Notice Official Blazer Press Release - TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE DRAFT RIGHTS TO JAKE LAYMAN

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  1. Trackjack

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    He properly will not be in the rotation this coming season. Laymen drives hard going right and usually ends in a dunk. The problem I see when he is end traffic under the basket he not strong enough to finish. He not great passer so he can lead to turn overs. But he does got good stroke but he can be streaky at times. But being practicing ever day that can be clean up. He will get stronger like everyone does in the NBA and he will get better in the stuff he weak at hopefully. Does he make the 15 man roster yes he does.
     
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    He's not supposed to be able to. He's a Center.
     
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    I thought he showed some promise towards the end of the season when he saw floor time, he was moving well without the ball, was aggressive going to the basket, pulled the trigger on threes when he was open. He and Montero will be interesting to see in Summer League.
     
    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94, Jun 25, 2016
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    Montero could turn out to be decent player reminds me of Will Barton
     
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    Exactly, he's a C, Layman is not a C - they should not be compared positionally or skill-wise.
     
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    The problem I've seen with Connaughton is lateral movement, or lack of. The bad shooting is whatever, could be a rhythm player, but I don't think he'll be able to stick with guards, and he's too small to defend small forwards. I remember him being compared to Wes but he's got to put on a serious amount of muscle/weight to be even in the same ballpark physically. I guess we'll find out, but I think Layman has a better chance.
     
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    Did you seriously scout Patty in the 2 or 3 mins of garbage time that he played in every week?
     
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    Watched him in summer league. That's where I soured on him. Don't need to see a guy 50 times to see he can't move laterally.
     
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    Leonard should be a center, but unfortunately, he plays forward, the same position as Layman, who thus appears to be the next Leonard.

    Hmm, not intense, lazy as a Blazer, then becomes intense in Indiana and Charlotte as an NBA journeyman...

    I compared Layman before to Jeff Withey, but now I'll compare him to another Blazer 2nd-round pick. (I didn't pick Josh McRoberts because he's white...Blazer 2nd-round picks are ALWAYS white.)

    http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcrobjo01.html
     
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    I agree, give the benefit of the doubt. However, it too me 5 minutes of film to almost absolutely know that Diez wouldn't be in Portland anytime soon...if ever.
     
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    That's what I was saying....
     
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    Yet he looked like a completely different player late in the season. It surprised me.
     
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    NO, NO, NO!
    That's what I was saying!
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    Can we all pitch in to buy him a plane ticket back out of portland?
     
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    Or....El Diablo. Fighting Chicken.
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    He'll buy it himself once he realizes how bad that night life here sucks.
     
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    Taurean "4 wins" Green says hello. So do the 2 PFs we took instead of Ken Faried.
     
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    I am sure we could get Faried now if we wanted him.
     
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