Game Thread GAME# 6: 76ERS @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 2, 2019 - SATURDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

So my trade question was serious, I would think the injuries might speed up Neil making and move. Can anyone think of a Rodney Hood level of player that plays PF on someone else’s roster that might flourish here like Rodney has?

 

save it for your podcast...I've listened to it and read a lot of your takes on the coach..no problem but I'm a fan of Terry Stotts not only when he wins but when he loses..he's not screaming about scapegoats to make himself look better, he's respecting an Al Horford .....I let Stotts beat himself up when he watches game film after games because I know he does that...if he blew a call he'll own it. What I don't do is heckle him after a close, well fought game that we lose short handed.

 

You need a celebate stretch dog....you're losing your edge!

 

Wow, you suck at it then!

 

Once again, it has nothing to do with his personality. He's solid regular season coach.

If you know I'm critical of Stotts then you also know that it's way more than one game.

 

There are multiple confrontational posters on here, number 1 changes on a weekly basis. Personally I don’t pay it much attention. There are a lot of ways to reply to a post you don’t agree with, the most common ways i see on here are to attack the poster or debate the subject matter of the post in a non offensive way to the poster. The first is a lot easier, the second is a lot better.

 

Actually it IS Lillard’s fault. 7 TO’s is too many. He’s got to clean that up.

 

This will open up more on December 15th when a lot more players are trade eligible.

It's a hard question to answer though. What about Larry Nance Jr? Not the greatest contract in terms of matching salary though. Kelly Olynyk? Similar contract and he's probably more of a center.

I still think Otto Porter would be a good move and he can play PF. The easiest move would be Baze and a 1st for Gallo, but I'm not sure I like that.

The problem is we're so depleted right now so trades are difficult to make considering our best two trade chips are Baze and Whiteside.

 

See you can't force confrontation. You're just not good at it.

 

A lot of those were drop offs to Skal in the paint that Skal wasn't ready for...it's why I said Skal needs to be better at corralling the ball in the paint or off the glass. We're going to have those turnovers until chemistry improves with the nine new players....it shows early on.

 

Hey...Tolliver guarded a future HOFer all night....Al Horford is an all-star, all nba stud...Tolliver had the hardest defensive assignment in the game ..and he played stretches of good defense but that was a glaring mismatch to say the least

 

Yeah, I've noticed that in some previous games that he doesn't have strong hands and it seemed more pronounced last night as he fumble some passes at the top of the key as well as not being able to control a rebound that he had. Hopefully he works on his strength and improves in that area as last night it was a liability at times.

 

Woof.….your spell check is malfunctioning Stren!

 

Stotts defenders are starting to remind me of Truml supporters.

 

As opposed to Tolliver and his whopping 2 rebounds in 27 minutes. You use that against Skal but ignore that he's also a scoring AND shot-blocking presence with added length for shot disruption. What are you missing about the argument between playing Skal vs. playing Tolliver? You are clearly missing something.

 

I like Skal and don't need to compare him to AT...Skal is way more talented, AT is way more experienced...AT mentored Skal in Sacramento actually...Skal is legit 7ft...he needs more boards than 4 in a game...AT was not rebounding well or scoring, he was trying to keep Al Horford from getting 50 and did an ok job at it. We had no rim protection at all.