So, my brother and I were discussing now that we kind of know who the roster will consist of, where is the scoring gunna come from. The league median was the Chicago bulls last year they averaged 100.2 ppg given the expanded roles of some of our players give us a realistic 10-man rotation that gets us there. Even tho Im on the side that believes we are gunna surprise people next year, I was having a pretty easy time getting there in fact when I was making the list I had to reel in some of my numbers I just dont see the precipitous drop off the rest of the world seems to. Dame: 22 ppg CJ: 15 ppg Henderson: 13 ppg Legend: 12 ppg Vonleh: 10 Plums: 9 ppg Aminu: 8 ppg Davis: 7 ppg Pressy: 3 ppg Harkless: 3 ppg Total: 102 Last Years avg :102.3 If Im wrong prove it! GO ZERS
First, I'd like to say Welcome! Second, I agree that we should have no problem scoring 102 a game. It maybe much like the 1999 Blazers with the scoring done by committee
Great post. The big X-Factors are Vonleh and Henderson. Everyone else is pretty much right in their averages. The trick will be keeping our opponents from scoring 108 per night.
Ganted defensively we are a mystery but we werent fantastic on defense last year outside of a short stretch after the allstar break Im just saying all this talk about us being in the bottom five in the league is BS plain and simple. We might lose our fair share of games and go through some growing pains but the future is bright and the present not as bleak as the world thinks. this team will be fun to watch that much is certain.
My prediction is that Lillard's scoring average will go down to 18pts a game. Without LMA and Wes it will be easier to double team him. But I believe that his assist average will go up to 7.5 a game as he adjusts to the increased pressure and the abilities of his teammates. CJ will have nights were he scores 16-18pts, and nights where he struggles and scores 6-8pts. Not sure if he will have more good nights or struggling nights. The rest I just don't know yet. A lot depends on how they jell together.
Thanks sly I learn from the best. ive been reading for a while but it seemed time to jump in, the boards were getting a little grey in these dog days
I think you meant Vonleh and Leonard? Because Henderson at 13 per game is pretty much at his average last year. Leonard is a bit of a unknown as he will get a much bigger role this year. Not sure Vonleh can average 10 per game his first real season, but I think Davis can make up a little of that to compensate.
Conversely, I think he'll average more. Trapping Lillard may backfire as that will allow others to get involved. I think the the gameplan against us will be shut everyone else down and let Lillard get his. I predict career numbers.
I'm pretty confident in Leonard getting 12 in 24-30 minutes. In games where he got that many minutes, he averaged 12 or so. I put Henderson as an X-Factor simply because I don't know his game or how he'll mesh with Lillard in the backcourt. Really, I guess Vonleh is the biggest x-factor. I also think Davis will blow up, but that's just me.
Exactly this... It's much easier for teams force one player to try and beat you, than trying to shut fown the best player on the team.
I think he'll raise his average. If Westbrook can score 28ppg wit out Durant than I think Dame will be fine. I expect something like 24 and 8 Really you can only judge scoring off of rotation players. Montero might play in one game this year and score 8. Hed have 8ppg but it wouldn't raise the average by 8. Dame 24 ppg CJ 14ppg Henderson 12ppg Plumlee 12ppg Leonard 11ppg Vonleh 8ppg Aminu 8ppg Davis 8ppg Crabbe 4ppg +2ppg in mop up action 104ppg
Dame is the linchpin of our offense. He'll easily shatter his career points for a season if he gets the same amount of shots LA had last season.
This will all be irrelevant once we trade for Cousins at the deadline and he and Dame both get 24ppg.
I have a feeling that the what-if Demarcus Cousins trade is going to be our phantom Danning Manning trade. It's not a matter of if, it's when! For like the entire year.
