I Take It Back

OK, I was wrong.

Nate McMillan shouldn't be the coach of the year.

I take it all back. A coach who insists on playing his close friend over a more talented and efficient player deserves no coaching award.

This is what he is doing. There is no other explanation worth recognition. Jarrett Jack is Nate McMillan's friend. Jarrett Jack is ahead of Sergio Rodriguez on the depth chart. What a joke. This is obvious to casual fans and basketball junkies alike. Sergio has bad games from time to time, but Jarrett Jack plays badly every time he steps on the court. Next time you watch the Blazers, keep your eye on Jack. He's absolutely clueless and he makes stupid decisions constantly. Rodriguez is smarter, faster, and more efficient than Jack. Yet Jack plays every fourth quarter and is given the keys to the offense when the game is on the line.

What gives?

Read this.

McMillan can't give Rodriguez one honest compliment without a backhanded slap. Check it out:

"When he’s 24, 25 and gets stronger, he could be better, but you’re talking about a third point guard."

Nate McMillan isn't an idiot - he's an effing jerk. He plays favorites and he disparages his own players to the press.

Meanwhile, the trade deadline is coming up, and Sergio is being mentioned all over the place. Many teams want him.

I guess we don't.

TJH