Did the last two games change your mind?

http://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/shabazz-napier-15376/

He will make 3.5 or so next year. Ilm perfectly fine with that for a backup PG considering we have two others over 10.

 

I think you are being biased. I can remember many times this season CJ dribbled the ball right off his foot. If that isn't a sloppy turnover, I don't know what is.

One game bro. He played like a stud.

 

Thanks, I'd heard that but obviously it didn't stick.

 

hahahahaha

You think that "several turnovers" can dwarf the ineptitude of Meyers Leonard?

Put up 32 and 25 points? Doesn't matter.

Shot 50% from the field and 54% from three? Don't care.

Helped us beat the Spurs with LMA and Kawhi? Completely irrelevant.

Committed several turnovers in each game? Fuck that guy. Get him the fuck out of town!

 

Locked up for one more season. Olshey picked up his team option last October for $2,361,360. It's a small contract and an expiring one, So, should be easy to move, if necessary. If not, he's a cheap, 3rd string PG.

BNM

 

And how many third stringers can step into the starting lineup and do what Napier can do?

 

His TOV% for the season is 16.7%. Not great, but not Sergio bad, either.

And unlike Sergio, he can actually make an open lay up AND a jump shot.

BNM

 

I don't know, how many?

Not sure why you asked me that. He won't be starting in Portland (and if he is, we're fucked), so I'm not sure I understand the relevance of your question.

BNM

 

In that case, keep him. At that price, his strengths far outweigh his weaknesses.

 

Again, not the quantity, just the consistently high level of sloppiness in his mistakes.

 

You said "he's a cheap, 3rd string PG."

And I was agreeing by saying "how many 3rd singers can step into the starting lineup and do what he can do?" IE put up lots of points on 50% shooting.

 

Yep, with all the massive contracts we have, it's nice to have some cheapies to fill out our bench.

BNM

 

Sorry, without visual or audible clues, I read your question as more confrontational than agreeable. Like you were questioning my assessment, not agreeing with it.

BNM

 

We've had A LOT of shitty point guards over the years.... and I mean A LOT. So Napier is actually pretty damn good if you compare him to our past experiences .

Eric Maynor
Nolan Smith
The ghost of Earl Watson
Ronnie Price
Jonny Flynn
Armon Johnson

Our last decent backup was probably Patty Mills and that was six years ago, but the list just keeps going.

Travis Diener
Sergio
Taurean Green
Dan Dickau
Maurice Baker (who?)
Omar Cook
Eddie Gill
Erick Barkley

 

Steve Blake? Mo Williams?

 

I haven't decided if Napier is Bayless 2.0 or not.

 

I specifically left off most of the guys who started or were part of the main rotation, so guys like Felton, Blake, Miller, Mo, Bayless, or even Telfair. Most of the guys on that list are 3rd stringers (like Napier.) I think it also depends on which iteration of Steve Blake you're talking about, because he was pretty shitty in his final stint.

 

Bayless couldn't really shoot, which is ultimately why we let him go.

 

Yuh that's why I haven't decided yet.
Napier isn't the athlete Bayless is.
Bayless wasn't the shooter back then Napier has shown to be in limited action.
Both are/where undersized shot happy back up point guards.
Both struggle/struggled to run the offense as the back up point.
Both gamble/gambled defensively which led to lack of playing time. As both Nate & Stotts have conservative defensive principles.

 

He couldn't when he came into the league, but ended developing into a decent 3 and D guy off the bench.

When he came into the league, he was kind of the opposite of Napier - an athletic freak that couldn't shoot.

BNM