So Coach McMuffin decided to play Von Wafer tonight after everybody in all the forums wondered why the hell he didn't play last night after that 10-40 FG shooting in the 2nd half... AND now he plays 32 minutes and is off the "hizzy" scoring 11 points and 5 rebounds!? The same could be said about Joel Pryzbilla as his time has FINALLY increased... Once again, my theory is Coach McMuffin has no clue and/or you, Mike Barrett tell Nate to read the blogs and/or forums...
Nate McMuffin, WTF are you thinking?! You're lucky but luck can only get you so far... You should be embarrassed and fired!!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Laker Game Thoughts
Lakers pulled away late and overcame an early 16 point deficit to beat the sinking Blazers. Surprisingly, the Blazers hung tight through 3 quarters without their leader B-Roy and still had a decent chance of shocking a red-hot Laker team, if only not for poor shooting and yes, needless to say, "Coach McMuffin" poor coaching... Yes, I am saying this game was winnable if the coaching was legit and I'll tell you why:
Lamar Odom picked up his 4th foul in the first 30 seconds of the 3rd quarter... He stayed in the game after that and finished the game w/4 fouls... The question I ask is why the hell didn't "Coach McMuffin" attack Odom more?! Or better yet, why didn't we just attack more period... Portland was almost flawless from the free throw line (until Webster missed 2 straight at the end of the game), and since you are shooting 10-40 FGs or so in the 2nd half, why not attack the paint and Odom, and get to the foul line... At the end of the 1st half, the reason the Blazers were ahead by 7 was because of the FT line (13-13) vs the Lakers (5-5)...
We finished the game w/23 FTs... Although there were some bad no calls, Mike and Mike said it best, "The teams that are more aggressive get the calls" and in the second half, McMuffin couldn't relate that to the team... Unbelievable McMuffin... Oh, and you getting tossed put the nail in the coffin...
Lamar Odom picked up his 4th foul in the first 30 seconds of the 3rd quarter... He stayed in the game after that and finished the game w/4 fouls... The question I ask is why the hell didn't "Coach McMuffin" attack Odom more?! Or better yet, why didn't we just attack more period... Portland was almost flawless from the free throw line (until Webster missed 2 straight at the end of the game), and since you are shooting 10-40 FGs or so in the 2nd half, why not attack the paint and Odom, and get to the foul line... At the end of the 1st half, the reason the Blazers were ahead by 7 was because of the FT line (13-13) vs the Lakers (5-5)...
We finished the game w/23 FTs... Although there were some bad no calls, Mike and Mike said it best, "The teams that are more aggressive get the calls" and in the second half, McMuffin couldn't relate that to the team... Unbelievable McMuffin... Oh, and you getting tossed put the nail in the coffin...
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Coach McMuffin Blows 17 Point Lead to Celtics and Cripples Roy
Just watching a little of the tidbits of the post-game and they just mentioned that Brandon Roy didn't take a shot or assist in the 2nd half before coming out because of an ankle injury... I also remember Mike Rice jokingly saying "You gotta listen to the trainer".
BUT this also got me thinking, WTF was Coach McMuffin doing leaving an inefficient Roy in the game?! The stats don't lie... He didnt' shoot or dish out any dimes in the 6 minutes he played in the 2nd half and Nate still leaves him in?? Your halftime lead of 7 is now a deficit of 7 and it takes the trainer to make that decision over Coach McMuffin?? If Brandon is out for a serious amount of time or plays worse/crippled, you can put this one on McMuffin as well...
BUT this also got me thinking, WTF was Coach McMuffin doing leaving an inefficient Roy in the game?! The stats don't lie... He didnt' shoot or dish out any dimes in the 6 minutes he played in the 2nd half and Nate still leaves him in?? Your halftime lead of 7 is now a deficit of 7 and it takes the trainer to make that decision over Coach McMuffin?? If Brandon is out for a serious amount of time or plays worse/crippled, you can put this one on McMuffin as well...
Friday, February 22, 2008
ESPN and NBA.com Fantasy take on Joel Pryzbilla
A found Joel Pryzbilla's fantasy value intriguing from ESPN and nba.com (same fantasy analysts)... How ironic that I think that not only are these great fantasy remarks/predictions, but this would be a good real-time game player as well. Have you finally gotten a clue Coach McMuffin'?!
ESPN/nba.com Fantasy analysis:
Analysis: Przybilla is Portland's best interior defender and usually gets little help when it comes to defense in the paint and hitting the boards. However, that hasn't been enough to keep him on the floor for the kind of playing time he got Thursday. As it is, he's averaging 7.2 rebounds and 1.20 blocks in just over 21 minutes a game. With more run, he could be a better fantasy contributor in the rebounding and blocked shots category.
ESPN/nba.com Fantasy analysis:
Analysis: Przybilla is Portland's best interior defender and usually gets little help when it comes to defense in the paint and hitting the boards. However, that hasn't been enough to keep him on the floor for the kind of playing time he got Thursday. As it is, he's averaging 7.2 rebounds and 1.20 blocks in just over 21 minutes a game. With more run, he could be a better fantasy contributor in the rebounding and blocked shots category.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Where's Joel Pryzbilla Nate?
Again, this game was lost by Coach McMuffin. I still don't understand McMuffin's strategy when he plays Joel for the 1st five minutes of the game and then another 3 or 4 minutes in the 2nd quarter. When Joel is out, the team has been inefficient on defense, and most recently, terrible as Portland relies to much on jump shots (BTW, my man Charles Barkley is right on with his analysis of Portland being a jump shooting team and they will not make the playoffs). Mike and Mike mentioned Joel had 9 rebounds in the 1st half and had a rebounding advantage (The Kings aren't even that good of a rebounding team but with Joel out for Portland, the Kings looked like rebounding magnets in the second half)...
BUT in the 2nd half, Joel would pick up his 3rd foul in like the 9 minute mark or so in the 3rd quarter and would not see action again... until it was to late... Why put him in down 6 with 2 minutes to go?? You needed those stops on defense before falling too far behind that late you dumbass!!
BUT in the 2nd half, Joel would pick up his 3rd foul in like the 9 minute mark or so in the 3rd quarter and would not see action again... until it was to late... Why put him in down 6 with 2 minutes to go?? You needed those stops on defense before falling too far behind that late you dumbass!!
No All-Star Fluke
Despite the West falling short to the east and missing one dunk, Brandon Roy was a shinning star during the 2008 All-Star game. I was surprised to see that he played the most minutes for the West squad (almost 29 minutes) over the likes of Iverson, Nash, and New Orleans hometown hero Chris Paul (16 points on 7-14 FGs, 5 rebounds and 14 dimes) at the guard position. B-Roy made the most of his minutes scoring 18 points on 8-10 FGs, 9 rebounds, 5 dimes, which was definitely a main catalyst why the west was almost able to surmount a huge double digit lead in the 4th no thanks to Ray Allen. A great article about Roy and his experience from New Orleans
AND... I must give my props to West coach Byron Scott. I was always a fan of him in his coaching days in Jersey and the Hornets were blessed by getting him. The thing I notice with coach Scott was that he was playing people in the 4th quarter that were the most productive in the game... and it almost worked if it weren't for Ray Allen's scorching three 3s in a row after the West took a 3 point lead (woah the 3 references, which is my favorite number along with 8!!). I wonder when or if Blazer coach Nate "McMuffin" will ever pick up on this simple and logical technique (aka common sense) to salvage the Blazer's chances of making the postseason this year...
AND... I must give my props to West coach Byron Scott. I was always a fan of him in his coaching days in Jersey and the Hornets were blessed by getting him. The thing I notice with coach Scott was that he was playing people in the 4th quarter that were the most productive in the game... and it almost worked if it weren't for Ray Allen's scorching three 3s in a row after the West took a 3 point lead (woah the 3 references, which is my favorite number along with 8!!). I wonder when or if Blazer coach Nate "McMuffin" will ever pick up on this simple and logical technique (aka common sense) to salvage the Blazer's chances of making the postseason this year...
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Continuing the "NBA": No Balls Association - Bill Simmons
Again, Bill Simmons never disappoints in his columns, as today, coming out with his thoughts of the Shaq trade making references to his definition of the NBA... BUT this time in controversy over what everybody else thinks in praising Steve Kerr's ballsy move... Check my previous post below and you will also find that I too agree with "The ESPN's Sport's Guy"...
Now if only he'd come out with an "truthful" article about Blazer coach Nate "McMuffin"...
Now if only he'd come out with an "truthful" article about Blazer coach Nate "McMuffin"...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Where's the Mojo Gone??
Nothing really good to blog about the Blazers lately, especially with James Jones out for another 3 to 5 weeks and will probably be a HUGE reason why the Blazers don't make the the playoffs. Here is a nice article from ESPN titled, "Portland's Special Sauce" James Jones may not win The Sixth Man Award, but dammit, he is the main catalyst off the Blazer bench and a big reason why the Blazers won 18 out of 19 games one point this season...
Oh, and Bill Simmons' acronym of the "NBA" which he has translated is the "No Balls Association"... Well, I think journalists of the NBA (yes, even you ESPN) are the No Balls Association of writing if you can't depict the mind-boggling decisions of Nate McMillian. Go rewatch the 76ers game, the game at Toronto, and the game at Atlanta to see how god-awful his substations are. Nate has done that in MANY games but those 3 games were the worst! With a coach like a Jeff Van Gundy or a Mike D'Antoni, these wins on the streak and/or season aren't nail-bitters and the Blazers would have more blowouts victories in my honest opinion... Think about it...
P.S. From now on, Nate McMillan will be also known as at times as either "Nut" (Nate) or "McMuffin" (for McMillan) or both. I mean, what do him and a McMuffin have in common... the same IQ!!
Oh, and Bill Simmons' acronym of the "NBA" which he has translated is the "No Balls Association"... Well, I think journalists of the NBA (yes, even you ESPN) are the No Balls Association of writing if you can't depict the mind-boggling decisions of Nate McMillian. Go rewatch the 76ers game, the game at Toronto, and the game at Atlanta to see how god-awful his substations are. Nate has done that in MANY games but those 3 games were the worst! With a coach like a Jeff Van Gundy or a Mike D'Antoni, these wins on the streak and/or season aren't nail-bitters and the Blazers would have more blowouts victories in my honest opinion... Think about it...
P.S. From now on, Nate McMillan will be also known as at times as either "Nut" (Nate) or "McMuffin" (for McMillan) or both. I mean, what do him and a McMuffin have in common... the same IQ!!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Jarrett Jack-Ass Choke
Blazer/Nugget could have been won and lost on many plays leading up to OT... AI's steal and miracle 3 at the conclusion of the 3rd quarter was huge and that shot alone to tie the game, made me think that Denver would win this game...
The Blazers were resilient though and still despite losing the momentum going into the 4th and trailed by 6 early on, they would rally to a 6 point lead for themselves... Again, I really question why Nate McMillan left Channing Frye out of the game in favor of a struggling LaMarcus Aldrdige... Just because Frye threw that bad pass to Iverson at the end of the 3rd was no reason to not play Frye in the 4th or Overtime...
Frye vs. Aldrdige
* Aldridge: 4 points on 2-9 FGs in almost 40 minutes (there was a play in the 4th where the Blazers had the 6 point lead and could have made it 8 but Aldridge missed an open jumper and Denver would go and a run from there)
* Frye: 10 points on 4-7 FGS in 21 minutes (hardly played in the 4th and didn't play in the OT)
Free throws played a big factor too... Outlaw missed a game winning FT in regulation and Martell Webster donked 2 of 3 FTs in OT. I swear, whenever I see him shoot FTs, he always seems to miss-one-make-one or miss two yet, he somehow is a 70%+ FT shooter... Thus, he reminds of Bruce Bowen, with the only difference is that Bowen plays (intense) defense)...
Jarrett Jack's breakaway with about 20 seconds left in the game where he could have held up or called timeout (or maybe Nate could have called timeout) and held for the final shot where either you win or have another overtime at worst was a "jackass" of a play as he turned it over inexplicably still mind-boggles me... Although Jack had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists, he had 7 turnovers, none bigger than that one. When you are a point guard, there is no reason for you to have that many turnovers. Nate left him in too long and should have gone to Blazer who was fresh and playing just as well...
Blake vs. Jack
* Blake: 11 points on 4-13 shooting in almost 30 minutes with 9 assists and 1 turnover
* Jack: 17 points on 6-13 shooting in over 34 minutes with 9 assists and 7 turnovers (Jack probably played the final 15 - 18 minutes of the game while Blake was benched)
Sidenote: I guess Nate got the memo from reading the forums and/or Mike Barrett that Joel Przybilla on defense is a smart move... Really, how can this guy be Coach of the Month let alone a Coach of the Year candidate...
The Blazers were resilient though and still despite losing the momentum going into the 4th and trailed by 6 early on, they would rally to a 6 point lead for themselves... Again, I really question why Nate McMillan left Channing Frye out of the game in favor of a struggling LaMarcus Aldrdige... Just because Frye threw that bad pass to Iverson at the end of the 3rd was no reason to not play Frye in the 4th or Overtime...
Frye vs. Aldrdige
* Aldridge: 4 points on 2-9 FGs in almost 40 minutes (there was a play in the 4th where the Blazers had the 6 point lead and could have made it 8 but Aldridge missed an open jumper and Denver would go and a run from there)
* Frye: 10 points on 4-7 FGS in 21 minutes (hardly played in the 4th and didn't play in the OT)
Free throws played a big factor too... Outlaw missed a game winning FT in regulation and Martell Webster donked 2 of 3 FTs in OT. I swear, whenever I see him shoot FTs, he always seems to miss-one-make-one or miss two yet, he somehow is a 70%+ FT shooter... Thus, he reminds of Bruce Bowen, with the only difference is that Bowen plays (intense) defense)...
Jarrett Jack's breakaway with about 20 seconds left in the game where he could have held up or called timeout (or maybe Nate could have called timeout) and held for the final shot where either you win or have another overtime at worst was a "jackass" of a play as he turned it over inexplicably still mind-boggles me... Although Jack had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists, he had 7 turnovers, none bigger than that one. When you are a point guard, there is no reason for you to have that many turnovers. Nate left him in too long and should have gone to Blazer who was fresh and playing just as well...
Blake vs. Jack
* Blake: 11 points on 4-13 shooting in almost 30 minutes with 9 assists and 1 turnover
* Jack: 17 points on 6-13 shooting in over 34 minutes with 9 assists and 7 turnovers (Jack probably played the final 15 - 18 minutes of the game while Blake was benched)
Sidenote: I guess Nate got the memo from reading the forums and/or Mike Barrett that Joel Przybilla on defense is a smart move... Really, how can this guy be Coach of the Month let alone a Coach of the Year candidate...
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Z-boo'ed... Blazers Come Back
The NBA... where amazing happens... That's what can be said about this current home stand... I feel that the games the Blazers lost to the Rockets and Cavs should have been wins and the wins against the Hawks and now, the Knicks from last night should have been loses, but no matter how you slice it, the Blazers are currently 2-2 on this 6 game homestand...
Zach Randolph got his boo's of course from the crowd, but it seemed to ignite his play earlier on as he and David Lee were big catalysts why New York was ahead early and for most of the game.
Aldridge's play early was a big reason why the Blazers remained close... If my memory serves me correctly, he made 4 of his first 5 shots and was the only person making any FGs in the 1st half...
Just after being announced to his 1st All-Star game yesterday, Brandon Roy didn't look like much of an All-Star early on in the game... His two index fingers on his left hand were noticeable swollen and it was definitely affecting his game, but by the overtime and conclusion B-Roy would notch his first ever triple double catapulting the Blazers back to victory!
If I were Nate in this game, I might have let Roy rest like Mike Brown of Cleveland did when LeBron injured himself, but its obvious that without Roy last night, the Blazers don't win. Let's just hope Roy's injured fingers get healed with this extensive break coming up...
Zach Randolph got his boo's of course from the crowd, but it seemed to ignite his play earlier on as he and David Lee were big catalysts why New York was ahead early and for most of the game.
Aldridge's play early was a big reason why the Blazers remained close... If my memory serves me correctly, he made 4 of his first 5 shots and was the only person making any FGs in the 1st half...
Just after being announced to his 1st All-Star game yesterday, Brandon Roy didn't look like much of an All-Star early on in the game... His two index fingers on his left hand were noticeable swollen and it was definitely affecting his game, but by the overtime and conclusion B-Roy would notch his first ever triple double catapulting the Blazers back to victory!
If I were Nate in this game, I might have let Roy rest like Mike Brown of Cleveland did when LeBron injured himself, but its obvious that without Roy last night, the Blazers don't win. Let's just hope Roy's injured fingers get healed with this extensive break coming up...
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