Welcome back Moses Brown!

[riverman]

Did Meyers efficiency come before or after he was standing around and didn't know what to do? (I noticed those highlighted shooting percentages are based on very low minutes and 2-4 shots per game)

Seems to me Meyers short spurt of almost looking like an NBA big cost the Blazers a mere 55 million...and he still didn't learn to open his eyes under the basket or dunk over a 6' guard in the paint. Great passer, 3pt shooter and free throw shooter...didn't foul much until he went public with video game hate speech..

 

[julius]

Meyers always looked like he was in slow motion when he was shooting. Like he was an old man playing in the 1950's. And considering he used an old man slur, it kinda makes sense.

But he did make neato videos with his wife where he could flex his muscles and go shirtless and mean mug.

 

[theprunetang]

Meyers always looked like he was in slow motion when he was shooting. Like he was an old man playing in the 1950's. And considering he used an old man slur, it kinda makes sense.

But he did make neato videos with his wife where he could flex his muscles and go shirtless and mean mug.

Don't forget the wicked Pit Viper sunglasses, or that month he decided that carrying around a hammer everywhere like Thor was a good idea.

 

[riverman]

Don't forget the wicked Pit Viper sunglasses, or that month he decided that carrying around a hammer everywhere like Thor was a good idea.

The "Bee Arthur or Margaret Thatcher" bun hairdo was hilarious

 

[riverman]

It must be August because I'm reduced to heckling Beibs!

 

[Whyachi]

Seems to me Meyers short spurt of almost looking like an NBA big cost the Blazers a mere 55 million...and he still didn't learn to open his eyes under the basket or dunk over a 6' guard in the paint. Great passer, 3pt shooter and free throw shooter...didn't foul much until he went public with video game hate speech..

Meyers was a very good FT shooter. But I'm looking at those stats, and seeing 1 FTA per game. If only Leonard could have taken the ball up strong more often.

Setting picks and lofting the occasional 3 ball, the slow tromps off the P&R with no intent of anyone passing him the ball, because there's no way he would catch it.

Meyers had the body type to become a very helpful Center. Olshey gave him a big contract to work on becoming a good NBA Center.

Was it the Stotts system?
Was big man fundamentals coaching an issue?
Was Meyers just a 7ft hulking brain fart?
... perhaps a combination of all 3

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Meyers was a very good FT shooter. But I'm looking at those stats, and seeing 1 FTA per game. If only Leonard could have taken the ball up strong more often.

Setting picks and lofting the occasional 3 ball, the slow tromps off the P&R with no intent of anyone passing him the ball, because there's no way he would catch it.

Meyers had the body type to become a very helpful Center. Olshey gave him a big contract to work on becoming a good NBA Center.

Was it the Stotts system?
Was big man fundamentals coaching an issue?
Was Meyers just a 7ft hulking brain fart?
... perhaps a combination of all 3

I have always thought and will continue to think (because it can't really be proven one way or the other) that the firing of Kim Hughes in the summer of 2015 ruined any chance of Meyers being the center we needed him to be. Now of course, the notion that one assistant coach would have that much of an impact on a player's development (or lack thereof) says a lot about that player's mental fragility, but that isn't something we don't already know.

 

[blazerfan11]

I have always thought and will continue to think (because it can't really be proven one way or the other) that the firing of Kim Hughes in the summer of 2015 ruined any chance of Meyers being the center we needed him to be. Now of course, the notion that one assistant coach would have that much of an impact on a player's development (or lack thereof) says a lot about that player's mental fragility, but that isn't something we don't already know.

Meyers finished his time in Portland with a team-high 30 points and game-high 12 rebounds in game 4 of the conference finals.
He put the game into overtime with his block of Steph Curry under the hoop.
Then he was traded to Miami.

Cued up to Meyers' block on Curry that put the game into overtime.

 

[riverman]

Meyers was a very good FT shooter. But I'm looking at those stats, and seeing 1 FTA per game. If only Leonard could have taken the ball up strong more often.

Setting picks and lofting the occasional 3 ball, the slow tromps off the P&R with no intent of anyone passing him the ball, because there's no way he would catch it.

Meyers had the body type to become a very helpful Center. Olshey gave him a big contract to work on becoming a good NBA Center.

Was it the Stotts system?
Was big man fundamentals coaching an issue?
Was Meyers just a 7ft hulking brain fart?
... perhaps a combination of all 3

I say B....he's been a brain fart elsewhere since..he played about zero minutes in the playoffs with the Bucks...that tells you something. He just hesitates and overthinks everything and makes decisions with the ball in slow motion.

 

[riverman]

Meyers finished his time in Portland with a team-high 30 points and game-high 12 rebounds in game 4 of the conference finals.
He put the game into overtime with his block of Steph Curry under the hoop.
Then he was traded to Miami.

Cued up to Meyers' block on Curry that put the game into overtime.

That was the game of his career..no doubt.

 

[Whyachi]

Meyers finished his time in Portland with a team-high 30 points and game-high 12 rebounds in game 4 of the conference finals.
He put the game into overtime with his block of Steph Curry under the hoop.
Then he was traded to Miami.

Cued up to Meyers' block on Curry that put the game into overtime.

Kevin Knox scored 31 in a tank game, then was cut from the team on draft day.

 

[blazerfan11]

Kevin Knox scored 31 in a tank game, then was cut from the team on draft day.

 

[swish3]

That was the game of his career..no doubt.

In that WCF Game 4, Meyers scored 25 in the 1st half, with 5 of 6 swish3s and 5 of 6 from inside the arc. Then to start the 2nd half, there were no shots assigned to Meyers. If only Terry would have kept feeding the hot hand, the Blazers could have won that game. Meyers only had the 2 swish3 attempts at the end of the game, which was much too late, when he had cooled off. The block of Curry shows he could do it! This was indeed Meyers best game. Imagine what might have been possible if we kept Kim Hughes and had started Meyers from Game 1 of the WCF!

 

[kjironman1]

In that WCF Game 4, Meyers scored 25 in the 1st half, with 5 of 6 swish3s and 5 of 6 from inside the arc. Then to start the 2nd half, there were no shots assigned to Meyers. If only Terry would have kept feeding the hot hand, the Blazers could have won that game. Meyers only had the 2 swish3 attempts at the end of the game, which was much too late, when he had cooled off. The block of Curry shows he could do it! This was indeed Meyers best game. Imagine what might have been possible if we kept Kim Hughes and had started Meyers from Game 1 of the WCF!

Is there a video game somewhere that this is reality?