What a terrible sounding team. Ironically, it's very possible that they make the playoffs and we don't (if we don't sign LaMarcus).
This should be a good fit for Nico. They're going to love him in Charlotte and they may sign Mo Williams again. Cho, Buchannon, Batum, ..he'll have some friends from day one.
You're partially wrong. He can guard PF's when they're driving to the hoop on a fastbreak and he seats their layup or dunk attempts. I will miss that.
And that's one of the reasons LeBron averages 30+ against us and one of his highest ppg average is against the Blazers.. Batum is too weak and Wes is too small. Just sayin' I think it's a little ambitious of him to say he can guard the 1-4.
Andre Iguodala just won Finals MVP for limiting James to 30+ a game. And Kawhi Leonard won Finals MVP last year with a worse (but still tremendous) job on James. It's time to recognize that "good" and "great" defense mean something different against James. No one is as strong and quick, simultaneously, as he is...any defender will be giving something up to him. That said, Batum can't defend all fours, but he definitely fits in the current paradigm of "position-less defenders" who can switch virtually any screen. I don't know how he'll do in Charlotte, but I think he'd shine in Golden State or San Antonio.
Um, LBJ averages 22ppg against us the last 3 years. It's only been in 4 games, but for every 32pt game there's an 11point one.
What is his career AVG vs portland? Not the last 4 games. His career. He kills everyone to be fair so it's not really fair. Batum vs LMA, you think that's a favorable matchup? Come on. He will get worked by 95 percent of PFs. Great defender of PGs though. Was fun watching him. I'll miss him
Who cares if he abused Ime Udoka or Darius Miles? I thought we were talking Batum and Wes. I was just saying that they've done a better-than-the-league-average job defending him the last 3 years. And no, Batum v. LBJ is not a favorable matchup, but it's a helluva lot more favorable than, say, LBJ vs. Greek Freak/Barnes/Wiggins/Johnson/Harris/Chandler/Gallinari/Dunleavy/Pierce/Deng/Young/Parsons/Joe Johnson.... He lit up KlayKlay and Draymond for 42 in February and 35ppg in the finals. He averaged 27ppg against ATL and Demarre Carroll in the regular season and 30.3 in the playoffs. He averaged 27 against CHI and Jimmy Butler in the regular season and 27 in the playoffs. So back to the point, Nic and Wes's defensive issues (?) are NOT the reason LBJ averages 30 ppg against us (he doesn't anymore and hasn't in a long time), and while you're correct that it's not fair b/c he's a great player, our defensive matchups against him are favorable to just about every other defensive combination, up to and including many of those young studs that S2 fans are ok offering max contracts for. (Kawhi Leonard excepted)
