Lillard predicts 46 wins for next season

I like LA's offensive game as it is. Keep him around the elbow with the ability to drive to the bucket and he's devastating. Putting him out at the perimeter keeps him from crashing the boards (and he's not a great rebounder to begin with).

 

It seems the only person advocating Leonard to shoot 3s is Leonard. If I were Stotts, I would make him run until he dropped if he tried heaving one of those during a game. Only Sabonis could get away with it, not someone who hasn't even gained proficiency at the five. He shoots from the key and that's it.

 

And maybe the baseline once in a while.

 

Why would everyone agree to something so dumb? At the end of the 24 second clock, an open 20 foot J from any of the Blazer's better jump shooters (including Aldridge) is a good shot. Of course thats not the shot the offense is looking for during the first 20 seconds of the clock, but during those last few ticks it comes down to who can create the space to get a reasonable shot off. Both Nic and Wesley are subpar at this, so the responsibility for taking those lower percentage shots falls mainly to Lillard and LA

STOMP

 

When the clock is winding down I would think LA would be closer to the basket and if anything would kick it out for a long shot.

 

If we haven't gotten a shot off in 20 seconds, the play has broken down and things are scrambled. LMA may have tride a pick and pop and been doubled; Lillard may have been triple-teamed with nowhere to go... the passes in and out have given us nothing. I don't doubt that, after 20 seconds, players are shoved out of the paint a lot more than in the 12-16 second range when the play is working.