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Oh, Baby. How long has it been since we've had a point guard like Armon Johnson? Wow. This guy is going to change the complexion of this team. I already like him more than I ever liked Bayless. If he's this good in his first NBA game, imagine his potential.

Relax, everybody. Point guard is taken care of for the next decade.
 
I hope he plays great so we can

.....package him and a slew of other Blazers for Chris Paul :devilwink:
 
Btw I'm holding back until I see him play against someone that's not named Goran Dragic.
 
Except he doesn't have a J. That will hurt us if he plays too many minutes. In spot duty he'll do just fine.
 
Well, for now, it's HAMMER time!
 
RoyToy said:
Way to go Kevin Pritchard!
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He feels like a Nate selection. Williams feels more like a KP "point guard." There's no way to prove it, but I suspect taking him was KP throwing Nate a bone.
 
Everything I saw in summer league and pre-season seems even better now. I still love this guy. Hope he continues to get better.
 
BlazersBlood said:
Except he doesn't have a J. That will hurt us if he plays too many minutes. In spot duty he'll do just fine.
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Rondo does not have a J. Andre Miller's J is not exactly a thing of beauty. If your PG can guard, controls the ball, runs the offense and can get to the basket - a jumper is not the most important thing in the world. It would be nice if he develops it, for sure.
 
andalusian said:
Rondo does not have a J. Andre Miller's J is not exactly a thing of beauty. If your PG can guard, controls the ball, runs the offense and can get to the basket - a jumper is not the most important thing in the world. It would be nice if he develops it, for sure.
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He sure hit a nice little turn-around jumper tonight. If he can hit from 12 feet and in, that's good enough for me. Besides, he's lightening quick and he's going to draw a lot of fouls. He may get half of his points from the free-throw line.
 
Not to be a downer but Goran Dragic can't guard a chair. Let's not pronounce him the PGoTF just yet. Once teams realize his jumper is ehh they'll back off and then we'll see how he responds.
 
I'm still gonna need to see more of him in terms of creating for others to be convinced he's really a PGOTF candidate, he was more of a combo guard at Nevada IMO but we'll see how he does creating with Wes and Rudy on the 2nd team. His intensity on D was exciting, and he seems to have the quickness and handle to get into the lane to create for himself. Some of that penetration will probably be taken away when teams realize he's probably not the best deep threat but I hope he keeps it up. Definitely a more than adequate backup PG for now though.
 
andalusian said:
Rondo does not have a J. Andre Miller's J is not exactly a thing of beauty. If your PG can guard, controls the ball, runs the offense and can get to the basket - a jumper is not the most important thing in the world. It would be nice if he develops it, for sure.
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I was going to put a caveat about Miller, but decided to just put that he'll only play spot minutes. Running the offense is very important. But he plays good defense so he's already light years ahead of Sergio in that regard. I'm just glad that he looked fearless out there in his first NBA game. That's a good sign.
 
Jayps15 said:
I'm still gonna need to see more of him in terms of creating for others to be convinced he's really a PGOTF candidate, he was more of a combo guard at Nevada IMO but we'll see how he does creating with Wes and Rudy on the 2nd team. His intensity on D was exciting, and he seems to have the quickness and handle to get into the lane to create for himself. Some of that penetration will probably be taken away when teams realize he's probably not the best deep threat but I hope he keeps it up. Definitely a more than adequate backup PG for now though.
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Yes, it's just one game, but this guy already shows more court sense, speed, and leadership from the point than we've had in a long time. And it may not even matter if defenders "back off" him; he can get it down the court so fast that they'll just be trying to keep up with him.
 
From what I have seen from AJ so far, at the very least he will not stink the place playing backup PG. Anything over that is a blessing. If we are lucky - he will one day be able to be a good starter PG - but even if he can't - kid seems like he can ball.
 
he looked good but keep in mind.... usually everyone does vs the suns defense
 
You can see why Nate likes him--he reminds him of himself.
 
MIXUM said:
he looked good but keep in mind.... usually everyone does vs the suns defense
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???

I dunno, I thought suns under Gentry have improved quite a bit on defense. They're not exactly stoppers, but they hustle and contest shots. You sound like you're thinking of the D'Antoni SSOL teams.
 
maxiep said:
You can see why Nate likes him--he reminds him of himself.
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Well Armon is fearless. I love that. He plays D. I really like that. He's aggressive. That makes me very happy. It's a good start to his career & I hope he can continue to provide 6-12 minutes of solid ball this season.
 
johnson was great.... but you can see he cant shoot. hes a better pg then bayless but scoring wise... we will suffer there
 
MIXUM said:
johnson was great.... but you can see he cant shoot. hes a better pg then bayless but scoring wise... we will suffer there
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More shots for Batuumshakalaka!!
 
this makes me laugh.... after 1 game we have our PG of the future.

jeez.... i guess we also are gonna win the nba title too?
 
MIXUM said:
johnson was great.... but you can see he cant shoot. hes a better pg then bayless but scoring wise... we will suffer there
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You could tell he can't shoot because he never took an outside shot? I understand the knock on him is an outside is not his strength, but the guy who won the rookie of the year last year has no outside shot either. Yet he continually attacked the basket. That is what I want to see.
 
MIXUM said:
johnson was great.... but you can see he cant shoot.
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Funny, I didn't see that. He was 3-5 from the field tonight, which tied Dante Cunningham for highest shooting percentage on the team.
 
The kid can handle the damn ball. He might not be the best shooter in the world, but his form doesn't look like someone crank starting an old model T as does Andre Miller's jumper. How can Miller's jumper look that much worse than last year?

I don't care if you are 35 or 65, unless you are Reggie Miller or someone else who got good results out of bad form there is still time to change your shot.

If Andre Miller played baseball, he would hold the bat over his head with one hand and chop down at the ball like he was using an axe.
 
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