Game Thread 2022-23 Game #29 - BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - DECEMBER 16, 2022 - FRIDAY - 5:30 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Here's one Blazer who didn't stink the place up:

     
    Rastapopoulos, Dec 17, 2022
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    He's Winslow's understudy, that's for sure, same as Jabari is Jerami's. Watford has a good handle, like Winslow, and is actually better offensively (not that that takes much) but he has a lot to learn to be as good defensively as Winslow. He also moves a good bit slower by my eyes.
     
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    One bad game. He's our best frontcourt defender (better than Jerami) and basically our backup point guard (he's better at it than Anfernee).
     
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    Who's going to liven up garbage time with his dunks, then?

     
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    One ? We haven't been watching the same team then.
     
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    OK, one REALLY bad game. Anyway, the think about Justise is if you don't like him, just wait. Chances are very strong he'll get injured.
     
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    I have to disagree with you.

    IMO Watford is currently a better all-around player than Winslow.
    Offensively he's much better
    Defensively he's slightly worse (but not much)
     
    CJ_is_Gone, Dec 17, 2022
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    Winslow started the year playing good defense, but now he has been average at best on that end for a handful of games
     
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    Are they guarding the same player? It seems to me that Winslow is asked to guard the other team's best players at multiple positions. Are they asking Watford to do that? If not I am not sure you can compare the two defensively. Don't get me wrong I like Watford a lot, but to me, they have different roles on this team
     
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    Man, if I'm giving off an analytics vibe, I'm really screwing up. I'm not an analytics guy at all.... I've used usage rates 2 or 3 times this season, mainly to compare Dame to Luca when we've played Dallas, and Nurk vs Jokic. Anything more than that and its all gibberish to me.
     
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