Yeah... He's the reason we have such a good record against sub .500 teams. If the Nuggets had a player like that, they would be ahead of the Lakers.
This is very true. I have recently blocked Mixum, but it's not because he says negative things, it's because he is always negative and tries to exploit every situation for his own personal humor. I have no problem discussing the negatives of our team. In fact, I think more true discussion of the positives and negatives would be great for S2 instead of always rah-rah or sky-is-falling. As far as Batum goes, even though he has had a few small bumps in the road, I feel great about him overall and think he is more consistent than most of the Blazers. And I personally just love a good defender. I am more concerned with Roy at the moment. He seems unable to take over games like he used to. I know it's just a slump, but he really has not looked like an all-star lately. He is thinking too much is my guess.
I think the point is...how is laying it up rather than dunking a weakness even worth pointing out? Or having a shot blocked occasionally? You know who gets their shot blocked once in a while? Everybody. You know who goes up soft once in a while? Everybody. Batum gets 7% of his 'inside' shots blocked. Brandon Roy: 11%. Lebron James: 7%. Kobe Bryant: 9%. Evidently this is not a big deal. But this year, it's worth bitching about. Not to speak for "THE", but I'm guessing that's probably what's gotten him annoyed in this thread. Things that people would have just ignored in years past have become 'complaint worthy' this year and I agree...the shit is fucking ridiculous. And not just a passing comment in the game thread. But an entire thread dedicated to a complaint that's wrong and worse yet, easily proven wrong. I guess maybe it's because expectations were high for this season, but it's been hard to watch the slow burning implosion of some of our fans with ridiculous complaints about bullshit. We need to make the pie higher in terms of what is actually worth complaining about.
I think it's too late in the season to work on large changes to players games. It's time to utilize strategies and game plans that we've been using all season long. Right now if your plays and offensive sets aren't second nature there just isn't time to implement and master modifications.
the thread topic and first sentence in the OP are what he's referring to. Did you think you were complimenting Nic? It sure reads like you were leveling complaints about his play to me STOMP
It seemed to me that on a lot of those misses, Nic was pushing the envelope...trying to make a contested shot where a more experienced player would have backed it out and reset things. I chalk it up to a learning process, just like Bayless is going through. Playing against NBA-level defenses is a lot tougher than college or Europe.
As one of the charter members of the Nic Batum Fan Club, I don't understand what everyone is so up in arms about. Nic Batum IS allowed to be questioned. He's not yet our one true god. Personally, I don't think the concern raised by this thread is that big a deal. Nic has plenty of aggression and killer instinct, as has been shown by his desire to dunk all over Gasol, his various trash talk moments that have been reported and some impressive in-game dunks. He's still a young guy who's trying to integrate himself into a system that's not built around him, so he's going to sometimes be over-aggressive and sometimes be over-cautious. But I'm not annoyed by this thread.
Okay, I was trying to defend your right to an opinion but now you've gone too far. Batum can be questioned...he cannot be compared to Telfair, Webster and Khryapa. Such heresy deserves being burned at the stake.
