Lots of criticism of CJ. Dame potentially getting fed up.
Losing keeps up you wonder if Stotts might be selling the couch before the all star break.
I always enjoy GMs fucking up and firing the coach like it’s his fault they gave Evan Turner a huge contract.
This is interesting. Yes he's overpaid but running the bench and then getting the 10 pts down the stretch to put game 7 away...I mean he's not a scorer and wasn't acquired to score. You need 8+ assists which he's getting.
Stotts’ Blazers are a Good regular season team. They have shooters and can guard non playoff teams well. They can beat good teams on any given night. But come playoffs, their lack of physicality makes good matchups for almost all of their prospective opponents.
Portland had Drexler when they went big at a time when you needed a big, to compliment him. 8 years later Jordan won his first title
Durant was 135 pounds with one year of college. Oden, King of the Vikings, was the next big thing
Jordan I can understand, but damn... imagine them two on the floor together.
Oden is a bullshit excuse. A lot of people in upper management knew about Oden's foot problems. There were people in the organization that told Prichard that Oden was damaged goods, and he picked him anyways.
Embid looks like a great pick because the dice fell in Philly's favor.
Oden was Embid on Steroids. It's revisionist history to the max to say Durant was easily a slam dunk over Oden.
Edit: You could argue Embids injuries were even a bigger red flag than Odens.
There was a large contingent that felt Durant was far better than Oden based on early hoops analytics.
I was all in on Durant, as a Sonics fan i was thrilled when Portland took Oden.
And Oden didn't have Embiid's shooting or passing ability. He was a massive force in the middle but much more of an old school center than a new school guy like Embiid.
What's lost here is that the blazers have had their souls crushed by Shaq so many times they will never pass on a gargantuan center.
Those who ignore the Sam Bowie pick are destined to repeat it.
Jerome Kersey, Duckworth, Sheed.
Blazer fans have always wanted a team that will fuck you up while winning it all.
Durant looked like he would get broken in half by the all star break.
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Thing is without a team in Seattle it allows me to be more of a fan of the game