Scoot reviews

[PCmor7]

If he could hit a three it would be better.

Ironically, until this recent drought, he shot the 3 better for his career than Shaedon. Even with this slump, Shaedon's only .003 better than Scoot.

He shot 35% last year. He was 42.3% over his first four games this year and that included a game where he was 0-3.

Then everything fell apart for him in every facet of the game.

 

[kjironman1]

Ironically, until this recent drought, he shot the 3 better for his career than Shaedon. Even with this slump, Shaedon's only .003 better than Scoot.

He shot 35% last year. He was 42.3% over his first four games this year and that included a game where he was 0-3.

Then everything fell apart for him in every facet of the game.

There is no question that the Hamstring injury affects your jump shot.
Maybe he can work through this and get a rhythm again?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I swear Scoot’s been in a slump since his Ignite days

 

[PCmor7]

There is no question that the Hamstring injury affects your jump shot.
Maybe he can work through this and get a rhythm again?

Except his 3-point shooting was bordering on excellent for two weeks and then fell off a cliff. He dropped 20 percentage points in like seven games, and he wasn't just taking one or two 3s per game when he was shooting better than 43%.

 

[PCmor7]

Scoot's shots not broken. It looks fundamentally as it should. He just doesn't seem to believe he can make open shots anymore and I'm at a loss as to what brought that on.

 

[AldoTrapani]

 

[kjironman1]

Except his 3-point shooting was bordering on excellent for two weeks and then fell off a cliff. He dropped 20 percentage points in like seven games, and he wasn't just taking one or two 3s per game when he was shooting better than 43%.

The key part of that statement was “For two weeks”. Really it was 5 games and yes that makes perfect sense.

 

[julius]

Scoot breaks out of his slump today.

or not.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Caleb Love is so much better than Scoot lol

 

[HailBlazers]

Caleb Love is so much better than Scoot lol

Surely you meant Amen Thompson

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

There’s no in between - he’s either CP3-like or he’s Armon Johnson.

 

[julius]

There’s no in between - he’s either CP3-like or he’s Armon Johnson.

So far he's more like Tauran Green or Armon Johnson.

 

[wizenheimer]

a huge gap tonight between Scoot and Amen....geeeezuzz

 

[MrDraftGuy]

The main problem with Scoot isn't shooting or limited athleticism. Some of that can be corrected but it's his overall decision making which negatively impacts his play. Hamstring or not, I've never been a fan of the G-League mentality that his game embodies (Jalen Green is similar). That was probably the main reason I had Amen over him.

As such, I think it needs to be drilled into his head that he is not a superstar PG and should stop trying to chase that image. It'd actually make him better.

What he can be is Jrue Holiday, provided he focus on playmaking and defense while learning to settle for opportunistic scoring. If he prioritizes that, his decision making will suddenly improve and his worth will be far more valuable to the team.

Then, it's just a matter of re-adjusting to the things we saw last season, with a 35% 3pt shot (inconsistent but still decent) and the ability to slow down while driving to the rim not unlike Deni (who he worked out with)

 

[AldoTrapani]

Surely you meant Amen Thompson

that’s not even a question

 

[THE HCP]

Caleb Love is so much better than Scoot lol

I thought the Blazers are your favorite team….. why would a player on our roster not living up to the hype make you type “lol”? Is him struggling funny to you?

 

[THE HCP]

Would having some other weapons on the floor like Deni and Shar help scoot. Give him more room to work? Was he playing better when Deni and Shae were out there?

 

[inconceivable]

We need to be very patient with Scoot. He just needs to break out of this slump. Remember the game against Wemby before the draft? He's got it. Judge him by the end of the season

 

[SwissBlazer]

Would having some other weapons on the floor like Deni and Shar help scoot. Give him more room to work? Was he playing better when Deni and Shae were out there?

These are valid points. But today he started the game with four competent players. It’s a tough time to be patient.

 

[GoZers]

Scoot isn’t good. And has minimal trade value. Feels like Portland gets itself in this situation a lot. Cronin given a pass too often because people have Olshey Derangement Syndrome. Which is understandable. GM’ing is hard. But facts are facts. Bad pick.

 

[wizenheimer]

Would having some other weapons on the floor like Deni and Shar help scoot. Give him more room to work? Was he playing better when Deni and Shae were out there?

way too small a sample size this season to judge

if you go by last season, the Sharpe/Scoot combo was the 4th best 2-man combo for Portland based on net points; and one of only 4 combos that had a + differential. But with Deni, nope. Sharpe/Scoot were +0.5; Deni/Scoot were -5.3.

but again, a 12 game sample at 23 min/game after missing 4 months is too small to construct good gauges. But we do know how shitty a played Scoot was as a rookie, and so far this season, Scoot's FG%; 3ptFG%; eFG%; TS%; PER; assist rate; turnover rate; assist/turnover ratio; winshare/48; OBPM; DBPM; BPM....are all worse than his rookie season. Now I know you make a point of dismissing any stats that don't fit your agenda, but in this case, those numbers definitely match everybody's eyeball test

the bright spot(s) are that Scoot's 2ptFG%; FT rate, and FT% are all the highest of his career. So he does have a little bit of foundation to build on. But it was a harsh dose of reality to watch Scoot and Amen last night

 

[SheedSoNasty]

He was looking like he was turning the corner last year so I’ll wait to judge him based off of this limited sample size. That being said, the limited sample size this season has been abysmal.

 

[julius]

He was looking like he was turning the corner last year so I’ll wait to judge him based off of this limited sample size. That being said, the limited sample size this season has been abysmal.

Its only slightly better than his rookie year.
Which is saying a lot because his rookie year....oof, that was something horrible.

 

[SwissBlazer]

The most annoying thing is the way other players seem to treat him. I sometimes see myself (an awful basketball player) on the court. Players were going for the difficult pass instead of giving a simple one to me. Which, with me, was the right play I hope it's not the right one with a former #3 draft pick.

 

[julius]

Just had a thought, maybe the game needs to slow down again for him.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Would having some other weapons on the floor like Deni and Shar help scoot. Give him more room to work? Was he playing better when Deni and Shae were out there?

Yes, and that goes for anybody. The on court product doesn't look good because we're missing our two best scorers.

Most teams aren't going to look good when that happens either.

 

[inconceivable]

I thought the Blazers are your favorite team….. why would a player on our roster not living up to the hype make you type “lol”? Is him struggling funny to you?

I'm surprised you're surprised at this point.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Scoot clearly can't hang at the NBA level

 

[Pinwheel1]

I believe this was only Scoot's 12th game of the season after his injury. The rust is falling off.

 

[Everything Beagle]

Scoot clearly can't hang at the NBA level

Definitely an encouraging performance! But Indiana is tanking harder than Patton… though, I’m fine with it being taken with a grain of salt.