Hasn't been a fun game in awhile

[B-Roy]

That game winning layup by Roy against Houston was NOT a fun time. Oden went down that game.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Okay, two of those layups were just incredibly lucky, and all three of them had terrible defense.

Were all of those in his first 39 games as a pro?

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Ya, I think you've forgotten.

espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/4255/breaking-down-brandon-roy

You still stand by the statement that 50% of his clutch shot attempts were layups?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

And if we're now no longer talking about buzzer beaters, let's talk about generic "clutch" performance. From basketball-reference, their respective rookie years (ranks are for their respective years, not overall):

[FONT="Courier New"]Rk	Player		Season	Tm	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FGX	3P	3PA	3P%	3PX	eFG%	Ast'd	%Ast'd
85	Brandon Roy	2006-07	POR	25	27	68	.397	41	5	14	.357	9	.434	6	.222
18	Damian Lillard	2012-13	POR	19	21	51	.412	30	8	24	.333	16	.490	8	.381
[/FONT]

Let's not downplay how clutch Roy became, but let's also not downplay how Lillard as actually a bit more clutch than Roy during his rookie year. Let's also not assume this is Lillard's ceiling.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

You mean "BuzzerBeaters"....... cause Roy won MANY games down the stretch for us. #howquicklyweforget

No, I mean game winning shots.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

No, I mean game winning shots.

Either way, doesn't matter... Lillard is more clutch in general than Roy was as a rookie. Yeah, he relies on the 3 point shot way more, but he has a higher raw FG% anyway. And he seems to have had a lot more practice than Roy got, given how close we've kept games this season.

 

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