Is last year’s team better than this year’s team?

[borim69]

I was mistaken about Whiteside I still have hopes for him. Last year we got Kanter and he worked out well right now it looks like we made the mistake of not getting him but I think that meant we could not resign Hood? A little more consistent hustle from Hassan might make a difference. Also you must remember last year during the playoffs Hark, Moe and Chief were benched during the playoffs that we are all mooning over now pretty sure I wont miss that.

 

[B-Roy]

Here are the stats for the guys that left:

Layman: 9/3 on 39/29/83 and 25MPG - 7.9 PER
Aminu: 4/5 on 31/31/73 and 21MPG - 8.8 PER
Harkless: 5/3 on 54/30/62 and 20 MPG - 9.3 PER
Meyers: 8/4 on 60/64/72 and 20 MPG - 13.6 PER

Turner and Kanter have only played about one game each.

Basically they're all playing significantly worse than they were with us last year. I don't miss any of them, but I am disappointed by their replacements.

 

[tester551]

Here are the stats for the guys that left:

Layman: 9/3 on 39/29/83 and 25MPG - 7.9 PER
Aminu: 4/5 on 31/31/73 and 21MPG - 8.8 PER
Harkless: 5/3 on 54/30/62 and 20 MPG - 9.3 PER
Meyers: 8/4 on 60/64/72 and 20 MPG - 13.6 PER

Turner and Kanter have only played about one game each.

Basically they're all playing significantly worse than they were with us last year. I don't miss any of them, but I am disappointed by their replacements.

I'm not sure that is entirely fair...

Layman is playing much worse, but he's basically back to his first 2 years in Portland. Looks like the '18-'19 season was the outlier for him.

Aminu is in a shooting slump, but the rest of his per36 number are basically unchanged.

Harkless does appear to be playing a bit worse than in Portland.

Meyers is basically the same guy as before. Shooting a bit better, rebounding/assisting a bit less. Net impact is basically the same as in Portland.

 

[THE HCP]

Here are the stats for the guys that left:

Layman: 9/3 on 39/29/83 and 25MPG - 7.9 PER
Aminu: 4/5 on 31/31/73 and 21MPG - 8.8 PER
Harkless: 5/3 on 54/30/62 and 20 MPG - 9.3 PER
Meyers: 8/4 on 60/64/72 and 20 MPG - 13.6 PER

Turner and Kanter have only played about one game each.

Basically they're all playing significantly worse than they were with us last year. I don't miss any of them, but I am disappointed by their replacements.

It isn't a numbers thing, I think it's more of a chemistry thing.

 

[TBpup]

Could be..if they are healthy. We may not get a 'healthy' version of this team all year.

 

[BBert]

When I took this same poll just before opening night 2019, the result was 38-4 in favor of this year’s team being the better team.

Has anyone’s opinion changed?

Link?

 

[Blazers1977]

Link?

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/the-love-i-lost.349777/