Zombie C.J. is horrible

Maybe, but we had similar problems with Patty Mills... I'm willing to give him another year; he's not personally losing games for us right now.

 

Even if he pans out I just don't see him being useful for us.

 

Lillard and Wes won't always play 35 minutes a game for 82 games a year. Maybe that's why he's having trouble breaking through where our front court guys haven't.

 

It took CJ two years and two injuries to hit the rookie wall, he'll get through it but he's not a solid rotation guy this season as much as we want him to be. He will contribute more than Earl Watson did though. I said early in the season that I thought Barton was more NBA ready and even with Will's lack of control at times, he does play like a guy who could become a 6 man sparkplug. Will needs court time. CJ needs another year under his belt

 

C* hit a 30-foot buzzer beater in rhythm. That's not "blind" luck. He's a good, if for now inconsistent, three point shooter. He's the best player on the team at getting off and making floaters in the key. He's not a "strong" defender against stonger players, but his defense and court awareness are usually good, and he gets a lot sneaky steals. I don't know if he'll ever be "good enough" but he deserves another year to find out. Unless we trade him for an immediate upgrade, of course.

 

If CJ can become Patty Mills, Stotts has to trust him to ball out. Give him full control of the 2nd unit. I doubt he does it.

 

How can you be a good shooter if you're inconsistent?

 

I'm working on a perl script to replace posts with their gimmick poster's real meaning. How's it look?

 

Depends on your definition of "good"; if your definition requires consistency, then of course you can't be a good shooter if you're inconsistent.

 

I wonder if his finger is still bothering him because his shot since he's been back has been terrible.

 

I like stotts, I just know it has to be hard for him to trust CJ, mainly because I don't trust CJ lol

 

Even with the mess he has been lately I still trust CJ over Barton. Barton is good to have on hand for small spurts of energy needed though.

 

Yeah, Barton's great for your 2-on-2 tournament, not for an NBA game.

 

Barton reminds me of a young Trout.

 

Barton suffers a bit from almost never playing with the same guys on the court twice in a row. He needs court time but Crabbe is ahead of him in terms of all around game.

 

Crawchuck is a prime example of a "good shooter" that's inconsistent. He can shoot you in or out of games. Without crawchuck, clippers would have lost both games against us. With Crawchuck, I'm sure clipper lost many of the 13 they lost already.

 

Almost every legit 6 man in the league is the same, Mo was like that too..they are there to rack up points in a hurry but will never get you a stop. Useful players to have though. I think we would have been better off keeping Jamal as a 6 man but that's long gone

 

There is still a chance! He maybe the mid-season trade that makes sense! He knows Stotts's system, knows the players.

Get er done Olshey!

 

I thought Canales was his last Portland coach?

 

http://forwardcenter.net/transcript-olshey-talks-trades-team-chemistry-on-siriusxm-radio/

Neil Olshey says that CJ "is going to be a big time player"

They obviously must see things we don't. In practice or what not. I'm still undecided on CJ. Looked real promising for a few games, now not so much. Does Olshey saying that sort of hint that we're not willing to trade him or you think he was just saying that..