Notice TRAIL BLAZERS TO START NBA SUMMER LEAGUE ON AUGUST 8

I cannot believe we didn't draft Sharife Cooper and chose Brown.

 

I know there's been a lot of love for Watford on here. I'm still skeptical. I see a trimmer Biggie Swanigan -- pretty good fundamentally but so lacking in the athleticism department. He does have the advantage of being able to bring the ball up court and dribble a bit, but he also doesn't mix it up quite as well as Biggie could down low.

Usually, a guy like him needs to have a niche. I'm just not seeing that one thing he does so well that it overshadows the one gaping liability in his game. Pretty much everything he could make better, he's done. Unfortunately, he can't be made quicker or less of a tweener.

 

can we waive Elleby? guy does not have it at all

 

I think he’s looked pretty good defensively, but yeah he does seem to be lacking in the athleticism department. I think it’ll all just depend on his shot making ability, because similarly built players have had recent success (Dillon Brooks for example)

 

his contract is guaranteed but yeah, I’d rather just use that spot on a vet, like Ed Davis.

 

bummer, he is simply awful

 

Even though it’s guaranteed, his contract shouldn’t be prohibitive if they needed a spot or if he proves not good enough. Could also just throw him into a trade if we’re dealing with some rebuilding team.

 

My question is; why didn't he play more than 14 minutes. I am confused as to what we are trying to do with our summer league team.

 

feels like they already know he’ll be on the team and don’t consider summer league as valuable to his development. They’re probably right, but it would still be nice to see him play more.

 

Yeah when you sign 12 guys to play in the summer league, you need to play as many as possible. Their careers (In the US or overseas) depend on the 4 game showcase. It means nothing for Brown. The practices are just as important to his development. In the first game he played 18 minutes, I would like to see him get around 20 for at least one game though.

 

I looked more at what he did in just that 14 minutes. Nine points. Four-of-six shooting.

It might be this simple: The Blazers know they're keeping Brown, but he's not going to be contributing much this season. OTOH, all these vets they have on the team are being auditioned for a spot on the roster this year. Probably none of them will stick, but we're going to do our due diligence while we have them to see if someone can come to the Blazers and fill a role.

 

Brooks, though, is a perimeter player. Watford's an inside player.

I'd like to see the guy succeed, because he seems to be a guy who's worked at his game, but I just think the athletic challenges might be a little much for him.

 

I blinked and I missed Vital's minutes. I think I saw a chubby guy waddling around - was that him? Is he not playing because he's out of shape?

I also really hoped to see more of Milton Doyle, but I guess he must be a scrub? If this is anything like SLs past, they'll shut down people like Beasley before the last game and let people like him show off their wares. (But maybe that was before they instituted the tournament?)

 

Watford is tantalizing. He really knows what he's doing out there and can pass very well for a guy his height (led us in assists with 5). BUT, he's trying to play bully-ball and he's not big or athletic enough to do that in the NBA. But he's got the confidence of having been a tippy-top high school prospect. I hope he sticks.

 

Win the Chip!

 

and Rogers admitted outright that he's also trying to placate management and their commitments to players to get them PT (guessing this is referring to Mudiay/Beas/Blakeney/etc)

 

What's funny is that he looked better last season in actual NBA games. Maybe he's not this bad. But if these two games were his NBA audition, he would have failed the skills test portion of the interview.

 

Elleby had the best plus-minus of the team because he fucking plays defense. Watch both sides of the floor for once.