I said Napier barely played when it counted. I didn’t know I had to literally spell out playoffs. Playoffs. You know, the time when a coach only goes with players he trusts. But this is straying from the original point that Stotts leaned on McCollum as his backup point for way too long. I don’t know how anyone can argue that.
Is this a new game of yours to manufacturer a false narrative of what a poster says? I would appreciate it if you respond to what is said rather than projecting a false narrative. If you disagree with what I post fine, but at least be honest with what I or any other poster says. Fair enough?
Seriously? Napier played in 74 regular season games last year and averaged 20.7 minutes. It's basic math and not that hard to understand that Napier was a role player last year that was in the rotation. He was out a few games with injury and most of his low usage was the first couple weeks of the season. Go check the stats out and you will see that your theory just doesn't hold much water. The last 3 years prior to this season he averaged 3.4, 3.6 and 4.3 apg. Reasonable numbers. If this discussion is just for an argument then let's end this and move on.
The argument isn’t about whether or not Napier was in the rotation though is it? It’s about McCollum as the backup point guard. If you want to do a deep dive into Napier, we can do that. I can mention that the spike in his minutes came when Lillard was injured. But I’d rather focus on my original point instead. You want to argue that McCollum wasn’t the backup point for too long? If not, this is pointless.
No, I'm curious what your thoughts are. Olshey very clearly tries to control the media here in town and rarely does interviews that aren't fluffy ones. In my opinion no one is asking very tough questions of Stotts, especially after losses. The first time in awhile that someone does he shuts it down. I think there is something to that. If you don't, that is fine too.
Olshey trying to control the media, and thus the narrative...is that even..I don’t know the right word..ethical? Does that happen anywhere else? I’m honestly wondering, because it doesn’t seem like he gets enough shit for that.
What's played out in the open and the media is often nothing like what is going on behind closed doors. Do we all want to know? Sure Do we deserve to know? No. Will we likely ever know what goes on in meetings and practices? not likely. I prefer the teams I root for to deal with issues internally and especially not through a hack like Quick as nothing good usually comes out of it when it is.
I know that's why Blazersedge hates him because the Blazers changed their policy on media credentials shortly after him and McGowan took over. Kind of funny that one of their writers is now on a Blazers Pre and Post Game show and has to watch what he says now.
Okay, we're done as you continually bounce all over the place and refuse to accept the real numbers and instead keep coming back with a different narrative and more excuses. Lillard only missed 9 games last year out of 82 and Napier was the PG for the most part during those games. Have a nice night.
Okay, so do you think the CJ struggles are an issue for this team? If so, is it not okay for a reporter to ask about that issue? From my view it doesn't seem like there is any accountability about it because nothing changes.
I remember when Ropp got fired for being critical of the team, and his paycheck didn’t even come from the team itself. I don’t think that’s ok and Olshey should be held accountable for that, but won’t be, because there’s nobody to do it. Not without risking their livelihood at least.
I think to be fair we only heard Ropps side of it. Who knows if thats the whole story or not. Ropp never belonged on that show anyways. He knows basically nothing about basketball. He’s much more interested in other sports.
That’s fair, but I also think there’s enough smoke around Olsheys treatment of local media to believe the baseline of his side.
That was pathetically sad how much he whined and cried about it also and like what you mentioned, he knows little about the game and was a fish out of water on that show. Kind of like that Shain guy on the Blazer Outsiders. I hope and expect changes to be made to that show or a completely new show offered at some time. Maybe we can get a show with Ropp, Jaynes and Aaron Fentress. That would be a real winner, lol.
No doubt, but I think there's enough smoke around Ropp at this point to not just take his side either. I know everyone makes mistakes and all that but the way he handled that DUI was pretty hypocritical to me, considering he always tells everyone they should handle that stuff differently than he was willing to. Makes me question his character too. Anyways, to me the local sports media just does a bad job covering the Blazers and yes some of it is on the Blazers and how NO has handled the media but the other side of that is if the media around here grew up Neil would be forced to act like a grown up too.
