Does Stotts make it through the rest of the season?

Not sure how that works.

 

yes...slots 11-14 in the lottery will be determined by the play-in results in the two conferences...I think...maybe...

just like last season

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...nament-work-dates-projections-rules-explained

"Here's how the games will work:

• Game 1: The No. 7 team in the standings by winning percentage will host the No. 8 team, with the winner earning the No. 7 seed in the playoffs. The losing team gets another chance in Game 3.
  
  
• Game 2: The No. 9 team will host the No. 10 team, with the winner moving on to Game 3. The loser is eliminated and enters the NBA draft lottery.
  
  
• Game 3: The loser of the No. 7 vs. No. 8 matchup will host the winner of the No. 9 vs. No. 10 matchup, with the victor grabbing the No. 8 seed in the postseason. The loser of Game 3 also enters the lottery."

That's from the article and while "enters the lottery" doesn't specifically address draft order. I do think it makes it pretty apparent that this draft order will be set like previous draft orders. The teams that don't make the playoffs will be put in order from worst to best record for the first through fourteenth pick and lottery odds. I see it just like when a team or teams in one conference get into the playoffs with a worse record than a team or teams from the other conference that miss the playoffs. The teams on the outside looking in on the playoffs get the higher picks even if they have the better records.

 

what will be interesting is where the limits on fans will be by the playoffs. Currently, only 3 teams maintain the No-fans edict: Portland, Chicago, & OKC

if the Blazer end up in 8th, and Memphis 7th, then Portland would have a road game at Memphis and the Grizz currently allow 20% fan capacity. And I wouldn't be surprised if the limit was increased by the play-in. If it's reversed, it could still be that Portland would play at home in front of no fans

I don't know if Oregon is operating under an over-burdence of caution or not. As a state were are doing better then just about anybody else:

total cases per million:



we're also ranked 47 in deaths/million (or 4th if it's a good news list)

 

Not trying to take this OT but the caution might be the causation for the great numbers. That is an interesting wrinkle though about fan attendance. I hadn't given it much thought.

 

something tells me david vanterpool will be portland trail blazers next head coach

hes familiar with the organization and our main guys dame, cj mccollum and nurk and these guys think hes good enough to be the head coach in the nba

nurk tagged him and he commented back

 

Nurk wearing pajamas to the game

 

I believe so.

 

Play in games aren’t the playoffs so that shouldn’t affect the lottery.

 

Would the offense change under Vanterpool? Does he know what he has to do against elite defensive teams when they blitz Lillard? Would we have more ball movement and less predictable offense? Can he change the defense? Can he teach more and different schemes than the one drop scheme we always use? Will he hold players accountable when they show zero effort on Defense (yes Dame this also means you)? So many questions. Actually i hope we hire Becky or someone new, because i dont want anything to do with a Stotts guy

 

What do we really have to lose at this point? Fire the guy.

 

Maybe McGowan was in town to fire the guy who won't fire Stotts. He's going for a two-fer

 

My offer is still good (today) if someone wants to bet that Stotts will be fired before the end of the Blazers season.

Someone has to think it's a good deal

 

He's a really good tank commander, so if the goal becomes to get as high a pick as possible, which it absolutely should at this point, he probably should.

 

I don't want to make anyone go broke, but I'm open to suggestions? Could be a little bit of cash? Something fun? I'm easy!

$50?

 

Not sure how they fire a coach right now? Certainly not when the team is back healthy and playing well? I'm no expert on the issue by any stretch but it seems he will finish this season.
Wouldn't most people want to see how the team does this year then make that decision?

 

We don't have answers for those questions. But it does not matter. Lillard, CJ and Nurk like him, that's what matters. What you don't understand?