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swish3 said:
There is a lot of potential in Meyers and Dame raining in the swish3s. I trust that this thread has made you think about how these 2 guys from the same Blazer draft class can develop into scoring threats that can progress toward a 60+% wins season.
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*become Regina George*

Swish3 is not a word. Stop trying to make it a word.

/Regina George.
 
Bottom line is Nards has improved from his rookie season. He has shown he can be a role player who can have good games.
But this year if you know anything about basketball. He has shown that he has a long way to go before he earns the right to start over anyone.
He got pulled from the Thunder game for idiotic plays... Any coach not blind would have done it.
Where as vs the Kings he kept Plumlee on the bench AND one could argue that he made George Karl pull Boogie because Boogie was caught in no mans land on defense too many times...
3's are nice but if you're hurting your team by not taking the wide open shots you get, or hurting your team defensively the Blazers have enough young bigs to replace you right now.
Do your job, or don't forget to bring a towel.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
I'm gonna post this here instead of starting a new thread...



Could you imagine walking in a Dave and busters and there's dame and Meyers doing work on the hoops.
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Dude is enamored with his three point shot. With Kaman, Plumlee, and even Davis around I cannot for the life of me understand why he doesn't have a SINGLE go-to post move.
 
HailBlazers said:
Dude is enamored with his three point shot. With Kaman, Plumlee, and even Davis around I cannot for the life of me understand why he doesn't have a SINGLE go-to post move.
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idk the few times this season he's been put on the block. I've seen him go to the turnaround fade every time.
 
Meyers' hook shot is a potent threat, and may easily draw a foul. This shot should be encouraged and paired with Mason's hook. These 2 talls together pose a problem to defend. More FT shots for the Blazers would be welcome.
 
swish3 said:
Meyers' hook shot is a potent threat, and may easily draw a foul. This shot should be encouraged and paired with Mason's hook. These 2 talls together pose a problem to defend. More FT shots for the Blazers would be welcome.
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I am under the assumption now that you want him to fail. if so, WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!!!
 
No. The theme here is to find more potent offense that uses tall Blazers and passing to find the open favorite shot that will allow for less pressure on Dame.

The video this morning demonstrates the high percentage 3-point shooting from Meyers and Dame that can together provide a lot of wins.

Don't you think that taking more 3-point shots (40+ per game) is a good strategy with the talented Blazer 3-point shooters?
 
Wait, you are saying an arcade game proves someone can shoot a high percentage from 3?
 
swish3 said:
No. The theme here is to find more potent offense that uses tall Blazers and passing to find the open favorite shot that will allow for less pressure on Dame.

The video this morning demonstrates the high percentage 3-point shooting from Meyers and Dame that can together provide a lot of wins.

Don't you think that taking more 3-point shots (40+ per game) is a good strategy with the talented Blazer 3-point shooters?
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Wait, WHAT video?!
 
The video posted above by Fonzthecpt1 shows that both are high percentage shooters, and they both are 3-point scoring threats when they are hot and shooting open favorite spots.

If they know that more than 40 3-point shots are the strategy for the game, we would find out whether success improves.
 
swish3 said:
The video posted above by Fonzthecpt1 shows that both are high percentage shooters, and they both are 3-point scoring threats when they are hot and shooting open favorite spots.

If they know that more than 40 3-point shots are the strategy for the game, we would find out whether success improves.
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.......... are you serious?

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

:biglaugh:
 
I actually love this poster now. Because he has to be pulling our chain this whole time!
 
swish3 said:
Meyers' hook shot is a potent threat, and may easily draw a foul. This shot should be encouraged and paired with Mason's hook. These 2 talls together pose a problem to defend. More FT shots for the Blazers would be welcome.
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Meyers is the best free throw shooter we have right? Well maybe he should start taking shots that might send him to the line.
 
Meyers is now at only 78% for FT, but last year showed that he is capable of >90%. Dame is now the best with 88%.

We need to get Meyers back to the FT and 3-point percentages that represent his true potential. My guess is that encouragement helps.
 
How would you go about improving Nards on the defensive side of the ball? Or does that side not matter as long as Nards is making 3's?

swish3 said:
Meyers is now at only 78% for FT, but last year showed that he is capable of >90%. Dame is now the best with 88%.

We need to get Meyers back to the FT and 3-point percentages that represent his true potential. My guess is that encouragement helps.
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Damn you Stotts for not doing more of this in film sessions and practice sessions.
Damn you Stotts for not putting Nards in pick and roll situations where Nards is wide open so he can shoot the 3.
Damn you Stotts for not empowering Nards to make his free throws....
Damn you Stotts for teaching Nards to pump fake. Oh I also forgot this is Lillard & CJ's fault too. Damn them also.
 
swish3 said:
Meyers' hook shot is a potent threat, and may easily draw a foul. This shot should be encouraged and paired with Mason's hook. These 2 talls together pose a problem to defend. More FT shots for the Blazers would be welcome.
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"potent" lol
 
I am on the "you are probably trolling us" bandwagon. Meyers is a bust, scared, horrible, scared, bust. A scared, horrible bust!
 
Meyers' defense does definitely matter! When he moves with the opponent and gets his arms up high to force them to change shot trajectory, he is effective. This movement-spacing-vertical defense should improve with talented coaching. Let's hope to see that happen.

Stennus, your judgmental quips don't help (and probably drag us down). What might help are some constructive comments, especially reasons not to be afraid to take shots. The counter to scared is confidence. Can you add good ideas here?
 
swish3 said:
Meyers' defense does definitely matter! When he moves with the opponent and gets his arms up high to force them to change shot trajectory, he is effective. This movement-spacing-vertical defense should improve with talented coaching. Let's hope to see that happen.

Stennus, your judgmental quips don't help (and probably drag us down). What might help are some constructive comments, especially reasons not to be afraid to take shots. The counter to scared is confidence. Can you add good ideas here?
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I'm sure it drags Beibs down. It shows on the court. He has no confidence. Dame freakin yelled at him to take shots.

I know you WANT him to be good, and you THINK he can be good, but aside from a game here or there, he's been utter trash. TRASH.

People hated batum for the same thing, and he could do so much more... so Beibs doesn't get a pass. Sorry if I hurt your lover with my words. I dont dislike him as a person.
 
Favored treatment is not what Meyers needs. Rather, he needs to bring the further advances in the talent that we saw in his best games. What the Blazers need is a way to encourage him to shoot, based on building his confidence. That can bring the hot streaks that would allow him to average 18+ points per game. The Blazers need to maximize resources, not think of them in negative terms.

We both see a lack of confidence. What might help is to improve that situation, which means stating reasons to shoot on this forum. Every player has his weaknesses and can develop significantly from a path to improvement. That is what I hope to see here.
 
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