Game Thread 2023-24 Game #15 - BLAZERS VS JAZZ - NOVEMBER 22, 2023 - WEDNESDAY - 7:00 PM PST - ROOT

Only a few months earlier, Dame shot 12/17 from 3 in a playoff game. Excuses excuses.

 

So if Scoot finish this season averaging 7 assists per game, will he be good enough for us?

 

Before Scoot returned, the Blazer offense was a special kind of garbage.

You seem not to have noticed that.

Or, you want a return to the geriatric pace the Blazers were playing.

which is it?

Edit: Do you remember the game at home against the Grizzlies where the Blazers scored 2 points in the last 8 minutes of the game? And went from being ahead by 12 points to losing by 12.

 

The Trail Blazers are 3-3 with Scoot (and Brogdon) in the lineup.

Without Scoot, the Blazers won only 1 game, the overtime victory at home against Memphis.

That one victory was followed by the worst loss of the season, where the Grizzlies outscored the Blazers 26-2 in the last 8 minutes of the game.

 

Bc we are seeing so much potential already? Lolol

 

Offensively TRASH! Hes not even a little bit good there. We might as well have drafted Asuar Thompson atleast with his no offense he has elite passing and super elite defense with great rebounding. And taller..

 

It seems like we did get an SF in last year's draft that can defend and rebound Camara)

I see you skipped over Amen. I guess his early stats didn't look good either?

Who looks good this year is not as important as who looks best next year. We will see.
Hell, maybe Camara ends up as good of a better 2-way player as Asur.

 

you mean Dame's worst season when his torn abdomen was going to require surgery and end his season early? You mean Dame's 10th season when he already spent 9 seasons establishing himself as a premier 3 point shooter with the best range in the association? You mean the Lillard that had shot 39% the year before that, and 40% the previous year? You mean the Lillard that shot 39% in 4 years in college while Scoot was shooting 27% in G-League? (yes, I know, different distance)

Dame on a cold streak in his career games 740-742 is in no way any kind of legitimate cover for what Scoot has done in his first 6. We knew what Dame had done and was capable of. He has an established baseline and that baseline has been established over 840 NBA games and 104 NCAA games.

all we have for Scoot is his 27% shooting in G-League and his 8% shooting in 6 NBA games. Yes, absolutely, the sample size is way to fucking small to conclude anything yet. That's the only excuse worthy of mentioning right now; not some half-baked-cover of a 3 game cherry picked sample from Dame's 10th season. By the way, Dame was 9-18 in the two games after those 3 games. How long do you suppose it will be until Scoot has a 9-18 stretch from three?

again...way way too small a sample. But it's all we have right now and the knock on Scoot entering the season was his shooting. So what he has done so far, shooting-wise, is notable in that somewhat limited context

 

If we wanted a non shooter why not just get this guy? Whats the difference?

 

I will tell you the difference. AUSAR THOMPSON IS NOT A POINT GUARD in the NBA.

The Blazers were clearly worse without Scoot Henderson.

The Pistons are awful WITH AUSAR THOMPSON. I doubt he'd be missed if he got injured for a few weeks.

 

Sebastian Telfair came in at 19 and looked better than Scoot does now. Players don't always age like wine.

 

because i think he has been playing waaay below his actual capabilities

 

Amen Thompson for 4 games.

 

Then there is Rayan Rupert. maybe he's grown? I don't know. Some in the forum claimed he is years away from being an NBA player.
It's just the G League, but his stat line from today's game is at least promising.
24 points on 8-16 shooting, 5-9 three-pointers, and 12 rebounds.
His coach in Australia said he's the hardest worker he's ever seen. Having the G League team in Portland could help him the most of all.