I'm not sure how much you can take out of a game like this because the Kings are playing basically all their young guys + McDermott, but the Blazers are doing what they should be doing, so there's that.
This is the Scoot I've been waiting to see, where he looks comfortable running the offense and handling the ball and in control of things. He looked confident and his handle showed it as he did some extraordinary moves and made them look easy. He played with speed and strength which makes him explosive.
Shaedon looks a lot more poised out there, too.
BTW, Scoot got credited with three assists. He had at least three other really nice passes that resulted in baskets but he didn't get the assist because the guy he fed fed someone else.
I said this early in the season and I'll say it again: Murray is an underrated guy who makes this team exponentially better just by making a couple of shots that most NBA players make. He has to take them, though. He has to look at the bucket. He's done that the last few games, and I don't think it's a coincidence that the Blazers offense has thrived. We have guys that can score. Murray just needs to force other teams to play him honest.
I remember seeing Sengun early his career and liking him and even saying I'd advocate the Blazers trading for him if only I could figure out where to play him, but I just so much like what he did offensively. I get the same feeling with Maxime Raynaud. I actually think he's going to be better than Sengun, because I think he has looser feet and plays with more length (I don't know if he actually has a longer wingspan, I'm just saying he plays like he does). The only caveat is he needs good coaching and a couple of good players around him, but I see more in his toolbox than Sengun. I think Raynaud's going to be really, reall good.
