Game Thread GAME# 11: BLAZERS @ KINGS - NOVEMBER 12, 2019 - TUESDAY, 7:00 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, Nov 10, 2019.

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Which Blazers jersey is your favorite this season?

Poll closed Nov 17, 2019.
  1. White "Association" jerseys

    7.1%
  2. Black "Icon" jerseys

    9.5%
  3. Red "Statement" jerseys

    2.4%
  4. Red "Classic" jerseys

    64.3%
  5. I can't decide. They're all great!

    11.9%
  6. I can't decide. They're all meh

    2.4%
  7. I can't decide. They're all underwhelming.

    2.4%
  1. HailBlazers

    HailBlazers RipCity

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    I'd like to add, Nurks freak accident came in OT because we couldn't execute and close out in regulation. Shades of McMillan.
     
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    I'm still cheering....we'll weather this brutal early schedule and get new players acclimated...our bigs will get back on the court eventually and by then our bench will be better.....kicking the team when it's down is a bad habit in my view. I think people forget our first season with Mo and Chief on the roster....Mo never played well early in any season he was a Blazer...Chief had shooting slumps early...I think the fans are not doing Kent Bazemore or any of the new guys favors by not cutting them some slack and letting them get up to snuff with Blazer ball.
     
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    Mario is looking like Victor Claver so far....defensive motor but mentally hesitant on offense
     
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    UKRAINEFAN Well-Known Member

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    And I'm not sure if the coach is helping Whiteside much to succeed either. It's very obvious to me that Whiteside would prefer a lob pass to a bounce pass, and yet the team pretty much refuses to throw a good lob pass to him. Now, he seems to not even be ready when someone is thinking about throwing a lob pass, it's like he just isn't expecting it. Of course he may not be smart enough to know quickly what will work best in any given situation?
     
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    tester551 Well-Known Member

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    All color analysts 'gush' about the opposing coach regardless of how good or bad they are. That's a terrible way to accurately assess how good a coach is.
     
  6. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I’m not sure many on here thought he would do better than Nurk though did they? He is replacing Meyers and Mo in my opinion. I know you can’t just look at numbers, but he is on par or better with Nurk when it comes to them.
    Nurk does the little things and his chemistry with the guys won’t be matched by Whiteside no doubt, But I didn’t think they ever would.
     
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    generally I pull out the popcorn when there's a massive debate about Stotts. Personally, I think he's ok as a coach, but nothing special. But I also think at times, he doesn't have good enough tools in his toolbox because of questionable roster construction:

    * Last season Portland averaged 23 assists a game which ranked 25th; they had a .544 assisted FG rate. This season, Portland is averaging 17 assists a game, ranking 30th; they have a .415 assisted FG rate. Last season, Dame accounted for 29% of Portland's assists; this season, it's 39%

    * last season, Portland led the NBA in offensive rebounding rate; this season, they are 19th

    those two components are significant offensive issues and they sure appear structural to me. Add those to the defensive problems and you have a 4-7 record
     
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    It’s not all on whiteside, either. Lillard hasn’t been throwing good passes. Lillard has never been good at lobbing allyoops.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    What? What have you been watching? He’s been tossing dimes for years, he just doesn’t have chemistry with Whiteside yet in my opinion.
     
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    OneSport3 The Knowledge Hoarder

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    Agreed. Also, if you look at it from the standpoint that Whiteside was acquired as a FILL-IN for Nurkic, not as a REPLACEMENT for Nurkic, then expectations should be tempered a bit.
     
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    No they don't lol....
     
  12. Blazers Roy

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    If only there was an ex-Warriors coach available this past summer :sleep:
     
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    Well they really like Stotts offense--they see a lot of basketball and can see when a coach has great sets.
     
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    Look at this defense. How can you leave 3(!) players wide open at the same time? :biglaugh:

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    Stotts: Don't let them get into the paint because then they'll score a touchdown! defend at all cost!
     
  15. TorturedBlazerFan

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    It's really 4 because the ball Handler is basically open too...
     
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    Shit :biglaugh:
     
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    It's also Funny because Baze should be out towards the perimeter, Whiteside should be under the hoop and yup that's how you play bad defense lol.
    Instead, we got rim protector baze down there and whiteside kind of in no man's land even if he goes out to the shooter they'll walk around him...
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    I'm not necessarily defending Stotts. I think some are criticizing too harshly is all. Could he be better? Yes. He could also be a lot worse.
     
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    Remember that time against Philly when the game had 2 seconds to go and Tolliver ran for the rebound instead of rotating to defend Korkmaz for the open 3?

    Man oh man :rolleyes2:
     
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    Everyone here just talking about our offense but majority of the time we been scoring enough points to win. My biggest concern is the team defense is really bad at this time. Plus when we don't score a lot of points goes directly goes towards the bench they overall at this time are young and inexperienced so what I saying our bench is not has good as last year. If these 2 things don't change we will have a long season.
     
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