Sorry, I don’t get it either. I am looking forward to someone answering though.

but it does seem like a transitional line-up to me. I think Nate is seeing a need for Miller starting. If Roy is uncomfortable playing with Miller (as he seems to have indicated) perhaps Blake is in there for Roy’s comfort alone.

Especially considering that Roy can play the 3 quite effectively, as has been proven with his high PER while logging time at the 3. It worked against the Spurs, I wonder if we’ll see it again tonight. I think it worked against the spurs, because it had 3 play makers on the perimeter who all require attention, opening up the middle a little more for Greg. The Spurs hardly doubled him all night.

Blake and Dre are both good pgs but in different ways. Together they make up for each others deficiencies. Roy is our best SF. Starting LMA and Oden, we still have plenty of size.

It was a way to get Miller into the starting the lineup with Roy without losing the 3-pt shot from Blake that is often the 2nd or 3rd option in our current plays. But the plays and sets themselves have to change with Miller in the lineup because you can’t have him taking 3-pt shots or even shots from beyond 18-ft on a regular basis. So this is just transitional as they work new plays into the offense and Brandon (hopefully) gets comfortable with handling the ball less. Secondarily, it also allows Blake to smoothly exit the starting lineup in a week or so without Roy’s feelings getting ruffled (and of lessor importance Blake’s).

I doubt Rudy will start when Blake leaves the starting lineup because Roy has to work too hard against some SF’s from the very beginning of the game. But they could use that against some teams with lessor SF’s when Rudy’s 3-pt shooting returns. Nate hasn’t been using Rudy with the finishing lineup either because his shooting is so off, but that will change when Rudy’s shooting returns.

the line up is 2 – 0. NUFF SAID ON THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

neither rudy (despite his flashy passes here and there) or webster can do that. Plus rudy or martell will not compliment roy as well as blake does. maybe he will switch em up again jsut to see how it works or who knows.

teams we are currently playing against aren’t particularly big or have strong small forwards that will be a tough handle (such as melo or james). Nate said that he’ll stick with this lineup based off of our upcoming schedule since it is favorable for us. It will be interesting to see the blazers vs the hawks (which I will be in attendance for sicne i’m now in atlanta for school)

This lineup frees up playing time to develop Bayless. The lineup has played twice, Bayless has played twice. Coincidence? Maybe, but when both Blake and Miller sit then Bayless get’s his shot.

I like this lineup because then Martell and Travis come off the bench and our bench is just as explosive as our starting lineup is. Throw rudy and bayless in and we have two very very deadly lineups.

If it was possible to hate Blake anymore than I do now then I can’t remember. I also feel the same about Nate. As long as this lineup is only temporary then all will be fine but as long as Nate persists with Blake instead of better players like Webster and Rudy, I feel not be able to enjoy the victories. If this is about getting Roy comfortable with Miller then I can understand. But if Nate’s plan was always about starting Miller then why start Blake in any of our preseason games? We could have used those games to develop the chemistry between Roy and Miller.
I don’t believe that this lineup will work against Memphis though, Conley is too quick, Mayo too good and Gay too long for Blake, Miller and Roy to defend. Rudy Gay is on fire and with his length, Roy will have problems. I curse the day Pritchard resigned Blake!

Blake knows where to be on the court to open up opportunities for everyone else and himself within Nate’s offense. Martell and Travis, as much as they are able to bring in other areas, still do not read and react as well as Blake does to situations on the floor. He also knows the offense better than any other player on the team. Essentially Nate has the 5 guys out there who are best at both running his sets and running the floor. It sets the tone for the rest of the game. There are better running units and better half court units and better defensive units that he can put out there but this unit has a great balance and might be a long term thing. Jury is still out.

I think this line up is working great, but will work even better if you insert Batum for Blake and move Roy back to the shooting guard. Good teams will not let the Blazers run wild, especially when the playoffs come around. The Blazers will need Batum’s defense and Roy’s systematic offense. By then Roy and Miller will be very comfortable with each other. Where does that leave Blake? With Bayless playing well in limited minutes, my answer would be…on another team.

is a win, is a win, is a win…..

sometimes, it’s best to just let your mind go all ablank. they’ll use this lineup as long as it’s working. things will shake down. roy will get his points. i’m just enjoying the ride!

and for all the naysayers after the recent losses, hollinger echoes my sentiments:

We’ll pass along Prof. Hollinger’s recent Twitter scolding to Blazers fans: “Chill out. You played five quality teams and lost by six, three and four points. If this happened in January you wouldn’t even blink.”

He was not satisfied with the ball movement and slow starts so he thought outside the box, and broke the box.

He has developed the equivalent of a two-quarterback lineup.

Imagine your football team has both a pass-oriented QB (who can also run routes and catch passes) and an option QB (who is also a top notch runner). Well, play them both in a double shotgun.

Creates all sorts of opportunities and mismatches. What does the defense do?

So, don’t call it a three guard line-up. It’s really the double (or triple) shotgun.

Might not work for all situations but I like the idea of using superior bench depth by changing the starting lineups to create mismatches… Nate is showing the right type of creativity and flexibility.

Rudy and Webster will get their chances.