Good point. Joel did pick up 4 fouls against him. Oden might have fouled out in that situation. No need to put him through that for garbage time. Hey, Nik, great thread... maybe a good Post-Game thread is just what we need after every win!
Unless they play like shit, in which case I'll post a "peanuts" thread -- as in you'll have to pick them out of the turd if you want to find anything "good"
My go-to peanut is always: "We're upset because we're used to better. In 2004-05 and 2005-06, we considered losses like these moral victories because Joel got 18 rebounds even though we lost by 8."
Kudos to Dante for getting his 1st NBA regular season points! All 6 of them! ...of course we're never going to win a championship with DC putting up triple the points of Roy every night...Kudos to me for pointing that out!
Wrong. If Roy puts up 20 PPG and Cunningham triples that, Portland can definitely win a championship.
Damn! You beat me to it. He got his first official NBA minutes (6) and first NBA points (also 6). Way to take advantage of those garbage time minutes. Hopefully, there will be more to come. BNM
kudos to Rudy for this pass to Joel [video=youtube;v192yAW_7qw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v192yAW_7qw[/video]
My Kudo's..... Nate as "Leader" to night. In stead of Hup Two Three Four (Sarge) he calls Miller into his office and hands him the reins. (Leader) If they continue to have this "attadking mentality" and rebound well they will go 5 and 0 on this road trip, ABM's 18-0 is possible, just got the timing a little off. Kinda like a weather forecaster.
I have several Kudos to Nate for opening up the offense Kudos to Travis for finally taking it to the hoop Kudos to the team for 35 assists Kudos to Miller for setting the tone on offense Kudos to Oden for playing good defense and still staying out of foul trouble Kudos to Bayless for showing his preseason will carry over to the regular season Kudos to Cunningham for getting his first points. Kudos to Aldridge for going inside more Kudos to Roy for struggling on offense and still making a huge impact on the game Kudos to those who are saying Nate is making the haters suck it, when all he is doing is what we have wanted him to do for 3 years. That made me laugh
Kudos to you all for a thread that is postive. I just about puked when I read the game tread. But this thread ... well done. BTW I have to add a kudos for Bayless as well. He is a work in progress. But if he keeps this up ..... decisions will have to be made.
Kudos to those who said that you can't judge Nate's teams on pace until he has a PG he trusts that can push the tempo...
Jarret Jack, Steve Blake, Serio Rodriguez, Ridnour, Bassy? Surely a great list of point-guards to trust, not. He did have GP for a year and change - but it was a pretty old GP at that point in time on a team that could not get any defensive stops. So, yes. Not a lot of good point-guards to trust for him, unfortunately. Miller is really the first fast-pace PG he had on his teams as a head-coach. Not a surprise he is letting him run. My point was always that Nate seems to tinker with his roster until he finds the sweet spot for them and usually takes them to achieve more than you would expect from them. Happened in Seattle when he took a team with Ray Ray and Lewis and a bunch of junk pretty far - happened in Portland where a very young team with mediocre (at best) point-guards and very little defense - a lot further than any other team of the same age and experience - and finally, he has a PG he wanted to push the tempo with Rudy/Travis in the 2nd unit - and when it did not happen - he gave him another shot with Oden, LMA, Roy and help with Blake. It is working - and it goes to show that he might not get everything right immediately - but when you give him the tools - he will figure a way to get it to work effectively.
Can we please not turn this into yet another Nate bashing thread? Please? This is supposed to be a POSITIVE thread. I know some posters find that difficult to grasp. But can we try to have at least one thread void of negativity after a 23-point win? Is that really too much to ask? If you want to bash Nate (or Miller, or anyone else) please feel free to pile on in the game thread (the one from last night's 23-point win that saw the final 5 or 6 pages degenerate into negativity and petty bickering) or one of the many other Nate bashing threads. This isn't the place for it. And yes, damning with faint praise is a negative. from princeton.edu: kudos - praise: an expression of approval and commendation. Please note: that last word is commendation, not condemnation. BNM
