Game Thread GAME# 41: HORNETS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 13, 2020 - MONDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

I was yelling for Tolliver those last 4 minutes!

I was afraid Stotts would pull him out to go with starters.

Tolliver made the finish a lot more exciting than usual.

 

Look at this smug POS

 

You drink don't ya? That can make it fun right?

 

Look i get it. You and a lot of people don't think Stotts is a good coach. But to actually call him a Smug Piece of Shit?
Nice internet Cajones.

 

Newsflash, this is the internet.

That said, if i was courtside as Terry was twiddling his thumbs while his team made the same defensive error 6 straight possessions to start the third quarter, I'd have called a timeout myself to yell at the players. Maybe our coach can use some cajones actually-- dude is so afraid to call out his team. No wonder they love him so much.

And his plays after timeouts-- holy hell. The poor execution has to fall on him just as much as the players.

 

Wow, they beat the Hornets. Little played 5 minutes. Still not watching as this franchise is heading to nowhere land where the future does not matter and the present is Hell.

 

If we can get buzzer beating 45' shots from Dame and 16 point quarters from guys who haven't scored 16 points in a game all season, we might just be able to hang with these bottom feeder teams.

Sad that's what it takes to get a win. When is the Draft?

 

Smug people are usually pieces of shit on account of smugness. Terry has been smug all season, therefore, piece of shit.

 

I know one game doesn't mean much, but I've felt genuinely bad for Tolliver this year. He hasn't been great no doubt. He's been playing Center so much that's I just think at times I've been overly harsh on him for not performing, it's like sticking Dame at SF and saying go guard Lebron, but worse because it's a guy who's only a "passable" role player at the position he does play. So, I was glad that he actually got a game to look good because where as with Bazemore and even Hezonja to an extent I think they've just straight up played poorly, It's my opinion Tolliver has been given almost no opportunity to be successful because when he has gotten minutes a lot of the time it's matched up with guys 5inches taller, longer and stronger than he is.

 

For those that don't believe that he does nothing sometimes he just admitted that at halftime of an NBA game he didn't say anything other than keep playing that way.

No anticipation of what the other team will do to get back into the game and how to adjust to that?

No wonder the Hornets erased a huge deficit in mere minutes. Unreal.

 

It's why this forum has become a toilet bowl that needs to be flushed.

 

It has been getting flushed. The turd got stuck up in the bowl, and all the water has been going down the drain....

 

Yet you keep coming back. After numerous grandiose proclamations of leaving, and getting suspended.

 

This is a playoff coach?

You know how people love to claim that players started mailing in seasons after getting big contracts? Why shouldn't we expect coaches to do the same? Dude is absolute trash this year, especially after Hood also went down. No motivation/preparation. He has always taken forever to make changes, but this trait manifests even more when we're short handed and he keeps trying to play the same way.

 

I'm just not sure what he can do for the most part. There were multiple times when I looked out at the court last night and shuddered at the lineup. I desperately wanted Bazemore out of the game at times, then would look at the bench and decide that there simply wasn't anything better over there. I'm as frustrated as the rest of you, but there's no game plan to make this roster work well.

 

I absolutely hate that he can hide behind injuries as an excuse for his poor performance as coach.

 

Everyone (except our coaching staff apparently) knew that the Hornets would come out bombing 3's in the 2nd half. The fact that our defense was out of position almost every possession of the 3rd quarter is inexcusable.

Stotts has clearly adopted the approach of the fans who don't think coaching needs to be done when there are injuries.

 

Amazing, if not for that Dame 3 at the buzzer in the 3rd, the Blazers lose this game again lol

 

What I decide to do has nothing to do with this forum turning into a shitter. I also post less than when I first came to the forum but it does occasionally gives me laughs with what some of the posters say. Besides, someone has to come in here and keep trying to flush the floating turds.

 

what's even more amazing is you coming to that conclusion. We won by 3. Do the math.