It seems to me that Terry likes to go small in the 4th to close out games. The smaller players often provide an extra ball handler, better free throw shooter, better outside shooting, and better passer. And they usually defend the perimeter better. Rebounding is the one thing you often lose in that scenario. So as long as he is an adequate rebounder I think you will be right.
I liked Mo but he seemed to not look for his shot or lane to the hoop on a consistent basis. I’m thinking Hood, Bazmore will be more agressive and look for theirs. AFA was active defensively but could put the ball on the floor well and his handle wasn’t great. I see Mario much better in those areas and a better shooter. His D is probably not that much below AFA but his overall game could be.
Hezonia playing with both teams making plays! I’m extremely excited to see him in Stotts offense. Maybe I’m inflicted with the rose colored glasses but my feeling is he’ll be everything we wanted from Turner, and more, at a fraction of the price. God damn I’m so boner for this iteration of the Portland Oregon Blazers
Olshey mentioned they’re open to using the second two way spot, and some guys have stood out so far in workouts. Wonder who he’s talking about; Caupain, Moses, or Perrantes.
Bazemore: “Trent Jr. brought the heat defensively today.” Stotts: “He (Trent) had a really good practice yesterday, couple of assistants said it was his best as a blazer. Really competitive defensively, we know he can shoot. His competitiveness on the defensive end was noticeable.” Hood: “G. Trent had a hell of a day today. He can really score the ball man, hopefully he gets an opportunity this year.” The Simons hype is great, but I still remember Olshey saying they had Trent graded similarly on their board, and since they traded to get him, I don’t think that was just lip service. I think there’s room for him in the rotation when second units go small.
Thank you for sharing these clips! I thought GTJ looked strong on the defensive end throughout Summer League and am glad to hear that he's even upped that to a higher level during training camp. I feel like I'm in the minority here when it comes to Trent Jr's outlook with the team. I know he has a shoot-first mentality, but from what I've seen he's a willing passer and, typically, guys who are gunners off the bench don't care at all for the other end of the floor. To hear that Trent is going all out is a fabulous sign. He's still not in the rotation just yet, but if he continues to progress hopefully he's rewarded with playing time on back to backs or against lesser opponents.
He don't get mentioned enough everyone get down on him for shooting to much they never regonize what he does on the other end.
I usually don't comment on content, but wtf kind of gibberish is this? Have some pride! Use some goddamn punctuation or something!
something has to give. If you assume Dame/CJ will combine for around 70 minutes, that only leaves 26-28 minutes at most at guard. If Hood gets 28 minutes, then there is somewhere around 45-50 minutes left for the three perimeter positions. That's 15-17 minutes each for Simons/Bazemore/Hezonja. Bazemore is likely to be in the 24 minute range which would leave 10-14 minutes each for Simons and Hezonja another way to look at it, 144 minutes on the perimeter. Dame/CJ at 7o; Hood/Bazemore at 50...leaving 24 minutes for Simons/Hezonja/anybody-else. After all the chatter and insane-over-the-top-hype about Simons, he would be getting all 24 of those minutes himself if he's half as good as the hype. If Hezonja is to get any consistent burn, he'll need to slide to backup PF which then creates a little conflict with Tolliver....assuming Tolliver will be getting any burn
Oh No! If everyone is healthy two minimum salary guys like Hezonja and Tolliver could get less minutes than they would like.
Something like this wouldn't be unreasonable. Dame 35 Simons 20 CJ 34 Bazemore 22 Hood 26 Hezonja 22 Collins 25 Skal/Toll 15 Whiteside 28 Pau 15
