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A very good article from Canzano.
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2016/04/post_27.html
I don't think Canzano is much different than most people this year. Before the season, I was guessing 37-38 wins, and I thought that was optimistic. I thought with the lack of other weapons on the floor, Dame would be stifled by the focus of the other teams defense.
Here are some things I'm truly impressed with:
- Dame's uptick in production.
-- increasing his ppg from 21.0 to 25.5 while maintaining about the same amount of minutes played.
-- increasing his apg from 6.2 to 6.9.
-- increasing his PER from 20.7 to 22.1.
- CJ's amazing improvement. With doubling his minutes per game (x2.21), his production kept pace.
-- Points per game increased from 6.8 to 20.9. (x3.07 !!!!)
-- Assists per game increased from 1.0 to 4.3. (x4.30 !!!)
-- Increased his rpg from 1.5 to 3.2. (x2.13)
-- Increase his already amazing 3 pt% from 0.396 to 0.421.
-- Increased his PER from 13.1 to 17.7.
- Crabbe's emergence as the 3rd top scorer on the team. He doubled his minutes (x1.94), resulting in:
-- PPG increased from 3.3 to 10.2. (x3.09 !!!)
-- Increased his 3 pt% from 0.353 to 0.390.
- Mo Harkless showing he's worth more than a throw away 2nd round pick. With 25% more minutes than last year, he:
-- Increased his ppg from 3.5 to 6.4. (x1.82)
-- Increased his rebounding from 2.4 to 3.6. (x1.5).
-- Increased his PER from 8.4 to 13.4.
- Al Farouq's emergence as a starter
-- Averaging a career high 36.0% from 3 point range (last year he shot 27.4%).
-- While increasing his minutes from 18.5 to 28.7 (x1.55), he increase his scoring average from 5.6 to 10.2 (1.82).
I'm glad I underestimate them to start the year. This team has been fun to watch.
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2016/04/post_27.html
I was wrong about these Blazers. They're fun to watch. They compete. They're easy to relate with. And all along, I waited for them to crumble. They refused.
I don't think Canzano is much different than most people this year. Before the season, I was guessing 37-38 wins, and I thought that was optimistic. I thought with the lack of other weapons on the floor, Dame would be stifled by the focus of the other teams defense.
Here are some things I'm truly impressed with:
- Dame's uptick in production.
-- increasing his ppg from 21.0 to 25.5 while maintaining about the same amount of minutes played.
-- increasing his apg from 6.2 to 6.9.
-- increasing his PER from 20.7 to 22.1.
- CJ's amazing improvement. With doubling his minutes per game (x2.21), his production kept pace.
-- Points per game increased from 6.8 to 20.9. (x3.07 !!!!)
-- Assists per game increased from 1.0 to 4.3. (x4.30 !!!)
-- Increased his rpg from 1.5 to 3.2. (x2.13)
-- Increase his already amazing 3 pt% from 0.396 to 0.421.
-- Increased his PER from 13.1 to 17.7.
- Crabbe's emergence as the 3rd top scorer on the team. He doubled his minutes (x1.94), resulting in:
-- PPG increased from 3.3 to 10.2. (x3.09 !!!)
-- Increased his 3 pt% from 0.353 to 0.390.
- Mo Harkless showing he's worth more than a throw away 2nd round pick. With 25% more minutes than last year, he:
-- Increased his ppg from 3.5 to 6.4. (x1.82)
-- Increased his rebounding from 2.4 to 3.6. (x1.5).
-- Increased his PER from 8.4 to 13.4.
- Al Farouq's emergence as a starter
-- Averaging a career high 36.0% from 3 point range (last year he shot 27.4%).
-- While increasing his minutes from 18.5 to 28.7 (x1.55), he increase his scoring average from 5.6 to 10.2 (1.82).
I'm glad I underestimate them to start the year. This team has been fun to watch.

