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I didn't see the game unfortunately, but I saw clips where me made multiple plays off the dribble. That's a completely different level.

If he can really call his own shot and put the ball on the floor, that gives him a completely different ceiling than initially thought. He's super high IQ.
 
Kulas said:
Walker had a 90 second or so stretch towards the end of the 3rd. He swished a corner 3, defensive rebound, behind the back assist, and a block. Teammates don't pass the ball to him but he made a putback, couple free throws. 9 very efficient pts for the game. This dude is good.
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Did the goggles move after the assist. Otherwise, very little dramatics from the rookie.
 
I think he has the lateral quickness to play SF full-time.

He should get minutes right away - maybe even as the eventual starter
 
Fez Forthright said:
I think he has the lateral quickness to play SF full-time.

He should get minutes right away - maybe even as the eventual starter
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That would certainly be a great asset to have. I don’t know if he’d ever be a starting SF, but we saw what Watford did to his body after some encouragement from Chauncey to lose weight, so who knows.
 
Anyone know to compiled summer league stats? I'd like to check his, seems like he's done well.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Anyone know to compiled summer league stats? I'd like to check his, seems like he's done well.
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Would have to look at the scoreboard and add them yourself. I don’t think they list player stats for SL on ESPN/NBA websites or other stats websites.
 
His teammates have had blinders on to him. But that's SL where fringe guys are all trying to get theirs to be noticed.
 
illmatic99 said:
Advanced numbers are insane
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ortg of 149.1!
drtg of 84.1!
netrtg of 65!!!!!!!!!!

yes, they're extremely short minutes, and those were off the bench, but the fact is he's played really well, and I'm optimistic about his future. It's not obvious that he should be behind Watford and Greg. Looking forward to seeing him continue to develop.
 
In a drastic contrast to our summer league "point guards", Walker doesn't play favorites or hesitate to make the right pass to his teammates.
I was disgusted with Brandon William when Garza ran to the hoop uncovered and Williams seemed to be incapable of even throwing up one of his bad shot attempts to get Garza an easy basket. Instead, he called Garza back to set a pick for himself. Yuck.
Compare that to Walker, who had the ball in the left corner, saw an open Garza, tossed him the ball, and Garza drilled the 3-pointer.
You'd think all the things Walker does are common sense and reflexive, but looking at his teammates, that is obviously not the case.
Anyway my point is that Walker empowers his teammates the way all Blazers should.
 
blazerfan11 said:
In a drastic contrast to our summer league "point guards", Walker doesn't play favorites or hesitate to make the right pass to his teammates.
I was disgusted with Brandon William when Garza ran to the hoop uncovered and Williams seemed to be incapable of even throwing up one of his bad shot attempts to get Garza an easy basket. Instead, he called Garza back to set a pick for himself. Yuck.
Compare that to Walker, who had the ball in the left corner, saw an open Garza, tossed him the ball, and Garza drilled the 3-pointer.
You'd think all the things Walker does are common sense and reflexive, but looking at his teammates, that is obviously not the case.
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There's a reason why Walker was immediately signed to a long term deal and Williams is a 2 way player who most likely won't be around for long.

The sad thing is that I think Williams is TRYING to pass the ball. That's why he has so many turnovers. He doesn't have a natural instinct for passing. He's clearly a score first point guard, but he's trying to show the team that he can run an offense and unfortunately he's not doing it very well. I give him points for trying. You can tell that it has taken him out of his game.
 
wizenheimer said:
yeah...they are impressive, even with the context of summer league and sample size
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i know his dad has beat down the "role player" mantra into him and he's definitely embraced it, but I want to increase his usage to see if his production scales. SL is the right setting for this kinda experiment.
 
Spotrac now has his contract details:

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obviously, Blazers used an exception to sign him to 3 years. Partial guarantee next season for 400K which at this point seems pointless....Blazers will guarantee his deal. Portland got team-friendly guarantee dates of July 20
 

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illmatic99 said:
i know his dad has beat down the "role player" mantra into him and he's definitely embraced it, but I want to increase his usage to see if his production scales. SL is the right setting for this kinda experiment.
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Unless if coach demands his PG gets the ball to him, we aren't likely to see it. Multiple times i've seen him open, and the PG , or ball handler ignored him.
 
I will say this. If Jabari shows a knack for draining the open shot, Dame sure as heck will get him the ball.
 
tykendo said:
Unless if coach demands his PG gets the ball to him, we aren't likely to see it. Multiple times i've seen him open, and the PG , or ball handler ignored him.
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has to be an organizational mindset, but we have only 1 more game to possibly do it. remember when coaches decided to make BRoy the PG in his summer league stint to see if he could run the team?
 
LOL, Blazers fans being Blazers fans. The guy is looking good so far, short sample size though and not against NBA level.

Can we not get too high or too low too soon? Some of you are getting too giddy over summer league play.

Let's not all forget even Qyntel Woods has tore up summer league before....let that sink in...

You guys love to big a guy up too soon in here only to enjoy tearing them back down if they don't meet your high expectations quickly (lots did that with Ant and now look at you guys)
 
sheed30 said:
LOL, Blazers fans being Blazers fans. The guy is looking good so far, short sample size though and not against NBA level.

Can we not get too high or too low too soon? Some of you are getting too giddy over summer league play.

Let's not all forget even Qyntel Woods has tore up summer league before....let that sink in...

You guys love to big a guy up too soon in here only to enjoy tearing them back down if they don't meet your high expectations quickly (lots did that with Ant and now look at your guys)
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ESPN does the same thing, why can't we.
 
blazerfan11 said:
In a drastic contrast to our summer league "point guards", Walker doesn't play favorites or hesitate to make the right pass to his teammates.
I was disgusted with Brandon William when Garza ran to the hoop uncovered and Williams seemed to be incapable of even throwing up one of his bad shot attempts to get Garza an easy basket. Instead, he called Garza back to set a pick for himself. Yuck.
Compare that to Walker, who had the ball in the left corner, saw an open Garza, tossed him the ball, and Garza drilled the 3-pointer.
You'd think all the things Walker does are common sense and reflexive, but looking at his teammates, that is obviously not the case.
Anyway my point is that Walker empowers his teammates the way all Blazers should.
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good fundamental player, but.....
what about that behind the head pass for a dunk!
 
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