Eating Crow about Scoot

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  1. AldoTrapani

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    That random can't even spell Amen right.
     
    JFizzleRaider, Jan 28, 2025
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    I'm tempted to move all of Aldo's posts about Amen to a new thread in the Rockets forum. All in favor?
     
    PtldPlatypus, Jan 28, 2025
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    Picking Scoot over him is going to be an epic disaster for us
     
    AldoTrapani, Jan 28, 2025
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    It could be.

    However, making that call this early in their careers is a little over the top.
     
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    Do you think we should have picked Wemby or Miller?
     
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    Amen Thompson. Dude is going to be a top 5 player in a few years..

    No team should draft anyone shorter than 6’6 anymore
     
    AldoTrapani, Jan 28, 2025
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    Wild you'd pick Amen over Wemby.
     
    HailBlazers, Jan 28, 2025
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    it would be better to move Aldo himself to the Houston forum

    call the thread: 'Houston, we have a problem'
     
    wizenheimer, Jan 28, 2025
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    Scoot is coming around but Amen looks amazing. Like in his own class it's hard to find a comp for him rn. Smaller Giannis? Disaster for us
     
    AldoTrapani, Jan 28, 2025
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    It was not Scoot's fault Joe picked him. Why take a big steaming shit on Scoot because Amen is doing well? It makes no sense. There is no relationship between the two. We get it. It ain't changing shit.
     
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    Scoot career high - 39 points

    Amen career high - 33 points

    Checkmate.
     
    Natebishop3, Jan 28, 2025
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    It’s coming
     
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    Sorry but Amen not being able to shoot threes is going to be a problem. Especially in the playoffs. Scoot has really been improving on that part of his game and it's going to pay off.

    We have elite defenders. We have Toumani and Deni (who can both shoot threes BTW)

    I'm also going to point out that Thompson is an AWFUL free throw shooter. 70% from the stripe. SGA isn't really a three point shooter but he's a 90% free throw shooter. If you can't make your free throws you're going to get played off the court in the playoffs. Doesn't matter how good you are. You have to be able to develop some kind of shooting in the NBA.
     
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    Just think how stupid Charlotte feels right now huh?
     
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    #BAM
     
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    Scoot has become the Brad Pitt/Jennifer Aniston fallback story for the NBA. It's so tired at this point.
     
    Natebishop3, Jan 28, 2025
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    This is what frustrates me about the media

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    He talks about the overall point totals but he doesn't point out that Scoot didn't attempt anywhere near the same number of shots that he had in that good stretch, but still shot a good percentage over that three game. 7-15 which is 46% from the field. Foul trouble is going to happen for young guys, but he wasn't getting anywhere near the shot attempts since going back to the bench UNTIL that most recent game. But this bullshit reporting is consistent for Scoot. No mention of him being moved back to the bench after that good stretch.

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    Natebishop3, Jan 28, 2025
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    For the last month about for Scoot and Amen. Amen is below his pitiful 19% (up to this point) career average.

    Scoot is playing Point Guard. How many point guards would get by on 19% 3-point shooting?


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    blazerfan11, Jan 28, 2025
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