The Official 2019 NBA Finals Thread

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by KingSpeed, May 30, 2019.

  1. joeBlazers

    joeBlazers Well-Known Member

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    Because the Raptors play defense. And offensively, it is actually varied.
    I disagree, but Warriors vs Blazers is pretty much Stotts vs Kerr ... and we know it is a mismatch of epic proportion
     
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    Sure Kerr’s a better coach than Stotts, but the talent GS has out there right now is not very good especially on offense... Its Steph and thats it.
     
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    Players don't matter when Kerr meets Stotts. Draymond Green ... looked like LeBron James against the Blazers.
     
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    Not directed at you but it's not hard to make him look like LeBron when we refused to stop him dribbling the ball down court at full speed or since we wouldnt take a charge.
     
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    Yeah Stotts was in the huddle saying Please dont stop the ball. That crap was on the players not even doing basic basketball stuff.
     
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    I’ll take cousins for the MLE lolol
     
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    Go Raptors!!!
     
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    So this is what happens when a bunch of your players get hurt in a playoff game. huh.

    Wonder where @Dubsfan is tonight
     
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    I've never seen a game called that evenly, while getting nearly every call wrong. Impressive work, refs.
     
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    OneSport3 The Knowledge Hoarder

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    When it happens a couple times within a game, that's on the players. When it happens continuously for 3 games straight, that's on the coach.
     
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    Not buying it, players are taught in like middle school to stop the ball and get back on defense, they all know what they did or in this case didnt do.
    Im not even defensing Stotts, Im saying though the Players were literally jogging, back and Green was running right by em. You could hear Stotts yelling at them to get back at times too.
     
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    I disagree wholeheartedly. If you as a coach can't get one single player on your team to do something as simple as pick-up the ball, then you have way bigger issues.
     
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    I think the reason we saw much ET in game 4 was he was the only one picking up Green, before he got to the FT line coming down hill at full speed. Unfortunately ET isnt very good.
    I would never ever blame my coach because I’M not getting back on defense. All Terry could do if his forwards werent gonna try, was to stick them on the bench and he did.
     
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    How many times did this happen during the season? How many times did the coach even pointed that during film session? In the huddle? This never happens to good coached teams with a defensive mentality. This is coached from training camp.
    Stotts has been with most of these guys for 3+ years and they still don't care about picking up the ball carrier.
    That's why I do NOT believe in Stotts. You can give him all the talent in the world, he will not be capable of coaching them to success .
     
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    But it doesn't have to be just your forwards, it can be anybody on the court. For the Raptors, you see Lowry or Van Vleet pick him up. All you have to do is literally get in front of him.
     
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    Then he should call a goddamn timeout after it happens. He should yank whoever is failing to pick up ball. Or he should do a better job of getting the message across to his team.
     
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    I wasnt counting how many times it happened in the season... I wasnt in their film sessions or huddles either.

    I think Moe and Aminu pretty much got embarrassed. Hood and Zach out played them in playoffs.

    Also “it never happens to good defensive teams” is just wrong.

    Miami was a good defensive team when SAS was running them out of the gym in the finals a few years ago...

    Lots of stuff you can hate on Stotts for, and maybe you can say he wasnt inspiring them correctly or something but ultimately they’re professional athletes, they shouldnt need a coach to beg them into getting back on defense in the wcf...
     
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    He obviously did yank guys for not getting back, thats why Aminu was playing less and less, and even harkless too.
     
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    Right after it happened? I don't think so.
     
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    Meyers was the only one in game three who tried too but he was too slow. The guards included, but it was mainly the forwards, because when they would try to pick him up he’d just pass the ball to an open player because his team was running.
     

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