Drew Eubanks is Unbelievable

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Pinwheel1 said:
You need 3 centers, and at least one of those needs to be on a very cheap contract. Seems like Drew could fit that role.
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ideally, for me at least:

Nurk
Duren
Eubanks
 
TBpup said:
He is just no big enough to guard players like Ayton and KAT. However, he battles like crazy, knows his role, and is shooting a ridiculous .773% in his last 3 games with 8.7 rebounds in 25 mpg. If he was going up against a smaller, backup center, he might be doing even better and wouldn't be getting housed on defense.
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I would say "hosed" or possibly "moused" - as in "mouse in the house". Maybe that's where your "house" came from.
 
TBpup said:
Eubanks shooting .648 since joining the Blazers. Given who he is surrounded by, that is downright amazing.
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I think it actually helps him that he's playing with guys who can't finish a layup, because he's very quick to turn shots coming off the rim into points.
He is hitting a lot of the shots he takes, too.
 
Scalma said:
Good luck finding a better backup center. Good luck.
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Yep, I think he is solid as a backup......assuming he comes cheap. I would also like to use our 2nd round pick, or even our possible second 1st round pick, (if it falls around 12-14 and isn't traded) on one of those centers that are really long. They come with risk but there are a few out there who will be available.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Yep, I think he is solid as a backup......assuming he comes cheap. I would also like to use our 2nd round pick, or even our possible second 1st round pick, (if it falls around 12-14 and isn't traded) on one of those centers that are really long. They come with risk but there are a few out there who will be available.
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I’m all in on Duren unless we slide up into to the top 3. I would actually take him over Banchero too.
 
I have no idea why people still think Drew isn't a good enough backup Center for us. Sure it would be nice to have an All-Star off the bench, but that isn't realistic. This guy is in the top half of backup C's imo even if a little undersized (that is the way the NBA is going though).
 
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Drew is great, agree with Billups about him.

Can't remember where I saw them, maybe on the OKC game thread, but there were a few comments about Drew missing defensive assignments etc. which are true and fair. My question/observation is that Drew is out of position because he's trying to cover the ass of the first missed rotation (Ant and/or Lillard) who don't seem to recognize when they need to help.

Basketball is simple, one team like OKC last night clearly executes a game plan of walling off drives to the basket and make us shoot over the top and watch us die by the three. They did so with a few exceptions because Lillard is superhuman getting to the rim. On the other hand, the Blazers can't seem to anticipate and see the drives coming, even though they could have limited OKC drives if the show them the wall early and force SGA or whoever to rotate the ball and shoot outside later in the clock. The lack of transition D and focus on this obvious strategy is maddening. It begs the question: was this even in our game plan? If not, then we're really in trouble......
 
HomerLovesKoolAid said:
Drew is great, agree with Billups about him.

Can't remember where I saw them, maybe on the OKC game thread, but there were a few comments about Drew missing defensive assignments etc. which are true and fair. My question/observation is that Drew is out of position because he's trying to cover the ass of the first missed rotation (Ant and/or Lillard) who don't seem to recognize when they need to help.

Basketball is simple, one team like OKC last night clearly executes a game plan of walling off drives to the basket and make us shoot over the top and watch us die by the three. They did so with a few exceptions because Lillard is superhuman getting to the rim. On the other hand, the Blazers can't seem to anticipate and see the drives coming, even though they could have limited OKC drives if the show them the wall early and force SGA or whoever to rotate the ball and shoot outside later in the clock. The lack of transition D and focus on this obvious strategy is maddening. It begs the question: was this even in our game plan? If not, then we're really in trouble......
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here's what the defense looks like to me:

* when that are in man-for-man defense they are about 37% still stuck in a zone, and one player (at minimum) is always out of position while the rotations are confused

* when they are in zone defense they are about 37% still stuck in a man-for-man, and one player (at minimum) is always out of position while the rotations are confused

the only consistency is that one player (at minimum) is always out of position while the rotations are confused
 
HomerLovesKoolAid said:
Basketball is simple, one team like OKC last night clearly executes a game plan of walling off drives to the basket and make us shoot over the top and watch us die by the three. They did so with a few exceptions because Lillard is superhuman getting to the rim. On the other hand, the Blazers can't seem to anticipate and see the drives coming, even though they could have limited OKC drives if the show them the wall early and force SGA or whoever to rotate the ball and shoot outside later in the clock. The lack of transition D and focus on this obvious strategy is maddening.
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Bingo.
 
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