Stotts just gave one of the worst answers I’ve ever heard in a postgame.

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Natebishop3 said:
Dude..... how can you attribute this to one game?

Aminu has been sucking ass all playoffs.

Dame has been trapped for.... what...... six different playoff series? This isn't one bad game. These are recurring issues.
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It's funny how the same people have been complaining about his rigid defensive flexibility for years.

Me, @hoopsjock, @TBpup...
 
James lamphear said:
Maybe why there former coaches and Stotts still coaching. I never was a big believer in Stotts idea how to play that end of the floor. But here 2 guys haven't sniff a coaching job since they was let go from last coaching gig.
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Don Nelson appreciates this type of support.
 
Fellas..
Stotts fucked up last night. Not disagreeing.
If Steph is still nailing wide open "shot porn" tomorrow, then we have a problem.
But shit, give your coach a Game 2, see what happens. We saw the defensive adjustments against Denver in game 2, won 'em the game.
Personally, I'm more concerned with Dame. He was very lazy on defense last night and lazy with his decision making he needs to play like a 1st team all NBA and he hasn't been.
I'm in no way a "homer," but Terry and Damian have earned enough credits with me not to bail out after one game.
I don't feel "homery" I feel its a appropriate and knowledgeable approach.
 
Wade Garrett said:
Fellas..
Stotts fucked up last night. Not disagreeing.
If Steph is still nailing wide open "shot porn" tomorrow, then we have a problem.
But shit, give your coach a Game 2, see what happens. We saw the defensive adjustments against Denver in game 2, won 'em the game.
Personally, I'm more concerned with Dame. He was very lazy on defense last night and lazy with his decision making he needs to play like a 1st team all NBA and he hasn't been.
I'm in no way a "homer," but Terry and Damian have earned enough credits with me not to bail out after one game.
I don't feel "homery" I feel its a appropriate and knowledgeable approach.
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What would be knowledgeable is knowing that its not one game. Its a pattern.

Stotts doesnt get passes. Dame does. Stotts is a beloe averagr coach that gets carried by his stars.

Dare I say the tyrone lue of the western conference? About the same coach.
 
Heres my list of random thoughts, been busy!

Stotts defensive scheme on Pick plays has never worked without a versatile big that can cover space. Nurkic, Lopez are really the only two that thrived defensively. Zachs been good but the scheme lends itself to guys coming downhill at him and he struggles to stay out of foul trouble.

Draymond, and Iggy do for GS what the Blazers wish ET or there forwards would do pass well, initiate offense (so Steph and Klay cant be trapped as easily), and play defense. Blazers are going to have to trust that Hood, or ET could take that role. - I wish Stotts wouldve given Simons more floor time in the regular season to see if he could play that role, but in that regard Stotts see’s him in practice more than I do...

GS runs a lot of two man game on one side of the court with Steph and a big, but if you notice theres a lot of action on the other side of the court. Players on GS move very well without the ball and all of them set good moving screens away from the ball that leads to good shots. Would like to see the Blazers run Meyers or Zach in a two man game with Dame or CJ no one else on that side of the court so the only help defender has to come from the weak side meaning a good cut and you’ll get a lay up and maybe an open 3 out of it. Problem is the Blazers cant afford to play 2-3 shooters they are willing to leave.

Leads me to this point, Ive said for years Aminu and Harkless are role players, and while they have good moments, sometimes good strethes they’re both awful in long stretches as well. The excuse has always been defense but if they arent going to guard Klay and Steph (or KD if healthy) their usefulness goes down a lot, and they should play offensive weapons in their stead Hood comes to mind, but so does Curry, or heck Trent / Simons can hit open shots...

I said quite frequently this year I still have trepidation about Zach's game at times, but if they wont start someone new at SF, then they should start Zach, even if they get smoked he needs the experience if he’s going to be the long term guy.

Blazers Guards have to work so hard to get shots when their playing with 2-3 guys who on offense may as well not be there...

Anyways, I dont think this series is over, and I expect the Blazers will play better tomorrow.
I think both ends of the floor and transition GS was playing chess and the Blazers were playing a very boring game of checkers.

Also if I had one wish for Dame this offseason practice keeping the dribble, probing inside and he could demoralize defenses in there, you cant pick up your dribble jump and have no where to go and he doesn't just do that a here or there he does it a lot.


edit: forgot layman as another offensive threat.
 
LMAO

Stotts asked if that reporter was there today and said he wanted to apologize.
 
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We didn't play well enough to win that game, regardless of the gameplan.

Definitely disappointed that Stotts decided to go the route he did though. Execution definitely wasn't up to snuff and trapping presents it's own set of problems that GS is better equipped to attack than we are, but I think you have to live with their others beating you.

I'm probably more optimistic than most that Stotts will learn from this game and think we'll see both the staff and players have a better showing in game 2.
 
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JDC said:
We didn't play well enough to win that game, regardless of the gameplan.

Definitely disappointed that Stotts decided to go the route he did though. Execution definitely was up to snuff and trapping presents it's own set of problems that GS is better equipped to attack than we are, but I think you have to live with their others beating you.

I'm probably more optimistic than most that Stotts will learn from this game and think we'll see both the staff and the players have a better showing in game 2.
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I think they’ll try some different things in game 2. Just as importantly I think the players will show up.
 
Today on Issac and Suke they spoke to Jason Quick about game 1 and there were some interesting things he said that could give you an insight what you may see tomorrow in game 2. It also may change your opinion about some of the players in general.

Speaking of changing your opinion, for those of you that have a distaste for Jason Quick, I ask you to listen to the beginning of the interview and see if your feelings remain the same and whether you are willing to give him another chance.

Here is the interview(If I did this right)

https://1080thefan.radio.com/media/audio-channel/jason-quick-athletic-31

*Could a mod who knows how to embed the interview do so please? Thank you.
 
JDC said:
We didn't play well enough to win that game, regardless of the gameplan.

Definitely disappointed that Stotts decided to go the route he did though. Execution definitely was up to snuff and trapping presents it's own set of problems that GS is better equipped to attack than we are, but I think you have to live with their others beating you.

I'm probably more optimistic than most that Stotts will learn from this game and think we'll see both the staff and players have a better showing in game 2.
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Well they pretty much have to change things up in Game 2. To me it's inexcusable to not have changed it up in the 2nd half yesterday though. That was a winnable game.
 
hoopsjock said:
LMAO

Stotts asked if that reporter was there today and said he wanted to apologize.
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It's a good thing. He realizes he gave a stupid and douchy answer because of the moment (because he was probably unhappy about the loss)
 
SIeepwalker said:
It's a good thing. He realizes he gave a stupid and douchy answer because of the moment (because he was probably unhappy about the loss)
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Yup, that and he hopefully realized that was one of the dumbest coaching moves of all-time so to get defensive about it was even more ridiculous.
 
hoopsjock said:
Well they pretty much have to change things up in Game 2. To me it's inexcusable to not have changed it up in the 2nd half yesterday though. That was a winnable game.
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They didn't outright trap Curry, but they did try and get both Enes and Zach to play the screen a little higher (around the FT line). Execution was mixed, both fucked up a couple times.

Still not sure trapping would have changed things, but it would've been nice know. Think we'll see that plus some switching in small lineups in game 2.

Also didn't feel like a game was a close as the score showed late 3rd / early 4th. You can tell when this team is playing with the fight and focus needed to comeback and pull a game out on the road.

Last night wasn't one of those.
 
JDC said:
They didn't outright trap Curry, but they did try and get both Enes and Zach to play the screen a little higher (around the FT line). Execution was mixed, both fucked up a couple times.

Still not sure trapping would have changed things, but it would've been nice know. Think we'll see that plus some switching in small lineups in game 2.

Also didn't feel like a game was a close as the score showed late 3rd / early 4th. You can tell when this team is playing with the fight and focus needed to comeback and pull a game out on the road.

Last night wasn't one of those.
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In my opinion, it felt that way because they could get any shot they wanted. They could get any shot they wanted because of our poor strategy.

If the adjustment was to have them play a step or two closer but still not close enough to alter a shot attempt then that is even dumber than not changing at all.

Why do people keep talking like there are only two options? There are things you can do like hedge and recover. You could flat out switch. You could go under picks instead of over them. They shouldn't lock into any of these styles for a full game unless they're actually working.

Edit: The two options thing wasn't necessarily directed at you, just Stotts and people defending him.
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
Today on Issac and Suke they spoke to Jason Quick about game 1 and there were some interesting things he said that could give you an insight what you may see tomorrow in game 2. It also may change your opinion about some of the players in general.

Speaking of changing your opinion, for those of you that have a distaste for Jason Quick, I ask you to listen to the beginning of the interview and see if your feelings remain the same and whether you are willing to give him another chance.

Here is the interview(If I did this right)

https://1080thefan.radio.com/media/audio-channel/jason-quick-athletic-31

*Could a mod who knows how to embed the interview do so please? Thank you.
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Dame and CJ asked to guard their guards, and Stotts obliged?

Jeez
 
hoopsjock said:
In my opinion, it felt that way because they could get any shot they wanted. They could get any shot they wanted because of our poor strategy.

If the adjustment was to have them play a step or two closer but still not close enough to alter a shot attempt then that is even dumber than not changing at all.

Why do people keep talking like there are only two options? There are things you can do like hedge and recover. You could flat out switch. You could go under picks instead of over them. They shouldn't lock into any of these styles for a full game unless they're actually working.

Edit: The two options thing wasn't necessarily directed at you, just Stotts and people defending him.
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Size on Curry and a big playing near the FT line is enough to make him think/bother him if the screen in set near the 3pt line.



If it's set higher (which we saw more of in the 2nd half from them), that obviously changes things.

But if we are going to turn it over and struggle to finish at the rim like we did last night it won't matter.
 
People keep talking about the scheme myself included but how many times did Blazers just flat out fall asleep, get caught ball watching, get caught not knowing where there man was. Scheme and effort both have to change.
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
Today on Issac and Suke they spoke to Jason Quick about game 1 and there were some interesting things he said that could give you an insight what you may see tomorrow in game 2. It also may change your opinion about some of the players in general.

Speaking of changing your opinion, for those of you that have a distaste for Jason Quick, I ask you to listen to the beginning of the interview and see if your feelings remain the same and whether you are willing to give him another chance.

Here is the interview(If I did this right)

https://1080thefan.radio.com/media/audio-channel/jason-quick-athletic-31

*Could a mod who knows how to embed the interview do so please? Thank you.
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I think Jason has been REALLY good since he moved to the Athletic. He seems to have more freedom to write what he wants and isn't curtailed as much by an editor or by who he works for.
 
hoopsjock said:
Well they pretty much have to change things up in Game 2. To me it's inexcusable to not have changed it up in the 2nd half yesterday though. That was a winnable game.
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There is the most salient point. That was a winnable game in a situation where the Blazers HAVE to steal a win on the road. The biggest oil tanker ever built could change course faster that Stotts!
 
oldmangrouch said:
There is the most salient point. That was a winnable game in a situation where the Blazers HAVE to steal a win on the road. The biggest oil tanker ever built could change course faster that Stotts!
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Yeah, I can guarantee you the easiest way to take down a dynasty does NOT include letting them have game 1. This series was going to be hard enough without that.
 
I can't believe right after a bad loss Stotts didn't just come out and tell the national media what adjustments he planned on making in Game 2. If he goes 4 games and defends Curry the same way, go ahead and roast him if you'd like. I don't see how you can roast the guy for not giving away his decisions for the game plan and potentially hint to adjustments in Game 2.
 
hoopsjock said:
I'm sorry but this post is just a bullshit excuse to me. Jokic is a terrible defender but he was able to trap Dame last series and make it tough on him. Kanter didn't even attempt to hedge, blitz, or trap (obviously by design) Curry so how do you know it wouldn't work? Besides if we double Curry and guys like Bogut, Looney, Green, and Iggy end up beating us then I would be much more at ease with the fact that we at least would've TRIED to do something.
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It's not an excuse. I'm explaining why they did that strategy after less than 48 hours to come up with a plan for GS. I doubt we'll use that same strategy in game 2 but you never know lol.
 
Driew said:
It's not an excuse. I'm explaining why they did that strategy after less than 48 hours to come up with a plan for GS. I doubt we'll use that same strategy in game 2 but you never know lol.
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But we weren't sagging our bigs that far off Murray in the last series so that makes no sense that we changed to sagging but didn't have time to prepare to not sag.
 
Tince said:
I can't believe right after a bad loss Stotts didn't just come out and tell the national media what adjustments he planned on making in Game 2. If he goes 4 games and defends Curry the same way, go ahead and roast him if you'd like. I don't see how you can roast the guy for not giving away his decisions for the game plan and potentially hint to adjustments in Game 2.
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How many times do we need to say that this was about giving away game 1, a winnable game if we showed up? So Stotts gets a pass for putting a defensive game plan that my 6 year old son that doesn't care about basketball at all asks why they are just letting them shoot wide open shots because he might change it up in game 2?

That's a whole game too late for anyone who knows anything about basketball and apparently people who don't know anything either, except our head coach.

Do you realize this guy actually went into a game with the best shooter of all-time having the game plan to let him shoot uncontested 3 pointers? I wish that was a joke or an exaggeration but that is literally what occurred. How can anyone excuse that?
 
Tince said:
I can't believe right after a bad loss Stotts didn't just come out and tell the national media what adjustments he planned on making in Game 2. If he goes 4 games and defends Curry the same way, go ahead and roast him if you'd like. I don't see how you can roast the guy for not giving away his decisions for the game plan and potentially hint to adjustments in Game 2.
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What about all the other games where this happened?

It's not the first time he's seen this guy, this year, or this decade. He has a lot of tape and knowledge on this team. There is no excuse.
 
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