I've been on this board as one of the more ardent naysayers of Meyers, but even I can say the last 2 games has been the Meyers I was hoping to see. Lets hope he can do it more often than not. (If he takes 4-7 shots per game, grabs 8-10 boards, I'm really okay with that.)
I just don't like his game. IMHO he should have a laser like focus on developing his post game. With his athletic ability he should be a pick & roll magnet just as much as a pick and pop guy. It's like he hardly dunks anymore. I sincerely hope we don't re-sign him. Edit: Those 4 to 7 shots you want him to take? Those are all going to be three point shots... That's just weak to me.
Weak? Him hitting 4/7 on three point shots is as good as him shooting 6/10 on 2pt shots. I don't give a shit what it seems like as long as he produces while opening up the middle for our guards to drive in. Leonard pisses me off when he hacks on defense and loses confidence on offense-- not when he shoots threes.
Actually if someone shoots 4 of 7 from 3's that would be equalled by going 6 of 7 from 2's. His jumper is such a slow developing erector set of a shot though. He needs to be wide open to have the time to get it off. If I were to have him work on anything it would be to stop hesitating and become comfortable going up in one fluid motion. It seems his confidence wavers because he's afraid of getting capped. STOMP
I agree. I like how people are trying to sugar coat this. If this was say a Laker fouling Dame or CJ like that I'm sure we'd be calling for his head.
Meyers should be our third leading scorer but he isn't because he has yet to diversify his game. I like bigs who do big people things. I could give a shit about his three-point shooting ability to be honest.
Maybe, but I doubt we would have a separate thread about it. That is reserved for Meyers, because we don't have enough threads about him already.
I like players who do things that help the team win games. I couldn't care less if the bigs do big people things or if the smalls do small people things. Only thing that matters is if their efforts/skill-sets contribute to victories more than their deficiencies contribute to losses.
Well that would indicate that we both have our opinions. Here's another one of mine: I cannot wait until his soft bitch ass is off of the team.
I do think there is a big difference between a player on the losing team taking a last second shot and a player on a team with a big lead taking a last second shot. It is well accepted in basketball culture that when a team has an insurmountable lead, it is considered bad sportsmanship and even disrespectful for the winning team to shoot the ball instead of running out the clock. I do not believe the same is true when a player is on the other side of a blowout. Players on the losing end routinely try to get a shot up at the buzzer in those situations, even throwing up shots from half court. When Jimmer went to take the shot, Meyers fouled him hard, looked pissed off, and pointed at the clock/scoreboard as if to say: Bad etiquette my good sir! (Or something like that.) I wonder if Meyers just had a kind of brain fart, having been taught and possibly chastised for taking a last second shot with a big lead. I wonder if he was confused about it, then someone explained to him the difference, and he felt foolish an apologized. Having said that: I fucking love that he showed and has shown a kind of testy mean streak and that he would foul the guy hard like that instead of letting him score the ball, no matter what the circumstances. Laimbiebs, you're going to be alright.
On one hand, the Blazers had just willingly given up a 24 second violation so as not to run up the score on the Knicks, and Jimmer trying to score was a dick move, and Meyers fouling him HARD was absolutely the right thing to do. On the other hand, Jimmer's on a 10-day, trying to claw his way back into the NBA, and the crowd had been chanting his name for several minutes, so his dick move is mostly forgivable, in which case Meyers should apologize for the hard foul. Which he did. Meyers keeps climbing higher and higher in my esteem as a person, hopefully his play will continue to improve so he will deserve the roster spot on the Blazers I hope he earns moving forward.
I like his shooting touch, but his style of play just makes me judge his curiosity for the game. I mean, how can you be so big and athletic and not do Olajuwon stuff all day at the gym? why pick 1 thing as boring as being a spot up shooter off somebody else's talent as your ONLY weapon?
How do we know he is not working his ass off developing post moves. My understanding is he did work on it daily before Kim Hughes was fired. Are we sure he stopped? I think on offense, Terry just plain likes him outside spreading the floor.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14884428/new-york-knicks-re-sign-jimmer-fredette-10-day-deal See what happens when you go against Meyers. You either get cut, or you get hurt.
