At the end of the regular season I had a special message for Terry Stotts RE: C.J. Mccollum: “If C.J. doesn’t get thirty minutes per game in the playoffs, you’re fired.”
I also had another warning for the coach of the Blazers: “[Your] ass is grass if C.J. doesn’t average eighteen PPG in the playoffs. I’m serious as hell right now.”
The first part is working as of this game. C.J. is getting 31 minutes per game off the bench in the series. However, the second part is not going as well, which means that Terry Stotts should start updating his resume. C.J. is averaging eleven points over the three games with Memphis, but that is heavily skewed by last night’s sick show; in the previous two games, C.J. scored two and six points respectively, on 4-of-21 shooting.
Those poor shooting numbers can’t be C.J.’s fault since C.J. can do nothing wrong. I know this because I am a big fan of his and I know how much of a beast he is RIGHT NOW. So there must be other factors at play. Those factors are: poor coaching, incompetent teammates, a directionless front office, stupid fans, deflated basketballs, and hipsters.
Milwaukee has none of those things. Just saying.