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Originally Posted by whomario
What i hate about the Blazers right now : There definitely is such a thing as being too methodical and the Blazers simply over-do it in the half court with just way too many predictable sets. Plus slowing down the tempo that often and considering their personell is just beyond me. Of course they shouldnīt suddenly become a run and gun team, but you have 2 bigs that can really run the floor, you bring a 3/4 on as your backup PF, you got a guy like Fernandez who is a terrific fastbreak player, you have a PG in Miller who is great at running the break.
I really like their upside in terms of the postseason as they have guys that draw double teams and attention in the halfcourt and can get the ball deep (not just Oden and Aldridge, also Roy and especially Miller post up) but MacMillan needs to get that stick out of his ass and be a lot more flexible as far as strategy goes.
Last seasonīs exit against the Rockets was telling in that regard where they flat out refused to look for early offense when thatīs the one thing that can really hurt a team with an all-league Lowpostplayer that also happens to anchor the defense.
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I agree with this. They are too methodical. I'm not saying they need to be Golden State or Denver, but I don't think they are built like the Celtics for the half court. They have athletes and should force the tempo every now and again.
I like how they are set up, though as I've kept harping on, I really want to see them do it against the upper tier teams. You take away their three destructions of Minnesota and they don't look nearly as good as they do in offensive/defensive efficiency ratio as they do now.
The Nuggets/Blazers Christmas day matchup should be pretty good. Barring injury, I think both teams will have records in the 22-8 range. (60 win pace)