What it will take to get Stotts fired?

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  1. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Paul Allen died at age 65. If Jody Allen (61) dies, who will inherit the team? Her children Duncan Patton (31), Gardner Patton (26) and Faye Patton (23).

    That's when Stotts and Olshey will be replaced by their kids. The team will be a madhouse.
     
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    Body of work. Obviously. You're developing scoliosis from how much you're bending over backwards to defend Stotts. Suspending logic doesn't make the argument more valid.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    If JA passes I'm sure you will step in to be the mother figure those kids need.
     
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    Portland wouldn't have PG13

    they'd very likely have:

    • Danilo Gallinari
    • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
    • 2021 first round pick (?-?)
    • 2022 first round pick (?-?)
    • first round pick (protected top 14 in 2023-25, unprotected in 2026) (?-?)
    • Blazer option to swap 2023 first round pick with Clippers (?-?)
    • 2024 first round pick (?-?)
    • Blazer option to swap 2025 first round pick with Clippers (?-?)
    • 2026 first round pick (?-?)

    in other words, they'd have a 6'5 starting SG who plays good defense and fits better with Dame than CJ, and is arguably as good as CJ while having turned 22 a month ago; a starting level SF/PF who is a solid rebounder and shoots over 40% on three's; and 5 extra 1st round picks plus options to swap two more

    they'd have a better present and a much better future

    unless of course Neil Olshey isn't as good a GM as Presti
     
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    And that’s exactly where he belongs - as an assistant.

    And please stop asking about what players left Portland and got significantly better - it’s such a hollow argument. Let’s flip that, what players came to Portland and got significantly better? Evan Turner? Nope. Caleb Swanigan? Nope. Zach Collins? Nope, and in fact he looks like he’s regressed in his time in Portland. Melo? Nope. His raw numbers are about on par with where was in his last two stints in Hou and OKC, except with a lower PER and Net Rtg than his OKC days. Still a below average NBA player. Whiteside? Everyone can agree that he put up some gaudy stats this season, but they’re not even the best of his career. Hood? Nope, his PER is about on par with previous seasons in CLE and UTA. So who’s gotten better under Stotts? And don’t you dare say Nurk, CJ or Dame - those players have matured into those roles and that would have happened with or without Stotts.

    Two recent examples of players who got better away from Stotts. Seth Curry went from an 11 PER (below average NBA player) under Stotts to almost 16 PER this season (above average NBA player). Will Barton went from an 8 PER (borderline should be out of the league) to almost a 16 PER (again, above average) in the same season he was traded from POR to DEN and has only gotten better since. I’m sure I can find lots of other examples too.
     
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    Is this like a butterfly effect scenario, if he's traded to Portland, who knows how that alters his career, if he asks for a trade from OKC, Dame certainly wouldn't have made a 35 footer in his face to end the series.
     
  7. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    It's such a unique situation where an owner dies and someone who really isn't/hasn't been invested in sports or the team takes over. I honestly don't know much about Jody. I remember initially everyone thought she'd sell because she wasn't a basketball fanatic like Paul was.

    But my fear is that she won't want to rock the boat because this wasn't her passion and because she might not really have many opinions, at least not initially, about what she wants for the team long term. Usually when someone buys a sports franchise they go in with their own ideas and they want to mold the team into their vision. Paul certainly did that when he took over.
     
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    Reality is complicated. The problem starts when this complexity leads to analysis paralysis.
     
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    Dame would have to get mad at him
     
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    Aminu and Harkless got better, did they not? So you'd assume a bad coach would have more players that got better after they left, an average coach would have a similar amount that got better/worse, and a good coach would have more than got better after arriving to play for them. The fact that you can't name 1 out of all the players is kinda surprising, isn't it? Out of 30+ players, you should be able to name a bunch that blossomed once they got away from a bad coach.
     
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    I actually went and checked on Moe and Aminu, their ‘growth’ was pretty minuscule in terms of PER. Now maybe they got better in other ways, I didnt check.
     
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    Like others, when I try to use your own criteria for determining if Stotts is an ok coach on another coach, you consider it suspending logic. Basically, you guys want one criteria to judge our coach, but think that same logic when used against another coach is meaningless. That's kinda weird isn't? If the criteria was so solid, it should easily apply to the other coaches as well.
     
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    Could be right, I don't always use PER as it showed Dame and Nurk to be nearly of equal value last season. Something I don't think many Blazer fans would agree with. Though, I don't have a singular metric that I use that I would claim is far superior.

    Nurks PER sure jumped after coming to Portland, another guy who I would say improved coming into our system. Whiteside had his highest PER in the last 4 season since joining Portland.

    Again, I'm not saying Stotts is the #1 coach in the NBA, makes every player better. I'm saying, the number of players who see a jump under him vs leave and go on to explode elsewhere is more in his favor.
     
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    I don't believe that would withstand any statistical scrutiny.
     
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    It would be easy to prove me wrong. I've asked a lot of people to do it, but nobody has yet. Can you?
     
  16. Bruno_Sabino

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    Another embarrassing loss in the playoffs on Stotts.

    guess what: Check his playoff record with loss with 10+ plus points. He has a ton and Dame have the same because only played with Stotts.
     
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    Bruno_Sabino From Brasil (Belem-PA)

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    I named two. Are you blind? Or do you have a reading comprehension issue? Or do you just choose to ignore parts of my post that don’t align with your narrative? Anyways, I’m done listening to your nonsensical drivel. You haven’t made one legitimate argument for why Stotts should keep his job or why he is even an average NBA coach, so make your case to someone who gives a shit.
     
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    I don’t think he understands sarcasm. Whoosh!
     
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    I don't know what's lower, the president's IQ or Terry Stotts' playoff winning percentage.
     

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