if LA comes back, dame will average 24 points, 10 assist, 6 rebound. if LA does not comes back, Dame will average 35 points, 14 assists, and 10 rebound. he is going on westbrook mode, but Dame has the clutch to helps us win games. it is safe Dame will be going on full #LillardTime
He will have to. And as fans, we better cheer him on to do that. What better way to make a dig on Aldridge than actually getting voted in as a starter. If he's scoring 28/10/3 he would definitely get there.
If anyone is good at photoshop, I'd love for lillards picture to be inserted for one of the animals on a Chinese restaurant zodiac menu EDIT: Maybe not, I just looked up 2016 zodiac animal and its year of the Monkey. That might appear racist.
I don't think he goes HAM, I think he becomes a point guard. He's had trouble wearing down by the end of the season. Hopefully, that won't happen. Of this is all Premature Educated guesses. We still have cap space - lots of it. The fact that we have a reasonable team now gives me great hope that we'll have a good, maybe very good team when training camp starts.
Yep. The pick 'n pop approach didn't work once teams realized there was little thread of anyone rolling to the basket. They could cheat both defenders on Lillard, knowing they'll bust up the play 80% of the time, and still get back to the shooter 15% of the time. Those are pretty good odds if it ends up playing out that way.
Yeah, when Nic was here, Lillard was like a part-time point guard because had to share the PG duties. But now he will control the ball more and his assists should rise, especially with more bigs who roll towards the rim.
When I mean HAM, I'm referring to being that "complete Pg". I wouldn't be surprised if he's a 25/10 player next season
I don't know that his numbers will change that dramatically...I think he'll definitely have a good number of 30 plus point nights, but not enough to give an average of 35 a night, nor do think he will average a triple double.
Lol what are his shooting percentages gonna be? And will he play defense? Thats what's holding him back from superstardom. Not pure numbers.
I think the previous year's defense was predicated to leaving Dame on an Island to defend. I expect the trap and swarm defense with these athletes, which won't expose him as much defensively. In fact, that style may propel him to become a decent defender.
I expect more points, but less efficiency. There's nobody else to take the pressure off of him now and I have a feeling teams will blitz the hell out of him with multiple defenders every time he touches the ball (way more doubles and triples than he's seen so far in his career). Hopefully he adjusts to it and hones his passing and playmaking, if he can't we're gonna be extra-super awful.
