Blazers Rotation: Is Curry backup 1 or 2?

[riverman]

It's a rare time when Dame doesn't guard the PG.

We don't hide him.

Last season he did it more but we've buried Dame and CJ on defense many times.....against the Grizz Dame was actually on Gasol a lot...my point is we put our best defenders on scoring pt guards pretty often...we have some guys who can defend this season in the backcourt.

 

[Driew]

When Blazers went small last year it was CJ defended the 3 not Napier and did pretty good job.

Is there a stat of how many minutes cj played the three and what was the +/- during that time?

 

[dviss1]

Last season he did it more but we've buried Dame and CJ on defense many times.....against the Grizz Dame was actually on Gasol a lot...my point is we put our best defenders on scoring pt guards pretty often...we have some guys who can defend this season in the backcourt.

I watched every game and didn't see this. I'm sure it wasn't in the gameplan. That's not hiding Dame and if anyone needs hiding it's CJ.

 

[Hobbesarable]

Is there a stat of how many minutes cj played the three and what was the +/- during that time?

@Driew , here's CJ's production by position for the 2017-18 season:

 

[hoopsjock]

@Driew , here's CJ's production by position for the 2017-18 season:

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So what you are showing is that CJ is pretty much the best SF of all time.

 

[Hobbesarable]

Here are the Top 5-man floor units for our Blazers during the 2017-18 season:

 

[riverman]

I watched every game and didn't see this. I'm sure it wasn't in the gameplan. That's not hiding Dame and if anyone needs hiding it's CJ.

I did...but hey....it's all good

 

[James lamphear]

So what you are showing is that CJ is pretty much the best SF of all time.

Cj held his own due to there less screens he had to go over and cj pretty strong with the lower gravity he is pretty hard move.

 

[Driew]

@Driew , here's CJ's production by position for the 2017-18 season:

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Thanks! Definitely a small sample size but promising.

 

[PCmor7]

I think of Curry as a combo guard, much the same as CJ and even Dame to an extent. Baldwin plays offense like a 1 and defense like a traditional 2. In other words, it's pretty easy to see any combination of these guys on the floor together at a given time.

 

[blue9]

Here are the Top 5-man floor units for our Blazers during the 2017-18 season:

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So, essentially, McCollum is our best player - he is the only one who appears on EVERY SINGLE unit.
Yeah, we should be lucky to salary dump this guy...

 

[PtldPlatypus]

So, essentially, McCollum is our best player - he is the only one who appears on EVERY SINGLE unit.
Yeah, we should be lucky to salary dump this guy...

Those aren't necessarily all the most effective 5-man units; just the ones that silent the most time on the floor together. Remind me who led the Blazers in total minutes played this year...

 

[BonesJones]

@Driew , here's CJ's production by position for the 2017-18 season:

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So CJ did better as a PG last year, but when he was a PG, the rest of the lineup made the team get outscored... interesting.

 

[Reep]

@Driew , here's CJ's production by position for the 2017-18 season:

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Looks like CJ's best position is SF. I don't suppose anyone wants to advocate we play him at that position--at least I hope not.

 

[Reep]

So, essentially, McCollum is our best player - he is the only one who appears on EVERY SINGLE unit.
Yeah, we should be lucky to salary dump this guy...

You know that is because the data came out of CJ's page on 82games, so it only included 5-man lineups with CJ in them, right?

Interestingly, one of the most efficient units last year was this:

11 Napier-Lillard-McCollum-Aminu-Nurkic 75.4 1.26 1.00 +38 11 5 68.7

I wonder how long before we see a unit of Dame, Baldwin, CJ, Aminu, Nurkic or Dame, Curry, CJ, Aminu, Nurkic?

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Note: as of 7/23, the score is 24 to 5 in favor of Curry being a backup 2, thus opening the door for Baldwin.

Training camp begin in 2 months from yesterday, and it'll be interesting if Stotts agrees with us.

 

[Hobbesarable]

You know that is because the data came out of CJ's page on 82games, so it only included 5-man lineups with CJ in them, right?

Interestingly, one of the most efficient units last year was this:

11 Napier-Lillard-McCollum-Aminu-Nurkic 75.4 1.26 1.00 +38 11 5 68.7

I wonder how long before we see a unit of Dame, Baldwin, CJ, Aminu, Nurkic or Dame, Curry, CJ, Aminu, Nurkic?

We might at some point in the season see a unit of Dame, Baldwin, CJ, Aminu, Collins or Dame, Curry, CJ, Aminu, Collins

@Reep , thanks for mentioning that. I thought I replaced it with the data out of the team's page. I will go ahead and put that here so there is no more confusion about it.

 

[Scalma]

May as well bump this now.

I think the rotation will look like this in the beginning of the season, just based off of what I’ve read and seen so far.

Dame
CJ
Harkless
Aminu
Nurkic

Curry
Stauskas/CJ
Turner
Collins
Leonard

I think the top 8 is obvious. That leaves at least one rotation spot up for grabs, with Leonard having first crack. But since it’s Leonard, I don’t expect him to actually hold onto it. With Zach’s versatility that would open up an opportunity for Layman, Trent, and Biggie.