There would be NO MORE walking the ball up court and allowing D's to get set. Thats a plus in my mind.
maximazing dames offensive potential is cool and all but isn’t it basically maxed out already? Is he gonna average 35 with MDA? The lack of focus on defense after the debacle of 2020-2021 is very concerning
Getting MDA he had losing record one year in Denver and 3 years in New York and 2 years he had losing record in LA. Now he was successful in phoenix and Houston. So if he comes to coach the Blazers it's not guaranteed if we will have winning record with him.
With Lillard's range we can get that 7 seconds down to 4 seconds. Let's say both teams time of possession is equal. That means we get the ball for 24 minutes a game. 4 seconds a possession means 15 shots a minute. That's 360 3pt shots by Lillard a game. Since they're deep range shots lets say Lillard only makes 25% of them. That's 90 made 3pt shots a game. OR 270 POINTS PER GAME! We don't need to worry about defense.
I think it comes down to effort and teams being unable to make life so hard for him on offense. Both Dame and CJ have to take/make extremely difficult shots to put points on the board. Some of that is self inflicted, but I think they could both be much better/more efficient on offense. Harder to stop as well.
thats all great but we will be back to the same shit in the playoffs when we can’t get a stop there are coaches that will make our offense AND defense better. Why are we going after a coach who has always had major defensive flaws in his teams?
dantonis defensive deficiencies are overrated. His units were better on average than Terry’s for example. He’s also got a much more modern approach to defending.
I think there's a lot of overstating the importance of the head coach and understating the importance of the assistant coaches. A great head coach is nothing without their assistants. We should be judging this hire based upon the entire staff, not just the person in charge. For example: MDA can work in Portland and we can be better defensively if the proper assistants are brought in.
Dame is going to have much to say about who he wants as coach. I say he'd prefer Billups as winning pg himself.
Disagree. That said, I did a breakdown of his defenses in Houston, and their success/failure was highly dependent on the roster. When he had Paul/Ariza/Tucker/Capela/et al, those teams were really good on defense. I don't think we'll ever be a top 5 defense, but top 10 might suffice. What D'Antoni will NOT bring for certain is a defense-first culture. And no assistant will change that.
In coaching or I guess in life ‘you’re good at what you emphasize”. MDA doesn’t emphasize defense. And I’m not sure if it was a mandate from Morey or what but the amount of 3’s his team launch would probably make Lillard the leading scorer in the NBA and their defense would give up 125 a game.
DAntony would be a stupid move. The worst coach possible for us. The fact his defensive numbers are better than f'ing Terry Stotts' says very little. Give Hammon a chance
