How do you feel about Dame? I think he's slightly overrated right now whose starting to become more and more of a chucker. I have this argument on this site all the time, but what makes me love Lillard at the same time so much is his leadership, dedication and just plain loyalty he shows to this city and franchise.
But really he hasn't been quite efficient for my liking. I think CJ should be our main scorer since hes much better in the mid range and is plain more efficient than Dame. I think Dame should cut his attempts a little more and pick his spots better. Let CJ do the shooting since hes better at it and that way Dame can be more of an exclusive play maker while at the same time he can get better shots off..
Dame is shooting 41% from the field and 36% from 3. Draymond Green for example is shooting 41% from 3 this season. Al Fariq Aminu is shooting better from 3 than Dame is. Dame is shooting the exact same % as Nick Young (tied at 60th in the league). All of this is despite being 2nd in the league in 3pt attempts per game (6th in overall attempts despite having only played 31 games).
He is 101st in the league in FG%, despite the fact that he is shooting the most shots per game of anyone in the league.
Yes he is averaging almost 7 assists per game, but he is 50th in the league in AST/TO ratio, basically right with Mario Chalmers, Joe Johnson, and Evan Turner). Yes, Iso Joe has essentially the same AST/TO ratio as Damian.
Now FOR THE 100th TIME don’t get me wrong, I love Damian. But he is only having a good season in the sense that he is absolutely dominating the ball when he is on the court. I know, we need him to take those shots, we don’t have anyone else to set up the offense, etc. The point remains, this is not his best season despite what the numbers would lead you to believe. He is basically just an inefficient chucker right now, as much as it pains me to say it..
