1/25/2012 Year of Dragon (aka year we finally win in Oakland) PDX vs. GSW Game Thread

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This HONESTLY isn't a poke at Nate, but wouldn't that fall on the coach? I mean if Felton was doing well in the more uptempo style, wouldn't it seem good to continue with said style?

 

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Dude, I went to Will Call to pick up my locker room pass and all that was there for me was 1/4th of a chimichanga and some spent Taco Bell mild sauce packets. So, yeah, I did go out to the TV truck . . . but only to piss on the door handle! Actually, my son did.

 

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Ummm, Hack-a-Howard might have been inspired by Hack-a-Shaq? And did you see his coaching brilliance on Monday when he did nothing (and I mean absolutely nothing) to stop that 17 point double digit choke job against the Grizz? And the topper: he said last night in the post game interview that he has TWO of the most elite defenders in Biedrins and Kwame Brown. Yes, that Kwame Brown.

Mark Jackson isn't as brilliant as you want to make him out to be. The other rookie (football) coach from the other side of The Bay is brilliant - Jackson not so much.

 

Re: 1/25/2012 Year of Dragon (aka year we finally win in Oakland) PDX vs. GSW Game Th

Sadly, and cynically, I had the same thought.

 

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Well he was good enough to "out coach" Nate.

 

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Mediocre Man would say:

A) That doesn't take much.
B) Nate out coached himself.
C) I could out coach Nate.
D) Ass clown.

Only one answer is correct.

 

Re: 1/25/2012 Year of Dragon (aka year we finally win in Oakland) PDX vs. GSW Game Th

Actually, all answers are correct except B. Not even Nate can out coach himself

 

Re: 1/25/2012 Year of Dragon (aka year we finally win in Oakland) PDX vs. GSW Game Th

Gee, I don't know. Either you can speculate, or you can actually read quotes from players about that topic.

If you're tired, you can't get stops. If you can't get stops, you can't run.

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i...sider_like_much_of_the_nba_portland_stil.html

As somebody already pointed out in this thread, the entire league's offensive play has regressed over last season. It's tough to consistently get a running game going when the ball is falling through the net.

 

Re: 1/25/2012 Year of Dragon (aka year we finally win in Oakland) PDX vs. GSW Game Th

I agree with all of that, but at the beginning of the year, Felton and others were pushing the ball after a made basket.


It has also been pretty evident that the team doesn't not push the ball after a stop, unless someone is leaking out. That is not a good way to create a running game