Comments on: That’s one lousy effort, Chicago http://www.dwightjaynes.com/thats-one-lousy-effort-chicago Just watching the world float by... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:39:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marc http://www.dwightjaynes.com/thats-one-lousy-effort-chicago/comment-page-1#comment-1282 Marc Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:19:53 +0000 http://www.dwightjaynes.com/?p=1106#comment-1282 Was that a professional basketball team playing the Blazers? Holy cow the Bulls looked terrible and they didn't care. The Blazers played well. Joel Pryzbilla is outplaying Greg Oden right now. Oden looks a little sluggish, a little heavy, and a little confused on offense. It will be interesting to see how the Blazers are doing in late December. I like this team. Was that a professional basketball team playing the Blazers? Holy cow the Bulls looked terrible and they didn’t care.
The Blazers played well. Joel Pryzbilla is outplaying Greg Oden right now. Oden looks a little sluggish, a little heavy, and a little confused on offense.

It will be interesting to see how the Blazers are doing in late December. I like this team.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.dwightjaynes.com/thats-one-lousy-effort-chicago/comment-page-1#comment-1280 Aaron Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:27:38 +0000 http://www.dwightjaynes.com/?p=1106#comment-1280 Projecting two seasons down the road, do you have enough time for Webster, Outlaw, and Batum, especially if Rudy and Roy are predominately spending time on the wing? As a fan, it breaks my heart to part with Webster or Outlaw. It seems to me that unless Rodriguez or Blake leave the equation, at which point Roy would move from the wing to primary ball handler, there is far too little time to spread around on the wing. You can't keep cheating that Outlaw is a big when you have a healthy Frye, Aldridge, Oden, and Przybilla. I can't see burying Batum for more than two years. Jarrett Jack leaving town was clear about a half-season in advance, and I was pleased to get Bayless back in return. However, I having a tough time seeing how you add to this team. Do you try to trade Outlaw, Rodriguez and the Lafrentz contract for a top-flight point guard? As crazy as it sounds, it might be a good idea to keep acquiring long-term prospects to stash on the bench to keep the rotation stable. It does feel great to have more starters than starting positions. Do you think Chicago or Miami would like Przybilla dropped in their lap? How many teams would be starting Rudy or Outlaw? The Blazers haven't been so injury proof since the day before Whitsitt traded for Shawn Kemp and Dale Davis. Projecting two seasons down the road, do you have enough time for Webster, Outlaw, and Batum, especially if Rudy and Roy are predominately spending time on the wing? As a fan, it breaks my heart to part with Webster or Outlaw. It seems to me that unless Rodriguez or Blake leave the equation, at which point Roy would move from the wing to primary ball handler, there is far too little time to spread around on the wing. You can’t keep cheating that Outlaw is a big when you have a healthy Frye, Aldridge, Oden, and Przybilla. I can’t see burying Batum for more than two years.

Jarrett Jack leaving town was clear about a half-season in advance, and I was pleased to get Bayless back in return. However, I having a tough time seeing how you add to this team. Do you try to trade Outlaw, Rodriguez and the Lafrentz contract for a top-flight point guard? As crazy as it sounds, it might be a good idea to keep acquiring long-term prospects to stash on the bench to keep the rotation stable.

It does feel great to have more starters than starting positions. Do you think Chicago or Miami would like Przybilla dropped in their lap? How many teams would be starting Rudy or Outlaw? The Blazers haven’t been so injury proof since the day before Whitsitt traded for Shawn Kemp and Dale Davis.

]]> By: Colin http://www.dwightjaynes.com/thats-one-lousy-effort-chicago/comment-page-1#comment-1275 Colin Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:41:13 +0000 http://www.dwightjaynes.com/?p=1106#comment-1275 How well do you think the strategy of LaMarcus shadowing the opposition's point guard would apply to other teams? Did the Blazers just discover their defensive identity? Could they apply the same strategy against other opponents? Could or should they apply it regularly? How well do you think the strategy of LaMarcus shadowing the opposition’s point guard would apply to other teams? Did the Blazers just discover their defensive identity? Could they apply the same strategy against other opponents? Could or should they apply it regularly?

]]> By: Lucy Goosey http://www.dwightjaynes.com/thats-one-lousy-effort-chicago/comment-page-1#comment-1272 Lucy Goosey Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:43:05 +0000 http://www.dwightjaynes.com/?p=1106#comment-1272 THANK YOU for mentioning Chicago's pathetic effort. I was surprised to see a professional team quit that way. The post over at their team blog seemed to say "Hey, we started Gray and Hughes, what do you expect?" What you expect is professional effort! At one point I was wondering whether some of the Blazers' show-you-up plays would meet with some flagrant retaliations from the Bulls, and it almost looked like Gooden tried to jump on Aldridge's back, but in the end, no, the Bulls just quit. THANK YOU for mentioning Chicago’s pathetic effort. I was surprised to see a professional team quit that way. The post over at their team blog seemed to say “Hey, we started Gray and Hughes, what do you expect?” What you expect is professional effort!

At one point I was wondering whether some of the Blazers’ show-you-up plays would meet with some flagrant retaliations from the Bulls, and it almost looked like Gooden tried to jump on Aldridge’s back, but in the end, no, the Bulls just quit.

]]> By: Chris Charbonnier http://www.dwightjaynes.com/thats-one-lousy-effort-chicago/comment-page-1#comment-1269 Chris Charbonnier Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:57:58 +0000 http://www.dwightjaynes.com/?p=1106#comment-1269 Dwight, I agree with you on Batum. Kid looks great. I was thinking about why he doesn't get more minutes, since it seems like good things happen every time he's on the court. My conclusion? I think Nate might be trying to limit his minutes purposely, so that when Webster gets back they don't decrease drastically. No one likes their minutes cut, so maybe he's just protecting Nic from Martell's return. What do you think? Also, I noticed how you said something about the point differential finally being positive. Someone else noticed to; John Hollinger. In one day, due solely to point differential, the Blazers jumped from 16th to 5th in his standings. That is ridiculous. This only reaffirms my belief that his system is laughable and relies predominantly on +- stats. Dwight,

I agree with you on Batum. Kid looks great. I was thinking about why he doesn’t get more minutes, since it seems like good things happen every time he’s on the court. My conclusion? I think Nate might be trying to limit his minutes purposely, so that when Webster gets back they don’t decrease drastically. No one likes their minutes cut, so maybe he’s just protecting Nic from Martell’s return. What do you think?

Also, I noticed how you said something about the point differential finally being positive. Someone else noticed to; John Hollinger. In one day, due solely to point differential, the Blazers jumped from 16th to 5th in his standings. That is ridiculous. This only reaffirms my belief that his system is laughable and relies predominantly on +- stats.

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