That post was a crock of shit. Anyone who construed it as anything else would be mistaken. But the bottom line is none of us know what happens behind closed doors.
Nah. The team is playing hard and their defense looks tons better than it did last year. I've felt for awhile now that Vonleh was much more important to the team than stats indicate, and I stand by that. The pairing of Harkless and Aminu is pretty bad on offense. Even though Aminu has been awesome so far this year, teams don't respect the shooting, driving, or passing game of either player, so they sag off both and put tons of pressure on CJ and Dame and do their best to attack the pick and roll. Nurk still isn't much of a 1vs1 threat, and is probably less of one without the extra weight. This team isn't going far with Nurk being forced to do things he's not good at. One of his biggest strengths was as a play-maker from the high-post. With four guys standing around the perimeter, and two of them being pressured a ton while the other two are mostly ignored, that's gone. Vonleh helps out by clearing up some of that logjam. If the team continues to be terrible on offense after that, then I'll realign my expectations.
No sir. I look at Mo as anything we get from him is a bonus. His style I love, with no real go to moves, but solid on the defensive end. He and Ed are my two favorite on the team, but I can't plan on getting anything consistent from the two. #Gravy As far as Dame, I plan on him averageing around exactly what he did last season. He will be fine. Nurk and his struggles I didn't expect. Didn't expect him to continue his high level of play from last spring, but thought he would be better than this.
If Dame and Nurkic are performing significantly below their talent level and your expectations, and the team as a whole is (according to your previous post) performing at the level of your expectations, then the logical follow is that the team's talent level is actually above your expectations.
1/4 of a season is plenty to get a feel of the team and enough of a sample size. Unfortunately, so far, the team has looked similar to last seasons - pre-Nurk. Playing in spurts, poor focus, pedestrian pace, lack of killer instinct/ability to close games all along with big servings of Hero ball. Just a constant uphill battle. A style of ball that is frustrating in regards to win/loss column & viewing as a fan.
Don't compare apples with oranges. Warriors are proven team, champions. We only have proven to be good at first round exits.
I pity people who think NOAH VONLEH is going to be the savior. This really isn't about "freaking out" it's about coming to terms with, and realizing what this team is. I've already figured it out, hopefully you goons do sooner or later.
Like MM said, there really is no reason to freak out because we were never gonna win the title this year. I have no expectations. Where I do freak out a bit is in the off-season where we can’t seem to get Dame and cj help while we extend or overpay for mediocre talent instead.
I wasn't comparing anything. Just noting that it's too early to be making the kinds of decisions that some around here are advocating (trading key players, changing coaches). A couple of baskets difference and the Blazers are 6-1 right now instead of 4-3. They're still the same team either way. We know that the offense isn't producing nearly as efficiently as the same core group of players managed last season. There's no identifiable reason for that, so it's reasonable to wait until about a fourth of the season is in the books before thinking about changes that may need to be made.
Someone else got my math! So you posted dates. To me it isnt about a date. Its about going 5 games under .500. That is my freak out date. Whenever that is, I'm not sure. I hope I don't have to freak out cause when I freak out, I FREAKA THE FUCK OUT!!!
10 games is my traditional prediction date. The team is now 6-4, better than I expected. Finishing at .600 (49.2 wins) is too much for me to believe, so I will now predict 46 to 48 wins.
My Jazz have less talent than your Blazers. I watched a few minutes and noticed that Rodney Hood, who was expected to be our main scorer, on his best day is a Will Barton. I have yet to see that best day. I've read that the Jazz coach is better than Stotts because What's-his-name knows defense. I'm familiar with Rubio and Gobert. When I learn any names, I'll predict the wins. First I'll have to buy those dice I once saw with letters on the sides. Oh yeah, Favors too. And I noticed that that new rookie Donovan guy is small but they call him big. He's as short as Lillard but thinner. Hood's a failure so the rook is starting. I know all about these guys. Also there's Jingles, the white guy who totally sucks. I'll learn his real name someday. Oh yeah, and the stadium is named Vivent, which I conjecture means "sucks" in the language of one of their many European players. Could be a rogue Australian translation of "blimey."
