The Batum tracker thread

frankly I am tired of you making excuses for him, he has simply sucked all year, I was hoping a fall on his face might shake things up a bit but nothing seems to help his god awful play, he was more invisible than the invisible man last night!

 

I like Nic as well. I'm just calling it like I see it. Slump is definitely an understatement. He's playing like absolute shit right now.

 

agree, it's nothing personal as he seems like a good guy, but he is playing like total shit and something needs to be done IMO to shake him/things up

 

Frankly, I'm tired of posts like this, period. Yes, Nic has been in a season-long slump, but dumping on him for trying to gut it out and play with a wrist injury because the team is shorthanded is just whiny armchair fan crap.

 

I think that's the rub. It's not that we hate Nic, well unless you're Roytoy. It's that he's shown little interest about being in the slump. He's just assuming it will come back to him without effort. That's what's frustrating and should be equally frustrating for the other players that work their tail off

 

I don't want to get rid of him. I just want him to play better

 

Mags, I dig you as a Blazers fan, but I've got to call bull when I see it. You don't know jack about the interest Nic has shown in trying to get out of the slump or how hard he's been working.

 

Well, hell, we all want that...well except for the usual suspects who are always looking to trade him away for some malcontent gunner reject from another team.

 

That's why I said "I think", as in, my observation of how he outwardly talks and plays. So what inside info you have with his tenacious work ethic?

 

screw that, he deserves to be dumped on because it looks like he is "going through the motions" and couldn't care less as opposed to "gutting it out". He's been crapola all year and I am sick and tired of the excuses being made for him, if I hear about him spending some considerable time working on his shooting I'll back off, but I hear nothing but balls clanking off the rim if they even hit the fukkin rim! LOL he's so bad it's laughable

 

I don't have any inside information. I do have a pretty good idea of what Stotts expects from his players, though. If Nic were loafing like some of you seem to think, his ass would be planted on the bench and he's be matching up with Claver in a contest for who looks best in a sports jacket.

 

and you don't know jack if he is doing any work either, I have not read or heard one thing that he's spending time working on shooting, and I can sure see with my own eyes how seemingly uncaring he looks during the games and his quality of play sure does reflect that

 

Here is the good news, it was about this same time last year when Nic you know...'decided' to start playing and it was against this very opponent. In Oklahoma City.

Maybe history will repeat itself this year.

 

here's the bad news for your "good news comment" - Nic is not playing tonight, but some may say he has not been playin all season

 

That would be awesome if he was playing tonight though

 

I make no excuses for anyone. Injuries happen, shooting slumps happen. I'm a fan of Nic's game. So are his teammates and so is the coaching staff. Showing support is my choice. I'm used to Batum hate and posts devoted to bashing the guy and that gets tiring as well. I'm in the minority with my opinions about Nic's value and that's just my view. If it bothers you, it's an easy fix..ignore my posts

 

I'd also add that there's not one guy on this roster that I don't like this season. I don't think I've ever been able to say that about the team before.

 

Ahhhh he was a little owie I feel so bad for him

Give me a break. He's soft.

 

Jesus, start warming up the tar and tearing open feather pillows.

"Best fans in the NBA," lol...