Dorrell Wright? WTF?

[jlprk]

Summer league is no more than glorified street ball, there is no structure in summer league it's just a free for all. Plus in summer league his teammates were rookies, second year and d league players not players who would actually be playing in the season.

McCollum's scrub sub at PG (I forgot his name) ran the offense much more orderly than McCollum, yet had the same SL disadvantages McCollum did.

CJ had no one to pass to. You are forgetting that he had Claver, Leonard, Barton, T. Rob, Crabbe and Freeland. How many of those players earned minutes this season?

That was an advantage, not a disadvantage. Our blue chip roster should have made McCollum's job easier. We had more draftees than any other SL team. Most teams had 1 1st round rookie and 1 2nd rounder. We had 6 or 7, most entering their 2nd years.

 

[magnifier661]

McCollum's scrub sub at PG (I forgot his name) ran the offense much more orderly than McCollum, yet had the same SL disadvantages McCollum did.



That was an advantage, not a disadvantage. Our blue chip roster should have made McCollum's job easier. We had more draftees than any other SL team. Most teams had 1 1st round rookie and 1 2nd rounder. We had 6 or 7, most entering their 2nd years.

I don't think so. All the teams we faced in the summer league, are playing decent minutes on their respected team. Nice try though.

http://www.nba.com/summerleague/2013/teams/

Phoenix: Morris Brothers, Tucker (Seeing huge minutes this season), Kendall Marshall.

Utah: Rodney Green, Trey Burke and Jeremy Evans. All play minutes this season.

OKC: Reggie Jackson, Jeremy Lamb and Steven Adams.

Would you like me to give more, or care to explain why you think you aren't wrong?

 

[jlprk]

You picked the most experienced 3 teams out of 31 teams in the tournament, yet none of the 3 had the 7 or 8 draftees (depending on whether you include Terrell) that we had. So your link proved my point.

Barton, Claver, Crabbe, Freeland, Leonard, McCollum, Robinson, Terrell.

 

[BlazerWookee]

DW: 5.1 PPG (13 PPG per/36) | 39 FG% | 37 3PT% | 11.5 PER | 109 DRtg | 14 MPG

LB: 3.9 PPG (12 PPG per/36) | 37 FG% | 35 3PT% | 9.4 PER | 109 DRtg | 12 MPG

Not a ton of difference between Wright and Babbitt so far.

Luke never lollygagged down the court on D just because his man was behind him.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Mo Williams = Juan Dixon + hairy shoulders...

 

[magnifier661]

You picked the most experienced 3 teams out of 31 teams in the tournament, yet none of the 3 had the 7 or 8 draftees (depending on whether you include Terrell) that we had. So your link proved my point.

Barton, Claver, Crabbe, Freeland, Leonard, McCollum, Robinson, Terrell.

Out of your list, tell me who deserves a draft spot?


Go Blazers!

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Like I said a few weeks ago, Wright isn't much better than Babbitt was. But at least Babbitt hit his three's.

 

[jlprk]

Out of your list, tell me who deserves a draft spot?

If you're paying, everyone in the bar!

 

[Blazinaway]

he sure didn't get much run tonight after clankin his first two 3's

 

[Natebishop3]

I would like to see Crabbe at least for a few minutes. I just want to see if his shooting can translate during actual game time and not garbage time.

 

[jlprk]

I would like to see Crabbe at least for a few minutes. I just want to see if his shooting can translate during actual game time and not garbage time.

I'd like to see all of the 3rd team sometimes. The problem with this season is, too few injuries.

 

[Sinobas]

Thank you, I've been calling for this for a long time, and got flak for it. Now others are finally starting to see it. I'd like to see Claver get a shot, because he was a smart player who played defense and rebounded. Claver is an average shooter at best, but Wright isn't earning his due there either. I"d like to see a rotation with Watson, McCollum, Claver Freeland and Leonard.

 

[Sinobas]

I'm tired of Damian playing SG with Mo at PG. Just stop, or get a real backup PG, or use Watson. I would much rather have Mo play SG than PG. But would he get abused even more on defense? CJ, like Mo, seems more like a small SG who can create a mid-range shot, than a PG. We'll see, I guess. It would seem pointless to play Mo and CJ together, with Mo playing the point. Pointless as in CJ would have nothing to do but run around like a decoy. If they play together, I hope CJ can handle PG duties and distribute the ball to Mo and Wright.

Exactly, that has not been working out at all. Mo is a terrible PG with his wild dribbling and crazy turnovers. Mo can get hot and be a tremendous boost off the bench, but like Travis Outlaw, he only does that once ever 7-8 games and the rest of the time he's a liability. I'd like a steadier headier backup like Watson.

 

[Denny Crane]

The guy takes 4 shots per game, 3 of them 3pt shots and he makes 37% of those. Seems like a 3pt specialist who's not horrible.

How's his defense?

 

[magnifier661]

The guy takes 4 shots per game, 3 of them 3pt shots and he makes 37% of those. Seems like a 3pt specialist who's not horrible.

How's his defense?

Honestly I'm not too down on Wright. I'm more concerned with Mo

 

[Denny Crane]

Honestly I'm not too down on Wright. I'm more concerned with Mo

Mo Williams always has been pretty much the player you're seeing. No surprises here. His minutes are down and his production is down.

He's never really been a pure PG, or a high percentage shooter.

His shooting % this season is .401 vs. his career average of .439. The difference is worth ten baskets over the entire course of this season, so far.

He seems perfectly adequate at backup guard.

 

[TBpup]

Mo Williams always has been pretty much the player you're seeing. No surprises here. His minutes are down and his production is down.

He's never really been a pure PG, or a high percentage shooter.

His shooting % this season is .401 vs. his career average of .439. The difference is worth ten baskets over the entire course of this season, so far.

He seems perfectly adequate at backup guard.

His PER total (for and against) is atrocious....the worst on the team. He can create his own shot which on this team is invaluable but how he goes about it drives a man to drink.

 

[Sinobas]

The guy takes 4 shots per game, 3 of them 3pt shots and he makes 37% of those. Seems like a 3pt specialist who's not horrible.

How's his defense?

He's shooting 36% from 3pt range. Not terrible, but a 3pt specialist should do better. That's a lower % than Serge Ibaka. If you only look at guys that average at least half an attempt a game, Wright would rank #116. He's defense has been terrible and he's constantly not blocking out.

 

[Sinobas]

Mo Williams always has been pretty much the player you're seeing. No surprises here. His minutes are down and his production is down.

He's never really been a pure PG, or a high percentage shooter.

His shooting % this season is .401 vs. his career average of .439. The difference is worth ten baskets over the entire course of this season, so far.

He seems perfectly adequate at backup guard.

He's shooting 42% from 2pt range and 35% from 3. Not terrible, but not at all efficient. He also plays out of control sometimes and seems to make really dumb passes every game. For example, Damian Lillard has had 3 games this year with 4 or more turnovers, Mo has 6, as our backup PG.

 

[TBpup]

Damian Lillard has had 3 games this year with 4 or more turnovers, Mo has 6, as our backup PG.

That is brutal! He's just not shooting well enough to justify such negative forays.

 

[blue9]

I was all for giving Wright enough time to work his way into finding his role with the team. But that time is now over. I'd like to see Crabbe get ALL of Wright's minutes - in the limited minutes I've seen Crabbe play he looked a lot better than Wright ever has. Back-up PG minutes go to Watson, with CJ and Mo splitting duties at back-up SG.
If we can trade Wright/Mo for a real PG that'd be great. And it'd be even better if we could add a couple other (non-rotation) players and bring back a back-up C.

 

[BigGameDamian]

He's had some good games for me off the bench in NBA2K14.