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handiman said:
True, but Little's main criticism is his shooting. So, while he may have the mechanics to improve that weakness, the same concern is there.

Yeah, his length is great, and he's plenty solid to muscle guys a few inches taller. I was just shocked at seeing him listed at 6'4" on NBA.com's draft ticker. I don't think they list anyone else's barefoot height, so they must have have a data error on his bio. I'm like, damn, we just drafted another ~6'3" combo guard to play SF!
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He was measured at 6' 4.5" at the combine w/out shoes, 6'6" with shoes. How did you come up with 6'3"? He has some kind of special shoes that make him shorter?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Aminu and Harkless 3pt % did improve in Portland.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/harklma01.html

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/aminual01.html
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Harkless shot the 2nd worst 3Pt % of his career last season (27%). Aminu has improved, but opponents still leave him wide open because they want him to take it. For Portland to improve their attack, we need opposing Defenses to stretch out to the 3 pnt. line respecting the outside shot of others besides just CJ & Dame. Forwards shooting 3's at a combined percentage in the low 30s isn't going to get it done.

STOMP
 
illmatic99 said:
Nico was really solid defensively and never got lost on that end of the floor. I think that tends to be the barrier for most young guys to getting PT in their rookie years. If Little can play defense and understand our schemes, he will play.
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Then I don’t have much hope since it seems like BBIQ is his biggest issue right now, but we’ll see.
 
GhostOfPGA said:
Crash in today’s era is a better (can dribble) Aminu imo. Which is still a good player but not an all-star. Crash was a fun player but he made his name in the east on a bad team. Little has a better shot too.
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A lot of people slept on Wallace too coming out of the draft, despite him being one of the top rated players in his HS class, just like Nassir. It's eerie that they were both picked 25th, having similar frames and athletic ability, and were both top 5 in their class.
 
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STOMP said:
Harkless shot the 2nd worst 3Pt % of his career last season (27%). Aminu has improved, but opponents still leave him wide open because they want him to take it. For Portland to improve their attack, we need opposing Defenses to stretch out to the 3 pnt. line respecting the outside shot of others besides just CJ & Dame. Forwards shooting 3's at a combined percentage in the low 30s isn't going to get it done.

STOMP
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Or maybe we should let/make players shoot where they can make shots. I think it's a stupid rule in the offense if there's 15 seconds left in the shot clock that you have to shoot because you're wide open even though you can likely get a better shot. That's letting the defense dictate your offense. Why not primarily use Harkless as a post up and slasher type player? Why not create open 3-pointers for Dame and CJ that way? Aren't CJ and Dame our best 3-point shooting options anyway? It doesn't make sense to me to have Harkless spread the floor for Dame when Harkless is a good rim attacker and Lillard is obviously the better 3 point shooter. I know it's because Lillard is the star and Harkless is a role player. Maybe Lillard would be pissed if the ball went inside to Harkless and he had to wait for a pass out from Harkless, though that makes more sense to me than Lillard going to the hoop then passing to Harkless for a three pointer.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Or maybe we should let/make players shoot where they can make shots. I think it's a stupid rule in the offense if there's 15 seconds left in the shot clock that you have to shoot because you're wide open even though you can likely get a better shot. That's letting the defense dictate your offense. Why not primarily use Harkless as a post up and slasher type player? Why not create open 3-pointers for Dame and CJ that way? Aren't CJ and Dame our best 3-point shooting options anyway? It doesn't make sense to me to have Harkless spread the floor for Dame when Harkless is a good rim attacker and Lillard is obviously the better 3 point shooter. I know it's because Lillard is the star and Harkless is a role player. Maybe Lillard would be pissed if the ball went inside to Harkless and he had to wait for a pass out from Harkless, though that makes more sense to me than Lillard going to the hoop then passing to Harkless for a three pointer.
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Harkless is incredibly limited as a playmaker. His handles are shaky and he's not a good passer. You want him to space for Lillard because Lillard can create plays for other guys, Harkless cannot.
 
blazerfan11 said:
He was measured at 6' 4.5" at the combine w/out shoes, 6'6" with shoes. How did you come up with 6'3"? He has some kind of special shoes that make him shorter?
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You do know what "~" means in front of a number, don't you?

Also, reading comprehension, yo! I'm not saying he's 6'4". I said that's what the NBA.com draft board listed him as.
 
B-Roy said:
Harkless is incredibly limited as a playmaker. His handles are shaky and he's not a good passer. You want him to space for Lillard because Lillard can create plays for other guys, Harkless cannot.
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Lillard can't pass effectively out of a double team. I see him as being limited too. I don't see him as a great play maker. If Harkless can't pass make a simple pass he shouldn't be in the NBA. I've seen many Trail Blazer players make excellent passes when they are playing team ball.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Lillard can't pass effectively out of a double team. I see him as being limited too. I don't see him as a great play maker. If Harkless can't pass make a simple pass he shouldn't be in the NBA. I've seen many Trail Blazer players make excellent passes when they are playing team ball.
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Yeah, okay. I'm not quite sure what game you're watching, but even as frustrated as I am with Stotts's coaching, I realize a lot of it has to do with the limitations of the roster he's given, particularly with the forwards.
 
How do we know that Little isn't really 4'6" and that's the reason he fell so far in the draft?
 
B-Roy said:
Yeah, okay. I'm not quite sure what game you're watching, but even as frustrated as I am with Stotts's coaching, I realize a lot of it has to do with the limitations of the roster he's given, particularly with the forwards.
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The game I am watching is this one: Lillard gets a double team by the Warriors. The Blazer player who was a moment ago standing next to him is now wide open going towards the hoop (the roller), nobody is defending him on that side of the court, he's 7'1",shooting well in this particular game. How in the world does Dame not pass him the ball? Yet, he does not. Instead, he passes the ball across the court instead of towards the hoop to an open teammate. The Blazers did not score on that possession.
I don't know if that is Terry Stotts, but for me, Lillard is a mixed bag as a playmaker. He seems to be able to make excellent passes, but also seems many times to choose not to make them.
Maybe the it's the "trust" thing. It doesn't seem to be a problem for Golden State. Curry will make the pass to a guy who might not be there next season. That could be the Stotts influence.
 
blazerfan11 said:
The game I am watching is this one: Lillard gets a double team by the Warriors. The Blazer player who was a moment ago standing next to him is now wide open going towards the hoop (the roller), nobody is defending him on that side of the court, he's 7'1",shooting well in this particular game. How in the world does Dame not pass him the ball? Yet, he does not. Instead, he passes the ball across the court instead of towards the hoop to an open teammate. The Blazers did not score on that possession.
I don't know if that is Terry Stotts, but for me, Lillard is a mixed bag as a playmaker. He seems to be able to make excellent passes, but also seems many times to choose not to make them.
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We should start Little at point guard.
 
blazerfan11 said:
The game I am watching is this one: Lillard gets a double team by the Warriors. The Blazer player who was a moment ago standing next to him is now wide open going towards the hoop (the roller), nobody is defending him on that side of the court, he's 7'1",shooting well in this particular game. How in the world does Dame not pass him the ball? Yet, he does not. Instead, he passes the ball across the court instead of towards the hoop to an open teammate. The Blazers did not score on that possession.
I don't know if that is Terry Stotts, but for me, Lillard is a mixed bag as a playmaker. He seems to be able to make excellent passes, but also seems many times to choose not to make them.
Maybe the it's the "trust" thing. It doesn't seem to be a problem for Golden State. Curry will make the pass to a guy who might not be there next season. That could be the Stotts influence.
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Because its easy to say "MAKE THE RIGHT PASS" when you're watching on TV. It's different when you're in Dame's shoes, with Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green's long arms in your face. Why do you think playmakers like Draymond Green are so hard to find in the first place?

Dame isn't a perfect playmaker, but he commands attention, and he's shown the ability to make plays over his entire career. Mo has NEVER shown any kind of playmaking. That's why he doesn't get the opportunities.
 
When a player only shoots 52 3's the whole season the variance is just under 2% for every 3 he makes or misses. That means if he had made just 5 more 3's he'd have shot almost 37% and he would've likely went in the top-10. On the flip side if he missed 5 more than he did he would've shot just over 17% from 3.

I don't know if that means he'll be a good shooter or a terrible one but anytime 5 shots going in or out over the course of a full season makes that big of a difference I think it's too small of a sample size to know exactly. His shot looks decent enough to me to the point that I'm not worried about it yet.
 
dviss1 said:
When you put a tilde before a number you're saying that the number is approximate.
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Unless you are using formal logic, in which case you are indicating negation, and why the eff are you using numbers in logic? Though, usually ≈ is used to indicate approximately equal to.
 
STOMP said:
Why aren't hockey players listed at their height with skates on then? Or football or baseball players with their cleats on?

Basketball is the only sport that engages in this nonsense. One standard applied to all. A person's height is what they measure barefoot.

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Your right about actual height but he still 6'6" with shoes plus great wingspan and great reach. He also have a good vertical jump. He also already have NBA body that can finish at the hoop. He also can his player off the dribble that none our forward can.
 
blazerfan11 said:
That could be the reason Bol Bol fell so far. Or maybe it was his spider web shirt. Wait a minute. is that dandruff?

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He’s got devil eyes. That’s why he slipped.
 
Scalma said:
That was really good. Smart, elite athlete, hard working, relatively raw (I didn’t know he didn’t start playing basketball until he was 12) and fits perfectly in Portland’s culture.

Man if (when?) he puts it all together....
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Check out the comments. So many people think he'll be a better pro when he's unleashed. I can't wait to see him in SL.
 
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