If we want to try playing like Houston, maybe we should get the player actually responsible for making that style work.
Same with me, i knew it was a loss as soon as the bulls were cutting the lead to like 3 or so and it was just a matter of time until they got the lead, and i was zero emotional during that stretch, just completely numb like i already gave up not only about the season but also the Dame/CJ era because of the fundamental issues this team has especially on Defense and the ISO heavy Offense, and it will never change until we make drastic changes. Yeah we will make the Playoffs but the result will always be the same.
Here's the problem..... it feels more and more like Dame is running this team. CJ is here because he's friends with Dame. Stotts is here because Dame went to bat for him. How much you want to bet that Melo is back because Dame wanted him back? It feels like we bash on Neil but honestly, I think Dame went behind his back to keep Stotts and I don't think Neil is going to make any significant changes without Dame signing off. I think he made his bed and now we're all lying in it.
very well said....I also will add that Terry Stotts will never lose his teams or make a volatile environment for franchise....there's more value in that than some will credit him for..it's why he and Dame are so close as coach and captain...they share trust
The collective trust of Dame/CJ/Olshey/Stotts is high floor low ceiling. And that ceiling keeps lowering every season as other teams get better and figure us out.
I'd rather they lose now so we can lose this coach and get prepared for the remainder of the season and post-season than to win and go into the post-season with this coach. I am not at all invested in this team with Stotts coaching. I have no hope for them unfortunately.
I wasn't advocating that any of those things are or are not true. But it at least bears questioning since there seems to be so little growth over the time line of those invovled.
As I've said since I wanted McMillan gone, every other team changes its coach, GM, and players much more often than Portland, which has Chicken Little fans terrified of change. Every other team gives a new coach one year to do something, then replaces him if there is no improvement...and then decides year-by-year, not decade-by-decade as is done here. This is the entertainment business, not the security business. Without change for change's sake, we are bored out of our skulls year after year.
How is there zero evidence? We just covered yesterday that Dame was the one who kept Stotts here after the Pelicans loss.
Nas needs a new nickname..Chicken Little might not work though..and losing 20lbs from covid is terrifying change unless you're jiggling when you two step
Maybe we should've stopped shooting 3s when we were cold and maybe we could've ran some plays to get something other than a 3. But we didn't.
Yeah...having the support of the entire roster and front office is what I define as not losing a team...I think Stotts is well thought of by all his current players and former players....just saw a Dorrell Wright interview with Dame and they talked about it....Stotts is a guy that isn't volatile or tantrum throwing at all...even keeled. Like Carlisle or Spoelstra...they can handle the ups and downs..the only player I ever heard criticize him was Evan Turner..I"m big on loyalty and character. I think Terry is too. I haven't given up on this team or season yet...I think we'll be damned good as constructed in a few more weeks and shots will fall again
carlisle..... won a championship. Spoelstra...... won multiple championships. Stotts....... hasn’t won anything.
