Blazers need a true shooting % leader

[Strenuus]

And yet, somehow you guys continue to tolerate @SlyPokerDog

PETA would be fucking pissed.

 

[SIeepwalker]

sigh

 

[Boob-No-More]

PETA would be fucking pissed.

As would the Humane Society and SPCA.

BNM

 

[swish3]

This thread has moved far away from TS%. The challenge remains. How do the Blazers maximize the potential for greater success?

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

I totally agree, Mrs. Leonard.

 

[riverman]

This thread has moved far away from TS%. The challenge remains. How do the Blazers maximize the potential for greater success?

Get an elite shooting coach? Just a guess...or draft gifted shooters?

 

[Boob-No-More]

This thread has moved far away from TS%. The challenge remains. How do the Blazers maximize the potential for greater success?

You never answered my question: is it TS% we are supposedly after or good 3FG%?

If it's a TS% leader, Tyson Chandler is available. His career TS% is .624, he led the league in TS% three years in a row, and his .703 TS% this season would have led the league if he'd had enough FGA to qualify.

But, he's a decade older than Meyers, makes even more money and hasn't made a single 3-point field goal in his entire 16--year career.

If you want a TS% leader, he's your guy. Would you trade Meyers and his .507 TS% for Chandler and his vastly superior .703 TS%?

BNM

 

[Rhal]

Looking at just TS% is stupid. Need more then just that otherwise you will have mostly players who do nothing but dunk and players who do nothing but shoot the 3.

 

[Minstrel]

Looking at just TS% is stupid. Need more then just that otherwise you will have mostly players who do nothing but dunk and players who do nothing but shoot the 3.

So the Houston Rockets.

 

[swish3]

You never answered my question: is it TS% we are supposedly after or good 3FG%?

If it's a TS% leader, Tyson Chandler is available. His career TS% is .624, he led the league in TS% three years in a row, and his .703 TS% this season would have led the league if he'd had enough FGA to qualify.

But, he's a decade older than Meyers, makes even more money and hasn't made a single 3-point field goal in his entire 16--year career.

If you want a TS% leader, he's your guy. Would you trade Meyers and his .507 TS% for Chandler and his vastly superior .703 TS%?

BNM

OK. You make a valid point. Yes, the focus is better on the swish3, which is my favorite strategy for winning. In that case, the optimum is Kyle Korver, if we go for adding experience, or since Kyle is unlikely to be available, go for optimized shooting by Allen Crabbe and Meyers after summer improvements.

The TS% leader would be Rudy Gobert at 68.3%, but perhaps Jusuf might move into (at least toward) this role in the coming months. Tyson, despite that outstanding TS% of 70.3% would not be my preference because he does not shoot swish3s, as you noted.

 

[BlayZa]

think about it for a second - and inverted version of Meyley.

a 6'2" SG and had a season where he averaged 8boards a game - 4pts - 2blocks and who plays only in the paint. thanks for the $40m

yet when he averages 2boards 2pts 0 blocks, yet still plays in the paint getting abused on D, why he doesn't get much playtime.

"i can still help this team"

fuck off.

 

[stampedehero]

This is a disguised hate Leonard thread

 

[stampedehero]

Here are the top 20 in True Shooting Percentage. Who, of the available players would really help us out immensely?

1 Tyson Chandler, PHX 47 27.6 .703 7.9 17.2 10.6 12.5 33.2 22.6 16.63 116.7 3.9
2 Lucas Nogueira, TOR 57 19.1 .682 15.4 16.8 9.2 8.5 16.8 12.7 15.51 79.7 2.7
3 Rudy Gobert, UTAH 81 33.9 .681 9.0 13.6 15.6 13.6 29.5 21.8 23.31 520.5 17.4
4 DeAndre Jordan, LAC 81 31.7 .673 9.8 11.8 14.3 13.3 34.6 24.2 21.84 431.2 14.4
5 Montrezl Harrell, HOU 58 18.3 .662 12.6 8.7 16.8 8.3 14.2 11.2 19.23 122.8 4.1
6 Kevin Durant, GS 62 33.4 .651 18.4 8.5 26.7 2.2 23.6 13.6 27.68 530.7 17.7
7 Salah Mejri, DAL 73 12.4 .650 6.4 18.4 9.7 11.9 28.4 19.8 14.86 57.5 1.9
Brandon Bass, LAC 52 11.1 .650 7.6 10.6 18.2 8.6 16.2 12.5 19.71 70.7 2.4
9 Dewayne Dedmon, SA 76 17.5 .645 10.9 15.1 11.6 11.2 30.6 21.1 16.00 107.1 3.6
10 JaVale McGee, GS 77 9.6 .642 4.0 9.4 21.6 15.9 20.1 18.1 25.26 161.7 5.4
11 Nikola Jokic, DEN 73 27.9 .640 24.2 11.5 24.0 11.6 27.2 19.5 26.40 453.3 15.1
12 Clint Capela, HOU 65 23.9 .638 8.0 11.0 18.6 12.5 24.5 18.5 21.48 251.8 8.4
13 Kyle Korver, ATL/CLE 67 26.2 .635 15.4 9.7 14.3 0.5 11.0 5.8 12.17 43.7 1.5
14 Nene , HOU 67 17.9 .630 10.5 11.7 18.6 8.6 17.0 12.8 18.91 148.7 5.0
15 Otto Porter Jr., WSH 80 32.6 .628 11.9 4.3 14.3 5.1 17.1 11.1 17.35 266.3 8.9
Amir Johnson, BOS 80 20.1 .628 22.2 12.2 13.3 8.3 17.0 12.7 15.03 84.7 2.8
17 Dwight Howard, ATL 74 29.7 .627 9.7 15.8 18.1 15.0 31.7 23.5 20.89 337.8 11.3
18 Isaiah Thomas, BOS 76 33.8 .625 18.5 8.7 32.8 1.9 7.0 4.4 26.59 597.9 19.9
19 Andre Iguodala, GS 76 26.3 .624 33.5 7.4 11.7 3.0 13.1 8.3 14.37 115.3 3.8
Stephen Curry, GS 79 33.4 .624 22.2 10.1 29.5 2.7 11.4 7.3 24.74 541.1 1

Four out of 20 are GS. We know first hand how it feels being disadvantaged.

 

[SIeepwalker]

@swish3 Going forward, If you could keep only one, would you rather keep Meyers Leonard or Jusuf Nurkic ?

 

[swish3]

@swish3 Going forward, If you could keep only one, would you rather keep Meyers Leonard or Jusuf Nurkic ?

Jusuf.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Jusuf.

Did you cry while posting that ?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Did you cry while posting that ?

Did you cry while posting that ?

 

[tlongII]

I'm pretty sure he's a kid so take it easy on him.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

This is a disguised hate Leonard thread

All threads are disguised Hate Leonard threads.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Meyers should be Grand Marshal of the 82nd Ave Rose Parade.

 

[Minstrel]

Meyers should be Grand Marshal of the 82nd Ave Rose Parade.

What a nice thing to...wait, a second...there IS no 82nd Avenue! That's the haunted abandoned road project from the 1950s.

Heartless.

 

[Shaboid]

Meyers should be Grand Marshal of the 82nd Ave Rose Parade.

You should have called Meyers to Wal-mart the other day.

 

[Trackjack]

This is off season is all about is to make yourself better. You work on your weakness so they can become a strength to you when the season comes up. Myers need quicker release this what he needs to work on and his low post moves. He need to work on his defense so he doesn't have to think to much out there. There drills out there to help him in these areas.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

This is off season is all about is to make yourself better. You work on your weakness so they can become a strength to you when the season comes up. Myers need quicker release this what he needs to work on and his low post moves. He need to work on his defense so he doesn't have to think to much out there. There drills out there to help him in these areas.

Listening to Meyers' interviews, I get no impression that he thinks he is lacking in basketball fundamentals. He only talks about "getting confidence and getting in a rhythm."

There is no doubt that he needs what you're suggesting but I don't think it's an area of focus. Getting stronger may be, but he has no idea how to position himself (giggity) to use his strength.

If ever a guy needed to go back to big man basics camp it's Meyers.

 

[Trackjack]

Listening to Meyers' interviews, I get no impression that he thinks he is lacking in basketball fundamentals. He only talks about "getting confidence and getting in a rhythm."

There is no doubt that he needs what you're suggesting but I don't think it's an area of focus. Getting stronger may be, but he has no idea how to position himself (giggity) to use his strength.

If ever a guy needed to go back to big man basics camp it's Meyers.

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Listening to Meyers' interviews, I get no impression that he thinks he is lacking in basketball fundamentals. He only talks about "getting confidence and getting in a rhythm."

There is no doubt that he needs what you're suggesting but I don't think it's an area of focus. Getting stronger may be, but he has no idea how to position himself (giggity) to use his strength.

If ever a guy needed to go back to big man basics camp it's Meyers.

Your right it all comes down to Myers where he wants to be as a player.