Stotts isn't going anywhere. There isn't anyone better avaliable to replace him. With the Blazers for sale, he isn't leaving. Maybe the new owner will fire him who knows. The Blazers are 10-5. That is hardly fire your coach territory. Some of the losses hurt because they could have easily gone the other way. The Blazers came back against Miami and the Lakers. Lost by a basket to the Wizards. Fell victim to Lebron being ushered to #4 on the all time scoring records. Couldn't find the energy to keep up with the Timberwolves. How much fault does Stotts have in these losses. I see a lot of bad decision making on the players end. Standing around allowing ball movement to halt to a stand still. Allowing the opponents defense to isolate Dame and CJ. Attacking the rim against a hoard of defenders. Depending on the refs and notbon the shot first. Not executing the extra pass. It leads to turnovers, turnovers, and more turnovers. Which lead to fast break points for the other team. Stott's job is to call the players out for those bad choices. To guide them in fixing those mistakes. I don't know how much of that he does. He came into the season with a few new plays. The ball movement looked better. The Blazers were passing. We saw more of that in garbage time last night with the end of the bench in, than the whole rest of the game. I wish Stotts wasn't so married to that index card in his inside pocket. Coaches that know how to win don't need that shit. They watch the game, they understand what is happening, they know exactly how to play against different offenses and defenses, when to call timeouts, when and who to play, how to adapt. Terry seems more spectator than participant. It is hard when the Blazers are losing, seeing him standing on the sideline looking lost, waiting till the team is down 20 to call timeouts. I like Terry. He seems like a good dude. He is a decent coach on the offense end. I have said many times the Blazers should bring in an assisant coach on the defensive end. Stotts isn't going anywhere soon. He needs to be more proactive, tear up that index card, and pay attention to the game.
Honestly? Sure. The main problem I see is that Damian doesn't look right. It's a problem in itself if we NEED Lillard to be as awesome as he was the first few games for us to succeed, but I also think we really miss Harkless. Our defense is the main problem and Layman is NOT the answer. Aminu and Nurk are great defenders, but you need at least three awesome defenders if you're going to play a backcourt of Lillard and McCollum. I know people have suggested this but we really should have Otto Porter as our #1 target. Offer Harkless and Leonard and Layman and a pick (or two). I know that's not great but he's way overpaid and that would be a huge savings for them.
Well, let’s remember there is no owner. The likelihood of any change is extremely unrealistic for at least a year.
Actually, Stotts has won two playoff series without home court advantage. That's pretty impressive. He also has a championship ring from being an assistant. And yes, you were implying firing him if you're asking how much longer we should wait (til firing him).
The Raptors fired their Coach of the Year AND traded their best player....because they were a nice team that wasn't achieving in the Playoffs. I applaud them for not being stagnant. I'm sure many of their fans felt there wasn't anyone better out there but they were willing to take a chance because they were pretty sure where they were going with whom they had wasn't where they wanted to go.
1) we don’t know how they’ll do in playoffs 2) if they lose Kawhi in 2019, they will be bad for many years to come
1. Exactly....no one knows, but they did know what they were doing before (which like the Blazers was nothing) wasn't good enough. 2. They will clear cap space and have a chance to start over with $48M in Player options. Purgatory is the worst. No guarantees, but at least in starting over, there is a chance....which there wasn't before the way they were built.
I will wait til spring and take in some collage ball. I guess it is like when AI was the flavor of the month...all the hero ball, all the focus on Lillard being "The Guy", I really think he is a nice guy, just do not like watching him play
Brandon retired, Oden retired, Felton ate like he was retired and Nate tried to make Jamal Crawford a pt guard.....Luke Babbitt was the highlight reel that year....yuck...Marcus Camby played about 7 decent games all year that lockout season...it was the smashed glass season
Bottom line for me is I like Stotts, like front office stability and don't have any problem with the Blazers these days...I'm not a believer that we're losing games because of coaching....I think we're losing games when we can't throw the basketball in a swimming pool....shooting slumps happen
