Oh don't get me wrong. I'm sure that if he went to San Antonio, Pops would turn him into an All Star. But Stotts ain't Pops. Unfortunately.
Highly doubt that. Pop would yell at Meyers once, and Leonard would go crying. Pop uses his doghouse more than any other coach in the NBA. He would break Meyers' spirit. Terry is the most easy going coach in the NBA. If Meyers is so mentally fragile now, imagine what a guy like Pop would do to him
Eh....not so sure about that. I think Pops would make him put on 20 or 30 lbs of muscle, then put him in the paint and make him specialize in Defense, and perhaps continue to develop his mid-range game. Which is what an NBA player who's 7-1 SHOULD be doing. And I don't know about you, but the thought of Leonard with just 25 lbs of extra muscle being a defender in the paint is terrifying to me if I'm a 6-2 PG.
I get the love for pop, he's a legend. I get tired of people saying he just turns every player into gods. This is false. Meyers isn't mentally capable of handling that. Coaches can do a lot for the player but the player needs to be somewhat compatible too. He's gotten lamarcus to somewhat fit into their system. Gotten a lot of others but let's not act like this dude can turn water into wine
Alright, fair enough. I guess I don't see Meyers as the weakling that everyone else does. I mean, not too many weaklings can piss off and shut down Cousins without breaking a sweat. I just think the dude is uncoordinated. Grossly uncoordinated. And I think that if he had a designated coach who focused on his muscle mass and ball control in the paint, not to mention Defense, he'd be far better than he is now; if not a Star.
Before we panic, I want to see what we do when Aminu comes back. BNM, what has our D been like before and after Aminu's injury? I think Aminu is underrated because he is so inconsistent on offense, but I've long thought he's better than his stats indicate. Looking at team D before and after could prove that, or it might not.
True. I feel like he has gotten slower as time goes by. I remember when he was actually pretty fast and seemed athletic, had fastbreak dunks. Then he turned into a stretch 4. It's not that I think he's physically weak, he mentally is and it's shown. He talks a big talk but when it comes down to it, he's not making shots and being this leader he talked about after LA left. Sure, he seems to step up against bigger physical centers but other than that where can we say he has improved really or really been any good for this team?
So design a defense that fit your team you don't keep the same scheme that fits different type of team. Coaches has to adjust to there personal what schemes to use and Stotts haven't done that this year.
The blazers' clunky roster isn't Stotts' fault. Olshey needs to work some magic and upgrade and balance out this roster, or it won't matter who is coaching it.
No. That's way wrong, puppy dog. Don't be so wrong with your false accusations. I want to copy and paste it into like 7 other Blazers forums. FAMS.
Stotts aint the issue, he needs a team thats worth a damn. ... Lookin at you NO, you fucking used car salesman.
Meyers simply doesn't look like a natural basketball player. He still looks like a guy from another sport trying to play basketball (like Connoughton).
Crazy how a coach can go from runner up for coach of the year ( many said he should have won it nationally) to not very good and should be let go in less than a year? I see Stotts trying different things. For example, he is now starting Davis and we have won the rebound battle three ouf of the last four and Cleveland only won it by what... 2 rebounds? some people around here are worse than instant media. Things take time. Teams don't get microwaved like meals....
