Game Thread 2022-23 Game #20 BLAZERS @ NETS - NOVEMBER 27, 2002 - SUNDAY - 12:00 PM (PDT) BENCH

Of course it isn't that simple. The point we are all trying to make and i actually think he's right, is shot selection. It needs to be good and the better the shot selection the more likely it will be that they make the shots and that leads to winning.
But saying Dame should not be shooting three's is pretty extreme. The guy is arguably one of the best in the league from deep. Teams absolutely scheme to take that away.

 

And we all know if you been saying it it's a reverse jinx right?

 

To be fair I never said Dame should stop shooting 3s. I said 20 between the two of them is too many.

 

Dame has earned the right to shoot WHENEVER and WHEREVER he wants! Plain and simple. Whether it's good for the team or not.

 

which was kind of my point

 

it might be too many, especially if they are both tossing bricks in the same game. But it also may be the way things roll in the new NBA. Jayson Tatum and Kyrie Irving combine to shoot 19 a game, even though they are different teams, and they average 35% and 32% respectively. Dame shoots 10 a game. Tatum and Kyrie shoot 9 each. Terry Rozier shoots 9 a game and he's shooting 30%. Max Strus is shooting 8.6 a game and is hitting 35%

looking at the numbers across the league, I don't thing 20 attempts a game for Dame/Ant is too much, unless they aren't hitting them of course

 

I agree with all of that up until the last sentence but the fact is that Dame has earned that right because he has shown for years that the shots he chooses to take are for the good of the team. I think we'll see his three point percentage go up from where it's at so far this season but more so the last three games that actually really tanked what was a very high percentage.

That being said his scoring is at a really efficient level this season, better than it was any of the three seasons 2015-16 through 2017-18. No one was complaining about a damn thing then. Also let's just cool our jets on making any conclusions about where he's at because he's only eleven games into his season.

I just want the guy to get healthy and stay healthy. His decision making obviously doesn't need to change.