I have the uneasy feeling Billups may be like Monty Williams. A good coach who will have some success - but not in his first job. There are just too many things that could go wrong with this team. There is only so much any coach can do, particularly a rookie. (and please don't compare that to Stotts who had nine years and was on his third head job when he got here) My optimistic scenario is that he gets the most out of the team and they make a late push into the play-offs. Hopefully there are enough positive signs to impress Dame into giving him another chance.
The why I see it yes probably better ball movement but it's still orchardist around guards getting majority of the shots and with Dame and CJ I can see that. But the defense is still my biggest concern with this team because our height in starting lineup and Dame and CJ still as to prove that there going all in playing that side of the floor.
Monty is horribly overrated as a coach. Take Chris Paul off that team, and they're barely a .500 team (yes, take Dame off the Blazers and they suck ass, but Monty has had 3 winning seasons in his career. 2 of those were with Chris Paul on his team, and the other had Anthony Davis. His teams have missed the playoffs more times than they made it, and seriously, take Chris Paul off that team and he's a mediocre coach)
Stotts was definitely holding us back, with that said, I'm less optimistic than I was after watching the GS game, I think it will take us some time getting used to the new system and finding our rotations. But I'm relieved to have a coach that I don't think I know more basketball than he does, this means we will get better, this means we'll be more competitive come playoff time, so I'm catiously optimistic
My mood is that Blevins being paid to play in the NBA is an absolute joke. Why the hell did he start last night?
I've had enough time to overcome the gloom and doom I walked out of the Moda Center with in June - back to irrational hope that somehow, some way, this is going to work. We're going to be healthy and kick ass!
I appreciate this mindset and as a Blazer and Beaver fan you have to have it or you'd go insane. I actually looked at getting League Pass but then realized we are in for the same groundhog day type of season and passed for now ... maybe I'll reconsider after the ASG.
Predictions are just that. I'm done with getting worked up over a "Diss". The bottom line is, none of us really know what is going to happen, or who is going to win it all. So why get heated, or come off like you're some kind of Gamesstradamas. Just try to enjoy the season like you don't have your house, wife, and kids on the line. Enjoy the highs, and don't sweat the lows more than a few minutes after the game. If the cards fall right, this could be a special season. Go Blazers!!
While I was excite about Billups. The preseason games have been disappointing to say the least. Not willing to say its a bust yet but a lot less optimistic. And don't give me that "its only a preseason they are only using 1% of their power thing" the pre season team isnt suddenly going to snap into something different this is our team going into the season with a roster change.
we also went 1-3 in the preseason last season. we saw how that turned out for us. That being said the preseason isn't a huge indicator of team success. It just seems very similar to how we looked before which was disappointing.
I'd be less optimistic if the team was going into the season with Dame, CJ, Roco, Norm and Little all gone.
Dames response to the dude with his house on the line? “Say Less” Pretty funny because I took your post as telling people to say less and enjoy the season.
thats the key to the craziness of this place though right? You say enjoy the highs and don’t sweat the lows. Depending on your annual predictions of what you realistically think is going to happen, determines what a high or low is. Some on here think this team is going to win 54 games and finish in 2nd or 3rd place…… those fans have quite a few lows on the horizon. I say 41 wins and a battle for the 8th seed, when we win 48 and get the 6th…..I will have had quite a few Highs.
