Game Thread GAME# 47: BLAZERS @ PISTONS - MARCH 31, 2021 - WEDNESDAY, 4:00, NBCSNW

Maybe next season. But for now we can't seem to get Little healthy. He needs some more experience first IMO.

 

You're using Powell's stats for two games with the Blazers, not his stats on the season.

 

Not a horrible idea, but I think this last injury has shelved any possibility of that happening this year. Not sure when he will be back but I think he needs to come off the bench for a while. If they don't start Powell then I think going back to Jones is more likely.

 

Once he had CJ Simons Jones Melo Kanter that defense disaster when you got 1 defense minded player out there. Once he had Dame with those guys I believe the 1st quarter too and that's when they went on big run.

 

I did. Nice catch
Though the difference is slight. He does have a higher Per by 2 points. And his free throws are a bunch better. Like i said the 64% type range has been an aberration.

 

Yeah that was pointed out two hours prior. But like i said above the difference is negligible.

 

Ok. here's some stats to throw back at you.

CJ is average 5 more ppg but he's doing it with:
2 more minutes per game
6 more FGA
5.4% more USG

Powell is simply a MUCH more efficient scorer than CJ. It's not even close.
50% FG > 44%
44.6% from three > 40.4%
60.5% eFG > 54.7%
64.7% TS% > 57.6%

CJ needs more shots and more minutes to score more points. He also needs the ball in his hands.

I will also add that a lot of what Powell does on defense doesn't show up in a box score. He's really good at help defense. I have seen him slide over to collapse on the ball and I heard Stotts mention this as one of his biggest strengths. He's a very heady defender.

 

I mean it's basically the difference between Curry and Dame in terms of efficiency.

 

Can we please win a blow out game - Blazer Fans

 

careful....there are a couple of posters here who might go off on you for even suggesting there were questions about how sustainable CJ's early season numbers were. But those numbers were so far above his norms, it was hard not to wonder

and, IIRC, his BPM 10 games in was over 7.0. At one time, he ranked 2nd in the league in PER (Kingspeed told us so many times); I can't remember what the actual mark was....around 30.0...? He's now 23rd. 12 games in, he was above Dame in PER, TS%, Assist%, Winshares/48, and BPM. Dame leads in all now, by sizable margins. This isn't so much due to Dame improving as it is to CJ regressing. Although, Dame has improved, but my theory is a big reason for that was due to how much he was deferring to CJ's hot start. The best Dame is an aggressive Dame

by the way, his TS% was around .623 in that 12.5 game sample. In the 8 games since he's come back, his TS% is .500. I would expect he'll do better than that the rest of the way

 

What does "for that" refer to? CJ's big bump in numbers? Dames slow start? Something else?

 

I said what I thought it was....that Dame was deferring too much to CJ in the first dozen games. IIRC, CJ was averaging 4 more FGA's a game than Dame at that time

 

I think this is a two edged sword here. Dame defers yes but he also is taking certain plays off doing it. Maybe not always a bad thing?
The good thing about all this is he can also do it with Powell and that would be a huge plus.
It was nice seeing another player demand attention in the Raptors game. Seemed like everyone benefitted from it.
When this team gets a good shooting night it's gonna be over fast.

 

Even the GM has said he wants two of his four plus defenders on the court at all times. Is Stotts hoping for retirement?

 

I think Stotts days are numbered in Portland due people above Olshey is not happy about how bad our defense is not only this year but the past. This want I think going to happen the ownership will be the ones to tell Olshey to fire Stotts at the end of the year that's my thoughts that what going happen.

 

I think it's important to note that if you're unequivocally calling for Dame to sit, if he and the team are to be trusted this is a soft tissue bruise that is hampering him. That could be healed up in a couple of days. If it is healed up and his knee feels good then this is a great team for Dame to get right against. If Dame's knee feels like it looks like it was feeling against the Raptors, he should definitely sit but if he's good to go then let's get him back on track.

 

I thought someone also mentioned that he hurt his hand a few games back. Not sure about that though. Either way, I'd like for the dude to rest against these shit teams.