Thing is, Dorrell Wright deserves the lion's share of blame for us being down so far after three quarters. Boneheaded defensive plays, weak and/or ill-advised passes, lollygagging down the court in both directions, and standing still watching his or a teammates' shot bounce off the rim instead of going after the rebound...
Gee is a compliment to players like Wes and Nic, not a replacement for them. With Wright and Crabbe spacing the floor, it allowed Dame to penetrate at will in the 4th. I'd much rather have Dame driving, finishing and getting fouled that Gee. The 4th quarter last night was a perfect example of the diverse offense you desire. Wright and Crabbe were scoring from deep, Aldridge was going to work down low and Dame was driving, finishing and getting fouled in the paint. Over the last 6 minutes of the game, 100% of our scoring was on layups and FTs. After Crabbe's 3-pointer with 6:31 left in the game, we didn't make a FG longer than 3-feet. It was those 3s that Wright and Crabbe hit that opened things up in the paint. That wouldn't have happened with Alonzo Gee in the game. A 37-point quarter is a thing of beauty, especially against a team like Utah. They just had a streak of 12 consecutive games where they held their opponents to 91 points, or less (85 or less in 10 of the 12). If Gee would have been in the game in the 4th quarter, no way do we will. He would have just clogged things up and prevented Aldridge and Lillard from scoring at will in the paint. The LAST thing we needed last night was Alonzo Gee stalling our offense and letting Utah pack the paint against Aldridge and Lillard. We would have lost by double digits. Kudos to Coach Stotts for recognizing this and making the correct call. BNM
If you think the idea of getting Gee integrated with the rest of the team before the POs start is "some bullshit" then...yeah?
You can frame it anyway you want but it's still bullshit. Read BNM's post, learn the game, then you post. Or.... Not.. post...
I've always been more concerned with HOW we play than whether we win or lose (in the regular season). Alright - enough bullshit for today. I'm going home. Go Homers!
Utah had the second best record, and best defense, in the league since the All-Star break. They just had a 12-game streak where they went 10-2 and held their opponents to: 82, 75, 85, 82, 83, 88, 82, 91, 85, 66, 88 and 73 points. The last time we played them, they beat us 92-76. I'm not sure if beating them makes things hunky-dory, but it's certainly a good win - especially on their floor on the second night of a home-away back-to-back with Wes (of course), Batum and Kaman all out. Besides, starting a thread to criticize the coach's decisions when you didn't even watch the game, seems disingenuous, at best. That's analogous to critiquing a restaurant after reading the menu online. You might want to actually eat there before telling everyone the food tastes awful. BNM
You admitted in your very first post that you didn't watch the game. So, how can you possibly know HOW we played? BNM
This is just another example of Stotts fooling the opposition. Nobody can scout our roster game to game. It's also sort of last call for playoff playing time and Stotts is giving everybody a shot
If you want to hate on Stotts... Hate on him for not making an adjustment when Utah started to double Aldridge's post up's on the catch that led to turnovers late in the 3rd. Which directly led to the Blazers being down by 10 going into the 4th quarter. That is about the only thing I can remember having watched the game that you can specifically call Stotts out on. Oh, and blame CJ for overdribbling. He turned it over before the entry pass came. Blake too.
You are surprised about a player playing a great game only to be rewarded with 0 minutes the next? Isn't that the Stotts system?
Do any of you haters actually read??? BNM breaks all of the hate DOWN in this post... Bottom line...: We. Just. Won. The. Game.
I didn't watch the game either, didn't watch the last 6 or 7 games but I do have to side with Blue on some of these issues: 1. Gee has got to play. He's our Gee factor. 2. Calling Stotts "mediocre" is far from the truth. He's not close to being good enough to be called mediocre.
I haven't watched any of the games, I don't know the players, and I'm not sure of the name of the team. I think we need to work on how we run down the court. I'd like to see a little skip in our step, maybe the players could hold hands. And would it be so hard to smile and wave? barfo
