He did say he likes it because he can effect the game more from the center position because centers are involved on more plays. But I believe he also said he knows he needs to get bigger in order to do so and was happy helping the team in any way he can. I think we have a lot of time before he is unhappy
I've never seen anything from Zach to believe he wants out. His makeup is that of a fighter not a quitter so I don't see him taking that route. Quit making shit up.
Zach has no right to demand anything, he fouls like crazy and is weak in the paint, he wouldn't survive one half against the Embiids, Davis, Jokic, Towns, Goberts of the league as a starting Center
He never demanded anything, and nobody suggested that he has. Just that he stated that he prefers to play center. Yes, some are making the logical leap that he might want out, but that's just speculation.
Great article. Thanks for sharing it! EDIT: DAMN! That was written by Quack. I have to admit that he did a good one there. Finally....
A few things. 1. The highlights are from a game where his team trailed by 1000 for most of the game. 2. Not 1 single highlight with him being even slightly pressured. 3. Maybe it's more accurate to say he has nice court vision than to say he's a pg.
I just saw the Portland press conference with Hezonja. He’s very impressive: Articulate, thoughtful, and intelligent. Wants to get better. Wants to surround himself with players he can learn from. I liked everything I heard. I think this guy is going to help us.
Man, it was really instructive to see how those assists came. Mostly passing into guys around the rim. He's going to set up Whiteside and Collins a lot if he does get that Turner role. This is exactly what we need when they double Dame.
I'm guessing there is no PG in the history of the NBA (that played much) that had a 1 to 1 assist to turnover ratio. Hezonja has a 1:1 career assist/turnover ratio. Evan Turner last season had an assist / turnover ratio of 2.5, almost matching Damian Lillard's 2.6. For some reason (hate/ignorance?) he was known as Evan Turnover instead of Evan Assist guy. If people wanted to point at someone who had a lot of turnovers and not a great asst/TO ratio, that would be Jusuf Nurkic. He was 2nd in total turnovers (Lillard was #1) with an assist/to ratio of 1.4 Nurkic also had the highest number turnovers per 36 minutes, Lillard was 2nd, and Evan Turner was 3rd on the team in turnovers per 36 minutes. And the same for turnovers per 100 possessions - Nurkic 4.1, Lillard 3.6 and Turner 3.4 But just like Jail Blazers, Evan Turnover is fun to say, even if Nurkic was the real turnover machine So my point is, despite some people's perceptions, Evan Turner is a much better playmaker than Hezonja has ever been, so it would be a huge leap for him to go from 1 assist per turnover to 2 assists per turnover (and that's still not reaching what Turner did).
Do they keep stats on how turnovers occurred? Sounds like Nurk had a lot. Were they mostly from passing? Dribbling? Traveling? Getting stripped? I don't recall that many of his passes resulting in turnovers? Same question for Hezonja. There were a lot of highlights of him hitting guys around the basket. Are there lowlights of half of those passes not making it through? Does he dribble off his foot? Does he lose the ball driving to the basket?
Remember if he is point forward he will be harder to double due he 6'8 and he can see over the defenders. That the problem Dame and CJ they can't see over the top due to there height.
Both Mario and Tolliver have given interviews from Blazers' PF. I thought there was a moratorium period on announcing these deals?
They gave interviews and Neil did a media session but they haven't 'officially' been introduced in a press conference yet, have they? Did they do one for Whiteside? Baze got one and Little did after the Draft but any others?
