Was the system in BRK and DEN also too hyperfast for Plumlee's feathery shooting touch? With Plumlee, if it isn't a dunk, it probably isn't going in (and that includes FTs). If you take away his dunks, his career FG% is .431, which is terrible for a guy whose career average FG distance is 3.6 feet, who has never made a 3-pointer in his entire career. At least in POR he made more than 50% of his FTs. Mike Malone must be making him shoot his FTs too fast, as he only shot .458 from the line in DEN last season. BNM
All I know is what I saw under the too-fast Stotts system. Unlike most, more stationary centers, Plumlee would run around 15-20 feet out, enabling plays with his passes. Similarly, his scoring consisted of starting 20 feet out, racing his defender pell-mell to the hoop while receiving the pass, and bobbling out the layup because 2 defenders had gotten there first. We would always say, how did you miss that? Yet when I looked at his stats after each game, he averaged as our 2nd or 3rd best player, beating guys getting last-minute glory like McCollum.
Oh, I forgot. Is Sleepwalker not a native English speaker? Hey Sleepwalker! I'm sorry! Im fact, I vaguely recall that I defended him a couple of months ago on this same language issue. Oops.
I'm optimistic about this season. Nurkic and Collins are going to be better. Collins is going to have a bigger role this season. This team has been growing together since 2015 after Aldridge left. Every year a new element is added along with internal development. Slow and steady wins the race.
Nurk struggled and the team struggled last year. I believe the chemistry will be better this year and Nurk is going to be great.
Here's hoping the team that won 13 straight will play that way at the beginning of the season. Go Blazers! Can't wait for tonight's game.
I didn't get the chance to really read through here... Some of the Nurk takes were pretty bad. Worse than Plumlee? Lol. How easily people forget defense.
C'mon bones bro, don't act like you could see what happens in the future. AND, it's only a 2 Game sample size
The chemistry on first 2 games been really great. I have watched the other teams play and I rate our chemistry right near the top of the league.
Why do you continue to say this when it is factually incorrect????? It really doesn't help your stance at all....
Im still not buying it on either front yet. Good two games though. Zach will obviously get minutes, but whether the frontcourt is actually good or not is still relatively up in the air for me.
