He is!? Wow....for real? Could have fooled me, the wife and I cringe every time he throws up the crane shot. Even more so when he doesn't follow his own f'n miss.
If you look at the box score, the teams played even, Portland actually slightly ahead, in quarters 2-4. That does not help when you're down 20 after the first quarter. Clearly the Blazers had an emotional letdown and came out flatter than a matzo. So I think less game adjustments per se than getting their moxie on. Having their heads in the game from tipoff to final buzzer. That is what, if I were a coach, I would look at first, then go to individual matchups and how they can be improved.
Why did the first round take a million years between each game, but they gave us zero rest between the first round and the second?
Haven't found most for Playoffs, but Kobe airballed 4x in one PO game. Still, I'm pretty sure Aminu has 6+ at this point. http://ballislife.com/kobe-airball-jazz-97/
As long as it goes in at a good % I don't really care how he's shooting. 36% on the year is above average. Yeah his shooting has been bad. 30% on 3s in the post season. But ALL our guys are down. Crabbe is down to 29% from 39%. Lillard 38% to 37%. CJ 41% to 32%. Harkless is actually up to 31% from 28% which is encouraging. I'd like to bring Harkless back but I don't know if he's starter material in a championship team. I like this series though in the sense that even though we have very little chance at winning, being put up against team numero uno should give NO a good idea of who he needs to bring back.
We were also talking about Vonleh going into the lineup at the 4. This talk is fun (no really, not being sarcastic) but I don't see either happening (Crabbe or Vonleh being insterted). The one that has a bigger chance of happening is Vonleh starting again but that doesn't mean it has a good chance.
It sucks because we went from a starting lineup where any one of the five guys could hit a shot, to a starting lineup where really only two guys can hit a shot, the other three are extremely iffy. Even Rolo could hit that 12 footer pretty consistently. I miss having shooters
I think we should start Gerald Henderson's butt, and he can use it to accidentley break people's hands.
On paper, this team is much worse than the prior regime. But they didn't fall as far because I think they work harder, and you don't have LaMarcus putting up such lazy shots. But the team at least needs a 3rd option. I know we put up pretty good offensive numbers anyway, but with Dame and CJ leading the way, this team will need to win with offense.
Yup. We can live with either Aminu OR Harkless in the lineup, and we could probably live with Plumlee's limited scoring repertoire, but we need at least one more scorer to go with Dame/CJ. Hopefully Neil can address that in the offseason, and hopefully it's not Batum.
Less hero ball. CJ, I want you to create offense, but do it AFTER a couple of passes and you'll have much more success!
Can someone remind me why we wrapped up Anderson Varejao in a big fat bow and gifted him to the Warriors? I know why we traded FOR him (to get a conditional 1st round pick), but why did we immediately waive him? Not saying it would make much difference, but with Meyers Leonard out, subtracting one big, rim protecting, hard fouling goon from their side and adding him to our side wouldn't hurt. BNM
We shot a higher % from 3 and on more attempts this year, and that is with Vonleh starting most of the season. Of course that also includes Meyers, whose spacing would be unquestionably useful this series. Same thing with Aminu, I think he spaces the floor adequately. I'm not willing to throw away 82 games of data because of a couple postseason games against really good defensive teams. Of course we're going to shoot worse. Not sure where to go from here though. We definitely need size in the middle, but Plumlee's passing has been a revelation. Still, I'm completely confident in Neil Olshey, and I can't say I've felt that way about management for a long time.
Probably Neil didn't want him, maybe he didn't want to play here. He's not exactly a fit age-wise. Plus, no other team wanted him. Wouldn't the Warriors be the team with the worst chance of signing him on waivers? Nobody else claimed him. After clearing waivers, anyone could sign him. I'm sure there were some cap benefits, too.
The Warriors needed him at the time (Ezeli out and Bogut nursing an injury), and of course, Side Show Andy was happy to go ring shopping with the defending champs, but I'm still trying to figure out why we just flat out waived him. We didn't buy him out, that I'm aware of, so his full salary still counts against or cap this year and next. So, unless I'm missing something (a real possibility because I wasn't really paying attention at the time), we waived Varejao so we wouldn't have to cut one of Montero or Alexander to create a roster spot for him. BNM
Are people really not aware that the league doesn't make up the schedule as they go, it's pre-determined based on how long each series goes? If the Blazers had won their series in 5 games and the Warriors had required 6 or 7 games, it would be the Warriors playing on short rest, not the Blazers.
