I know, right?!? I feel like I'm watching a different player sometimes than the one we're talking about. I just look at how teams are completely focusing their defense on him. That Boston game was amazing to me, they had two and three players on him most of the time. I can't remember Brandon or even Clyde getting that their rookie years. They are making him work for everything he's been getting and I don't see that he's really hit a major rookie wall. I haven't seen a Portland rookie do that before either. Other teams find him so dangerous they're willing to leave other players wide open. He's a gym rat and a student of the game. He's smart and he's going to figure out what other teams are going to try to do to him and he'll adjust his game.
So wait, you come into this thread and start attacking me, and I'm the bad guy? Okay shooter. Whatever you say. And if you think telling you to "stick to politics" is A) questioning your intelligence or B) dismissing your politics Then maybe you are dim. Maybe I gave you too much credit. Oh, and Rudy Gay and the word "defense" have never gone together.
Last time I checked, this is a fan-atical forum for the Portland Trailblazers. You think we all need to be espn analysists or something?
I think it's funny that you surface for a thread like this. Anyone else find it interesting that the only three people that seem to have "realistic" opinions on Lillard are: Blaze01 - one of the biggest meltdowns in board history over the drafting of Lillard Fez - ultimate Waiters fanboi Shooter - thinks Maynor should be playing at an all-star level after only two games.
http://sportstwo.com/threads/216440-Harrison-FUCKING-Barnes More: lol. Rivers is possibly the worst rookie this year who's still getting minutes.
Wow I can't believe how many of us thought Lillard was a mistake; including myself. I will say that I was all swinging from the jock of Drummond. I still am! I wish we had #6 and #8 picks.
I was for Drummond. But I'm happy with Lillard - he has exceeded my expectations. Rivers - ha! That kid sucks. I'd probably have gone with Lamb at #11 though. I hope he gets traded this summer - I'd like to see him get some PT and see if he might be a player in the NBA.
Drummond looks good. Sucks he had that injury. Still swinging in his jock, but I would never trade our Lillard for him knowing what I know now.
Look it's no big deal to say that Lillard had kind of a "meh" month. He did look pretty tired, he didn't look particularly sharp on defense and the team has struggled as he's struggled with not a lot of other players to pick up the slack with Matthews hurt, Nicolas nursing a bad shooting hand/wrist and Aldridge being somewhat lethargic and inefficient on some of those nights. Getting caught up in what is essentially a meaningless award like ROY doesn't mean that much to me, what I want to know is will Dame be able to continually improve over the long-term, becoming a better defender and play-maker and becoming a little more proficient at driving to the hoop and finishing or drawing fouls. What people in the media think when it comes to ranking him next to his rookie peers is just so much fluff, even if it is from a guy that I think knows what he's talking about (Thorpe).
I probably wouldn't either. But mainly because we haven't had a good PG in about 18 billions years (other than 'Dre who was never accepted by our "star"). Drummond may end up being the better player, though. And even though the C position is becoming more deep, it's still not as deep as PG, so finding a C is harder than finding a PG. After next season it'd be interesting to get an outsider's take on Lillard vs Drummond.
It matters because when it comes to a guard like Dame, a big part of his game will be getting to the line. Getting ROY will only help him get more calls from the refs.
In Detroit, I just don't see Drummond being a elite level. They need to build a better team to work to his strengths. Hopefully detroits management can still build a winner.
