What is the core issue with this team?

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  1. andalusian

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    To be fair, I am sure that the assumption was that Zach would have been available this year - which would have relegated either Melo or Kanter to the bench a lot more than what we are seeing now.
     
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    Dame + CJ will never win a title so long as they are the backcourt duo

    Dame with Powell and CJ off the bench as 6th man...that might work.

    Secondly, Blazers have ONE player that scores under the rim = Kanter! Nurk is a really big body and can pass well. RoCo gets his points shooting 3’s. DJJ can leap but he’s not “all that.”

    I’ve concluded that we simply are not as good as I’d like to think we are. We get romped by the good teams because they are better teams with better coaches!

    blow this mess up -

    get rid of OLSHEY and Stotts and...

    My “keep list” is getting smaller:

    Dame / Powell / Ant / Kanter / Collins if he re-Signs cheap

    the rest can all go.

    I’ll still watch and cheer every single game, I’m a Blazer fanatic....but we simply are maybe the 12-15th rank and middle of the pack don’t beat the better teams and don’t get ya a ring
     
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    As a rookie? Trent really did not. Collins got some burn, but I would sincerely hope so if he's a top 10 pick. The picks that Rasta is referencing would not have been top 10.
     
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    top 20%? You think he's a top 6 coach in the league?! Holy hell, I don't think i would rank him even in the top 20, much less top 20 %

    Are you joking with me right now?
     
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    As great as Dame himself is, he's often contributed to putting us into positions where we needed his heroics to pull us out, by not valuing possessions earlier in the game, taking highlight reel 3s we didn't need when we could have waited a few seconds and found a better shot. Last night, I'm reading about Melo, Kanter and Stotts as the reason we're getting killed by the Jazz while I'm watching Dame miss his second tech FT, then throw a pass right into Bogdanovic's hands at point-blank range and then foul unnecessarily in reaction. None of the usual suspects had anything to do with any of those mistakes.

    But, to answer the OP, I don't think there is one single, underlying issue. I think we'd like there to be, because then we could change that and change the direction of the team. Unfortunately, I think the underlying issue is that this team is the Island of Misfit Toys -- we have a lot of really fun and interesting pieces but few of them come together in such a way as to maximize their assets.
     
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    Why would anybody buy a ticket to see this mess.
     
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    Neil’s M.O. is quantity over quality — stopgaps.

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    One thing pop would his everyone accountable. I seen him bench Duncan in a game so I would think he would bench Dame or CJ and probably wouldn't play Melo right now.
     
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    We are missing that tough, banging, defensive, 4. The Buck Williams, Kurt Rambis, Dennis Rodman type. Zach was supposed to be that, but alas.
     
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    These days you almost want a long, athletic, versatile power forward. I think the bangers are a dead art. You need guys like Grant or AD who can trap out on the perimeter. Zach is more of a center than a four unfortunately (Thanks Neil!)
     
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    we need an inside/out 3 or 4 which is top tier.

    we had existing problems with our short and duplicated guards, and have traded away GTJ for another short guard in Powell.

    I like what ive seen in Powell and he seems to fit well with Dame but one of them (powerl,cj - with whatever else) needs to be moved for a top 10 sf/pf

    dream list options: domantas sabonis, siakam, tobias harris, middleton, ingram etc

    midget ball n unreliable big men is our MO. im over it.
     
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    Lol come on Orion. Not a chance in hell of that happening.
     
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    Made ya laugh though huh? But it works though!!1 Make it happen Olshit!
     
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    Disagree. I think you still need someone who does the dirty work - sets picks, rebounds, thinks about defense more than offense. When Nurk is on, he's like that.
     
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    The real problem is in this picture and might be more than one.

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    You seriously think there are 19 NBA coaches that could squeeze a 30-21 record out of this roster? Are you joking with me right now?
     
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    Imagine

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    Not OP but

    I think there are 29 other coaches who would be better defensive coaches. Probably about 25 would be better offensive coaches. 30 would be better make at in game adjustments.

    Which would probably lead to a better record than 30-21.

    stotts is the worst blazer coach ever

    saved by Lillard
     
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