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Coachspeak · POR

What coaches and players say about roles, minutes, gameplans and development.

Portland Trail BlazersPORJa Morant · Deni AvdijaGameplanPresser

Avdija's downhill finishing is a big plus and Morant wants to get him more open space.

“With Deni, you know, his ability to be able to, you know, get down the floor, get downhill and, you know, finish through contact or without contact is an extreme plus for us. And the more we can get him in, you know, open space and let him see those gaps, it'd be great for us.”
Ja Morant · PlayerWatch at 5:06
Portland Trail BlazersPORJa Morant · Damian LillardGameplanPresser

Morant initiates on timeouts and sideline out of bounds plays while Lillard sometimes works off the ball.

“If the five man gets it, they're looking for Ja... coming out of timeouts and side out of bounds is when it's more called... we'll just kind of say like, hey, Ja, you initiate... And then we want Dame off the ball. And then there's other times where we want Dame on it.”
Micah Nori · CoachWatch at 5:02
Portland Trail BlazersPORScoot HendersonGameplanPresser

Nori wants Henderson pushing pace and attacking quickly.

“I think the thing that we're trying to do with Scoot is continue to play with pace. And the things I just tell him is just go as fast as you can. Somebody's in front of you, pass it. If they don't, just lay the ball in.”
Micah Nori · CoachWatch at 0:54

Williams' return matters because he and Clingan are both good drop defenders.

“Getting Rob back was so important to us in my opinion is because not only is Donovan a really good drop defender so is Rob.”
Micah Nori · CoachWatch at 2:23

Clingan faces more pressure to block shots at the rim and talk to the perimeter.

“More pressure on me at the rim to block more shots. More pressure on me to communicate more to the guards, to the wings on the perimeter.”
Donovan Clingan · PlayerWatch at 1:42
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