Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts was a guest on the August 18 edition of SiriusXM NBA Radio’s “Off The Dribble”
Looking back at the stats, man Aldridge was disappointing (Obviously Lillard had been for months). Worst ever playoffs PER, and FG%.
He should visit this forum. There are some here that will try to convince him we will be just like the elite teams.
Le sigh. I don't think he has a clue. I mean, I thought that was clear when he first was hired and said he was going to use LMA like Dirk was used in DAL. But this is just another piece to add to the list.
my only question is if lillard dunks on him how many gallons of tears will be mopped off the floor and will the roof actually come off of the moda
I think the fans will cheer him......... best approach would be crickets. Absolute silence while the sound of crickets is pumped thru the PA system.
That's the easy way out. How come no one else on the court could do anything when also allowed to run free? Why were Myers and CJ still able to run free even when Memphis tried slowing them down? I've been a huge fan of Lillard since before the draft, but his regression last year with handling trapping double teams has me very nervous about building around him as the only established offensive threat. CJ made it clear in the playoffs how much tougher it is to defend a PG who probes and attacks, rather than back away from the D.
What do you mean the "easy way out?" Memphis pretty clearly adopted a strategy of shutting down our two best players and conceded that certain other guys might get free. Good for CJ and Meyers that they could take advantage of all that extra attention Lillard and LA got, but saying that Memphis tried to slow them down doesn't really hold up when you look at the outcome - Memphis clearly chose and executed a strategy that won them the series: Take away our two best offensive weapons and take away the three and live with whatever else happened. Ultimately, if Meyer's' and CJ's contributions had been so meaningful then why didn't they narrow the gap and make the team more competitive in that series than they were?
Memphis tried pretty hard to slow down CJ and Meyers but had no answers until CJ fatigued toward the end. Not a surprise, given how little PT he's gotten so far in his career. Memphis didn't just focus on shutting down LMA and Lillard. They swarmed everyone on the court. Do you really think they prepared for everyone but those two? CJ figured out that he could attack their defenders and keep them on their heels. Everyone else allowed themselves to be pushed further out on the perimeter. I do concede that Meyer's productivity may have coincidence due purely to lights out shooting and that being what the defense was giving him, but I believe deep down that he was progressing toward that level all season long and his overall game was stellar in the playoffs, not just his shooting. We must have been watching a different series. Pretty much everyone had thrown in the towel and assumed we were getting swept until those two got an opportunity to make it competitive. Even so, Stotts kept pulling them in favor of ineffective starters until it was too late.
I think we can one up the complete silence. Complete silence while everyone in the Moda Center starts texting on their cell phone. Even if faking it. Everyone completely preoccupied as if its an intermission or something.
