I can’t wait for the new Coach

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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Fair enough, but he couldn't sustain it. I have a feeling his tenure in New York isn't going to last very long.
     
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    Only one of them had Dame. Maybe the most incompetent one. We will never know if we don't try something new.

    By the way it's not championship or bust. Most likely we will not win it. We can trade for AD tomorrow and still not win it. The problem so far is we are not competitive against the top teams. We always end up getting swept.
     
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    Thanks for the warm welcome! I look forward to being the Blazers new coach!
     
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    that's just great....now we get to see a fire hydrant next to the coach's chair. Can't wait for Jordan Kent's commentary
     
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    On the plus side, Dame could average 40 ppg for the season.
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    And a good coach wouldn't play him then
     
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    Even though his playoffs record is bad he finds away to get his team there. Plus he not fire as our coach yet until he does he got job. Speculation that he will be but until that's happeneds he still employed.
     
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    An even better coach would be one that makes him a useful contributor DESPITE his flaws. You know, like having him be +155 over the season.

    As for this series:
    Jokic plays 34 mpg
    Nurkic fouls out in 30.
    Who stands between Jokic and the rim for the other 4? Kanter is averaging all of 13 mpg and 6 in the last one.
     
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    This is my worry. They should have had the next coach working here 3 years ago.
     
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    Hey, maybe Spoelstra AND Brad Stevens will be available!
     
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    Yes. This has always bothered me too. Same with GM.
     
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    8 straight Playoff appearances is nice.....but we aren't progressing. With one minor exception of beating a dysfunctional OKC team that had never been out of the 1st round without KD, and then beating a Denver team whose team average age seemed around 23, we keep getting swept. I don't care if it was by the Warriors some years. Then be better and don't have to play them in the 1st round.

    Medocrity....thy name is Portland. For some fans, that is good enough.
     
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    A different coach still has to try and win with a poorly constructed roster
     
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    Mike D has a nice offensive system, he’d need to bring in a defensive guru for that hire to make sense though
     
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    Get Steve Clifford to be the Lead Assistant and in charge of the defense and I'm just fine with D'Antoni.
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Meh
     
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    Do you have an idea for a good defensive lead assistant?
     

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