Game Thread SUMMER LEAGUE GAME# 6 - GRIZZLIES VS BLAZERS - JULY 16, 2018 - MONDAY, 7:30 PM PDT, ESPN2

[KingSpeed]

Well I don’t agree that Dame is as good as Curry. I don’t mean to disrespect Dame, but Curry is legit the best shooter in NBA history or at least one of. Dame is a good shooter but he’s not on that level. I think both Draymond and Curry are needed for that team to succeed.
In terms of what’s harder to find, both are pretty hard to find. If it was so easy to find a great scorer everyone would have one, and if it was easy to find a good defendsive big there would be more too.

There are many things that Dame can do that Curry can't. I've never seen Curry dunk in traffic.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

There are many things that Dame can do that Curry can't. I've never seen Curry dunk in traffic.

Dame doesn’t dunk that much, Stephs WORST season of 3 shooting is 2% higher than Dames BEST season. While Dame is great, like I love that he’s a Blazer I really do and I want to keep him here for his career, Steph is in a class very few players in the history of the NBA have been in offensively. So yeah Dame can dunk and is probably a better all round athlete than Curry is. Curry is just incredible and I hate GS...

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Not saying Dame is as good as Curry. But I'm saying that the way that Golden State is built, you could put Dame on that team in place of Curry and they still win championships. Not sure they do that without Draymond.

I will also say that while Curry is definitely a more efficient shooter, Dame beats him with his durability. I'd rather have Dame for 82 games than Curry for 60.

You have to replace Draymond with someone sort of comparable though if you’re replacing Curry with Dame. If you put a “lesser” version of Draymond on GS they would still be pretty good.

 

[Natebishop3]

I've never seen Curry dunk in traffic.

For a second I thought this said that you had never seen Curry drunk in traffic. I was thinking... I should hope not!

 

[Natebishop3]

You have to replace Draymond with someone sort of comparable though if you’re replacing Curry with Dame. If you put a “lesser” version of Draymond on GS they would still be pretty good.

But that's the problem..... who is the lesser version of Draymond? It's extremely hard to replace because there aren't very many people who can actually defend five positions, shoot, and pass the ball at a high level.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

But that's the problem..... who is the lesser version of Draymond? It's extremely hard to replace because there aren't very many people who can actually defend five positions, shoot, and pass the ball at a high level.

I think it’s only harder to identify them because you have to have a team around them for them to fit into. If Draymond shows up to GS and Steph / Klay aren’t already there, would he have been anything?

 

[SwissBlazer]

WTF Jeff Ayres is Jeff Pendergraph!!! I am soooo late on this topic.

 

[Natebishop3]

WTF Jeff Ayres is Jeff Pendergraph!!! I am soooo late on this topic.

Yeah..... about five years late

https://www.si.com/nba/point-forwar...dergraph-legally-changes-his-surname-to-ayres

 

[Boob-No-More]

WTF Jeff Ayres is Jeff Pendergraph!!! I am soooo late on this topic.

He changed his name 5 years ago. He played two years in San Antonio as Jeff Ayres and 17 games with the Clipper 3 years ago - the last time he played in the NBA.

I'm surprised he's still around and even more surprised he's playing on a summer league team at the age of 31.

I guess I shouldn't be. Shitty former Blazer power forwards have a way of showing up on random summer league teams years after we'd all but forgotten about them (see Ike Diogu last summer).

BNM

 

[SIeepwalker]

For a second I thought this said that you had never seen Curry drunk in traffic. I was thinking... I should hope not!

Dame however, as we all know, drinks like a fish

 

[Natebishop3]

Dame however, as we all know, drinks like a fish

But not in traffic!

 

[Orion Bailey]

I really don't care. Mutombo was not some kind of offensive powerhouse either. Collins is a badass on defense. He's the best young defensive big I have seen on our team in a loooooooong time. He's still so young, but he has great instincts and he knows how to go up for the block without drawing the foul.

All I want from him is to develop a consistent outside shot. We have Nurk. We don't need him to be an interior scorer. He should work on his handle and his shooting. But his defense could be DPOY level and that's worth much more than scoring.

Marcus Camby
Mark Eaton
Luke Longley
Greg Ostertag

Just a few players off the top of my head that came to be an important part of their respective teams based all on their defense and very little offense.