I want to retire this phrase from the Blazer forums as a reason to not trade for a player. We obviously don't need a "volume shooter" since they would take valuable touches away from Oden and Roy right?
It looks like Carl Landry might have got himself into the doghouse in Sacramento as well, benched because he slept in too late one day. Jason Thompsen inserted back into starting lineup. One team's doghouse, is often another teams gold mine.
Mayo is an undersized SG who has yet to hit a PER of even 15 in his career. Benching him was one of the better moves that Memphis has made.
Batum got himself in the doghouse for playing within the very system the coach that benched him instilled
I think it has more to do with Batum playing like shit the past two weeks. He has a double-digit GameScore in only one of his last six starts (12.3 vs. Denver, yet even he shot 5-14 FG and 2-7 3FG in that game).
Who's everyone? OJ Mayo is a famous name from his blue chip prospect days, but he hasn't been a good player in the NBA and he's not trending up in performance.
When I think of volume shooter, I think of a guy that has to put up a lot of shots to get his points. Basically the perfect description of Mayo. BTW, a lot around here are making Henry look like a bad prospect. The kid is going to be a good player. Mayo was just a product of overhype since middle school. I find it funny that he's okay with coming off the bench.
He's got a lot of talent, but was never coached well. I saw him as a high school junior playing a summer tournament at Grant High and you could see both the talent and selfishness back then. I think the jury is still out on his long term prospects. I think he can be a better version of Jamal Crawford as super sixth man for a team. Probably not a legit starter at SG unless he's paired with an amazing PG like CP3 or DWill.
