I don't think Nate is a good coach, and I don't think he handles players correctly....but Felton only needs to look n the mirror to see whom he should be blaming....He has CONTINUED to get minutes and he has CONTINUED to play AWFUL in those minutes provided and last night was as worse as I have seen him play, which is no easy feat given his performance this year to date.... To blame Nate for your piss poor play is weak IN HIS CASE...IMO Nate has stayed with him FAR TOO LONG....What a complete disaster\bust the trade for Felton has turned out to be for POR....The ONLY good thing that can come from it is the cap space POR will gain when they let his sorry ass walk this offseason...
But we couldn't keep Andre because we needed... (tries to keep a straight face)... a good outside shooter!
And, he doesn't play Nate's way (which is probably the biggest compliment you can give a PG these days). BNM
No coach in their right mind with have confidence in Felton right now. If Nate did have confidence in him, I'd actually be upset with Nate about it. Ray, I'm guessing nobody has any confidence in you right now, most importantly your teammates. The one positive I'll give Felton is that he played well against Chris Paul last night, and when he was out, Paul took over the game. Still, his offense is so shitty, you can't justify leaving him on the floor.
I'm not defending Nate but.... Nate isn't holding Felton's hand when he's missing wide open jumpers. Nate isn't holding Felton's hand when he's blowing layups. Nate isn't holding Felton's hand when he's throwing errant passes. This is all on Failton.
Outside of a short stint in NYK under D'Antoni, Felton has NEVER been good. What don't people understand about this? His career PER outside of that stint is below 15. That's not an NBA starter, and it's certainly not close to what we gave up for him. (18.0 PER Miller)
Because he's younger. They hoped his play with the Knicks wasn't an aberration (it was). They hoped he still had some room to grow. They made a mistake. Given what the FO has done these last few years, it's not hard to believe they screwed up.
Agree they made a mistake, but it's too early to claim aberration as fact. If Felton can simply manage his TO's, forget about scoring, and just up his assists he'll be an asset to this team. The #1 reason Nate likes him, along with all of our other players, is his sturdy defense. IMO If we just tone down the expectations of him, give him an offense that focus's on our 2 guards scoring along with LMA, Felton can run this team, despite what your eyes tell you. P.S. how the heck can all these fans who are so terribly frustrated with Nate not sympathize with Felton?!? Nate's offense Sucks!
How can people still think Felton will turn it around. How many more wide open bricks, point blank layup misses and horrible passes will it take before you acknowledge what he is?
It's funny, but I think you're both right. But it's sort of like trying to perform an autopsy on body pulled from a river with a bullet wound in its chest. Did he die from the gunshot or dd he drown? The answer is that it doesn't matter; ether was enough to kill.
Raymond Felton is the biggest piece of trash in quite some time to put on a Blazers uniform The sad thing is he has no one to blame but himself. Instead he blames everyone else. Pathetic. I've read that Raymond Felton has lost 13 pounds since the season began, and who knows how many more pounds he still has to go. If you come in in this kind of shape in a contract year then you're just a lazy sob that doesn't get it. I feel sorry for Nate that he's stuck with this piece of trash.
