Oh so they have the skill to and are willing to but decide not to because they want Stotts fired? You make no sense... they will be 27 and 28 to start next season... they aren’t changing shit and you know nothing about basketball... also, Curry might be the best shooter in the history of the league and actually produces in playoffs too, and Klay is 6’7” and plays lock down defense
Hurts on offense too because it means one of those guys is always guarded by a player who is bigger than them and therefore they have to work harder to get the ball off. Also the passing lanes are different when your 6’8 vs being 6’3.
Bro, what is your issue? Come play in my rec league and we'll see how knows how to play when you're caught out there not knowing what the fuck to do. Better yet, come to our 3-on-3 games. Show your face to some of the people you talk down to. You're a hothead who thinks he knows more than everybody while constantly proving that he doesn't.
But Dame and CJ have shown that they can still score at an elite level no matter who is guarding them. How many SGs are 6'8? Most are 6'5 or 6'6... How does it hurt having a 6'4 SG on offense when that SG gets over 20ppg? That makes no sense. Would having Evan Turner at SG be better, since he's 6'7...?
Greatest passers in nba history are Larry Bird, Lebron James, Magic Johnson and Stockton only one of those was the “pg” height. Look I’m not saying they can’t win, but how many teams have won starting 2 6’3 or shorter guards? There may be more but in the “modernish” NBA the pistons are all I can think of. Height and Length is more and more a requirement in today’s nba.
Steve Nash? Pete Marovich? Chris Paul?
How many rings do those guys have?
Oh and pistol Pete was 6’5
What the hell does this have to with anything? You have yet to tell me how being shorter makes it harder to pass between defenders....
You’ve yet to tell me another team besides one that has won starting two 6’3 guards.
What so funny... maybe not top 4 but he is one of the best passes ever... dude average 6.5 assist per game as a SF/PF for his career... again you show your lack of basketball knowledge
Dame was being constantly trapped by Anthony Davis, wasn't being used off the ball at all.
Lmao. So you agree with me then say my point shows that I have a lack of knowledge.
You don’t have to spend much time googling it to find Bird is on a lot of top 10 lists for passers. Sure his assists numbers aren’t as high as a lot pg’s whose job was basically to pass the ball, but he was an unbelievable passer.
Ok go play basketball vs someone 3 inches taller than you with a 7-8 inch longer wingspan and pass the ball while they press you. Then do the same vs someone roughly the same size and length. Tell me which ones easier...
Is he in our range? What type of Player is he ?
Top 10? Maybe. Not Top 4.
But we had a near ELITE defense last season so how is C.J. being 6'4 hurting our (top 10) defense so much that he can't be a starting SG on a good playoff team? You're saying that his height is causing a problem on defense when defense isn't a problem. You're argument makes no sense whatsoever.
Fair enough, sure. I’ll go with that the ranking things are all very subjective.
I actually think he's one of the most overrated players in this draft tbh. Not a good defender, and overrated shooter that doesn't have the quickness or ball handling to create off the dribble. Not much of a passer either even though, at 6'6, he's likely a SG.
It's just the reasoning as to specific reasons why C.J. and his lack of height makes it impossible for us to contend never make sense. Defensively, we proved otherwise last season. Offensively, C.J. is tremendous even though he's slightly undersized. So I don't see the area where his height is an issue, if we can still be an elite defensive team with him.
How old are you man? Lol... what is that gonna prove... is Mo Cheeks a better coach than Brad Stevens? Because he was a much better basketball players... I’m 37 man, I spend my time working and making lots of money so I can travel and enjoy life... I don’t play basketball anymore and risk injury. But even if I did, like I said, it proves nothing about basketball knowledge by who plays better in a rec league, hahaha
I'm not talking about basketball skill and playing better, I'm talking about knowing how to play (aka knowing the game)... knowing where to be on the court... knowing the right pass to make... knowing when and where to cut... that's all knowledge-based. That's having basketball IQ. It doesn't require skill. But you likely don't know those things while, at the same time, you're trying to tell me I have no basketball knowledge. You're arguing like an idiot when you say stuff like that. You can argue your point but you discredit yourself with your abrasiveness.
If you think Dame and CJ will ever compete for a title after what you saw this year, you know nothing about basketball
We will see after the season who knows what... when the Blazers finish with a worse seed than last year and get knocked out in first rd again... then we can pull up these old posts
