Quote from: Reid on November 07, 2018, 11:25:29 PM

Quote from: harizen on November 07, 2018, 07:42:16 PM

Quote from: Ranly123 on November 07, 2018, 09:15:35 AM

It's because they don't have a legitimate superstars who could carry the team consistently. Also, because the lack of maturity in decision making on and off the court. Give them a veteran superstar and a seasoned coach then you will see a different trailblazers playing on the court.

It's not a mandatory for them to have a superstar or a seasoned coach. Just a role players is enough and that's what their lacking. But still with their setup, they can finished a good spot on the West. Example last season, they performed well in the West standing and finished at 3rd spot. But unfortunately got swept by the New Orleans Pelicans in first round of the playoffs. It's fine if it's not a sweep but they literally choked on that game.

Competition in the West is tough but they managed to get a good spot last year so it means that their current lineup is good. It's just that they are pressured once they are on playoffs and that's what they need to changed as they supposedly not new anymore on that kind of pressure.

I agree with that.
This Portland team have a good offensive line up. It is just that they got shaken up when defense of the opponent starts changing and that is the playoffs. Every win is a must.
Also, they got so used with how they perform in season which they cannot just do easily when a defensive team starts to pressure them. But that is good lesson for them. Maybe now they have a plan for it.

Agree. A team is only that good until they lost and that should be a wake up call for them to make adjustments (defensively or offensively). If teams see Portland as a good offensive team then obviously, other teams will make adjustment so if they didn't evolved then its obvious that its going to be hard for them to win games. Games are played like every minute, I mean teams adjust their plans as the game progresses so they need to adjust and progress as well to stay competitive.