23-24 Media Day Interviews

Grant said he was close with Matisse and they traded books, etc. Both introspective guys who son't seem to waste words for no reason.

 

both guys who will most likely be traded at the deadline...

 

I think Grant will be gone. I think we might keep Tisse.

 

Yes i meant butler.

Jerami at 4 is an issue with rebounds. I prefer him at 3

 

Yeah, Grant gone at deadline, Brogdon gone before new year

 

Seems like a very friendly guy with his teammates. I don't care how he responds to the media.

 

rebounding for the Blazers is actually kind of scary. If you assume that the starters will be Scoot-Ant-Thybulle-Grant-Ayton, and then add them up by their career rebound rate (giving Scoot a huge benefit of the doubt);

Scoot 7.0%
Ant 5.1% (4.3% last season)
Thybulle 5.4%
Grant 8.1% (7.2% last season)
Ayton 18.8%

that would mean, optimistically, assuming the starter grab somewhere around their average, that the Blazer starters would lose the rebounding battle 56%-44%

and that really illustrates that it's important for all players to rebound well. For instance, it you replaced Ant with last year's Brogdon (8.8%) and Thybulle with last year's Josh Hart 14.1%, the 56-44 disadvantage flips to a 57-43 advantage. Obviously Hart is something of an outlier as a rebounder, but the 10.5% combined rebounding of Ant/Thybulle might be the weakest rebound pairing in the league at the wing positions. Denver's starting wings were at 16%; Golden State's were 15.5% which is weak but Draymond is much better than Grant; LAC's were 18.8%; Kings were 18.8%. Utah wings were insane at rebounding with 31.2% and that's one big reason they surprised so many people

I have no doubt at all if the Blazers start Ant-Thybulle-Grant that will be the worst rebounding trio in the league at SG-SF-PF

 

I like both guys. I loved Andre Miller and he wasn’t a big talker either. Often the quiet guys are the thinkers

 

Cant be traded to Dallas until July

 

Exactly why I want Grant at SF and either Kris, Bari, or Rob at PF

 

One possible issue with going big with those guys is you have 3 players on the court who can't handle the ball. I think you can get away with it in small doses, but once the other team starts to press you need a 3rd ball handler. No matter how good of a ball-handler Scoot is. But against bigger teams I like it.

 

Good point.

Also, Shaedon needs to improve his dribbling skills before he can start over Ant at SG

 

If I was Billups I would experiment with a Scoot, Brogdon, Grant, Ayton, Williams lineup. that would help the rebounding a lot.