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blazerfan11 said:
Someone needs to go measure those guys.

Did Simons grow? He's being announced at 6'4" now. Or maybe his earlier height was incorrect.
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I was going to mention that also but just didn’t really think Mr Mason actually knows. I figure he just reads what is in the paper in front of him.
 
Bif said:
Notice how when he takes off as athletic as he is, he doesn’t float like Shay does, or the other athletic highflyers. He is a big dude, and that muscular body doesn’t stay up in the air as long as those lightweights do. When he explodes toward the basket he’s coming down pretty fast which leads to some turnovers. But that big body is going to get him to the free throw line
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I think his close scoring issues is actually with long, agile defenders that can manage to avoid contact with him. When he managed to initiate contact, he creates separation or gets free throws, the defenders that are long and manage to avoid contact are the ones that give him problems
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I... don't think that's how physics works
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They don't play in a vacuum though...
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cdub503 said:
what are people expecting....? hes a 19 year old rookie..... hes going to have good nights just like he has his bad nights and of course his shooting needs improvement we all knew that coming into this.
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I was expecting 21-6-6 ala rookie LeBron. :angel:
 
Why are people so dense about this Scoot height issue?

It doesn’t have context.

The context is that he is a 6’3.5 guard playing with a similarly sized guard and in an “ideal” world, a 6’5ish(?) SF in Shaedon Sharpe.

If he were playing with LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges, sure, he would be perfectly sized. But he isn’t.

NOW, if we move Simons and play Scoot at PG and Sharpe at SG, then the context is completely different and his positional size is great.
 
Everything Beagle said:
Didn’t they change the official measuring from bare feet to shoes a couple of years ago? Maybe the change is to reflect that.
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it was the other way around

for at least a year the NBA was 'insisting' that official heights had to be w/o shoes. The league relaxed a little on this but not entirely. They wanted there to be normalized gauges since with-shoes measurements could vary between players from .75 - 2.5 inches. It's supposedly the main reason that the NBA has mandated, starting this year, that in order to be draft eligible players are required to participate in the pre-draft combines and be measured
 
I can't wait to give this kid the ball fulltime and let him cook.

The thing that made him so special to me predraft was is impact on the game without taking shots. You could see that in the second half last night where he leveraged his scoring to open up passing lanes for teammates. This is a superstar in the making. He has the ability to make his teammates look better just by being on the floor; and we don't have anyone else on the team who can do this to the extent that Scoot can.

But his shooting and finishing at the rim HAVE to get better. If he's not a threat to score, teams are just going to sag off him and eliminate his passing options.
 
illmatic99 said:
Last 5 games:

30 mpg, 19pts, 6asts, 3 rebs, 2to on 43/48/97 shooting splits.

This is elite.
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Scoot's 3-point shooting:

Feb: 40%
Jan: 34%
Dec: 35%
Nov: 33%
Oct: 5.6%

If we take away October's 1-18 three-point shooting, Scoot is shooting 35% (51-146) for the rest of the season on 3-pointers.

I think 35% exceeds everyone's expectations and is in the "hoped for" level.

I expected 30% and hoped for 33% or above. The season isn't over yet of course. We'll see where it ends up.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Scoot's 3-point shooting:

Feb: 40%
Jan: 34%
Dec: 35%
Nov: 33%
Oct: 5.6%

If we take away October's 1-18 three-point shooting, Scoot is shooting 35% (51-146) for the rest of the season on 3-pointers.

I think 35% exceeds everyone's expectations and is in the "hoped for" level.

I expected 30% and hoped for 33% or above. The season isn't over yet of course. We'll see where it ends up.
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Also, as noted on the TV broadcast, Scoot is 50 for 51 on his free-throws since(including) the game on January 17th.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Scoot's 3-point shooting:

Feb: 40%
Jan: 34%
Dec: 35%
Nov: 33%
Oct: 5.6%

If we take away October's 1-18 three-point shooting, Scoot is shooting 35% (51-146) for the rest of the season on 3-pointers.

I think 35% exceeds everyone's expectations and is in the "hoped for" level.

I expected 30% and hoped for 33% or above. The season isn't over yet of course. We'll see where it ends up.
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Weirdly (and unexpected) 35% also is better than Damian's 3pt fg%.
 
kjironman1 said:
Can't argue with the numbers but one is not like the other. You simply cannot compare the two.
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Wasn't really comparing the two (in the sense of "Scoot is better!"), but more showing how we consider Dame a really good shooter, and people act like Scoot isn't. So if this early in his career he's already shooting a decent %, it's showing a lot of potential there.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I... don't think that's how physics works
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You appear to be correct!
According to Galileo's principle of universality of free fall, if you drop a 5-pound and a 10-pound ball simultaneously from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, they would hit the ground at the same time, as all objects fall at the same rate in the absence of air resistance
 
julius said:
Wasn't really comparing the two (in the sense of "Scoot is better!"), but more showing how we consider Dame a really good shooter, and people act like Scoot isn't. So if this early in his career he's already shooting a decent %, it's showing a lot of potential there.
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I wonder what Dame’s 3pt% (in PDX) would be if he only shot 3s from the line and not long bombs. Same with Curry.

That said, Scoot’s shooting is definitely encouraging coupled with his ability to get to the line.
 
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