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blue9 said:
I'm waiting for him to play like this (@DAL) every game! I'm on the train...tonight.
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24/11 is LMA's average for the season. This is an average night for LMA. It took an average night from LMA to get you on the bandwagon?
 
8 shots in the paint vs. 7 jumpers is NOT an average night. Not close.

Edit: 67% FG%. Not close to average. However, 2-7 on his J's (28%) is a bit below average. IIRC, the only ones he made were the wide-open ones?

They're doing an LMA montage right now...all of his paint shots and the steal/dunk.
 
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BrianFromWA said:
So what you're saying is that LMA shooting "closely guarded" jumpers at 42-47% is better than one of those supposedly-spaced players shooting 43-45% from 3? Why's he taking them? No one's saying "don't take open 15-foot J's off the pick-and-pop." I (in particular) am saying that the offense would be much more efficient (acknowledging that we're #1 right now) if LMA wasn't taking as many "closely guarded" J's at 42-47%.
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FFS

Let it go. Or, at least save it until the Blazers don't win the title, so you can do your "I TOLD YOU SO!!!" routine.
 
BrianFromWA said:
8 shots in the paint vs. 7 jumpers is NOT an average night. Not close.

Edit: 67% FG%. Not close to average. However, 2-7 on his J's (28%) is a bit below average. IIRC, the only ones he made were the wide-open ones?

They're doing an LMA montage right now...all of his paint shots and the steal/dunk.
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Yet the team is up by 30, in large part do to spacing of the offense and wide open shots for other players. Do you actually understand basketball outside of advanced stats? Have you even ever played the game?
 
PapaG said:
FFS

Let it go. Or, at least save it until the Blazers don't win the title, so you can do your "I TOLD YOU SO!!!" routine.
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You're welcome to ignore the thread. Some people can't take their unverified opinions thrown back in their face, I guess. :cheers:
 
PapaG said:
Yet the team is up by 30, in large part do to spacing of the offense and wide open shots for other players. Do you actually understand basketball outside of advanced stats? Have you even ever played the game?
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Shit, I knew I was missing something. And you're making my point. When LMA takes over half his shots in the paint, there's still magically enough spacing to get enough drives and dunks and open shots to beat a team by fucking 30. Why the personal attacks?
 
Why are we even still dissing on LMA? Is it because BfromWA is a troll?
 
BrianFromWA said:
Shit, I knew I was missing something. And you're making my point. When LMA takes over half his shots in the paint, there's still magically enough spacing to get enough drives and dunks and open shots to beat a team by fucking 30. Why the personal attacks?
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You win. LMA is terrible and isn't even the MVP of this team. TRADE HIM NOW!!!! (entering Brian's Shit Your Pants mode).
 
That stopped after the Robinson trade on draft night, and especially after the Lopez trade July 7. Sarcasm aside, when will you admit there's something to this?
 
I banned the dude who posted "Cheap NBA jersees!" last night.
 
Blazer Fanatic said:
Please cite the made-up stat. The OP is correct. You clearly can't add Dec and Jan stats correctly.
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How does he manage to shoot 50% for December and January combined when he didn't shoot over 50% in either month?
 
Blazer Fanatic said:
Please cite the made-up stat. The OP is correct. You clearly can't add Dec and Jan stats correctly.
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I did in Post 4. I even linked the official stats nba.com stats page. And the game logs. Don't know what else I can do for you.
BrianFromWA said:
Additionally, where are you getting that he's shooting 50.1% since Dec. 1? He shot 54% in October, 44% in Nov., 49.3% in Dec and 48.1% so far in Jan. He's shooting the worst percentage of his career (47%).
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BrianFromWA said:
You're welcome to ignore the thread. Some people can't take their unverified opinions thrown back in their face, I guess. :cheers:
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You can't verify I'm a Blazer Priestess, nor have I claimed to be. But you're welcome to think so. It's flattering... I guess. *shrugs*

Why do you feel the need to "throw" anything in anyone's face, and then express anger and indignation to a relatively innocuous stat in the OP?

Since you opened the door by christening me with insults, I think it's fair to say that IF you are "on the L-Train" I suspect it would be the screaming baby that everyone just wish would shut up. ;)

You said LA isn't the MVP of the Blazers. Make your point. I'm still waiting. *crickets*
 
Blazer Fanatic said:
Please cite the made-up stat. The OP is correct. You clearly can't add Dec and Jan stats correctly.
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Your counter argument is 1 incorrect statistic, quoting other people's reasoning with "QFT lol Brian doesn't get b-ball guys", and taking OTHER PEOPLE'S word on the fact that Brian "MAY" have a track record as a LA pessimist. Soooo, you're lazy in that regard, and you haven't bothered to post any sort of actual argument now that you've been called out, you just keep taking pot shots at Brian. Explain to everyone here(use your words buttercup) why YOU believe LA taking long 2s is a good thing rather than questioning someone's agenda.
 
Blazer Fanatic said:
You can't verify I'm a Blazer Priestess, nor have I claimed to be. But you're welcome to think so. It's flattering... I guess. *shrugs*
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It was due to your vehement comparison of Blazer Fandom to Christianity, and how you were the arbiter of fandom. If you consider it an insult I'll stop--it wasn't ever meant to be.
Why do you feel the need to "throw" anything in anyone's face, and then express anger and indignation to a relatively innocuous stat in the OP?
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It's a play on a PapaG quote from the game thread. I discuss, I don't "throw".

Since you opened the door by christening me with insults, I think it's fair to say that IF you are "on the L-Train" I suspect it would be the screaming baby that everyone just wish would shut up. ;)
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Could be. Or the guy with the map who can tell you how many stops until you reach your station.

You said LA isn't the MVP of the Blazers. Make your point. I'm still waiting. *crickets*
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I said that your contention that he's playing the best in his career was wrong, and that he has done nothing appreciably different than he did on a 33-49 team other than take 2-3 more shots per game (at a lower efficiency) and get more defensive rebounds, your "31-9!" (now) trump card doesn't make much sense. Meanwhile, Dame's efficiency has gone up markedly, Wes is shooting the best he ever has, Nic's a walking assault on a triple-double, there's an NBA-caliber center now and we have a modicum of a bench. If you choose to assign MVP-dom to LMA because of counting stats, cool. No one's stopping you. But when you use those stats as a foundation to ask why others "aren't on the train", I'll tell you why I think it's not the clear-cut case you think it is.
 
BrianFromWA said:
I did in Post 4. I even linked the official stats nba.com stats page. And the game logs. Don't know what else I can do for you.
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You're just wrong. lol It's that simple. I actually took the totals from Dec, and Jan till the date of the OP. Below I took a step by step approach to show you how you can find the information for yourself. You need to add a filter "From" and click on the DATE December 1st, then "Run it". Of course this will now include SA and Dallas games.

In 36.6 MPG: 25.3 PPG (.494 FG%, .856 FT%) 12.4 RPG 3.4 APG 0.7 SPG 1.0 BPG 1.3 TOV PG

Or, because I'm nice:

1) click on this link

2) Eat your heart out
 
milehighblazer said:
Your counter argument is 1 incorrect statistic, quoting other people's reasoning with "QFT lol Brian doesn't get b-ball guys", and taking OTHER PEOPLE'S word on the fact that Brian "MAY" have a track record as a LA pessimist. Soooo, you're lazy in that regard, and you haven't bothered to post any sort of actual argument now that you've been called out, you just keep taking pot shots at Brian. Explain to everyone here(use your words buttercup) why YOU believe LA taking long 2s is a good thing rather than questioning someone's agenda.
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So now we've heard from BrianFromWA's ghost account, too. I don't understand why BlazerFanatic is getting dissed so much by moderators on this site. This thread should be a wake-up call for BfromWA and his sockpuppet accounts, but instead, it just continues. Now, we get a thread defending BfromWA from a poster that nobody has heard about, or knows about, prior to this thread.
 
Blazer Fanatic said:
You're just wrong. lol It's that simple. I actually took the totals from Dec, and Jan till the date of the OP. Below I took a step by step approach to show you how you can find the information for yourself. You need to add a filter "From" and click on the DATE December 1st, then "Run it". Of course this will now include SA and Dallas games.

In 36.6 MPG: 25.3 PPG (.494 FG%, .856 FT%) 12.4 RPG 3.4 APG 0.7 SPG 1.0 BPG 1.3 TOV PG

Or, because I'm nice:

1) click on this link

2) Eat your heart out
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How is it that you added 2 games where he shot 50% and 61% from the field, and you now show his FG% dropping?
 
PapaG said:
So now we've heard from BrianFromWA's ghost account, too. I don't understand why BlazerFanatic is getting dissed so much by moderators on this site. This thread should be a wake-up call for BfromWA and his sockpuppet accounts, but instead, it just continues. Now, we get a thread defending BfromWA from a poster that nobody has heard about, or knows about, prior to this thread.
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[video=youtube;42b-Inq6l6E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42b-Inq6l6E[/video]
 
PapaG said:
So now we've heard from BrianFromWA's ghost account, too. I don't understand why BlazerFanatic is getting dissed so much by moderators on this site. This thread should be a wake-up call for BfromWA and his sockpuppet accounts, but instead, it just continues. Now, we get a thread defending BfromWA from a poster that nobody has heard about, or knows about, prior to this thread.
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Oh no! No one on the internets knows who I am. I can't feel my feels.
 
Blazer Fanatic said:
You're just wrong. lol It's that simple. I actually took the totals from Dec, and Jan till the date of the OP. Below I took a step by step approach to show you how you can find the information for yourself. You need to add a filter "From" and click on the DATE December 1st, then "Run it". Of course this will now include SA and Dallas games.

In 36.6 MPG: 25.3 PPG (.494 FG%, .856 FT%) 12.4 RPG 3.4 APG 0.7 SPG 1.0 BPG 1.3 TOV PG

Or, because I'm nice:

1) click on this link

2) Eat your heart out
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Players in NBA history with 25ppg/11rpg/3apg for a season. BrianFROMwa decided this is the time to go full in against LMA, even though LMA has averaged these numbers for over a month now?

http://www.basketball-reference.com...tat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws
 
BrianFromWA said:
It was due to your vehement comparison of Blazer Fandom to Christianity, and how you were the arbiter of fandom. If you consider it an insult I'll stop--it wasn't ever meant to be.
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Who cares? If the analogy doesn't work for you, ignore it. And yes, your repeated insults diminishes any valid point you might have, as well as confirm my opinion of your intent. They were sexist and condescending, and my feeling on the matter is not unwarranted considering a recent thread where many people thought it acceptable to call me other distasteful names no one would say to my face and not end up on their ass.

BrianFromWA said:
I said that your contention that he's playing the best in his career was wrong, and that he has done nothing appreciably different than he did on a 33-49 team other than take 2-3 more shots per game (at a lower efficiency) and get more defensive rebounds, your "31-9!" (now) trump card doesn't make much sense. Meanwhile, Dame's efficiency has gone up markedly, Wes is shooting the best he ever has, Nic's a walking assault on a triple-double, there's an NBA-caliber center now and we have a modicum of a bench. If you choose to assign MVP-dom to LMA because of counting stats, cool. No one's stopping you. But when you use those stats as a foundation to ask why others "aren't on the train", I'll tell you why I think it's not the clear-cut case you think it is.
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It's not a trump card. It's a reality. LA is improved ALL AROUND, on the aggregate. You are trying to parse the MVP candidate convo (that I did not talk about in my OP by the way), with a shooting chart.

I'm not arguing that LA just became who he is today all of the sudden. I know he was almost this good last season. The addition of Lopez and some more help on the bench has been the main reason for his increase in production, as it has benefited every one on the Blazers. Regardless, the stats are what they are, and collectively they are the best he's put up in his career from that perspective.

I've always argued that LA has always been great. To buy what you're selling, I'd have to believe that LA is not, and never has been.
 
I'll repost verbatim from my original response to the OP:
BrianFromWA said:
For me, it's this inconsistency between playing down low (since we disagree on definitions, I'm going to say "10 feet and in") and pretending he's an elite shooter, especially "on the block"...

Sure, chant M-V-P and make him feel comfortable in Portland. If it helps him sign a max extension here, great. I like having him on the team, and the potential of LaMonster bubbling below the surface. I (and everyone else should) recognize that when he's playing like LaMonster he's the best all-around big (not named LeBron) in the NBA. But recognize as well that his uptick in scoring isn't b/c he's playing more like LaMonster, it's because he's playing more like a mix of K*be's chucker-ness and Andrea Bargnani's efficiency (no, really, look it up). His rise in rebounding isn't from crashing the offensive boards (lowest total AND ORB% of his career), it's from sticking himself in position on D to get them. It's not LMA that's increasing the team's offensive efficiency to 1st in the league, since he's actually less efficient than he was last year--just taking more shots.
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