Your insistence that this team needs another all star caliber player and cant have any of the existing roster take that step. CJ is borderline already....
His lack of length limits him somewhat (especially defensively). I'm not saying it's laughable to think he might ever get in the All-NBA conversation, I just don't think it's likely.
CJ has the talent offensively to be an all-NBA player. The big questions are - can he maintain or improve it and can he become a better defender (he is not bad, but he is not elite or great). FWIW - I love CJ's game and the entire experience of watching him play, but I am not certain that Nik is out of line with his reasoning here - all-NBA is a very high level all-around. I am glad that CJ could be there, I am not certain he will be - and that's OK.
Fuck off. I started a thread where I was praising Stotts coaching ability. I'm done. Have as nice day fellas.
I think Chris Paul is off the All NBA teams in 2 years and I think everyone else moves up a spot (Dame included of course) and CJ is a prime candidate to take the 3rd team at that point.
But really, if someone misses All NBA team by a spot or two what matters at that point? It still means they are elite. There are only so many spots.
You sure did. And then you took a positive post ("I can't wait to see where this exponential growth takes us") and turned it negative ("without another all-NBA player next to Damian, no farther than the second round"). Don't blame me for the way the discussion went when you're the one behind the steering wheel.
Wow man.. Nice attitude for someone who is fairly negative overall about the Blazers progress and potential. Yes, you did start a praise Stott's thread, and then proceeded to state the team isn't good enough to get out of the second round with the current roster unless we add an ALL-NBA player. Someone asks you how we acquire another and you tell him to fuck off?? Take a chill pill man. Man up to the fact that you've been mostly wrong about the team so far and people can get annoyed by those that don't change their stance even amidst glaringly obvious counters.. So beware people... disagree with Nik and you are to fuck off on a fucktard of a fuckfest.....
Sure, one could argue that. If one were to argue that, what do you think would be the most reasonable basis for said argument?
Shrug, if I would have said that Klay Thompson or Draymon Green had all-NBA potential their rookie year, you would have disagreed strongly. Let's just see how it goes.
Stotts has done a masterful job of balancing player development with winning - two areas that are usually considered mutually exclusive. We've all seen the huge improvement in C.J. and Crabbe, but honestly I don't think there is a single person alive that would have predicted we'd go 15-3 mid-season with Noah Vonleh starting. Most would have assumed starting Vonleh would only coincide with being in full tank mode with a 3-15 record more likely than 15-3. BNM
Exactly, All-NBA is a voting thing, and if you miss making All-NBA by a few votes, but you're still a top 5 player in the league at your position, does it really matter all that much? Seems like splitting hairs at that point. Heck the coaches did not vote Dame in as an All-Star reserve. Does anyone here think having zero all-stars on our roster has hurt our recent performance? BNM
You can even take this one step further. In the history books it will say Lillard was not an ALL star this year. Now take a poll of players, coaches(yes I( know they didn't vote him in, but I also know they would now if they could) and media and they will all say he is an all star. So the history books saying he isn't means that he was actually worse this year than what everyone believes... correct? Nik is all but hurt because he took his positive thread and spun some negativity and is getting flack for it. If you cant take the heat, stay outa the kitchen.
Thats awesome coming from another very negative person in yourself. No, no fuck anyone. We are all Blazers fans, wwe just need to learn to agree to disagree, but we all want the same thing
Absolutely agree. First, Stotts had to deal with strong starting 5/no depth. Now he has strong depth and a dearth of high impact big men. Despite the flaws and imbalances, he keeps winning. He has made both Olshey and some of our players look good. He is not a "perfect" coach - maybe not even a "great" coach - but no one deserves more credit for our recent success than he does.
