To be honest, I think CJ would have more consistency if we had a better coach. I'd be willing to give him a season under a new coaching staff before we see if he's capable of changing. Stotts is fucking terrible. COTM? My fucking ass.
The thing i dont care for about cj is he is too stoic. Where is that emotion? I want to see more grit in his face when he isnt playing well. Determination. Look at all of our other key players. Collins, dame, aminu... hell even meyers can five a stink facewhen frustrated with himself. He just seems a bit softer than i like. Other than that i love him and dont want to lose him unless its a clear upgrade.
Do you have any candidates in mind that are better than Stotts? I'm open to a change if the coach is better than Stotts. I just don't see that but there might be an up and coming assistant coach somewhere that I might not be aware of haha
Mark Few, Ime Udoka, Chris Collins, come to mind right off the bat. Now who knows if they'd be better, or not.
No, I freely admit I don't. I do not keep up tabs on who's coaching where and what. At this point though, I wouldn't mind trying one of Stott's assistants, if they can develop their own playbook. Who coached our team in SL?
If CJ keeps playing like this, you won't need to worry about us trading him because nobody will want his contract.
That just seems like a lateral move. I'd rather keep Stotts and the assistants. Firing stotts should only happen if there's a coach that can change things up for Dame/CJ.
The chances of us attracting a championship caliber coach doesn't seem great. Heck. Even Terry was hardly a proven commodity when he came here. Whoever we get next will probably an assistant with a great pedigree. Who knows? Maybe hell will freeze over and Jay Wright will get tired of coaching Villanova.
His podcasts are better than his game right now. Wonder if MIN would take him for Butler, I would do that in a sec.
I have 2 problems with Cj. He gets his shot blocked a lot and when his shot isnt falling he diesmt find other ways to contribute. So far this season he is really struggling shooting, Dame is having to carry the backcourt losd.
I totally understand where you are coming from on this. ISO is a set play usually used at the end of a quarter or game. But the statement he is making isn't actually ISO so to speak. You have to admit CJ gets himself into bad situations by dribbling too much and defenses know he has a tendency to hold the ball and try too hard to create a shot. This is exactly what the report on him says. It also says he will push to find that opening on the left so he can switch to right hand. The other point on him is when he does try to pass it will be backwards or to his rear. This is professional NBA caliber ball. These teams know what he will do and they do counter his moves. CJ even addressed this issue over the summer or at training camp. He specifically said he is going to work on finding more assists this year.That has not happened to this point. People complaining about CJ do have a point. Maybe they shouldn't call it "ISO Ball" but he is taking and trying to create bad shots.
CJ and Turner should never be on the court together - they should only be together when they attend a Ball Stoppers Anonymous meeting!
Those two don’t belong in the same sentence when it comes to playmaking for others. Turner is averaging 7 assists/36.
Blazers Asst/36 Turner - 7.3 Dame - 6.6 Stauskas - 3.0 CJ - 2.4 Curry - 2.0 That CJ is SO FAR behind Dame and ET given how much he handles the ball is a tribute to the 1979 Disney movie, The Black Hole.* *(For the offended by almost anything crowd, this is not racist nor was it intended to be. It just happens to be the actual name of the movie.)
