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Re: Lillard - Rookie of the Month? (unconfirmed)

A point guard can always call their own number, and unless they completely lack the shooting skills, they should when the team is down and the other players aren't getting the job done (see the CHA game). Maybe a more streaky NBA as a whole means more scoring opportunities for PG's.
 
Re: Lillard - Rookie of the Month? (unconfirmed)

BlazerCaravan said:
A point guard can always call their own number, and unless they completely lack the shooting skills, they should when the team is down and the other players aren't getting the job done (see the CHA game). Maybe a more streaky NBA as a whole means more scoring opportunities for PG's.
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Well the PGs in the 90's were of the same mold. Isiah, Porter, AI, Marbury, Francis, and so many other top tier PGs were scoring PGs as well.
 
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BrianFromWA said:
You mean, Swirsky's going to give Terrence Ross a vote?
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Take that Swirsky!

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Re: Lillard - Rookie of the Month? (unconfirmed)

Rhal said:
I'v watched a good amount of both Luck and RG3 and I would disagree there. RG3 benefits from the fact he has a very good rushing game that opens up holes for himself to run and doesn't allow teams to double their WR's, also allows him to throw less. Luck doesn't have the benefit of a good run game to control the clock or get easy yards, he has to constantly throw which is why he has almost 200 more attempts then RG3, and when you have to throw that much and teams expect you to throw that much then your going to get intercepted a lot. Luck isn't as good of a runner as RG3 but RG3 has twice as many rushing attempts and only 1 more TD. Colts and the Skins are both bad football teams being carried by elite rookie QB's but I'd give the edge to Luck on the fact the Colts have no reliable run game and there Oline is worse.
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It is sort of chicken and the egg. Does the running game thrive because of RG3 completing 65% of his passes as well.as running for 700 yards ir vice versa? For me, alot of those interceptions have been on Luck and would be.the reason I would vote RG3.
 
Re: Lillard - Rookie of the Month? (unconfirmed)

BlazerCaravan said:
A point guard can always call their own number, and unless they completely lack the shooting skills, they should when the team is down and the other players aren't getting the job done (see the CHA game). Maybe a more streaky NBA as a whole means more scoring opportunities for PG's.
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I think it's a direct result of the no hand checking rules. This give quick guys with good handles a tremendous advantage. Guard them to close, they'll blow by you and penetrate. Back off to prevent the penetration and they'll rain threes on you. BTW, Damian Lillard is perfectly suited to today's NBA. He has the quickness and handles to blow by defenders and he has a great quick release on his three. Back off him one step, for even a second and he unleashes a quick 3-bomb.

And, the quickest players with the best handles tend to be PGs.

BNM
 
Re: Lillard - Rookie of the Month? (unconfirmed)

magnifier661 said:
Well the PGs in the 90's were of the same mold. Isiah, Porter, AI, Marbury, Francis, and so many other top tier PGs were scoring PGs as well.
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The defensive restrictions actually started in the early 90s to try to generate a more free flowing, higher scoring game. Here's a great article that explains the new rules and when they went into effect.

BNM
 
Re: Lillard - Rookie of the Month? (unconfirmed)

Boob-No-More said:
The defensive restrictions actually started in the early 90s to try to generate a more free flowing, higher scoring game. Here's a great article that explains the new rules and when they went into effect.

BNM
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Thanks for the find and it was a great read. Personally I love the new style of play. I think the games are much more fun to watch. But the advantage is seriously way heavy on the offensive player. And sometimes I love watching a good defensive team play swarming defense like it once was. It's good for the league; but at the cost of the purity of the game, IMO.
 
Re: Lillard - Rookie of the Month? (unconfirmed)

magnifier661 said:
Thanks for the find and it was a great read. Personally I love the new style of play. I think the games are much more fun to watch. But the advantage is seriously way heavy on the offensive player. And sometimes I love watching a good defensive team play swarming defense like it once was. It's good for the league; but at the cost of the purity of the game, IMO.
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This was backlash to the Pat Riley thug ball he popularized when coaching the Knicks (kind of the anti-Showtime). That really was UGLY to watch.

If they are going to open it up, I'd like to see them open it up equally for all players. You can't so much as lay a hand on a perimeter player, but you can still practically maul a big man under the basket? A foul should be a foul should be a foul no matter when it happens, where it happens and who it happens to!

BNM
 
Lillard got it, per MB and Rice quoting the NBA release.
 
Sort of a foregone conclusion, but still nice to have it confirmed. Given all the historical milestones Lillard has met, it has to be one of the best-ever rookie first months? It looks like he's also within two games of tying Rudy's rookie record for most consecutive games to start the year with a made 3-pointer.
 
Lillards having a better rookie year than both Roy and Aldridge had.
 
Re: Lillard - Rookie of the Month? (unconfirmed)

Boob-No-More said:
This was backlash to the Pat Riley thug ball he popularized when coaching the Knicks (kind of the anti-Showtime). That really was UGLY to watch.

If they are going to open it up, I'd like to see them open it up equally for all players. You can't so much as lay a hand on a perimeter player, but you can still practically maul a big man under the basket?
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Riley was a reaction to Chuck Daly's dirty play. The other 80s NBA currents were the 70s Wooden style (embodied in the 80s Celtics and Lakers) and the European style, which you described in that last sentence. The NBA and Europe have tried to become similar since then.
 
HailBlazers said:
Lillard Belongs

Great Article
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That is a great article. It shows how hard he had to work to get into the NBA. That will evolve into the NBA as well. Now his goals are ROY, then All star, then WCF, then Finals, then championship. We may not get there; but I know he will work damn hard to try to get there.
 
Re: Lillard - Rookie of the Month? (unconfirmed)

BrianFromWA said:
Man, I was hoping for some laughs...instead, I got one guy who picked up on it, two guys who think I'm an idiot and I might have ruined 3RA1N1AC's night by making him google Gasol brothers.
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Haha, those posts literally made me laugh out loud. I was hoping you could keep it going longer...
 
Re: Lillard - Rookie of the Month? (unconfirmed)

NOVoodoo said:
Haha, those posts literally made me laugh out loud. I was hoping you could keep it going longer...
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i was trying, but nobody was biting
 
The fishing isn't very good here.
 
Re: Lillard - Rookie of the Month? (unconfirmed)

yuyuza1 said:
Ridiculous.

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I totally caught that too! When I saw that, I yelled to my wife, "I think I'm over losing Brandon Roy!"
 
BoBoBREWSKI said:
Any other rookie have a good month of December?
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Lillard's 3pt% dipped a bunch but he was better in basically every statistical category in December. I'd say the only western conference rookie close is Davis, with guys like Drummond/MKG battling for the east conference award.
 
How could he possibly NOT win it this month!
 
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