The off-season is the epitome of driving in Portland in the winter. It’s like we forget to do it every summer and are screwed the first snowfall of the season every year.
I agree 100%, someone needed to be held accountable... I just think the right move was to get rid of Stotts, Neil, or CJ... Ed should not have been the fall guy
-Ed who can't shoot at all -Pat, .352 3fg%, which is league average -Shabazz, .376 3fg%, but is supposedly too expensive. +Stauskas, .400 3fg% +Trent, "best shooter in the draft" +Simons, good 3 point shooter (can't find his stats in a quick search)
over a 25 game sample size. Career, he's 0.350 which is worse than Pat. Nik also shoots <40% on 2pnt shots. He's a terrible player
I'm not sure what you see, but I see a player whose 3 FG% has improved every year and now shoot .404 from 3..... but that's not the point. Everyone we've gotten can shoot. It's like Olshey is taking the old Orlando Dwight Howard approach, but in our case, surround Lillard (instead of Howard) with 3 point shooters. It got Orlando to the finals: https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2009-nba-finals-magic-vs-lakers.html
See my above post on him improving every year. Also, I'm not sure what you expect for a vet min player.
I expect to go after the best player for the money available. Pat is a better player and better shooter than Nik. Pat is going to be available for the minimum too. I'm all for upgrades, but this ain't it
That's your opinion... it also happens to be my opinion, too. I can't really figure it out. I wonder who Nik's agent is, and who that agent's other clients are. Just a bit confused, and don't think an Olshey explanation will enlighten me much, lol.
All I know is Nick Pie was 7.2 and Pat was around 5.2 last year so to me Nick slight up grade to Pat.
Last season, coaches put Stauskas into only 41 games. He averaged 1 3-pointer per game made, in 12.8 mpg. Shooting .400 or .350 or .300, to make 1 basket, really won't make a difference for us. His 3-point percentages in his 4 seasons have been .322, .326, .368, and .400. It peaked last year because they had him shoot nothing but 3's. 66% of his FGs were from the 3. Just to get that one basket. Prediction: Nik Stauskas will be this preseason's Anthony Morrow, who despite his career.417 3FG%, we cut just before the regular season started last Fall. I looked up Morrow's preseason stats. Morrow shot the 3 at .462, wow. Also, I liked Briscoe, and he did well in Europe. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/stats/POR/portland-trail-blazers/preseason/2017
His agent is Mark Bartlestein. He also represents Zach Collins and Jake Layman as well as several former Blazers. Looking at the list of his clients I didn't see much that stood out in terms of free agents but there are several interesting trade candidates. It's also interesting to note that he also represents McDermott and Joe Harris who signed pretty big deals last night. It's possible Olshey was interested in the other two but their price got too high.
Now that I think about Morrow...He has a much higher career 3-point percentage than Stauskas. If Olshey wants a memorable summer to really hang his hat on, he'd triple his summer free agent production by signing Morrow. Who will join me on the Anthony Morrow bandwagon? Make Olshey's reputation great again!
