I think Nate missed a perfect opportunity

by coastrider on Jan 3, 2008 11:16 PM PST

Just prior to the end of regulation. Stand 5 players: Blake, Sergio, Frye, Martell and Pryz.
Tell them to run one play for either martell or Frye and pull them at the next time out. Would have screwed the Bulls totally...no overtime.
5 fresh people, they would have had to call a timeout to adjust. Oh well, guess that is why I am not an NBA coach.

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ummm

I think you are suggestion that we should have sat Brandon Roy late in the game, and on a offensive possesion no less. I am afraid I just cant agree with that in any way...

RUDY > MJ

by myemic23 on Jan 3, 2008 11:26 PM PST reply actions

I partially agree

Considering how badly we were getting outrebounded, I'm not sure why the vanilla gorilla didn't get more minutes in the 4th

by yellow hummer on Jan 3, 2008 11:40 PM PST reply actions

The Blazers didn't get out rebounded...

Pryz wasn't going to out muscle Ben Wallace. The way to outrebound Wallace was to get him away from the boards and you do that by making him guard a shooter.

Wallace got 14 boards, LMA 13. It worked.

by bubba on Jan 3, 2008 11:59 PM PST reply actions

Exactly.

"Ime caught the guy in mid-air with a fist and calmly continued his dispatching of oncoming people." -Gabe Muoneke

by hurryup09 on Jan 4, 2008 3:26 AM PST up reply actions

5 fresh players?

or 5 cold players? Sergio and Pryzbilla had not played for a long time, Martell, Blake, and Frye were not as cold, but they were by no means warm.

I dont know why JJack got some much burn considering how well Blake was playing in the first half. Oh well, at least the Bulls did not put on much backcourt pressure, which JJack seems to have trouble with.

by jonestr on Jan 4, 2008 12:26 AM PST reply actions

arm chair qb

its easy to second guess..he does what he does for a reason and he has the job he has for a reason,,just sayin

if it can be conceived it can be achieved

by lyfefindsaway on Jan 4, 2008 1:24 AM PST reply actions

Isn't this what

EA Sports NBA Live is for?

by jayseyfield on Jan 4, 2008 2:02 AM PST reply actions

Nate obviously doesn't know how to coach

We keep banging on this, but not many people seem to see it.

What a downer to lose the last game of the year, just when you think you've turned the corner.

And it wasn't like it was a tough one. I mean, we won at Utah earlier in the month, so it isn't like it was beyond us.

Now, we've only got a two-game winning streak, and we had to go to double-overtime on the road to get that. This is just pathetic. We've only won five of our last six road games, too. People think this might be a playoff team? Come on.

by jscot on Jan 4, 2008 2:03 AM PST reply actions

What??

I really hope you are being ironic.

TheOdenator

by TheOdenator on Jan 4, 2008 9:08 AM PST up reply actions

Would I do that?

My other gripe is that Nate is fouling up the mater plan by winning too many games now. If he gets us into the playoffs, we can't win the lottery.

We should lose, and lose, and lose, and Nate knows it. What's wrong with him? Next thing you know, he'll be winning the division so we get a high seed, and don't get the opportunity to get proper playoff experience by playing a really tough team in the first round.

And furthermore, if this team wins the division, and makes it past the first round of the playoffs, Oden will never get MVP, because no one will ever believe we needed him that much. Nate just seems to be messing up everything, don't you think?

What does "ironic" mean, anyway?

by jscot on Jan 4, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions

master, not mater

I'm so upset with Nate I can't even spel rite.

by jscot on Jan 4, 2008 9:26 AM PST up reply actions

Well Said

I am starting to doubt that Oden really hurt his knee. I think KP had him fake it so that they could get a high draft pick next year and Nate is messing things up. By sitting Oden, it gave his wrist, and all his other ailments a year to heal and removed a ton of pressure to produce this season, off his back. Nate needs to sit Roy and LMA to prevent injuries and get the Blazers a higher draft pick.

"When you're pushed... Killing's as easy as breathing." - Josh "Rambo" McRoberts

by tominhawaii on Jan 4, 2008 11:59 AM PST up reply actions

Good point

Why do you think James Jones missed so much at the start of the year?

And then, when it looked like Nate was getting them on a streak, KP had LMA sit out for five games, and Nate went and messed that up, too.

by jscot on Jan 4, 2008 2:12 PM PST up reply actions

Nate tried to throw the game last night too

Why was JJ getting all Sergio's minutes at the end of the game?

"When you're pushed... Killing's as easy as breathing." - Josh "Rambo" McRoberts

by tominhawaii on Jan 4, 2008 3:45 PM PST up reply actions

PLAYOFFS!?!?!

Brandon Roy 007

by TimG on Jan 4, 2008 9:09 AM PST up reply actions

Nate is defining roles.

I'm grudgingly acknowledging that he might be right in his read of Jarrett.

At first I thought he was blinded by the fact that JJ's game is quite similar to Nate's back in the day. Now I'll admit that Jarrett will defend a perimeter shooter like no one else on our roster. And, yes Nate, he's improving at an amazing rate. And yes, Nate, he took his removal from the starters with class and poise that I didn't know he had. Okay, okay. You were right.

We have exactly 5 closers.

The team knows everybody's individual role. No way Nate changes things last night with ten minutes of overtime. Live or die by what you preach, I guess.

by ojala on Jan 4, 2008 6:49 AM PST reply actions

JJ was the man last night

That was one thing I noticed (since this is the first game I've been able to watch since I live near Seattle) - the comment on JJ knowing and calling out plays was spot on. Several times I saw him read the Chicago offensive sets and could hear him calling out the plays and directing Portland players to cover spots (thanks TNT-HD!). While he may not be the best point guard in an uptempo game, he's got loads of basketball smarts and is a very good floor general on the defensive end.

by DonkeyShins on Jan 4, 2008 11:30 AM PST up reply actions