Do you think another team is going to offer him $16M? I don't see it. Just because his contract will be up doesn't mean he'll automatically be due another max deal.
Next off season 16m will the equivalent to a 10m contract with the cap hold going up so much.
More money can often times lead to a bigger ego. Thats all these guys need.
I don't understand the deal with Blazers fans and their bigs. They hate bigs that can dunk and want all their bigs shooting jumpers... I hate hearing "all he can do is dunk" like it's a bad thing. Hear this all the time with DeAndre. Tyson and DJ are GOOD at dunking. There were so many times last year where a blazer big shot a BS layup/hook shot where one of these guys would've went up and PACKED IT.
I never said I hate to see dunking. There is nothing wrong with dunking, its fun to see happen, but when thats ALL the player can do then not only does it limit that player it also limits what the team can do on offense.
no big is gonna decide to take away a Role mid range jumper compared to a Damian Lillard drive. Plus I don't think we want a Rolo mid range jumper over a dunk...
Actually yes they are, they are going to move out and follow Rolo a little bit, happened a ton last year and a decent amount before he went down this year. Rolo is a great at rolling to the hoop after a PnR, he doesn't catch lobs because we really don't run a lot of lob pass plays, also a lob isn't a play you can run every single time and the threat of a lob doesn't open up the paint because it requires the big to either get really really deep into the paint or to have a player divert the defending centers attention and let the player they are defending get close enough uninhibited towards the rim to throw one.
nothing you said made any sense. I don't know how to respond. I'm talking about throwing a lob on a pick n roll. Have you ever seen Dwight Howard or Jordan on a pick n roll and how a gaurd will throw the ball up and they'll go get it? It's a 99% shot. And they get those 2 or 3 times a game. I'll take that over three 40% Robin Lopez jumpers. And I never saw an opposing big respect Rolos jumper over the driving guard. Please find me a clip where that happens once. I guess you didn't understand we were talking strictly pick n rolls here
I want Rudy and Dre back solely to show Dame how to throw lob passes. Sigh
Pretty much nailed it blue.... When we had Miller, Sergio and Rudy; we were the #1 dunk team and Aldridge was leading the league in dunks made. We just don't have the PG that looks to pass like we had in Miller. Maybe that's something Dame should really work on this summer? If Batum does come back and Dame improves this facet of his game, we could game plan more of these types of baskets. We actually need at least 2 players, maybe even 3.
Its not a lack of passing skill at all. Those are the EASY passes. they don't throw lobs because Kaman and Rolo can't get off the ground while LA and Meyers only pick n pop and play outside
The pass might be easy, but the big has to create the passing option AND the guy with the ball has to recognize - at the right time - that the option is being created.
create the passing option? its not that hard to roll towards the hoop. An athletic big creates more of a passing option because you can throw it in a bigger window and he'll still go get it.
So if the pass is easy, and creating the passing option is easy, we should be alley-ooping on every offensive possession.
Its easier to score because it's easier to score on a dunk then a jumper. It's that simple. Of course it won't happen that much, it'd just be more of an offensive threat than Robin Lopez
Hey, I'm one of the biggest critics of the way we play offense. We need higher percentage shots. But getting higher percentage shots is a lot more difficult than just getting a "dunker" on the roster. It starts with the coach and his offensive scheme, but also relies on having a PG/passer with good court vision (only Nic has above-average court vision), and bigs who can create space around the hoop (we don't have any). Those three things need to work together in order to create high-percentage shots.
True, but I think that Stotts would work at getting an athletic big man the ball at the rim. He doesn't do it now because he doesn't have a big that can go the role of high flyer. And I think we have good passers, but they don't trust Rolo, Kaman, and even LA to go finish the play
