Game Thread 2022-23 Game #29 - BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - DECEMBER 16, 2022 - FRIDAY - 5:30 PM (PDT) ROOT

[Rastapopoulos]

Here's one Blazer who didn't stink the place up:

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Isn't Watford just Winslow but better ?

He's Winslow's understudy, that's for sure, same as Jabari is Jerami's. Watford has a good handle, like Winslow, and is actually better offensively (not that that takes much) but he has a lot to learn to be as good defensively as Winslow. He also moves a good bit slower by my eyes.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I wouldn't mind seeing Justise lose all of his minutes in the rotation

One bad game. He's our best frontcourt defender (better than Jerami) and basically our backup point guard (he's better at it than Anfernee).

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I think the time to part ways with Greg Brown is slowing coming. He simply is not an NBA level talent.

Who's going to liven up garbage time with his dunks, then?

 

[SIeepwalker]

One bad game. He's our best frontcourt defender (better than Jerami) and basically our backup point guard (he's better at it than Anfernee).

One ? We haven't been watching the same team then.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

One ? We haven't been watching the same team then.

OK, one REALLY bad game. Anyway, the think about Justise is if you don't like him, just wait. Chances are very strong he'll get injured.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

That would be really disappointing to have yanked the starters so early for rest, to be fresh for tonight to lose against the worst in the west. That would be brutal.

Mojo Jinxer!

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

Mojo Jinxer!

 

[CJ_is_Gone]

He's Winslow's understudy, that's for sure, same as Jabari is Jerami's. Watford has a good handle, like Winslow, and is actually better offensively (not that that takes much) but he has a lot to learn to be as good defensively as Winslow. He also moves a good bit slower by my eyes.

I have to disagree with you.

IMO Watford is currently a better all-around player than Winslow.
Offensively he's much better
Defensively he's slightly worse (but not much)

 

[SIeepwalker]

I have to disagree with you.

IMO Watford is currently a better all-around player than Winslow.
Offensively he's much better
Defensively he's slightly worse (but not much)

Winslow started the year playing good defense, but now he has been average at best on that end for a handful of games

 

[Pinwheel1]

I have to disagree with you.

IMO Watford is currently a better all-around player than Winslow.
Offensively he's much better
Defensively he's slightly worse (but not much)

Are they guarding the same player? It seems to me that Winslow is asked to guard the other team's best players at multiple positions. Are they asking Watford to do that? If not I am not sure you can compare the two defensively. Don't get me wrong I like Watford a lot, but to me, they have different roles on this team

 

[Travis Demers]

I like Demers. But he would be talking about Usage rating and stuff on air that the casual doesn’t understand.

The radio listeners are usually more than just casual fans.

Man, if I'm giving off an analytics vibe, I'm really screwing up. I'm not an analytics guy at all.... I've used usage rates 2 or 3 times this season, mainly to compare Dame to Luca when we've played Dallas, and Nurk vs Jokic. Anything more than that and its all gibberish to me.