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Do the Portland Trail Blazers Have a Defensive Coaching Problem?

The Portland Trail Blazers have 99 problems right now, and defense is definitely one. This isn’t a new refrain. For years now, the Blazers have been searching for a defensive answer that’s just not forthcoming.

A couple of days ago, I wrote about a few simple ways to judge a defense using readily-available stats. After that article, I got this follow-up question, the subject of this Blazer’s Edge Mailbag.

Hey Dave -

How much of the stats you point out in your article are related to Terry Stotts’ “Coaching Principles”?