Why does it matter if he admits it or not as long as it’s being addressed? to satisfy your ego? Your ears? To say I told you so? Who gives a fuck. just be happy it’s being addressed for fucks sake
So when it’s been broken for years because of his ego, fans should be happy it’s being addressed out of desperation?
Then I hope the announcer counters with.. It’s the same starting lineup… why are they so much better as a unit? Can you speak to that? (And I hope it’s true).
Covington & DJJ both were added for defensive purposes which signifies that this isn’t the first time he’s attempted to address it, thus the latest attempt is not out of desperation but out of acknowledging that more needs and needed to be done despite what he says at press conferences. This has been a real turning point off season for Neil imo. Finally canning Stotts. Made the right hire. Let the defensive weak links / legacy players leave. Hopefully he is at the point where he is ready to let CJ go for the right deal. Ive got a feeling you’ve got a bad case of confirmation bias though and don’t want to look at the possibilities. Not sure what bringing up old quotes has to do with the present. He said one thing. He’s doing another thing. Big deal.
Also, if I recall correctly he said “defense/roster was not the reason we lost that series.” Doesnt mean he thinks that was a championship roster.
The Blazers starting unit were 5th best defensively in the entire NBA of all 5 player units that played at least 300 minutes or so - being much better than that as a unit is going to be mind boggling and very unlikely. If that happens, it will be either because Billups is a defensive genius or because that unit has more games to play together than since the mid-season trade with limited practice. I would actually be interested to see if that unit is going to be better defensively at all and even more interested to see if that unit will have a better net-rating than under TS (where it was 3rd in the league for 5-player-units that played at least 300 minutes.
I think the idea that the Blazers are running it back is out there...we dropped Kanter, Hood, Trent Jr, Blevins, Giles, DJJ and Melo and the whole coaching staff.....4 of those players were rotation players for us. I forgot RHJ...he played the short time he was here as well also TJ Leaf That's nine players gone and half a dozen coaches
Few players have entered the NBA with as much hype, and after a decent rookie season, fallen off the map like DSJ. Big things were being predicted for him after that rookie season. Definitely worth taking a chance on. Portland is good for players seeking redemption of their careers. Kermit Washington & Melo to name a few.
I don’t think anyone is worried about it. It’s funny. edit: nevermind, blazers edge exists. Fuck em tho
For fucks sake if these people really let themselves get botheres for real...... I wonder what they thought about Zach Collins' old tweets?
Teams invite all kinds of people to training camp. A few stick. Most don't. It's not anything to get riled over.
