The Portland Trail Blazers 2017 Exit Interview (The Ringer)

We'll never go back to that NBA. It's dead sadly.

I remember when Uncle Cliffy and Rasheed added it to their games and started to drift further out (Cliffy more so when he was on the Suns). I missed their banging in the block but it probably extended their career to move out of the paint a bit.

 

I honestly hope CJ and Dame stay on as executives after they retire. I want both in my Blazers life until I die.

 

Bingo

https://bballbreakdown.com/2017/04/03/coaching-spin-can-blazers-hold-without-nurkic/

 

Sabas 2.0 -- he only needs to hit one or two a game to force the defense out to guard him.

 

Here is the thing on it. I agree one or two is great. MOST players don't stop there once they start shooting them though. 4-5 shots from 3 a game means the offense would be better off tailored to keep him in the paint for 2 of those shots imo. Lopez put up 5.2 attempts a game this year! Crazy.

 

Bang bang

 

I approve of this kind of writer-on-writer "violence"

 

He needs to start hitting his free throws and some jumpers and then he can extend his range. Lopez and Gasol were always money from the line with a decent jumper. Nurkic has a nice touch, but cannot hit them yet. In fact both Gasol and Lopez brothers are money, does Nurkic have a brother hitting jumpers? Maybe there is hope lol

 

Is Marc Gasol as good as he was 2-3 years ago? I don't think the added 3-pt sharpshooter element has improved his game overall.

 

He just had has best season statistically, so yes?

 

It is easy to get hung up on points (because that is flashy and it does matter, of course) but he actually had his worst season ever in rebounding. Luckily he didn't seem to drop-off on D as much as someone like Brook Lopez did.

 

yeah it is easy to get hung up on points....when talking about shooting.

And what does a players three point shooting have to do with their defense?

The only affect it can have is offensive rebounding, since he's further away from the basket, but if you got a big that can shoot near 40%, that's a weapon you have to use, because it pulls the opposing teams center away from the basket as well.

 

Gasol remains a beast. Best C in the league.

 

Reciprocated? Meyers, for that to make sense you'd have to give me confidence in my job, but I don't feel like you have. So there's nothing to reciprocate.

If he's not talking about fans but rather the team, then good God is he confused. The Blazers are the ones who should feel like they haven't been reciprocated. They shelled out a shit load of money and you earned maybe a tenth of it. Be professional, take accountability or get the fuck out of town. I want to root for him but man he has just looked horrible and that's nobody's fault but his. And I don't care how many minutes you're getting, if you get a chance to play you need to be ready. Lately it's been like watching a co-ed rec league where teams always need to have at least one girl on the floor.

You need confidence, go listen to some Tony Robbins tapes before the game or get your dick sucked. It's not the responsibility of anyone else to spoon you and tell you how great you are.

/end rant (for now)

 

Perhaps I shouldn't have quoted you but I was talking above about over-all game personally. Someone mentioned Brook Lopez did great this year. I disagree for sure.

 

Absolutely. No disagreement here. Although I could see that changing as soon as next year.

 

What's the most annoying about Meyers is that he doesn't seem angry he wasted another season. It's like it's a 40 years old Kaman speaking not a guy that should be eager to prove himself.