancer at Exotica. Z-Bo was good for the Oregon economy. I think its why we were so apprehensive to deal him. His brother Roger sure was a class act.

 

I think great chemistry in guys hanging out for dinner and isn't a huge deal. The benefit is if it carries over on the court. Obviously, you don't have to like someone off the court to have great chemistry on the court. But any bit helps.

 

The reason I posted was that Quick harps on chemistry so much, that when I see an uncredited excerpt in the OP from an article about chemistry, I know the author is Quick without looking. To the Oregonian, building chemistry equates to fear of veterans, because uncontrollable veterans will refuse golf invitations from Quick, like Miller did. This is why they shoved Pritchard's years of building through the draft down our throats, and delayed team development.

As a result of so many years of so-called rebuilding, I'm tired of worrying about off-court, church party chemistry. Just get veterans, and usually, on-court chemistry will take care of itself. If it doesn't, it's bad coaching.