Game Thread 2023-24 GAME #43 - BLAZERS @ THUNDER - JANUARY 23, 2024 - TUESDAY - 5:00 PM PST - ROOT

Scoot has a great attitude that many should follow!

 

If you're arguing that Ayton has a mid range shot and Whiteside did not, Whiteside's career shooting % from 16 to 3pt is literally 1% less than Aytons.

He shot 41% from midrange when he was in Portland, which is about the league average.

 

wasnt able to watch the game (early shift 6:00 am), but i saw that scoot had solid game by box score, but what about eye test

also it seems that team really wanted to win this game, they played with poise after the embarrassment last time

 

Oh, come on, Tince. This is the first time a situation ever happened in an NBA game. The league couldn't have foreseen a close game with such a loud crowd and the possibility that a halfcourt trap might cause one of the teams to call timeout.

It was such an extraordinary situation. I'm sure the league will take steps to ensure it never happens again.

</sarcasm>

 

He was here for one year, and he took 110 shots from that range out of more than 700 attempts playing 30 minutes/game.

The sample size there is so small, especially in regard to his entire career that it's almost microscopic.

Ayton has as many shots from that distance already this year than Whiteside had in a whole season with the Blazers. It's a staple of the Ayton's game, not Whiteside's.

And Ayton is shooting more than 43% from 10-19 feet this year, which is significantly better than Whiteside both in his one year with the Blazers and than his career as a whole.

 

So here’s the refs’ explanation:

So, let me get this straight. Kennedy is saying only this ref “in the slot position” has the ability and/or responsibility to hear or see a coach call a time out in a situation where it would be expected to be called approximately 99.9% of the time? He’s also saying that that ref is so zoned in on the play that he failed to notice the player being trapped call for a time out (which, again, would be expected 99.9% of the time). The ref is also so intent on reffing that play to its conclusion that he fails to see Malcolm being fouled with a hit to the face that draws blood, which -had he called it - would have ended the play before the double dribble. And then, with Chauncey reasonably concluding that this young ref is both deaf and blind, he reaches out for his elbow to get his attention and draws an “appropriate” tech. Yeah, great job refs.

 

This has been discussed a couple times elsewhere. He seems to have a jump that is more broad than high.

 

To say Whiteside had "no mid range shot" and Ayton has a good one when Ayton shoots 1% better from 16 to 3 is stupid. The league average on these mid range shots is around 40%. I never said whiteside had a "good" mid range shot, but he clearly has one.

Whiteside


Ayton

 

Thing is, it would be so simple to review. There was a stoppage. Just go look at the replay, see that he obviously called timeout, then Brogdon was fouled, then he double dribbled. Then just make things right before moving on.

This kind of thing is so easily avoidable. I'm sure the rules don't allow it, but there should be a way to get this right in the game with today's technology.

 

I think I've normally seen the player call the time out in that situation to be fair...

 

We’ve plenty of videos with him dunking well above the rim. I think his main problem is timing. He hasn’t fully adjusted to NBA defenses and often jumps too soon.

 

Both coach and player were calling time out (as is common) and the ref didn’t respond to either.

 

He should have cradled the ball, made the TO symbol to the ref etc, maid it blatantly obvious.

 

Referees should have to wear shock collars, and get electric shocks when they make mistakes.

 

Have you seen the play? The whole thing happens in about two seconds. I’d love to see some closeup video, but it looks to me like SGA and Williams throw on the trap by rushing Brogdon. He cradles the ball and turns, appearing to me to be yelling for a timeout, meanwhile being raked across the face by SGA, which then causes Brogdon to drop the ball and take a dribble. There’s no time to do what you suggest.

 

That’s straight dogshit! ( no offense sly)

Zero accountability. Zero responsibility.
Refs need more of an overhaul than our government!!!

 

Hard to cradle the ball when you are getting smacked in the face hard enough to bleed.

The timeout was called by the two most important people on the court. The ball handler and the coach.
end of story.

Fuck the refs union for not holding them accountable.

 

Thuggin!

 

Shocking!!! A large market team with a superstar gets the 'redo'? What are the odds....

 

Easy solution: he needs to turn his jump sideways!