Game Thread 2022-23 Game #34 - BLAZERS VS HORNETS - DECEMBER 26, 2022 - MONDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. BlazerBeav

    BlazerBeav Well-Known Member

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    First game back stuff shouldn’t apply after a weekend break. This team should look hungry.
     
    BlazerBeav, Dec 26, 2022
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    exactly. our defense is designed to meet guards at the level. but our guards do such a terrible job navigating screens that it's an endless parade of opponents driving at nurk while he scrambles to get back to the rim.
     
    illmatic99, Dec 26, 2022
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    Need Justice back on D.
     
    Hoopguru, Dec 26, 2022
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    I bet you anything Dame is "worried". He can read the writing on the wall. He looks miserable out there to me.
     
    Cugel, Dec 26, 2022
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  5. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Stotts records after 33 games (of which he had zero season where Dame missed 12 games in that stretch):

    19-14
    14-19
    19-14
    17-16
    13-20
    13-20
    26-7
    26-7
    18-15

    Take away the two years of 26-7, which had a significantly better roster AND a much younger and healthy Damian, and Stotts had an average of 16 wins and 17 losses.
     
    julius, Dec 26, 2022
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    I was simply saying it doesn't make a difference whether it is by design or not. Our guards are getting blown by. And when that happens, now Nurk is having to guard 2 players at once. That is very tough to do. Gobert is the outlier. Not many centers, put in that situation over and over, can cover that.

    I guess you should look at the bigger picture before continuing the conversation if you don't really understand what is being discussed. :cheers:
     
    TBpup, Dec 26, 2022
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    When will you be worried if the poor play continues? Do you think we have a switch we can flip in March? If we went to Finals last year, I’d agree with giving them the benefit of the doubt. But this team has proven nothing.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Dec 26, 2022
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    Playing "harder" does not always mean playing better if you're not playing smart.
     
    blazerfan11, Dec 26, 2022
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    Hayward has played 70+ in 7 seasons and 66 in the 2011-12 66 game season.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Dec 26, 2022
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  10. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    If he's such a great coach, a team would've hired him. Hell, he interviewed for the Lakers, *twice* and they hired a guy who had zero head coaching experience.

    He's not a good coach.
     
    julius, Dec 26, 2022
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    Yes but making $5 million while NOT working may be more enjoyable to him. That was the point.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Dec 26, 2022
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    You seem to have missed the question
    It was “could Stotts do better with THIS ROSTER”
    Nobody said anything about any other rosters and by the way a number of them were not just worse but much much worse and now you want to take away the good one with it.
    Whatever bro.
     
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    And not been 100% much of that time. He's played over 52 games once in the last 6 seasons. Some of those were shortened seasons, but he hasn't been fully healthy in a long time.
     
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    I’ll give you that but effort makes a difference.
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Alright
    Back to basketball.
    Go Blazers!
     
    Fairly-Hard, Dec 26, 2022
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    Now we're cookin'...love to see this coming out of the break
     
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    nurk's 3 is legit man
     
    illmatic99, Dec 26, 2022
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    We were 26-7 TWICE? That can’t be true.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Dec 26, 2022
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    And he is healthy NOW which was my point.
     
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    Dame 1-8 and decides a pull up 35'er on the break is the best shot for the team? Okay.....just doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

    Especially when Grant is on FIRE!!!
     
    TBpup, Dec 26, 2022
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