Where the fuck is Terry? I wonder if anyone on the coaching staff will say anything. He was 5 for 18 at the time he attempted that monstrosity. To his credit, he's reeled in his shot selection quite a bit this year, but tonight was a major step back. Really hope this gets back in control, because no one in the league would have attempted or dared to attempt that shot in that situation
It felt like the kind of shot a guy shoots in a pickup game when his legs are completely gone and he's just like, "fuck it, let's go home."
He was off. Get over it. He's made shots farther out than that was. The bottom line is the Blazers won. He will make that next time. He's a confident player. I love the fact he isn't afraid of the sitch like others in the league are.
Nurkic kind of saved the day.... But as far as Lillard goes .. he may have not have a great night shooting but no one is talking about his 8 assists.
Actually those killer screens were opening those open shots up for Kemba. Kemba was on. No different than when Dame does that to other teams. Hats off.
Not saying that wasn't a bad shot, because it was. He could've ran another pick and roll instead of chuck it up. But to say no one in the world would've attempted that shot means you didn't watch game 7 of the 2016 finals. Theres no difference between Curry's fadeaway contested 3 pointer he took at 1:11 on the clock in the 4th, and the shot Lillard took tonight. Both are awful shots and players like Curry & Lillard can get better.
7 seconds left on the shot clock when he decided to shoot. That is getting close to put it up time. I don't see any pass he had available other then to Pat and he was guarded so I would rather Dame put up a long un-guarded one then Pat hoist up a guarded shot. I not defending him shooting that shot every time. This time though I don't see much better options (if at all).
Curry is a career 44% 3pt shooter and the best to ever shoot the three off the dribble. Dame is... not. He has shot over 37% only once in his career and this shit % is largely due to his shot selection. We all know this but some just choose to ignore it. Good shot selection should be encouraged. And coaches need to hold players accountable to be smarter. When a guy is 5 for 18, that is not the shot to shoot.
Been absolutely better this year. Especially since returning from his calf thing. It's why his EFG% shot up so much.
Give it a rest. What's the point of this forum if we can't speak our minds about something so obviously flawed?
You can speak your mind. If I really had a problem with the thread I would have closed it or merged it with the game thread. Just having some fun. I sincerely apologize if that bothered you.
I gave you an example of a player taking a bad three and you fire back with shooting %. What a joke. See what you should've said is. 'yeah you're right, I was wrong to say no one would've dared to attempt a shot like that in that situation. You're right, I watched the 2016 finals and Curry's shot selection was bogus. You're right, it was just like Lillard's tonight'. Instead you come back with this comment. What a joke, this is why I can't take people like you seriously.
