So I guess the Steve Blake Showcase went off without a hitch last night...

....don't you think?

 

Hahaha.


Excellent thread title, Eric

 

Nope, now he looks too valuable for our team. Nate will never allow him to be traded now.

 

Where are all the people who were calling McMillan a useless moron for "benching Batum" in favor of Blake?

So, two good games in a row for Blake. I guess he wants to stay.

 

I would rather have Batum start no matter who else is out there.

I have to hand it to Blake. That was a very good game from him.


Now if he could play even half as well more then a handful of times per season he would be a great addition to the team.

I hope he does.

 

Steve Blake had a good game, but Batum is better.



More a case of a blind squirrel finding a Steve Blake

 

TWO good games? His GmSc against OKC was -0.8. Only in this forum is a game where someone shoots 0-5 considered a good game.

Last night was, by far, Steve's Blake's best game of the year. I know you don't like statistics, because they don't support your opinion, but Steve Blake has now had 4 good games (GmSc => 15.0) the entire season. He's had another 7 decent games (GmSC betweem 10.0 and 14.1). That leaves 40 games with a GmSc below 10.0. For every good game he has, he has 10 bad games. He has 20 games with a GmSc below 5.0 and 8 games with a negative GmSc.

ONE game does not a season make (unless you're Kingspeed or Mixum).

BNM

 

This.

 

I've been impressed with Nate's willingness to experiment with various line-ups. For a coach who at times has been inflexible in his rotations, he's really trying every thing he can to find the right combinations with the spare parts of a roster he has right now. Portland had no business winning that game last night, and I imagine Nate would have been crucified had the Blazers lost.

I don't expect him to get much credit today, but I have to say I've been impressed with his coaching this season.

 

He has been good about ditching what doesn't work and trying something else.


I just wish that something else included Batum for no other reason then I think it is Portland's best interest to give the kid minutes to accelerate his growth.

 

Nic seems a bit off since he got his shoulder bumped the other day.

 

What the fuck is GmSc now?

I know you don't like facts when they don't support your opinion, but while Steve Blake was on the court against OKC the Blazers outscored them by 6 points. So when he was off, the team got outscored by 18 points. Now, there are two explanations for this:
1. He made a positive contribution that your amazing stat isn't measuring
2. He's an amazing lucky charm

I'll take either.

 

Here you go.

GmSc
Game Score; the formula is PTS + 0.4 * FG - 0.7 * FGA - 0.4*(FTA - FT) + 0.7 * ORB + 0.3 * DRB + STL + 0.7 * AST + 0.7 * BLK - 0.4 * PF - TOV. Game Score was created by John Hollinger to give a rough measure of a player's productivity for a single game. The scale is similar to that of points scored, i.e., 40 is an outstanding performance, 10 is an average performance, etc.



some people think it's better than +/-

 

Give up this ridiculousness...

Going 0-5 with 2 to is not a positive contribution...what the hell are you watching?

I was at that game...and POR increase in better play for PERIODS of time when Blake was in the game had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Blake....

He was a non factor...

You Blake homers have to stop with MAKING UP shit to try and justify Blake's piss poor play of late....

Concurred...and nice post..Blake had a good game last night and somehow that justifies all of his poor play before that and the heavy minutes (at the expense of better players) that Nate is playing him?

I don't fucking think so.....

 

Blake had 1 TO. He also had 4 assists and 3 rebounds. It appears that you are the one MAKING UP shit. What the hell are you watching?

 

Steve Blake is the greatest trade asset in NBA history...

 

Nice strawman. There are more than two possible explanations - as I pointed out in the other thread yesterday.

In the second quarter, the Blazers outscored the Thunder by 7 (10-3) with Blake in the game. That 10-3 run happened to coincide with Durant and Westbrook both being on the bench. It's not surprising that the Blazers, as a team, outscored OKC during a brief stretch when OKC's two best players weren't in the game.

For the rest of the game, Steve "Lucky Charm" Blake was -1.

BNM

 

Ha! He's this year's Raef LaFrentz. Make it happen, Pritchard!

 

Ooh I missed 1 turnover when trying to recall it from memory...wow you got me...kudos to you....I guess?

I'll bet you couldn't type that response out fast enough....

My points stand...correct by the way...

 

I just found it ironic that you would berate that poster for MAKING UP shit when in reality, you were the one MAKING UP shit. It seemingly deflates your criticism, doesn't it?