I slept on this and I disagree. We dont need more iso. We need to go back to team ball. Move, screen, and pass.
True. There isn't enough go to players hence why we have a handful of teams that are absolutely pathetic and a watered down league. I won't argue the point, but I'd argue mislabeling someone as a go to guy when they aren't... means not every team has one. Every team could say they have a sharpshooter...doesn't make it true. I understand the argument you are making --- and it is still wrong in the sense that if each team has one go to guy -- the guy that they want the ball to go to with the game on the line... the Spurs is still Kawhi Leonard; thus LMA is not the Spurs go to player. I never said he wasn't the go to player for the Blazers. I said he was a poor one for the Blazers and he isn't currently the go to player for the Spurs. Not sure what there is to dispute. I also believe he doesn't fit the billing to be a go to player because he can't create his own shot, which is almost imperative. I stated the Spurs gave him a max contract to be second fiddle as well now that I think about it because (Kingspeed possibly) made a comment about it.
You're telling me the Spurs 'go to player' put up 16/10/1 on 10 shots when there was someone else they were clearly trying to get shots for...which is evidenced by the 22 shots for Kawhi Leonard and the 32/7/1 line. LMA also had 2 points vs Kawhi 7 points in the last 4 minutes of the 4th. I'm really struggling to see the notion of LMA being Spurs go to player man.
No look again. LMA had 6. 4 at the foul line because they kept going to him yes. That is because he was the Go To guy on 4 different plays that Pop called in the last 6 mins of the game. Give it up. The point has been made that you are talking about the Spurs. You don't seem to get it. There are 29 other teams in the NBA. By your definition there are like 20 teams that don't have a player they go to to get a score. Peace man have a nice night. Blazers won!
I'm off the DeRozen bandwagon. Indiana is forcing him to shoot and it aint pretty. It's like watching Aminu.
If there was some way to get Jabari Parker from Milwaukee.... that dude would be PERFECT as our power forward.
I like Parker but he would at least cost CJ. I think Neil's goal here is to surround Dame/CJ with talent. Our best bet is through free agency. Maybe not a go-to guy but just a consistent scorer would do wonders. KD is a pipedream. DeRozen's outside shot makes Aminu look decent. The most realistic target IMO should be Evan Fournier -- 15 ppg | 40 3p% (six attempts per) | 23 years old Ryan Anderson would be my backup plan. Keeping an eye on the future I'd find a way to trade into the mid-first to land Jonathan Jeanne. Also, I'd see what OKC would want (sans CJ/Dame/Plumlee) for Kanter.
Imagine Ryan Anderson getting all the looks in this offense that Aminu does. Ironically, both Anderson and Aminu shot 36% from 3 this year. Not sure what to make of that, but I think maybe it's because Aminu gets more open looks. Do you really thing RA would be averaging 1-7 on wide stinking open 3s this series? Looks like Derozen is having a bad shooting series. But he shot 33% from 3 last year which is ok. But his biggest strength is getting to the FT line (8 attempts per game). Aminu can't penetrate at all.
My impression of his game is that, other than drawing a high rate of foul shots, he is a high usage low efficiency shooter who has to have the ball, a lot. We already have two guards who have to have the ball a lot, who are very good shooters. My only concern is him taking the ball away from Dame and CJ. Now if he wants to replace Henderson and come off the bench, that would be awesome! I get maybe CJ should be the one coming off the bench. I just see chemistry and "flow" problems ahead.
If Harkless ever learns to shoot the ball from further than 3 feet out he will become a very big threat.
I disagree that we need a third go-to player. We've got two, what we need is an elite defender/three point shooter. I don't know who that guy is, but we need him. Deron Williams has been shut down for the year. I wonder if Dirk surprised everybody and retired, would Wes Matthews be available? Eh, he's kind of sucked I guess since the Achilles. The price probably isn't worth it. Maybe we just need CJ and Dame to spend all summer with Hark and Aminu trying to get them to become elite shooters.
While we don't need a "go-to" star like LA, we definitely need someone who is at least a threat at the PF position. I like Nate's suggestion of Jabari, that type of player slid for perfect on our roster and with the future of the NBA. The cost, however, is likely too high. The guy I've been saying would be a great fit would be Paul Millsap. Great range, character, good on D, and best of all doesn't always need the ball to be effective.
Every draft has a player you can say find a way into the draft and get him. The Blazers need to go after more veterans now.
