Yes. He wrote this a couple days ago: http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i...blazers_hanging_onto_no_5_seed_would_mea.html
Lillard hasn't been an amazing 4th quarter player since 2013, so quick isn't really wrong about Lillard's perfomances
Quick isn't making a point just about the this game, he talking about Lillard's 4th quarter miscues in general and especially as of late. The sad thing is that Quick's criticism's about Lillard's performance in 4th quarters as of late has as lot of merit.
Regardless of the merit of that particular criticism, the problem with Quick is he likes to drop vague implications into stories with lines like, "But there is some concern inside the locker room that Lillard is not held to the same accountabilities that other players are." That's bald-faced rabble rousing.
You apparently don't understand how journalism works. A reporter can often get a source to talk only if he promises anonymity. Without anonymity, players aren't as likely to tell you the truth.
Good grief. Come visit New York sometime. See how the reporters write about the Knicks, Nets, Jets, Giants, etc. It's brutal, but no one attacks them for being "hostile" to the home team. In case you didn't realize it, sports reporters are not employees of the Blazers. They work for a newspaper, and their job is to tell the truth as they see it.
But "journalism" like this is frustrating. Because then some east coast national writer will post some bullshit saying that a Blazers "insider" claims there is unrest in the Portland locker room. This guy makes up more shit than any writer around.
As I read the first post, saying that the Oregonian is criticizing Lilliard, my instant reaction was, This is revenge for Lilliard tweeting, "Who?" about Canzano. The Oregonian doesn't like to be slighted. It thinks it runs the team. The last time a player rebelled against it, the paper set up an interview, then ran with one of his angry quotes, "Just cut the check," and destroyed him with that one quote.
