[Blazerfan024]

Originally posted by Tince!


When/If you get your wish, who are you going to blame when Portland continues to miss wide open jump shots?

Mo didn't lose us this game, the players did.

With no plays, no movement, no leadership, who is to blame then?

IF cheeks would lead this team, we would be slashing, calling plays and working inside but No we run our O through Damon and DA and guess what that dont work. And who's choice is it to run the O through our guards..One Guess?

[NBAGOD]

and the bad news is that in the pre-season and regular season the Blazers have yet to play a team expected to make the play-offs.

[jackiejackal]

Don't laugh,but I believe Ruben Patterson needs to be a starter.

[Rollydog]

Nets gameplan was too good. Frank is a hell of a coach.

[jackiejackal]

If your shot isn't falling..aren't you supposed to penetrate
to the basket?????
Where on earth is Cheeks?????????????????????

[Scout226]

Why do we have Frahm on the roster if he can't see some playing time in a game like tonight? I'm guessing he could have shot better than DA with one hand tied behind his back and blindfolded..


Hell, put in Telfair, Outlaw and Frahm.. They couldn't have done any worse..

Thanks Mo..

That game added a few more gray hairs..

[Draco]

that was pathetic.

I'd like to single out someone and blame them but I cant. Everyone failed. Zach failed. SAR failed. DA failed. Miles Failed. Damon failed. Mo failed.

That was a horrible game.

[mediocre man]

A few possitives.

1. We might not have to hear all the Reef lovers that he should play in the 4th quarter....I mean he really put on a show didn't he.

2. One step closer to firing Cheeks.

3. One step closer to trading for a shooter.

4. We probably won't have to watch this bad of game the rest of the year.

5. We might get the number 1 overall pick in the lottery.


A few negatives.

1. EVERY team knows all you have to do to beat the Blazers is play zone.

2. I'll have to hear how it wasn't just Reef and Miles didn't play any better.

3. Telfair's assist to minutes played stat is no longer leading the league.

4. Zach proved he IS the man, but his teammates still THINK they are.

5. We also might make the playoffs and get drilled in the first round.

[HKF]

What drek of a basketball game. I can't believe I watched parts of it. I need to re-emerse myself in late 70's-80s NBA ball now after seeing that shiznit.

[MAS RipCity]

Originally posted by Tince!


When/If you get your wish, who are you going to blame when Portland continues to miss wide open jump shots?

Mo didn't lose us this game, the players did.

LOL all of the blame goes to MO, sure we missed open 3's,but that's mo's fault we took so many. We have no offensive play. it is just dribble into 3 players and throw it out hoping one guy gets it. We did nothing but one on one. I can only dream of a coach who cares enough about the game to stand up and coach instead of playing with himself.

[D-Up]

I'll add one more positive: another game closer until Stoudamire is gone. Watching that guy play sickens me.

[quick]

OMFG! A lost to the nets. What a pathetic game. I can't believe this.

[Blazerfan024]

Originally posted by D-Up!
I'll add one more positive: another game closer until Stoudamire is gone. Watching that guy play sickens me.

agreed, man one night he plays great and has like 8 assists next he has 1 and 0-8 way to inconsistent, DA showed his old self too.

[Tince]

Originally posted by Blazerfan024!


With no plays, no movement, no leadership, who is to blame then?

IF cheeks would lead this team, we would be slashing, calling plays and working inside but No we run our O through Damon and DA and guess what that dont work. And who's choice is it to run the O through our guards..One Guess?

What proof do you have that Portland didn't run any plays? I specifically have been watching if we run plays because this has been brought up before, and Portland runs a play over 50% of the time. That is actually high for the NBA. NBA teams don't run a Flex or motion like you may see at the high school level, but they run sets where the players must read the defense and react accordingly. Portland ran more plays that New Jersey, yet NJ won.

No Movement? Do you want Cheeks to move up and down the sideline? There was only one player who moved a lot tonight, and that was Ruben. Again, New Jersey is in a very soft zone clogging up the entire middle. I'm not sure what knowledge you have of zone offenses, but I've been taught that when a team is playing a soft zone you want ball movement more than player movement.

No Leadership? Very valid point, this team has no leadership...clearly not Mo's fault. Is it Cheeks' job to make ZBo a leader? You don't make leader, you either have them or you don't. Our most qualified leaders would be SAR (who has only been a Blazer for less than one year, and will be traded this seaon), Theo (who has no role in the offense), or DA (Who doesn't play enough to be a leader). ZBo should be our leader, but he doesn't want to, neither does Miles. Mo can't force players to be leaders. Flip Saunders is not a leader, Keven Garnett is a leader, and that's why Minnesota is good. The only coach I can really think of that was more of a leader than any of his players was John Lucus, and that style got him fired in less than two years.

Look, Mo isn't the worlds greatest coach, and there are better coaches in the NBA. However, tonight, Portland didn't lose because of Cheeks, they lost because of the players!

[D-Up]

Originally posted by MAS RipCity!


LOL all of the blame goes to MO, sure we missed open 3's,but that's mo's fault we took so many.

I actually didn't mind we took so many threes. A lot of them were good looks. You have to shoot from the outside to open up the inside game. Unfortunately, we have pathetic shooters.

Randolph and Abdur-Rahim would be so much more efficient inside if our guards can shoot a decent percentage from the outside. But that's asking for too much.