OT What's up with Batum?

[Rastapopoulos]

I was very upset when we traded Batum - it was the beginning of the great unraveling of what I thought was a solid team. Turns out the team survived his loss, and certainly dodged a bullet given how much money he ended up scoring. Now it looks like he's completely broken down despite only being 31 (a good 4 years younger than Lebron, and 3 1/2 years younger than Ariza), and he's not even getting playing time on the Hornets. To be fair, they're going with a youth movement and it's working, but they still owe him another year at nearly $30 mil. Are they just resigned to have him sit for another year unplayed? I'd be very curious to see if they bought him out if there was a market for him. He was a key member of the French team that beat the USA in the FIBA 2019 World Cup, so...? I think he just needs a coach who's prepared to have him be a multipurpose cog, kind of a geriatric Ben Simmons type.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Who?

Was that the french dude who only came to play half the time in Portland?

 

[Scalma]

Who?

Was that the french dude who only came to play half the time in Portland?

It’s the guy Portland still hasn’t replaced, well until Ariza came along.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Who?

Was that the french dude who only came to play half the time in Portland?

Damian Lillard says he misses playing with LaMarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Batum the most

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Damian Lillard says he misses playing with LaMarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Batum the most

Lillard is a nicer person than I am.

 

[e_blazer]

Lillard is a nicer person than I am.

Really?

 

[Scalma]

I miss Batum. I related to him back then; a teenager on his own in a new country. He was inconsistent I guess, but still one of the best small forwards we’ve had in the past 15 or so years.

 

[Scalma]

Batums last three seasons in Portland



I would love to have that kind of inconsistency again.

 

[SIeepwalker]

French people are all assholes so I guess it's better he's not on the team anymore !

 

[Stevenson]

He took the money and called it a day. Human nature really, unless you are Kobe or Dame or someone like that

 

[Labinot41]

French people are all assholes so I guess it's better he's not on the team anymore !

I was in Strasbourg yesterday and they have beautiful girls there. French women are hot af

 

[Rastapopoulos]

French people are all assholes so I guess it's better he's not on the team anymore !

I think you just hurt Hoard's feelings

 

[tlongII]

I think we should trade for him.

 

[Blazers Roy]

Batums last three seasons in Portland

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I would love to have that kind of inconsistency again.

Where's the stats showing him missing a million easy threes?

Aminu was better and cheaper than Batum.

 

[Scalma]

Where's the stats showing him missing a million easy threes?

Aminu was better.

Prove it.

 

[HailBlazers]

I was in Strasbourg yesterday and they have beautiful girls there. French women are hot af

Not that you could get any.

 

[SIeepwalker]

I was in Strasbourg yesterday and they have beautiful girls there. French women are hot af

You were ? What did you do there ?

Did you see the cathedral ? Easily the best in France IMO !

 

[Hobbesarable]

Not that you could get any.

Hahaha!

 

[Labinot41]

You were ? What did you do there ?

Did you see the cathedral ? Easily the best in France IMO !

I was shopping with a friend. Nope i didnt see the carhedral but i just watched some pictures on google looks very nice

 

[Labinot41]

Not that you could get any.

I'm trying Jennifer

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Batum’s on ball playmaking was very valuable, but man his shooting deteriorated badly.

 

[Lanny]

I was very upset when we traded Batum - it was the beginning of the great unraveling of what I thought was a solid team. Turns out the team survived his loss, and certainly dodged a bullet given how much money he ended up scoring. Now it looks like he's completely broken down despite only being 31 (a good 4 years younger than Lebron, and 3 1/2 years younger than Ariza), and he's not even getting playing time on the Hornets. To be fair, they're going with a youth movement and it's working, but they still owe him another year at nearly $30 mil. Are they just resigned to have him sit for another year unplayed? I'd be very curious to see if they bought him out if there was a market for him. He was a key member of the French team that beat the USA in the FIBA 2019 World Cup, so...? I think he just needs a coach who's prepared to have him be a multipurpose cog, kind of a geriatric Ben Simmons type.

Ditto

 

[AldoTrapani]

Batum’s on ball playmaking was very valuable, but man his shooting deteriorated badly.

Even his last 2 years or so here it sucked. Listen I can see what the allure for Batum was back then but he was very overrated. It’s not a coincidence he fell off this bad imo. He had that one good contract year his first season with the Hornets, got the max deal then never showed up after that again.

 

[jlprk]

Batum was a flim-flam man. He persuaded himself that he was blue chip, which caused him to play a couple of good minutes per game, which conned Blazer fans into thinking he was tops.

At summer camp after his draft, he demanded to not be stashed in Europe. After Outlaw or Webster's injury (I forgot which) , the rookie demanded to start. But unlike other effort players, his willpower ebbed and flowed with his unstable moods.

Pietrus, also from France, had the same conceit in Golden State.

 

[Blazers Roy]

Prove it.

Yea, let me make a one hour video compilation of him missing a million open threes.

Either you watched those games or you didn't.
I watched every game in his final POR years and he drove me up the wall with his misses. His defense was way overrated too.

 

[royo]

He was winning every close game with his 3s to me on PS. Word. I loved him for that. Otherwise, he's waste of talent, but it's his life I guess.

 

[Scalma]

Yea, let me make a one hour video compilation of him missing a million open threes.

Either you watched those games or you didn't.
I watched every game in his final POR years and he drove me up the wall with his misses. His defense was way overrated too.

Why do you think they track stats? It’s not that hard to look up. Of course you won’t like what you see because reality is Aminu wasn’t even close to Batums prime years.

 

[Scalma]

Also, the irony of mentioning open misses in an argument FOR Aminu is *chefs kiss*

 

[Blazers Roy]

Why do you think they track stats? It’s not that hard to look up. Of course you won’t like what you see because reality is Aminu wasn’t even close to Batums prime years.

I don't give a crap about stats in this case because i watched the games. Maybe Batum hit more threes in garbage time or in 1st quarters, Aminu hit more threes when it mattered.
*Neither of them was actually a good three point shooter.

Batum's bricks were a known fact around here. Now when a lot of time has passed, some people here allow themselves to overrate him again.