You're right about Jrue dribbling too soon, but I think the 4.5 seconds on the clock dictated that more than him being impatient. If there were 6 seconds on the clock, I'd absolutely agree with you. With that time and score, though, you need to have better spacing to run that.
It's a small sample size, but in vacuum, it was better last season. Ayton, as frustrating as he was, gave us two more options on offense - pick and pop mid range game and the ability to finish lobs. DC is more ground bound and often has to catch, gather and then try to score.
How is me commenting about the media guys always saying "defense follows teams" when they go on the road?
defense does travel...but you know what? that's not much of an accomplishment because we know that HCP travels too....I mean, if he can travel...
Can we refine the blocking feature so that it doesn't block everything some people post, just what they have to say about their broken record topics? So it would block @THE HCP talking about Westbrook's stats or anything to do with Ayton or Simons?
The bigger thing just from playing and coaching is that when you're at home you're shooting against a background you shoot against half the games your season. It's a significant change, just having that feel for seeing things the same way for a part of the game that requires muscle memory and precision. You probably can get into the whole idea of sleeping in a familiar bed, going to a familiar locker, etc. In HS, it's a lot easier to shoot when you're driven 15 minutes in your family car to your gym rather than sat in a bus for two hours and then had to do it.
maybe...but there are always offsets
actually, Portland is not a young team anymore:
I'm pretty sure he is doing what the coaches tell him to do.
I get that. I don't like what the coaches are telling him to do.
I'm assuming he must be making a lot of threes in practice and they are hoping it will eventually carry over to games?
He can't catch a ball to save his life. He bumbles every pass he gets on the pick and roll, is too slow to catch lobs, and is not going to get any post ups. I hold my breath any time someone tries to pass to him in traffic because it feels like a turnover half the time. So what is he going to do? Even when he gets offensive rebounds he's more likely to pass it out than to put it back up because he has trouble finishing in traffic.
his turnover rate has dropped from 15.9% last season to 6.5% this season; so he's catching more balls than you claim. He has a higher conversion rate at the rim than Avdija and Murray, so his finishing ability is not quite as bad as you imply
Sure dude. Where is the guy who said he’d take Yang over DA? Hating a player that would definitely make us better makes no sense to me.
You obviously have your COMMON SENSE filter on son.
Here are updated stats:
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The on/off stats are wild. Now, I contend some of this is likely due to the way he's being used. The Blazers don't run a lot of traditional pick and rolls, and he's also not surrounded by shooters so there is often a swarm of guys around him when he catches the ball. But still, we are not watching the same game if you're coming to the conclusion that he's not a net negative on offense. 56% TS is a horrible number for a center, let alone one as big as him. And that's bolstered by him shooting 91% at the line right now. Last year, even with less threes, he was at 57.4%, which is abysmal.
that wasn't me. I said I'd take Clingan over DA
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Okay so if you see this don't you think other teams have seen this and the coaching staff also? This is what scouting is all about. Every team already knows that if Clingan gets the ball or someone passes the ball to him that they need to hack at him and he will cough it up. All the Blazer coaches know that every time he is in the paint and they throw the ball to him he is going to see hands everywhere. This is why he is complaining to the refs so much and why the coaches are playing him on the perimeter more. That kid needs to learn how to dominate the ball when he has it and he needs to learn better where to carry the ball when he has it as well. When he gets the ball in the paint immediately go to the hoop and draw the foul when those hands start hacking for the ball. What he is doing now is looking for an outlet pass or someone to save him. He simply needs more time. It will come.
yeah, Dame, Jrue, and Grant bend the curve one direction. But Hansen, Rupert, Cissoko, & Clingan bend it the other direction. The 4 youngsters have scored a total of 106 points, and 81 of those are from Clingan. The three oldsters have scored a total of 363 points and one isn't playing. You can't just dismiss Jrue and Grant because they are over 30. They have been integral to the team's success so far.
It happens once in a blue moon.
