'Thrill'ing in Denver

TBpup · Mar 1, 2015

After the Afflalo trade, the Nuggets immediately waived Victor Claver and bought out Thomas Robinson but chose to keep Will Barton. Given that the Nuggets have very little talent left after their slew of trade-deadline moves and weren't exactly good before that, Barton has shown quite a bit with what little talent he has to work with around him.

In 4 games he is averaging:
16.75 points per game
.489 FG% shooting
.467% 3-pt% shooting (7-15)
.833% FT% shooting (16-18)
4.25 rebounds per game
2.25 assists per game
1.5/1 assist to turnover ration

...and maybe the biggest stat. In 4 games with a talentless roster, he is only -2 in his +/- on the court. In those games, Denver has lost by 25, 28, 14 and 22 for an average of over 22 points per game. They are getting killed! Yet when 'The People's Champ' is on the floor, even with their dearth of talent, they are playing basically even. It's when he is out of the game they are getting destroyed.

Of course it is only a small sample size and he was never going to get minutes here and Afflalo is a great fit for this team. Still, it's nice to see a former Blazer doing well given the opportunity.

magnifier661 · Mar 1, 2015

I'm extremely happy for him! It's a good gig because there is no pressure on him. Also, Denver is a team that plays with chaos, which is right up his alley. I wish him nothing but the best

Kaydow · Mar 1, 2015

Thrill is basically 2/3 into his rookie season. He's played 1,693 total minutes in his 3 year career. Average NBA starter plays about 2,500 - 3,000 minutes if healthy for 82 games. This is exactly what he needed, to play garbage time minutes where the mental/rookie mistakes he makes aren't under a microscope. It's a chance to figure out what he is. We never could in PDX. At one point we were developing him to run the offense, but he just couldn't be trusted to make good decisions with the ball, even though he's got decent handles. Can he be more than an "energy guy" off the bench? He always gave effort and kept a good attitude. Wish him well . . . when he isn't playimg Portland!

BlazerCaravan · Mar 1, 2015

Love the Thrill! So happy for him, too. Maybe in eight years we can pick him up as a crafty vet!

oldmangrouch · Mar 1, 2015

Loved the heart and hustle - but very few coaches will be willing to live with his mental errors.

TBpup · Mar 1, 2015

BlazerCaravan said:
Love the Thrill! So happy for him, too. Maybe in eight years we can pick him up as a crafty vet!

Now that is the way to think positive. Speaking of that, what former Blazer that is still in the league would you want for the #15 spot?

SlyPokerDog · Mar 1, 2015

Blazers traded away the next Michael Jordan! :MARIS61:

42N8Bounce · Mar 1, 2015

TBpup said:
Now that is the way to think positive. Speaking of that, what former Blazer that is still in the league would you want for the #15 spot?

Jarrett Jack

KeepOnRollin · Mar 1, 2015

TBpup said:
Now that is the way to think positive. Speaking of that, what former Blazer that is still in the league would you want for the #15 spot?

Patty Mills (but I wouldn't have him be the 15th spot so this may be cheating)

BLAZINGGIANTS · Mar 1, 2015

TBpup said:
Now that is the way to think positive. Speaking of that, what former Blazer that is still in the league would you want for the #15 spot?

Steve Blake?

Haakzilla · Mar 1, 2015

http://willthethrillbarton.com/

^ severely outdated!

jlprk · Mar 1, 2015

BlazerCaravan said:
Love the Thrill! So happy for him, too. Maybe in eight years we can pick him up as a crafty vet!

He, Asik, and Dante Cunningham are stat leaders in the current game, as of right now (the game's not over, maybe you'll see something different an hour from now). We drafted all 3.

http://espn.go.com/nba/dailyleaders/_/gameId/400579176

jlprk · Mar 1, 2015

Hickson and Babbitt have played in this game tonight, too. Did we draft Foye? He's in the game, too.

jlprk · Mar 1, 2015

Also, Faried played, and in my mind here in the State of Denial, we drafted him, not Nolan Smith.

Fez Hammersticks · Mar 1, 2015

16/10 for the Thrill! He's also posting a 22 PER with the Nuggets.

BLAZINGGIANTS · Mar 1, 2015

jlprk said:
Hickson and Babbitt have played in this game tonight, too. Did we draft Foye? He's in the game, too.

Foye was drafted then traded for Roy.

OneLifeToLive · Mar 1, 2015

I was going to bring this up earlier today. Will is actually, granted it's only 4 games as you stated, but he is actually averaging more for the Nuggets than Afflalo did. Does this make anyone think we gave up too much?

My answer to this is no btw. But what do you say?

BBert · Mar 1, 2015

TBpup said:
Now that is the way to think positive. Speaking of that, what former Blazer that is still in the league would you want for the #15 spot?

Edit: oops misread the question

Strenuus · Mar 1, 2015

OneLifeToLive said:
I was going to bring this up earlier today. Will is actually, granted it's only 4 games as you stated, but he is actually averaging more for the Nuggets than Afflalo did. Does this make anyone think we gave up too much?

My answer to this is no btw. But what do you say?

HELL NO.

Natebishop3 · Mar 1, 2015

Jermaine o'neal 2.0

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SlyPokerDog · Mar 1, 2015

Natebishop3 said:
Jermaine o'neal 2.0

:MARIS61:

BigGameDamian · Mar 1, 2015

Should have traded CJ instead.

Natebishop3 · Mar 2, 2015

SlyPokerDog said:
:MARIS61:

I can't tell if you realize I'm joking or not

BBert · Mar 2, 2015

Natebishop3 said:
Jermaine o'neal 2.0

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Natebishop3 · Mar 2, 2015

I think Will could have a similar career to Corey Brewer. He might bounce around to a few teams, play some defense, make a few highlights and collect some checks.

riverman · Mar 2, 2015

I think Neil has just decided to make Denver our official D league affiliate team but forgot to tell them that

Nikolokolus · Mar 2, 2015

Nice to see Barton doing well. There was no way he was going to get minutes or develop here, so bon chance.

julius · Mar 2, 2015

BigGameDamian said:
Should have traded CJ instead.

Here's something you seem to be continually fail at understanding.

Denver wanted small, ending contracts. CJ does not offer them that. He has a contract for next year. There's a reason why they waived both Thomas and Victor.

So if they had traded CJ, Barton would've still been traded (to make salaries match up, under what Denver obviously wanted).

Rastapopoulos · Mar 2, 2015

Dante Cunningham seems to be having fun for New Orleans these days, while we're listing ex-Blazer scrubs.

Rastapopoulos · Mar 2, 2015

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