Forum Game Dame: your favorite theory

[Rastapopoulos]

Why is he playing so poorly lately (i.e., Olympics up till now)?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

I voted other because I think it’s 4 or 5 of those in a nutshell.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I have a theory that one day Chauncey will play Blevins and he'll light it up and we'll find out it's some kind of body swap Freaky Friday deal.

 

[Bingo Bango]

I doubt he’s trying to get traded (not his style), but otherwise I’m not sure. It’s alarming, to say the least. Portland is nothing without Lillard.

 

[Chris Craig]

He's having a hard time playing off the ball

Isn't there another thread about this? Do we really need another?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

He's having a hard time playing off the ball

Isn't there another thread about this? Do we really need another?

Merge

 

[Phatguysrule]

He's playing a new style. He's adjusting.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

He's having a hard time playing off the ball

Isn't there another thread about this? Do we really need another?

No, you're right. We need to save room for threads about Ducks Football.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Forgot "gives Dame a chance to show his true character" as one of the options:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...-look-struggles-chance-show-my-true-character

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Also:

 

[Hoopguru]

More moving parts for Dame to adjust too. He will, just takes some players a little time. He's so used to methodically bring the ball up under total control and looking for seams or a shot. Now he's trying to do what Billups is asking and thats to involve Nurk more and move the ball around. Also, CJ & Norm are aggressive in looking for shots. He's not hurt and its starting to piss him off with the speculation he is. Dame will adjust and be the lethal player he has been, no question in my mind.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Evidence for the Alien Clone theory: Chauncey implies we don't have Lillard!

 

[bobf]

Could be a combination of some things but if I had to pick one, I'd say the most likely is just random variance. Dame is 45 of 129 shooting this year and 15 for 65 from three. He's done that or worse 148 times and 41 times respectively in his career. A few more games like this though and it will get hard to attribute to variance.

 

[RonBrewer]

6 games in. Jesus. I hate this fan base some times.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Could be a combination of some things but if I had to pick one, I'd say the most likely is just random variance. Dame is 45 of 129 shooting this year and 15 for 65 from three. He's done that or worse 148 times and 41 times respectively in his career. A few more games like this though and it will get hard to attribute to variance.

Where are you finding these stats?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

6 games in. Jesus. I hate this fan base some times.

Look, what's the point in being a fan if you can't react to the current situation? What's the appropriate timespan to care about? Remember, in the long run we're all dead.

 

[Strenuus]

The fact you gave up on Dame after 7 games shows you were just waiting to bag on him and the team.

Thanks for showing us what you true intentions were.

 

[Strenuus]

Look, what's the point in being a fan if you can't react to the current situation? What's the appropriate timespan to care about? Remember, in the long run we're all dead.

Because we're realistic people who use common sense and logic?

Use it. Be better.

 

[bobf]

Where are you finding these stats?

I have a homegrown application that downloads play-by-play data from the NBA stats API. I have every regular season game event going back to 2010. Then I have to write a custom query or program to answer a given question.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I have a homegrown application that downloads play-by-play data from the NBA stats API. I have every regular season game event going back to 2010. Then I have to write a custom query or program to answer a given question.

Wow!

...now do RoCo!

 

[bobf]

Where are you finding these stats?

To put those numbers more into perspective if you choose at random 129 consecutive shots from Dame within any season of his career, then a bit over 1% of them will be this bad or worse.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Because we're realistic people who use common sense and logic?

Good one!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

To put those numbers more into perspective if you choose at random 129 consecutive shots from Dame within any season of his career, then a bit over 1% of them will be this bad or worse.

So the current iteration of Dame is playing worse than 99% of Dames...

 

[bobf]

Wow!

...now do RoCo!

Ok, later I'm at work!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

The fact you gave up on Dame after 7 games shows you were just waiting to bag on him and the team.

Damnit! He's on to me!!!

 

[illmatic99]

The Wilson ball.

Recall Dame uses his fingertips more than others on his jumpshot

 

[bobf]

So the current iteration of Dame is playing worse than 99% of Dames...

Yup. As far as RoCo he's shooting basically a normal FG%. He's 1/3 on two pointers. That's tiny-sample normal. He's hitting 34.5% of his threes. That's normal. What is not so normal is that 91% of his shots are threes!

 

[HailBlazers]

I have a homegrown application that downloads play-by-play data from the NBA stats API. I have every regular season game event going back to 2010. Then I have to write a custom query or program to answer a given question.

NICE. You should have your own stickied thread lol.

 

[bobf]

The Wilson ball.

Recall Dame uses his fingertips more than others on his jumpshot

Why am I picturing Dame on an deserted island somewhere muttering "Wilson... Wilson... Wilson..."

 

[HailBlazers]

How is this not a poll option?