Advanced stats prove his numbers are hollow. I'll give him kudos on his steals/per but a sub-15 PER and shooting sub-36% is pathetic. PA-THE-TIC. True. Story.
rubio is a 37 year old jason kidd, and that was BEFORE the shredded knee check the stats, eerily similar
Golliver's report on the Spain/France game http://www.blazersedge.com/2012/8/9...olympics-nicolas-batum-victor-claver-face-off . Claver as usual was not allowed to play in an important game. Batum got a rating of 6 out of 10. Defense pretty good and made a couple spectacular plays; but there seems to be a pattern developing; the better the competition and more important the game, the worse his offense gets. (Doesn't he also have poor shooting % in Blazer playoff games?)
Sergio Scariolo is like the Spanish Nate McMillan. He has his favorites and is a bit of a control freak. Other Spanish players who do not flourish under him: Ricky Rubio and Serge Ibaka, who hardly played at all in the France game. I don't think that proves Ibaka is worthless.
I can see how that could happen. I hope Claver can be a good player; I just keep waiting to see something that would make me think that will happen.
I haven't really followed him enough to form an opinion about his analysis. He mostly just seems to describe the plays he sees a particular playing making or not making. If you watched the game, I would be interested in hearing any discrepancies you noticed. I was interrupted with a house repair issue while watching.
Sergio Rodriguez getting some burn right now against Russia in a semi-final. He still is afraid to shoot the ball.
I'm much more excited to see what Damian Lillard, MVP of the Summer League, can do as the PG. Rubio will never be able to shoot, which is going to limit him as an NBA player. Lillard already has an NBA jump shot; the primary concerns for him are defense and distributing, although I like what I saw in summer league on the dish-and-drive, as well as the pick-and-roll, from him.
