Notice Preseason Positives and Negatives

Don't know who pissed in your beer, but I'm reasonably certain it wasn't me.

BTW, I do want to thank you about one thing. Until you decided to use that picture as your avatar, I never realized how much Stotts reminds me of Trump.

 

It’s not rocket science to figure out that they can’t coexist at a high enough level. Small backcourts like that, don’t.

only 1 time in like 50 years has a small team with its 2 best players in the backcourt ever won a championship. It was the Pistons and Joe Dumars was undersized but also one of the best defenders in the league

 

Except the league is smaller now than any time in the past 50 years, so that's not enough for me. The narrative was heavy 3pt shooting teams couldn't win a championship until the Warriors did, so just because it hasn't been done doesn't mean much to me.

I need to see it under a different coach that's trying his best to implement the proper system, because when I watch the Blazers defensive struggles, they don't seem to be due to CJ's height.

 

Well, don't worry. I'll lay good money a Billups-coached, Dame-led Blazers won't get curb-stomped in the WCF.

 

And I'm pretty sure you were allowed to shiv people in those days.

 

You are just representing the "[unspecified] people are saying [thing nobody is saying], and I don't get it" crowd.

 

What form are we in right now bro? Noticed how you typed that we’d actually be IN the playoffs though right?

 

If you haven't seen quite a few messages predicting improvement for Little and Simons - you must have a helluva lot of people on ignore.

 

Last time we’ll be at .500 for a LONG time. Enjoy.

 

COming with that heat bro. Did you ever answer my question? What are you happy with taking from preseason that you hope continues into the regular season?

 

SHHHEEEEEIIIITTTT! If we are .500 at Christmas we should be celebrating!

 

OK, you win. In a league where over half the teams make the play-offs his ability to to reach the play-offs and get consistently out-coached is awe-inspiring. Do you mind if I rename my kid Terry in his honor? I ask, because I know you have gotten in the habit of calling him John Jr.

 

Not a damn thing. I expected a tough learning curve and that is what we are getting.

 

I’ll take making the playoffs every season and getting bumped in the first than NOT making it.

 

We definitely are….just unfortunate we have to “re-learn”everything during Dame’s prime.

 

Agreed. This is why we should have dumped the Stotts/Olshey mutual suicide pact years ago!

 

Another thing, it seems the term”Holding players accountable” seems to have vanished. I mean that shit was getting tossed around here every other post. If I’m not mistaken, Billups didn’t even go into the locker room after the Suns loss? What?

 

Positive:
Blazers finished preseason with better record than Lakers!

 

But those Warriors teams played defense.