I remember being so jealous of Phoenix for being about to land Ayton. I thought he was going to be like a healthy Greg Oden.
I remember being so envious of Phoenix for being about to draft Doncic, and then watching incredulously as three teams (Atlanta included) completely shit the bed.
Ayton is a core piece for our young team..I love the guy as our center. Best starting center since Oden.
What do you love about him? His sub-50% shooting as a center? Far-below league-average TS%? The fact that barely 1/4 of his shots are at the rim? His shot-blocking percentage that's lower than CJ's? Other than his rebounding--which is basically average for starting centers--what do you love about him?
I do love that. He seems to love Portland, love being here...but I don't know that that's really the most important characteristic for a core piece.
How often does Ayton make this kind of effort to score at the hoop when he gets the ball at this spot on the edge of the key? I'd say ten percent? less than 10 percent of his touches? I have less than 10 percent expectation of a dunk from Ayton in this situation. Interesting quote by Barrett " Oden and Bynum will see a lot of each other in the future."
Agreed. I couldn't see why Ayton was in the conversation for #1 pick. I watch him live when he disappeared in the NCAA Tournament vs #15 seed Buffalo. Doncic was the easy/obvious pick during that draft.
Ayton was called a generational talent and guess who else was? Zion! This is why the draft is a crap shoot. Wemby is good. Very good to say the least but we just watched what happens when he tweaks an ankle. He has been reduced to human.
His speed. His midrange shot. His rebounding and his unselfish play. he gets to the line. given he’s rarely played with the same starting lineup. I can wait for his chemistry to gel
WUT? he doesn't get to the line at all. He might be the worst at getting to the line among all NBA C's. last season: this season: last season, Ayton ranked 218th out of 240 qualified NBA players in FT rate. Horford was the only C with a worse rate
He gets plenty of and one free throws. I’m not interested in his past stats. I like what I see from him this season and he’s not had much roster stability in Portland so far. I think he’s a keeper Banton is listed as our best guy getting to the line but he doesn’t play Ayton minutes…last season shows Badji as that guy. We’ll see how Ayton does at the end of the season but he’s looking way better to me starting this season
He's had precisely 2 and-one free throws this season (1-for-2 on those). I think he had fewer than 10 last year. I think you have a different definition of "plenty" than I do.
he's played 7 games so far and in 4 of those games, he didn't get to the line once. Last season, out of 55 games, he had 27 games when he didn't get to the line getting to the line is one of the things he's really bad at. His career FT rate is .193 and it's much worse than that in Portland career FT rate: Gobert .709 Plumlee .558 Embiid .553 Nick Richards .533 Powell .512 Jarrett Allen .451 Adamns .441 Adebayo .430 AD .410 Zubac .392 Claxton .384 Nurkic .383 Sengun .378 Sabonis .377 Duren .362 Carer Jr .340 Looney .338 Capela .337 Jaren Jackson .334 Valunciunas .329 Kat .324 Jokic .317 Myle Turner .310 Wemby .307 Poeltl .305 Holmgren .299 Ayton .193
