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Natebishop3 said:
Some really interesting comments from Scoot about coming off the bench.

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How can you not love this guy. Saying all the right things. Showing me that the coaching staff and support system is really helping him. He was going to struggle like this anywhere, and I’m happy with his attitude and outlook on everything. He even says “I know I’m going to be on top of the world at one point” and that point in his career will come.

I don’t care about the fouls right now. Next year, I will more, but right now, I love seeing him fight in the post for position. Whether or not the call goes his way is whatever, just another possession to look over in the offseason, he’s had a few go his way as well. If these are the hardships that have to happen on the way to Scoot becoming a lockdown defender at the PG position, so be it. With his body, Scoot is going to be a bully on both ends of the court against most PGs. Even bigger guys like Topic are going to have to defend, because Scoot is going to going to put those guys in foul trouble the way he’ll be able to get to the basket.

I think the Scoot/Ant/Shae can co-exist, even now, on offense, as long as Grant and DA are both healthy and in the lineup. The amount of spacing in that starting lineup would be very good, and Ant would be a more efficient scorer. My worry is defense, because Scoot is still learning the whistle-calling aspect of the game. If Scoot figures it out on defense next summer, I have no problem trying to start all three guys. If it hasn’t we can root for a 6MOY campaign from Scoot in ‘24-‘25.
 
Idog1976 said:
No, I didn't even try because I have better things to do then pore over stats for a sports forum. Kobe was pretty trash his rookie season so there you go he only averaged 7.5pts a game 1.3 assists and 2 boards pretty comparable to Scoot although definitely more efficient as a scorer (not Scoot's job). Compare to Scoots 9.7pts 4.1 assists and 2.7 rebounds. Scoot less efficient but pretty similar output in more minutes.
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Kobe shot 44/38 his rookie year (not to mention he got to the line at 2x the rate as Scoot. Nobody would be talking about scoot being a bust if he were shooting 38% from 3. So Kobe is not a good example. I also remember seeing Kobe play his rookie year, you could see the talent oozing off him.

I think a better argument for Scoot than his age, is that his rookie season isn't yet over. We don't yet know if the terrible shooting was mental, or just a terrible stretch. This should be more clear once he has a season under his belt.
 
kjironman1 said:
You watch plenty of basketball. You know when a shot doesn't look right? Pretty certain you do. I'm also sure you see when a shooter has a really good stroke. Scoot might work through his problems shooting the ball but even you must see that he needs to work with a coach (Which he is obviously doing in this video). Glad to see it. Hope he gets results from the work he is putting in.
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Of course his shot doesn’t look right, but. I just posted that because there was actually a guy on here giving him instructions on how to shoot better. Get outta’ here.
 
THE HCP said:
Of course his shot doesn’t look right, but. I just posted that because there was actually a guy on here giving him instructions on how to shoot better. Get outta’ here.
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He's working on it. Sure seems like he is willing. No replacement for hard work. He might have one of the best attitudes I have ever heard a kid have on this team. I'll bet you are enjoying running with some of these new kids. Hated losing Dame but It's sure nice to see some great kids on the team growing into some solid players.
 
encouraging signs last night, thats what both scoot & we as fans need

surely it wont happen every game from now on, but if it happens more often than not, that would be really good

coaching staff will tell him what he needs to do, so as long as hes a hard working player, he should improve
 
Freshtown said:
He needs to square his feet to the hoop. He also brings the ball down too far. Defenses can easily recover and contest when you waste that much time bringing the ball down after you catch it.
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Sound like all the message board geniuses saying Brandon Miller wouldn’t be able to get his shot off in the NBA lol
 
Scoot had a good game. His shot looked so much better than last game.
 
I hate seeing stats that are not normalized to minutes played. Also show 2pt% separate from 3pt%.
 
With Scoot's best game of the season under his belt, I wanted to take a look at how he's doing compared to others in his draft class. Here's this year's draft class sorted by Win-Share -

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I was impressed to see Camara at #13.

As for Scoot, I'm rooting for him...
 

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42N8Bounce said:
With Scoot's best game of the season under his belt, I wanted to take a look at how he's doing compared to others in his draft class. Here's this year's draft class sorted by Win-Share -

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I was impressed to see Camara at #13.

As for Scoot, I'm rooting for him...
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Hard to take that stat seriously when Wemby is 17th.
 
I liked what Scoot said in his post game interview after Clippers game. A reporter threw some good Scoot stats out there, and Henderson replied, "none of that stuff matters, because we didn't win the game. I just want to help the team win."

that's real stuff, Scoot isn't out there to sugarcoat the Blazers. He wants to win, period .
 
FlashWad said:
I don’t think blind faith is a good stance to take on any aspect in life. I’m not giving up on him quite yet but every aspect of his game looks horrid, it’s actually really concerning.. why didn’t he work on his broken shot in his two years being a pro ect.. shouldn’t the gleauge coaches told him he won’t be bow to just blow by everyone in the nba? either you have the talent and ability or not. There are busts all the time in the nba and the signs are often seen very early.
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There are also superstars that suck early: Kobe, Nash, Dirk, Giannis, etc etc
 
FlashWad said:
I don’t think blind faith is a good stance to take on any aspect in life. I’m not giving up on him quite yet but every aspect of his game looks horrid, it’s actually really concerning.. why didn’t he work on his broken shot in his two years being a pro ect.. shouldn’t the gleauge coaches told him he won’t be bow to just blow by everyone in the nba? either you have the talent and ability or not. There are busts all the time in the nba and the signs are often seen very early.
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His speed and passing looks horrid?
 
Idog1976 said:
No, I didn't even try because I have better things to do then pore over stats for a sports forum. Kobe was pretty trash his rookie season so there you go he only averaged 7.5pts a game 1.3 assists and 2 boards pretty comparable to Scoot although definitely more efficient as a scorer (not Scoot's job). Compare to Scoots 9.7pts 4.1 assists and 2.7 rebounds. Scoot less efficient but pretty similar output in more minutes.
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And Kobe did this:

 
If I recall, wasn't Scoot clocked as a damned fast player driving the lane this season?
 
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