Yeah, Meyers is definitely a SLOW study. It seems like he has had a lot of maturing to do. I also think he'll stick in the league a while. He'll probably never make MM change his tune on him, but he still has a chance to be a decent player.
Sure, but I'd love to see him show himself to be a quality player here first, so that the other team will consider him an asset and give us something decent in return for him.
Totally agree. He has to put together a solid season. Good numbers and a solid work ethic will do much to help ease the bashing.
I would love to see Nurk take Meyers 'under his wing' and be a positive influence on him, and help keep him in a positive frame of mind. The armchair psychologist in me thinks Meyers needs a strong role model close by at all times. It would be great if Nurk was willing and able to provide that.
Just so I understand: You would love to see Meyers become a beast, but on another team? If he's going to become a solid player, wouldn't it be better for us if it was on our team?
Okay so here is another scenario altogether. What if Meyers gets quite a bit better. Lets say there is another injury to Davis and Meyers needs to step up. He starts getting minutes and produces lets say 12/7. His ability to spread the floor starts to show and he does the job well on the glass on the defensive end. Then when needed, plays along side Nurkic and he continues to show the ability to pass that we all have already seen. The twin tower effect works and they win some big games. Meyers even has a couple good games where the 3's were falling. 18-20 point type outings. Now Meyers is a rotational guy and he can hit a Free Throw.
I was sarcastic, hes a trash player and will remain so, but thats not even the main problem, hes so weak, little stronger than a girl...
thats called 'utopia', my friend
nope, but let me put it this way... Im pretty sure Swanigan is already stronger than Meyers, aand while Collins may not be, Im sure hed give more fight on the court, and guess what, theyre fuckin' rookiesWell, if Nurk is your standard, then sure
I was really just going along with Robot's "on another team" post; what I really hope, of course, is for Meyers to come into camp/preseason as exactly the kind of backup center we need behind Nurkic, and for our big man rotation/depth to suddenly become one of the strengths of this team. Honestly, I don't want him as a 4 because I don't think he has the lateral mobility to effectively defend at that spot, but I do think he can be not-a-liability at the 5.
No, because he's mentally fragile, and would eventually suck.
In this fantasyland, Aminu is shooting 37% from 3, so I want Aminu at the 4.
Sorry. Aminu is a train wreck. We never want Aminu to be our answer at the 4.
We all mostly want it, but few of us expect it. Quick is sounding like MB, or perhaps the 3rd sequel to "The boy who cried wolf".
When Aminu was hitting 3s, the analytics were clear (according to Neil), our most successful lineups had Aminu at the 4.
Look. When anyone is hitting threes. The Blazers play better. Teams beg Aminu to shoot 3's. BEG HIM!. They sit back cover passing lanes and wait for him to make a decision. Then it happens. He starts clanging away. After a while he quits and starts trying to drive. We all know what happens then. TRAIN WRECK! Aminu is good as a defensive specialist in certain occasions/situations. Not as a starter EVER.
Okay. This is the way i see it. The Blazers need better than Aminu.
But Santa is just fine because he actually enters your house right?
Well played FAMS