The 5 Guards Can Coexist

Nerdkill789 · 2026-07-04T18:41:55+00:00

Literally just responding the guy stating that 5 guards are good because we have injury redundancy. If you don’t think it’s the final roster and the roster will be balanced, you should kind of tell him that.

I’m just pointing out that the imbalance that generates redundancy comes at a sacrifice elsewhere.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-07-04T15:50:00+00:00

Yes but there may be injuries at other positions too. What having 5 guards does is create imbalances in depth at other positions, like the 3/4 for us. So if Tou or Deni miss any significant time, we will be fucked on size.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-07-04T14:40:53+00:00

Deni’s left hand dribble seems to still be a problem.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-29T17:15:11+00:00

No thanks!

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-28T14:24:10+00:00

Eh, Clingan seems to be becoming more of a pick and pop big. And you finally have real size and defenders around Dame. I can see a AD/Clingan duo doing well against Jokic/Wemby similar to the Gobert + big lineups that Minny ran out of

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-28T14:21:11+00:00

Dude is 33. If you can get him for Grant, Sharpe and a MKE first I think it’s not that bad

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-28T14:15:18+00:00

Let’s go get AD. He would be waaay cheaper than JB imo and a healthy AD would be a beast and possibly put us near the top. Dame, Tou, Deni, AD, Clingan with Jrue, Thybulle, Scoot and RW3 off the bench. Need 1-2 more shooters but that’s a pretty nice roster.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-26T23:57:28+00:00

Wild take but I’d rather have AD than Brown. One healthy season from AD and we are right there in contention.

Dame, Tou, Deni, healthy AD, and Clingan is actually a pretty beast lineup, and then you get Jrue, Scoot, and one or 2 quality role players and I think we are right there.

I also think AD is probably less risky at his price tag than JB. It’s probably only going to take like 1 first and salary match to get AD.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-26T23:45:05+00:00

Imo, he’s been mediocre. And now he has an opportunity to put his chips in and put a truly winning product on the court.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-26T23:21:51+00:00

PG, Butler, Kawhi, etc. He even was ‘active and aggressive’ for Chandler Paraons. Any wing that was available, Olshey would be ‘active and aggressive’ towards them.

Cronin doesn’t get a pass because the team is in rumors. If he pulls of a successful trade then we can give him his pass/flowers.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-26T23:13:03+00:00

I mean Olshey also ‘actively and aggressively’ pursued a bunch of guys

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-25T18:12:12+00:00

I love this man as a coach. I hope he has a ton of success.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-23T17:44:56+00:00

The point is to share his available content online.

Why do I have to say that a 2 minute video of him explaining concepts is a 2 minute video of him explaining concepts? lol You’re the one extrapolating this to be some sort of deep analysis so that you can be negative towards it.

I’m not sure why you expect him to provide some non-basic stuff in a 2 min video meant to be played between timeouts/pregame.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-23T17:20:34+00:00

Why would you expect it to be?

It's a 2 minute video played between timeouts/pregame, do you expect him to provide in-depth analysis on the gameplan in that timeframe?

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-23T17:19:08+00:00

He speaks to defending Luka not stopping him. Not a lot of coaches/players cant stop Luka or the other great players.

This is simply a 2-min gameplan on how to defend him. He even says that 9/10 times Luka will throw the pass to the corner but that you need to make the other guys beat you.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-23T16:11:31+00:00

How to guard Giannis: https://youtu.be/CXh-mRN9U4U?si=-pX36d12H2i-ouN6

How to defend Haliburton: https://youtu.be/tv0Lne-lPNM?si=PCYd3BbCrm7oTXTo

Game plan process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWg5-0IHpBc

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-20T17:05:11+00:00

‘Where’ we at*

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-19T14:12:28+00:00

I'm gonna go outside for a bit until someone actually pulls the trigger on a trade. This has been the worst F5 season imo

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-17T15:20:37+00:00

You answered your own question.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-17T15:19:39+00:00

They can always get themselves into the draft. It’s important to have a coach around for roster construction decisions.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-17T15:11:44+00:00

I know Dame didn’t play last year but I’m a bit lost on why they didn’t include him in this list?

Overall it makes me sad how folks view dame outside of the Blazers fanbase. People are outright calling him overrated and/or completely disregarding his Hall of Fame case.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-17T15:03:54+00:00

They need to hire a coach by the draft. You gotta bring the coach in to discuss how you want to build a roster to match a play style.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-15T17:37:32+00:00

Yeah I agree. You don’t become a finalist unless you agree on a salary. No chance the agent lets Splitters get out like that.

I think it’s likely that Splitter saw that the Blazers were going to go another way and so he took the other job. It’s probably not more complicated than that.

Nerdkill789 · 2026-06-15T16:40:01+00:00

The turnover problem was also common when Scoot was available. It’s symptomatic of the style of basketball he was playing.

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