How do you fix this team?

[RR7]

I have nothing to add, I just saw that tlongII had posted in here, and I always enjoy a glance at that picture.

 

[PapaG]

He's shooting 54% in pre-season. Find somebody else on the team shooting that high of a percentage, and your argument won't look QUITE as idiotic.

I don't think that Miller needs to be leading the team in shots, in least in terms of what I thought he was bringing to the team. This is what I meant by him not playing "well", which is what I posted in my original post, and you apparently ignored. Plus, Miller is just as much of a sieve on the perimeter as Blake allegedly is.

You can call me an idiot all you want to, but if somebody can honestly say that after 5 games they expected Miller to be leading the team in shots attempted while the team goes 2-3, please link to your post.

 

[PapaG]

He's shooting 54% in pre-season. Find somebody else on the team shooting that high of a percentage, and your argument won't look QUITE as idiotic.

Oden is shooting the same percentage. He's 3rd on the team in shots. Miller is average 4 assists and 3 TOs in 22 minutes. Perhaps feeding Oden makes more sense as opposed to dominating the ball?

Juwan Howard is shooting 69%. He's 9th on the team in shots.

http://www.nba.com/blazers/stats/

 

[LittleAlex]

I don't think that Miller needs to be leading the team in shots, in least in terms of what I thought he was bringing to the team. This is what I meant by him not playing "well", which is what I posted in my original post, and you apparently ignored. Plus, Miller is just as much of a sieve on the perimeter as Blake allegedly is.

You can call me an idiot all you want to, but if somebody can honestly say that after 5 games they expected Miller to be leading the team in shots attempted while the team goes 2-3, please link to your post.

This trend is another reason why I am not all that torn up about Miller coming off the bench. Portlanded needed a good passing/penetrating point guard who could defend the perimeter and hit an open 3. Pretty much Blake + actual point guard play.

What they got was a dude who looks for his own shot way too much, can't play any better defense then Blake and isn't as good a 3 point shooter.

Not exactly an awe inspiring pickup right now. That may change in the future, but right now the team actually is better off starting Blake (a small part of my soul just died typing that).

 

[MrJayremmie]

He's shooting 54% in pre-season. Find somebody else on the team shooting that high of a percentage, and your argument won't look QUITE as idiotic.

He is playing very well. 1st in points, 2nd in assists, and he is tied w/ LMA in rebounds at 3.6rpg. Also, Cunningham and Howard are the only players to shoot a better percentage, and they've only played in 3 of the 5 games, and only have 27 shots combined, which is half of what Miller has.

On the contrary, he does lead the team in shots, and is 2nd on the team in turnovers. Blake is first in turnovers per game, even though he is playing six and a half minutes less than Miller.

You can call me an idiot all you want to

He said your statement was idiotic, not you.

Oden is shooting the same percentage. He's 3rd on the team in shots. Miller is average 4 assists and 3 TOs in 22 minutes. Perhaps feeding Oden makes more sense as opposed to dominating the ball?

Oden has more shots per minute than Miller. I believe Oden is first on the team in shots per minute.

 

[PapaG]

This trend is another reason why I am not all that torn up about Miller coming off the bench. Portlanded needed a good passing/penetrating point guard who could defend the perimeter and hit an open 3. Pretty much Blake + actual point guard play.

What they got was a dude who looks for his own shot way too much, can't play any better defense then Blake and isn't as good a 3 point shooter.

Not exactly an awe inspiring pickup right now. That may change in the future, but right now the team actually is better off starting Blake (a small part of my soul just died typing that).

I just want Miller to be who I thought he was going to be. A distributer of the ball who has three times the weapons (Roy, LMA, Oden) on offense to get the ball to than he had in Philly (Iguadola). HE needs to adjust his game, because there are 3 better scorers than him in the starting 5 (well, at least when Oden starts, which had better be soon). It's ridiculous that he is averaging over 10 shots/game in 22 minutes of action. I realize my opinion is viewed as "idiotic", but as I see it, if Miller is going to continue to hog the ball, bring him off of the bench to aid the comparatively punchless group of Przy, Webster, Outlaw, and Rudy.

 

[PapaG]

.He said your statement was idiotic, not you.

Semantics. Plus, since Oden is shooting the same percentage, and Howard blows them both away, I'm apparently not quite as big of an idiot.

 

[MrJayremmie]

I guess we have our answer whether Outlaw's shots would go down if his minutes went down.

He isn't even averaging 20mpg and he is 5th on the team in shots (Andre, Oden, LMA, Roy) and 4th in shots per minute (Oden, Andre, LMA), yet the 3 people ahead of him in shots per minute are shooting 49% or better, and he is only shooting 36%!

So I guess he is just gonna put 'em up, lol. Let it rain T-Law.