. . . or do the Blazers allow more personal records by opposing players than most NBA teams? Are there any stats on this? I could be wrong, but it seems like the good players often play extra well against us.
Because our coach refuses to double team or change coverages. And no, it's not just you. It's been happening for as long as we've had Stotts.
Our guards are quite poor on the perimeter so when they get beat off the dribble, it puts tremendous pressure on the other 3 defenders and fouls happen.
I think its partially this but also a little deeper. Doncic carved us up because we played the SAME exact defense on him every time in the 4th, PG13 well they tried good and bad defenders on him no answer, no trying to keep the ball out of his hands. One thing you cant let NBA players do is let them get to their spots, let them take the shots THEY want to take, the Blazers are kind of poor at making guys take shots out of their comfort zones, part of that is personnel, part of its coaching.
Step into the 21st century, my friend. Speaking of records, did you know that the great Enrico Caruso was recorded on records about 100 years ago. Anyhow, these records got so banged up through the years that there was quite a bit of background noise whenever they were played. Someone came up with the brilliant idea of using digital filtering to clear away most of the noise revealing his probably greatest opera voice of all time. The technique was known as digital calculus and was developed because of Enrico's importance to the art of opera. I'm nothing if not the king of trivia. Stay posted for more gems.
It has also been proven if you take care of your records and have a top of the line record player the sound is better then anything digitally. Which is why records are still being made.
Let’s see.. Kobe didn’t score 81 on us. Robinson and Booker didn’t drop 70 on us. Melo didn’t drop 62 on us. Harden’s 60 point triple double wasn’t against us. Westbrook didn’t clinch his triple double season against us. It’s just you. PG13 has been great all year. Also- we broke Harden’s 40 point game streak and blew out the Warriors team that went 73-9.
Mmmmm - records are still being made because of a renewed demand for them. And the demand isn't fueled by people with McIntosh hi-fis, but generally from people with consumer-level gear. It's less about the sound quality and more about (1) nostalgia, (2) perceived collectibility, (3) having something you can hold in your hand, and (4) a rejection of how music has been made into something to be consumed one minute and then discarded and replaced with the next sound byte. Yeah, records definitely have the ability to sound better than MP3s. But that's not really what's driving the resurgence of records.
