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Samuel said:
he seems like someone who would be fine living in a gym and getting up loads of shots per day at a few key spots on the floor during the offseason.
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He needs the hard drive to the key, defender on his heels, stop and pop from 8-10 feet, instead of driving into a crowd all the time. Gotta keep the defense thinking and off balance.
 
Mr. Robot said:
im really curious if hes gonna play fast all the time and take questionable shoots (like westbrook), which is how hes been playing so far or hes gonna be able to get himself under control going forward

hes athletic and hes relying on that too much, which isnt necessarily a bad thing right now, cause he doesnt have a reliable jumper
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Scoot started the season in overdrive, without thinking, and not having the slightest idea what the defense was doing. Now you can clearly see that he's slowed down, he's attempting to read the defense and what his teammates are doing, and he's picking his spots better. He still makes too many bad decisions, but he is definitely getting there. It takes time to become a smart NBA point guard.
 
wizenheimer said:
Giannis...maybe

it's a quibble, but Scoot didn't do it either. 75 feet would have been him getting the ball inside of the 3 point line. He got it about halfway between the 3 point line and halfcourt so it was really around 60 feet
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I think it was a question about guards.
 
Yeah, from half court Scoot took 2 dribbles then 2 steps to the basket. He was already moving pretty fast when he got to half court. It was unstoppable.
 
wizenheimer said:
Giannis...maybe

it's a quibble, but Scoot didn't do it either. 75 feet would have been him getting the ball inside of the 3 point line. He got it about halfway between the 3 point line and halfcourt so it was really around 60 feet
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This is where he got the ball. Looks like his foot is about 1/5 of the way between the top of the 3-point line and half court and the ball is about 1/3 of the way.

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Whyachi said:
To go along with Scoot's big double double against Sacramento, Henderson made Sabonis tapout with an illegal wanker lock, and delivered a Tarzan rim swinging kick to Keon Ellis. The Blazers rookie PG was downright nasty tonight!
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Scoot is our Draymond Green. I wonder if those things get reviewed.

 
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wizenheimer said:
Giannis...maybe

it's a quibble, but Scoot didn't do it either. 75 feet would have been him getting the ball inside of the 3 point line. He got it about halfway between the 3 point line and halfcourt so it was really around 60 feet
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giannis is a point guard?
 
BBert said:
Scoot started the season in overdrive, without thinking, and not having the slightest idea what the defense was doing. Now you can clearly see that he's slowed down, he's attempting to read the defense and what his teammates are doing, and he's picking his spots better. He still makes too many bad decisions, but he is definitely getting there. It takes time to become a smart NBA point guard.
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Mike Richman was saying that it’s obvious that Scoot has been deciding ahead of time what he’s gonna do and won’t deviate from his plan. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. What he needs to do is take what the defense is giving him, or adjust his plan when it won’t work. He is getting better at this. I think it’s just a habit from playing against G league competition for two years where he could pretty much impose his will on teams.
 
blazerfan11 said:
This is where he got the ball. Looks like his foot is about 1/5 of the way between the top of the 3-point line and half court and the ball is about 1/3 of the way.

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that's a deceptive picture and it's not where he got control of the ball; and even if you believe that's where the counter started, it's only 60 feet from there to the opposite backboard, not 75 feet

illmatic99 said:
giannis is a point guard?
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no...but he's about the only player in the NBA that could, maybe, cover 75 feet in two dribbles and I doubt he could do it except in a video game

a court is 94 feet long. The three point line is 25 feet from the baseline making the 3 point line 69 feet from the opposite baseline (FT line is 19 feet from baseline + 6 foot radius to 3 point line). The backboard extends 4 feet from the baseline, so the 3 point line is 65 feet from the opposite back board. That means, if Scoot actually traveled 75 feet, he would have had to gain control of the ball 10 feet inside of the three point line. That's 4 feet inside of the FT line! And if you calculate for some point in front of the rim where he released the ball, he would have had to start 6-7 feet inside of the FT line
 
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wizenheimer said:
that's a deceptive picture and it's not where he got control of the ball; and even if you believe that's where the counter started, it's only 60 feet from there to the opposite backboard, not 75 feet



no...but he's about the only player in the NBA that could, maybe, cover 75 feet in two dribbles and I doubt he could do it except in a video game

a court is 94 feet long. The three point line is 25 feet from the baseline making the 3 point line 69 feet from the opposite baseline (FT line is 19 feet from baseline + 6 foot radius to 3 point line). The backboard extends 4 feet from the baseline, so the 3 point line is 65 feet from the opposite back board. That means, if Scoot actually traveled 75 feet, he would have had to gain control of the ball 10 feet inside of the three point line. That's 4 feet inside of the FT line! And if you calculate for some point in front of the rim where he released the ball, he would have had to start 6-7 feet inside of the FT line
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nerd
 
beast crnjo said:
I think you're looking at his overall %. I'm seeing 17/54, which is 31%. Not good but decent. The problem is, every players overall 3pt% includes whatever cold spells they had. We don't know how much of an abberation his cold streak was. So if you cut out any given players worst games, that only moves the bar as to what a decent % is.

But his TS% went up +5% in November and then another +6.5% in December, so it's trending upward.

Scoot doesn't really need to become a good shooter in order to become a good player. He just needs to be average.
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I counted 17/46 which is 37%.
 
25 pts on 23 shots, thats terrible efficiency

3/7 3-pointers, thats really good efficiency

hopefully he plays better tonight and he should stop attacking wemby at the rim (he wants to prove something, but thats just foolish)
 
Scoot’s 3 point percentage is about 27% now. About the same as Wemby. It will continue to go up.
 
Mr. Robot said:
25 pts on 23 shots, thats terrible efficiency

3/7 3-pointers, thats really good efficiency

hopefully he plays better tonight and he should stop attacking wemby at the rim (he wants to prove something, but thats just foolish)
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I think that his shot selection was greatly impacted by the lack of offensive skills on the team outside of him, Grant and Brogdon. So I don't fault him for 23 shots.

He showed signs of what he should become, but he also showed he's not ready for prime time just yet.

Hopefully some of the "injured" players aren't "injured" tonight.
 
Mr. Robot said:
25 pts on 23 shots, thats terrible efficiency

3/7 3-pointers, thats really good efficiency

hopefully he plays better tonight and he should stop attacking wemby at the rim (he wants to prove something, but thats just foolish)
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I wondered about the Wemby factor before the game. He had success against Sac at attacking the basket, but there is a big difference between Victor and Domantis when it comes to rim protection.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I wondered about the Wemby factor before the game. He had success against Sac at attacking the basket, but there is a big difference between Victor and Domantis when it comes to rim protection.
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his shot chart against the Kings:

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looks like he was 3-9 in the restricted area

his shot chart last night:

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looks like 1-5. He was 2-2 against the Warriors; but 0-4 against the Wizards; and 2-6 against the Suns

so, if those shot charts are accurate (I'm not sure about that), in the last 5 games he's 8-26 (30.8%) in the restricted area. Now, according to BBREF, shots 'at the rim' are 0-3' from the rim; while the restricted area is 0-4' from the rim, so there is a difference

still, that's really bad shooting within the restricted area. It's actually so bad I'm guessing it's something of an aberration; maybe due, in part, to the shot blockers the opponents had over those 5 games

but I can't be sure unless I looked at the shot charts for every game Scoot has played and I'm not going to take the time to do that
 

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While I will be the first to say he has things to work and needs to get more efficient I was encouraged to see that he is 3nd in assists per game and 5th in scoring. If he can continue o improve he should be a great point guard.
 
Would we be better off today and for the future if Charlotte had drafted Scoot and we ended up drafting Brandon Miller?
 
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