My analysis of the three most likely teams: Denver 37-45 Portland 36-46 Dallas 34-48 I used season-long home and away point differential averages....
Not MVP, but maybe "Most Valuable Glue Guy" for the Blazers. It looks like a good fit both offensively (Except the 3s, and he did shoot over .340 on...
Or it could be defending the ball handler on the pick and roll
My "stats-clusion" is that Turner will make the Blazers better both on offense and defense, when the starters play and when he plays with the bench.
This is my third post on Evan Turner’s defense. It compares Turner to the Blazers wings from last year on a number of defensive categories, using...
Last year, Golden State and Boston played 2 games. Basketball-Reference's Head2Head tool shows that Klay Thompson shot 15/39 on FG (38%) and 4/16 on...
THANKS for looking into this. I agree that defensive stats are not so precise. And that George is taller, and gives him the versatility to defend...
Dame shoots 20 times a game. If Turner can help him convert 10% (wild guess, but still less than Splashed Bros) of those opportunities to catch and...
Here are DRtg for the list, plus the Blazer wings from last year, plus Nic and Wes from their Blazer years: basketball-reference: Turner 104 Bradley...
No, just a fan trying to understand why NO chose Turner, what Turner's strengths are as a player, and how he might fit into the Blazers.
Maybe Durant going to the Warriors was not chasing a ring, but protecting the family jewels!
AGREED that defensive stats can be misleading, and are in part system dependent. However, they are all we have right now. And all players are...
What is "the main Blazers forum?"
Evan Turner is a standout defender according to NBA.com’s Play Type defensive statistics. This summarizes defensive percentiles. A percentile is...
Yeah, but it was readily available, and calculated the same for all players. I couldn't find the defensive tracking stats.
The Blazers brought in Evan Turner for his defense as well as his ball handling skills. I looked into Turner’s defensive statistics for last season...
Which is why having someone who increases the "pass-iness" of the offense leads to less late Phil ups
AGREED, but Dame and CJ are our highest volume shooters, and both have room for a significantly greater percentage of catch and shoots, when compared...
I don't think it is a negative comment on Dames passing, but rather a comment on how to optimize his effectiveness. I don't think it is a comment...
The Blazers added Evan Turner as the starting small forward. His excellence as a perimeter defender is important, but it is his offensive impact that...
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