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2017-18 NBA Thread
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Wuf
Desensitized and Willing
this is a horrible troll man
but idgaf
aint shit you can say that's gonna change how im feeling and how great the pelicans are playing
Proud you didnt step into that trogwolf trap.
Brick
Well-Known Member
it was so obvious, but what kinda salt laced shit was that to say anyway
Mame YO
slings rocks
As much as the Blazers played like shit and deserve to lose the series - and they will - I CANT FUCKING STAND the National announcers. You can pretty much bet with 99% certainty that whoever is playing the blazers is favored by the broadcast team. They don’t even try and pretend to be impartial.
My favorite was when AD elbowed the fuck out of a blazers player (I forget who, yay whiskey) and the announcers declared that the blazers made an obvious foul (which of course it was called as a foul against the blazers, so whatever).
I’m not even mad. Lillard missing a wide open 3 in the first quarter (a shot he makes a million times a season) sums it up for me. They had plenty of opportunities and they failed to convert on them. Yes, the pel defense did a good job limiting those opportunities, but when they’re there you have to cash ‘em in. And they were there.
I’m starting to wonder if Stotts is the guy, 8 straight playoff losses across 3 seasons now.
My favorite was when AD elbowed the fuck out of a blazers player (I forget who, yay whiskey) and the announcers declared that the blazers made an obvious foul (which of course it was called as a foul against the blazers, so whatever).
I’m not even mad. Lillard missing a wide open 3 in the first quarter (a shot he makes a million times a season) sums it up for me. They had plenty of opportunities and they failed to convert on them. Yes, the pel defense did a good job limiting those opportunities, but when they’re there you have to cash ‘em in. And they were there.
I’m starting to wonder if Stotts is the guy, 8 straight playoff losses across 3 seasons now.
sayo
YEET
8 straight playoff losses? You mean the 6 against possibly the best team of all time and then these two? If you dump Stotts, who would you consider as his replacement?
It's a personnel issue. How do you reckon Portland should handle their rotations to adjust for NO just forcing the action away from the backcourt? If the answer is to move them off ball, that negates their greatest strengths.
It's a personnel issue. How do you reckon Portland should handle their rotations to adjust for NO just forcing the action away from the backcourt? If the answer is to move them off ball, that negates their greatest strengths.
sayo
YEET
Playing Turner so many minutes is my biggest gripe with Stotts. It's no coincidence that Harkless took a big chunk of Turner's minutes and began to start after the trade deadline. It just makes toouch sense that they did not want to tank his trade value.
Could have been a decision from up high. Who knows?
Could have been a decision from up high. Who knows?
DanishDonut0
Well-Known Member
This is what happens when you spend 27 million on Turner and Leonard. 2 more years too!
Dr. Shats Basoon
Closed mouths don't get fed
Ahh shit trigger warning that @DanishDonut0 I just remember Meyers Leonard got 40 million to sit on the bench
Mame YO
slings rocks
The elbow to the face was shown on replay so I’m pretty sure I wasn’t imagining it...
As far as Stotts vs personnel - I’m unhappy right now with both. Portland has consistently overvalued their assets and is obviously saddled with the likes of Turner and Leonard because of it... but also Stotts fails to make the needed adjustments in the face of a strategy he sees EVERY SINGLE YEAR. At times, Stotts receives praise for his Xs and Os... and when the offense is clicking it’s really nice to see. and then they play a team capable of employing the cut the head off the snake strategy and the team flails around like this wasn’t expected?
As far as Stotts vs personnel - I’m unhappy right now with both. Portland has consistently overvalued their assets and is obviously saddled with the likes of Turner and Leonard because of it... but also Stotts fails to make the needed adjustments in the face of a strategy he sees EVERY SINGLE YEAR. At times, Stotts receives praise for his Xs and Os... and when the offense is clicking it’s really nice to see. and then they play a team capable of employing the cut the head off the snake strategy and the team flails around like this wasn’t expected?
sayo
YEET
I don't think we are watching the same games. They obviously have a plan to combat those high traps. The issue is personnel. Stotts can't make Turner, Harkless, and Aminu shoot better (they are wide the fuck open). And when they start shitting on themselves, it's perfectly understandable to see Dame in particular just say fuck it after a while and start chucking.
Once again, what's the answer to this? Put any other top tier pg in this situation and they struggle. Hell, the Cavs won a title doing this and making Barnes shit on hisself.
DanishDonut0
Well-Known Member
Hey he had a +1 with 0 minutes played in game 1. FEED HIM MORE MINUTES
lol mame, I'd take Stotts over the majority of the coaches.
Mame, just give the pelicans props brah lol
no one will blame you if you do
People outside of NOLA, hell, some people in nola have been calling for Gentry's head since his first season here. I've been on record a few times saying that those first couple of years weren't the roster that Gentry thought he was getting when he took the job. Injuries just decimated them at the most inopportune times. AD was still AD, but even he was hit with all types of niggles.
Then you had the Jrue shit coming from Phila and him having to have other procedures done on that leg, the shit with Eric Gordon and Tyreke...etc...
They trade for Boogie, and got off to a rough start after the trade but they showed flashes. Jrue then missed time this year at the start of the year to take care of his wife and newborn baby.
Things are finally starting to turn around for them and they were clicking, then Boogie goes down for the year, then they trade for Mirotic.
This team has continued to defy odds all season and squeezed out a playoff birth winning 5 straight to close the season, and have started 2-0 in the post season.
tl;dr
Its ok that one team is just outplaying the other team. What Gentry or rather Erman has done to try and minimize the effectiveness of Dame and CJ is nothing short of amazing. Just give them their props brah.
no one will blame you if you do
People outside of NOLA, hell, some people in nola have been calling for Gentry's head since his first season here. I've been on record a few times saying that those first couple of years weren't the roster that Gentry thought he was getting when he took the job. Injuries just decimated them at the most inopportune times. AD was still AD, but even he was hit with all types of niggles.
Then you had the Jrue shit coming from Phila and him having to have other procedures done on that leg, the shit with Eric Gordon and Tyreke...etc...
They trade for Boogie, and got off to a rough start after the trade but they showed flashes. Jrue then missed time this year at the start of the year to take care of his wife and newborn baby.
Things are finally starting to turn around for them and they were clicking, then Boogie goes down for the year, then they trade for Mirotic.
This team has continued to defy odds all season and squeezed out a playoff birth winning 5 straight to close the season, and have started 2-0 in the post season.
tl;dr
Its ok that one team is just outplaying the other team. What Gentry or rather Erman has done to try and minimize the effectiveness of Dame and CJ is nothing short of amazing. Just give them their props brah.
sayo
YEET
Yup. It's a bad matchup and they have a great game plan. Why hate and make excuses?
Can they turn it around, sure it's not over and like reel said previously, you aren't out of any game with the backcourt Portland has. My thing is it's going to take someone else to step up offensively and make them pay for their game plan. Otherwise, they'll get a longer off-season and maybe Olshey will be forced to retool the roster.
Speaking of which, I think I'm done with the backcourt. If they can get value for CJ to bolster the wing depth, I'm all for it.
Can they turn it around, sure it's not over and like reel said previously, you aren't out of any game with the backcourt Portland has. My thing is it's going to take someone else to step up offensively and make them pay for their game plan. Otherwise, they'll get a longer off-season and maybe Olshey will be forced to retool the roster.
Speaking of which, I think I'm done with the backcourt. If they can get value for CJ to bolster the wing depth, I'm all for it.
Brick said something along the lines of, how can the pelicans be the underdog when they finished with one fewer win than the blazers
tiebreakers is what landed the pels the 6th seed, but these teams were more evenly matched than a lot of people gave them credit for
i would be lying if i thought they would've left portland up 2-0. That home crowd can be an x factor as well. I'm still intrigued at this series b/c its not over until a team has won 4 out of 7. I'm not about to start disrespecting Portland now. They are still a good team.
I'm speaking specifically about this year
And also don't look at everything in a vacuum
But tbh,I don't care to discuss whether people think he is a good coach or not.
Like I said, I'm enjoying this run, however long it lasts.
Y'all can have all the other stuff
Brick
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NML
Well-Known Member
I’d say it’s infinitely more likely that some other factor is making them seem well corched versus Gentry suddenly flipping a switch fifteen years into a career
Doc Rivers was, but all measures, a bad coach until Thibs showed up. Obviously adding KG and Ray helped his record, but Thibs was the brains behind the defensive system that carried the C’s during that run.
You can also notice his lack of success since Thibs left (and further when his teams weren’t elite)
Doc Rivers was, but all measures, a bad coach until Thibs showed up. Obviously adding KG and Ray helped his record, but Thibs was the brains behind the defensive system that carried the C’s during that run.
You can also notice his lack of success since Thibs left (and further when his teams weren’t elite)
What I think reel meant was that he has sucked for his entire career... like a vacuum?
Was a typo but my point I was trying to make doesn't even matter at this point
They're in the playoffs when many people wrote them off after cousins went down
silverwheels
PLAY LA BAMBA BABY
RUSSSSSSS
silverwheels
PLAY LA BAMBA BABY
Man, imagine the Pelicans with Boogie in these playoffs...
silverwheels
PLAY LA BAMBA BABY
his fit game must have been off tonight
Mame YO
slings rocks
sayo
YEET
CJ sucks on 2k. Dame is a god.To be clear, I’ve been pretty pessimistic about the blazers all year I just haven’t been in the utopia NBA thread posting about it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan, but I’ve had doubts about the roster construction for a while. I always trade CJ (among others) on NBA2k
Not being in the NBA thread is good for one's general sanity.To be clear, I’ve been pretty pessimistic about the blazers all year I just haven’t been in the utopia NBA thread posting about it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan, but I’ve had doubts about the roster construction for a while. I always trade CJ (among others) on NBA2k