Not that PER is the end all, be all but man that (And most of his other advanced stats) just aren't good. Only let this guy come in for a few minutes and jack up some 3's. Don't ask him to do ANYTHING else.
It's a bit odd we don't have Woj/Shams confirmation on the Zeller thing, but all the "one-year" deals I've seen getting reported are for the minimum. So gotta hope out.
This past year he played on 3 different teams. I am throwing those stats out. The year before when he played for Houston he made 181 3s (40%) The year before that he was also over 40% but he got hurt so we can throw those stats out too. I could care less about his stats his first few years because they are not relevant anymore. He has looked pretty good the last few years ....defensively as well.
Living in LA I do watch parts of most Laker and Clipper games (along with every Blazer game) So I got to see Ben play late in the season and I was surprised at well he played. He is a solid pick-up for the bench.
He had decent defense rating so the players that we have sign so far as decent defense rating and that's looks like the direction where we are going.
how are people concluding McLemore can play defense well? He's been in the league 8 seasons and has been a minus defender, based upon DBPM, every year. He's also had a worse defensive rating than his team every year as well I get that he's a minimum contract, but if the Blazers are going to add a 5th 6'3 guard (1/3 of a full roster, my gawd), I'd like to see one with PG skills
Well yes and also so we can put more shooters around Simmons. It's starting to come together assuming this is a vet min contract.
From watching him play the last couple of years and not giving a shit about defensive analytics because of how flawed they are.
Isn’t Mclemore’s agent (Rich Paul) the same guy representing Ben Simmons? Not saying there’s any link, but I do find it interesting. Could it be a you scratch my back (by signing Mclemore) and I’ll scratch yours (by encouraging Morey to move Simmons to Portland)? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
