My eyes say Davis is important to this team. He has a basketball sense of timing that can't be taught, it's instinctive and I think the Blazers would do well to keep that around.
Without Ed's offensive rebounding, we'd be horrible. He's a role player with a definable role that he's elite at. And he likes Portland.
I like aminu at the back up 4 more than Davis. I don't think Davis or Vonleh is on this roster next year though.
Perhaps not. If it were up to me, my front court rotation would be Nurk/Vonleh and Meyers/Collins. Ed and Caleb would be trade bait for a SF. Ed especially may have some immediate value to a contender.
He's literally the best backup big in the league. He does EVERY bit of our dirty work. And yes I'd keep him over Vonleh. I think we should look to move Vonleh.
It wouldn't change the cringe-worthy shooting and ball handling, but it would balance the floor better. In theory at least, since we rarely get to see it.
reason....giving the ball to the other team so you have to play nothing but defense for 3 or 4 possession...then doing it all over again...turnovers
There are many reasons... Nurks usg% to efficiency ratio, lack of spacing, lack of reliable handlers/decision makers, too many 2-big lineups that feature no spread option (Vonleh+Nurkic, Harkless+Nurkic, Harkless+Davis...etc), Hark and ET underperforming... People are quick to complain about Stotts when it comes to the offense, but no coach is coaxing out a top 10 offense with this group the way it's currently constructed/performing. With that said, I think we can get to roughly league average, but it'll take some role re-working and some positive regression from some of our role players.
