I don't know that the 'more talent and better fit' declaration is accurate. The better talent and fit sure hasn't manifested yet. Camara changes the equation quite a bit, but he's a sometimes starter averaging 7 and 5. I expect him to improve quite a bit though when I read that the Blazers were going after Ayton I was really hoping they'd work a deal moving Ayton to the team that wanted him, Indy. An Ayton for Myles turner swap. It was fantasy I know but I sure didn't want Ayton and his salary on the team ************************************************** I like the Duop Reath story. But is he really a better player than Ayton? that's probably significantly skewed to Ayton's disadvantage as this is clearly his worst season in the NBA. But it's also possible that Ayton was in a nearly perfect situation in Phoenix and this season predicts his future better than his Phoenix years.
I knew people would complain about Ayton. I repeatedly keep mention it was strange people were bashing Nurk for the same reason Suns fans were bashing Ayton before he got here. Just goes to show you, lots of people in here only looked at Ayton on the surface. The numbers. Didn’t look deep into his mentality, why he was called out in the playoffs for not hustling and getting back into a play. He doesn’t take criticism well at all and that comment is not a good look man.
"We'd like to introduce our new starting center, DeAndre Ayton! But before I let DA speak, let's just be clear, he's not really all star caliber, he's probably the best center on our team though... probably... anyway, here's DeAndre!"
Ayton lives next door to one of my clients and I guarantee you that getting out of his neighborhood the ice in Vancouver would have been quite a challenge.
Interesting that he would live in Vancouver. If it is Camas, he was not the only one stuck. With the practice facility in Tualatin, I would guess most players would want to live there. We have no income tax but guess most of his income is taxed in Oregon.
Yes, most, but by living in Washington, any income earned in another non-income-tax state (Texas, Tennessee, or Florida) would also not be subject to Oregon tax. That's 8 games this season. By my estimation, he probably saves about 300K for this season just by living in Washington.
I installed a lot of cable down in there back in the day. Yes the houses are super nice and yes, super difficult to get in and out of with any ice.
He's got healthy knees and can play, isn't that a max contract center for Portland? Anything else is just extra.
Seems to be a good teammate, goes out there game in and game out and tries. Runs hard to set picks, really allows the team to do more things on defense because he's agile enough to stay with guards after other teams try the pick and roll. You can blitz with him. You can trap with him. Generally, he's been a guy that finishes around the basket. His shooting range from side to side on the court opens up the floor on the offensive end. Last night on one sequence he chased a loose ball into the backcourt and saved a possession for us in regulation. On the other end he blocks a shot and catches it and saves it while avoiding going out of bounds. And yet somehow his effort gets questioned? Not sure how or why. From what I see, the worst thing Ayton does is not play up to a massive contract. But he still averages a double-double, shoots a high percentage and does a number of things that don't show up in the boxscore. If he doesn't negate or outplay most other pivots head to head, he at least makes it harder for the post on the other team and diminishes our deficit at that position.
Ok, let's go over some numbers. - Ayton is averaging 1.5 FTA per game. Which shows how incredibly soft he is. To put that into context, Joel Pryzbilla, a guy who never sniffed the ball on offense averaged about twice that many. -Ayton's TS% is not good this year. 55.5%, which is especially not good for a lower usage, more opportunistic scorer. It's 6% under his career average. -He's only shooting 67% from 0-3. A career low...this is as bad as Nurk Only thing he really does well is rebound.
my uncle had his home destroyed in the Philippines. Very nice waterfront home on the beach. people have no clue water is the most destructive force on earth. It will tear anything and everything down if Mother Nature so desires. Even steel rusts and is porous and can dissinigrate by water over time. asphalt and dirt ain’t shit compared to running water.
