In a nutshell, he said, "Nicolus is a very, very special player. The sky is the beginning of his limit. I hope he's a Blazer for his entire NBA career."
The crazy part for me is that Nic's calling card was just as a 'defensive stopper' ... I can't recall too many 'stoppers' who have held, or currently hold, the 50/40/90 holy grail of wing/guard shooting statistics -- He's still a third option on offense because he gets so many of his shots off of the attention that LMA and Brandon get, but he's far exceeded any expectations I had of him coming into the sesaon (and I thought he was going to be pretty improved, based on what I heard/saw of the European championships).
I'm pretty sure you're trying to make a Rasheed reference here, but not 100% sure. Do they do replay for these things?
Not even sure he is 3rd option, it's Brandon, LMA, Miller and then Nic, it seems. It's just that when Roy attacks and causes the defense to collapse, he is usually the one that get the open shot simply because Miller is not a good jump-shooter.
Per-Say -He knows mentally what he needs to do to come back and his mindset is clearer this time around -Wants to be at 265-275lbs but its tough when he can't run -Has no idea when he'll come back, all depends on the strength of his knee -Doing allot of quad and leg workouts -He doesn't sit behind the bench during games because he doesn't fit, and it cramps his legs. -Been working on his baby hooks and shots in the gym every night -Was shocked and felt horrible after watching Joel go down -Staring in his own web TV series he created for all his spare time called: "On the GO with G.O."
Kind of funny how he wants to be probably 15 or so pounds heavier than LeBron is listed at. Also, imagine how much longer Shaq's career would've been had he been that skinny? Also, we're only 3 more injuries away from Oden being our new PG!!!
Sometimes when Miller ends up with the ball in the corner as the clock is running down I get real nervous. They have been able in these last few games to swing the ball quickly to Nic on the other side for a good shot. It is so important for them to have practice time to keep getting better at swinging the ball and finding Nic. Nic even tried to dribble penetrate but as he cut toward the basket he slipped as they stole the ball. He will get that down soon and will be extremely dangerous.
I got the impression that he won't be back this year. He didn't say that he wouldn't, but I wasn't really encourage by what he said.
Even if he could, I would hope that he wouldn't. The playoffs start in a month and he's only walking on a treadmill. He's got a long ways to go before he's in game shape. I'd hate for him to rush back with a weak leg or two and strain, pull, break, or tear anything. As for Nic, yeah, he's special. Anybody that can't see that needs to get their eyes checked. I think his biggest problem is that he rarely has any plays called for him and he just lets the game come to him. I would hope we start running him into the offense a little bit more since he's becoming very reliable. My favorite part about the game last night is when he caught the ball in the corner, pump faked, put it on the floor and tried to posterize Bosh. If he just gets more aggressive with the ball in his hands he could take this team to the next level.
Yeah, Batum has been a huge surprise this season. I had no idea the kid could shoot like that. He's got a SWEET, SWEET stroke, and we're going to be watching it for years. Go Blazers!!
