Cunningham is terrible

[B-Roy]

How he gets more than 5 MPG is beyond me.

8.8/5.8 per 36 minutes with an 8.7 PER?

Fuck me, the guy is a complete no factor on offense and defense.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

He doesn't seem to be playing really well lately, but I still think he's going to be a decent NBA player.

Don't be so quick to give up.

 

[Sinobas]

The worst player on the team is Rudy Fernandez. He's like a homeless man's Derek Anderson. Good god, I can't stand him. He just jacks up 3pt shots and only makes 30% of them.

Then he tries that stupid "la bomba" shot every once in awhile, but he's only made like 5 mid range shots in his entire career as a Blazer.

 

[THE HCP]

How he gets more than 5 MPG is beyond me.

8.8/5.8 per 36 minutes with an 8.7 PER?

Fuck me, the guy is a complete no factor on offense and defense.

Who the fuck else do we have to play...... Sean Marks?

 

[handiman]

Dante would be a great complimentary player on a team like San Antonio or Boston. He's being asked to step outside his comfort zone with our depleted roster, but I'll never question his effort and hustle. He certainly isn't spectacular, but he's plenty reliable.

 

[B-Roy]

Who the fuck else do we have to play...... Sean Marks?

Let Batum play some backup 4, and give Babbitt some backup 3.

 

[THE HCP]

Let Batum play some backup 4, and give Babbitt some backup 3.

Brother you are sadly mistaken. Luke Babbitt is a bust! Dante is twice the player he will ever be. Luke can't play defense to save his life.

 

[B-Roy]

Brother you are sadly mistaken. Luke Babbitt is a bust! Dante is twice the player he will ever be. Luke can't play defense to save his life.

Dante can't play offense to save his life. He has the 15th worst true shooting percentage of any player in the league that plays over 15 MPG and 22nd worst PER. He also makes some of the dumbest fouls ever. We're also -8.1 when he's on the floor, the only players worse? A hobbling Joel, Sean Marks, and Fabricio Oberto.

I'd rather see if our 16th pick can play. I don't want to see Cunningham on the floor wasting valuable minutes anymore.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Brother you are sadly mistaken. Luke Babbitt is a bust! Dante is twice the player he will ever be. Luke can't play defense to save his life.

Cause you can totally tell that from the 68 minutes he's played.

 

[Luther]

HCP have you been hanging out with Mixum? Babbitt is the best shooter on the team and any GM in the league would gladly put him on their team ahead of Dante. I'm going to assume that was a bad joke.

 

[Drttimmy]

Who the fuck else do we have to play...... Sean Marks?

Brother you are sadly mistaken. Luke Babbitt is a bust! Dante is twice the player he will ever be. Luke can't play defense to save his life.

You openly bad-mouthing a fellow Blazer One rider, much less two, is very out-of-the ordinary.

 

[MIXUM]

Saying cunningham is terrible is like saying the blazers have had a few injury problems

 

[MIXUM]

And of course hcp like duante.... Likely because duante is so bad he carries hcp's bags

 

[VanillaGorilla]

And of course hcp like duante.... Likely because duante is so bad he carries hcp's bags

Y U NO SPELL DANTE RIGHT?

 

[THE HCP]

I've watched practices and Luke gets abused! He can shoot the rock and that is it! Dante hustles, scraps and brings it on defense. Right now we need help coming off the bench bigtime, but if minutes are to go to somebody, I want Dante on the floor, NOT Babbitt. Kinda off topic, but I would love to have Marty and JB back, been saying that since day 1 of each of their trades.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

I've watched practices and Luke gets abused! He can shoot the rock and that is it! Dante hustles, scraps and brings it on defense. Right now we need help coming off the bench bigtime, but if minutes are to go to somebody, I want Dante on the floor, NOT Babbitt. Kinda off topic, but I would love to have Marty and JB back, been saying that since day 1 of each of their trades.

Were you peaking through the blinds with J Quick?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Wait. I thought Cunningham was on his way to being the best back up 4 in the league?

And HCP...Your boys, the Mike's, keep raving about Babbitt. Aren't we supposed to take what they say as gospel?

 

[Sinobas]

I honestly don't think Dante is terrible. He's actually a solid backup. He brings energy, is a solid defender, rebounds, and can hit the mid range shot. But he he's just a role player off the bench, and I think he does a fair job, but I wouldn't say he's terrible.

 

[MIXUM]

if anyone thinks hes a good backup..... you are drunk when watchIng blazer games

 

[Natebishop3]

It's like I said earlier this season, he's a one-trick pony. The guy ONLY has his mid-range shot and I figured that when teams worked that out, he would be screwed. It sure seems like teams figured that out.

 

[LJ Ginger]

DC is a scrub...wish we could get Carl Landry. The only thing DC brings is a mid range jumper and even that hasn't been as good as of late!

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I've watched practices and Luke gets abused! He can shoot the rock and that is it! Dante hustles, scraps and brings it on defense. Right now we need help coming off the bench bigtime, but if minutes are to go to somebody, I want Dante on the floor, NOT Babbitt. Kinda off topic, but I would love to have Marty and JB back, been saying that since day 1 of each of their trades.

Rep'd

 

[Blazinaway]

Rep'd

Interesting about Babbit, there was a thread withing the last week where it was "quoted or mentioned" that Babbit was a beast in practice, had the nickname "Jermaine", but obviously hasn't been able to show it or sniff the court in games. If that's the case I doubt DC was kinnin him in practice - what to believe?

 

[tester551]

I've watched practices and Luke gets abused! He can shoot the rock and that is it! Dante hustles, scraps and brings it on defense. Right now we need help coming off the bench bigtime, but if minutes are to go to somebody, I want Dante on the floor, NOT Babbitt. Kinda off topic, but I would love to have Marty and JB back, been saying that since day 1 of each of their trades.

How does Johnson do in practices? I think he has the best chance of the 2010-picks to become a legitimate NBA rotational player.

It doesn't supprise me that Babbitt looks like crap. I never saw anything (in the few Nevada games I watched of his) that would indicate to me that he could play in the NBA.

Back on topic - Unfortunately I share both of your opinions. Cunningham is terrible... but he is the best option that Nate has available, and he works/tries really hard.

 

[BBert]

Trading Martell to move up in the draft to get Babbitt was TURRRIBLE. Easily the worst move by the Blazers in the last 5 years. At least, it was until Cho passed up chances to pick up serviceable bench riding big men for Sean Freaking Marks. Oy, vay.

The Bayless trade...I rationalized the best I could. The jury is still out for me. I guess it depends on what we get out of the pick.

Cunningham isn't very good. Where was he drafted again? He works hard, has the most consistent mid-range jumper on the team, plays out of position, and is the best option we have at the moment. Don't blame Dante for our injury problems that force the team to play him, and for the Blazers managements inability to improve the roster.

 

[B-Roy]

Cunningham isn't very good. Where was he drafted again? He works hard, has the most consistent mid-range jumper on the team, plays out of position, and is the best option we have at the moment. Don't blame Dante for our injury problems that force the team to play him, and for the Blazers managements inability to improve the roster.

Cunningham has a .381% EFG on jumpers. The only player with a worse EFG% on jumpers on our team is Marcus Camby. Most consistent midrange jumper my ass.

He's not playing out of position, he's simply too slow to handle small forwards, hell, he's slow even for power forwards, and gets fouls because he can't move his feet fast enough.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Cunningham has a .381% EFG on jumpers. The only player with a worse EFG% on jumpers on our team is Marcus Camby. Most consistent midrange jumper my ass.

He's not playing out of position, he's simply too slow to handle small forwards, hell, he's slow even for power forwards, and gets fouls because he can't move his feet fast enough.

I don't agree with this part at all. IMO, the only reason he gets beat on defense is cause of his size. When he is switched onto SF's I think he does a pretty good job.

 

[KingSpeed]

Dante is a great role player. He gets more time than he warrants because he is the only other PF on our team besides Aldridge. Don't pay attention to stats. He hustles and plays smart. He never takes a play off. Cunningham has saved us this season. He's the wrong person to get upset at.

 

[MIXUM]

every time i look at this threads title..... the first thing that enters my mind is....

NO SHIT

 

[B-Roy]

Dante is a great role player. He gets more time than he warrants because he is the only other PF on our team besides Aldridge. Don't pay attention to stats. He hustles and plays smart. He never takes a play off. Cunningham has saved us this season. He's the wrong person to get upset at.

Great, more unquantified BS about Dumbte.