Joel Przybilla: one of the best two point shooters in the league

Thank you for stating the obvious, but did I miss the days when Joel was a primary option as the 55% shooter his career stats show him to be?

 

I still don't get why people are excited over every little thing that the Blazers do right. Joel sucks, he just had a lot of options around him this year so he gets ignored by defenses. Kind of like DGeorge on the allstar Lakers team in '04.

 

Yes, he sucks at rebounding and he sucks at blocking shots. He also sucks at FG% this year.

Um, you suck, since we are calling out people for sucking.

 

I don't know at what point this turned personal, but we are talking about Joel here! You are acting like a crazed VC fan.

 

It turned personal once you posted that Joel "sucks". Easy to say behind a mask of anonymity, eh "Jurassic"?

You suck. See, that's easy.

 

The stats don't lie! Checkmate!

 

Przy with 5 blocks, 3 steals, and 8 boards tonight.

Jurassic sucks!!!

 

Last time I checked the most abundant creatures living during the Jurassic Period were big gigantic lizards. I don't see them around much anymore. Guess they suck too.

That's all I got.

 

So??????? Name one other player in the entire history of the NBA that has shot 83% from the field. You do realize that there has only been one player in the history of the league to ever shoot great than 67%. That was Wilt. He did it twice - including the NBA record 0.727 the last year of his career. And guess what, at the age of 36 most of his points were also "put backs, garbage points, or penetrate and dish points".

Nobody is claiming Joel is suddenly creating scoring opportunities for himself. What he's doing is getting to the right place at the right time and converting those opportunities at a historically unprecedented rate.

BNM

 

No he doesn't suck. Yes, he's always had a limited offensive game, but there is more to basketball than scoring. He's, once again, among the league leaders in rebound rate and is a solid interior defender. That alone means he doesn't suck.

This year he is also scoring at an incredibly efficient rate. Andrew Bynum is surrounded by a lot more talent than Joel Przybilla. Why is Bynum shooting less than 50% from the field while Joel is at 83%% Nobody on the Lakers, Celtics, Cavs, Magic or Rockets are shooting above 60% from the field. Those are all teams in first place with one, or more, superstars for defenses to focus on. Yet not one player on any of those teams comes within 20 percentage points of matching Joel's FG%. Do they all suck, too? If Joel is at 83% and sucks, they all must supersuck.

Yes, Joel is a role player, but right now he's playing that role incredibly well. Please explain how that means he sucks.

BNM

 

Joel does not suck!!!!!!!!.......... He's a good midwest boy yust like me.
A good role player is money in the bank. He is a good citizen and a positive role model.

 

Joel is awesome, and to me one of the core elements of the team. Not only is a good player that knows his limitations, but he is a good guy off the court. I don't see anyone much better that could come and back up Oden.

 

Oden is my man but I really need help understanding why he looks so awkward and uncomfortable down on the block soo much... Why he gets blocks and turns it over a lot like Joel... why it takes him soo extremely long to gather himself and why he keeps showing the ball and gets it taken away.

I don't get it, does it have something to do with his IQ or is it just inexperience?

I'm not neccesarily disappointed in Greg, but I get frustrated watching him because I feel he could be sooo much better than he is. Sometimes I just feel it hurts the team. When we get him the ball in the post, i feel there is almost a 50/50 chance that we don't even end up with a shot going up that possession.

I didn't think this in the beginning of the year, but I feel he can be much more than just open dunks and offensive rebounds on the off. end... I think he is actually a player we can run our offense through in the post, but right now I feel that doing that really hurts LMA and Rudy and doesn't get them involved as much as we need them to be.

I've been specially disappointed in how Rudy hasn't really been involved in our offense as much as he should be.

 

LOL, Are you kidding me? You think I'm critisizing an NBA player because I'm annonymous on the internet? This is a message board, players and teams are going to get critisized, my identity being unknown has nothing to do with it.

I think it's hilarious that you put my name in quotation marks....lol. 99.9% of the people on this site use a screen name or alias rather that their real name, "PapaG". Or are you really Joel in disguise?

 

I get what you mean. I see him get the ball in the low post, and I get excited, but at the same time I get nervous. It seems like half the time he gets it he turns and loses his balance, so his feet are like spread out 5 feet, and then a double team comes and he gets stripped or a pass gets deflected. Hopefully he is just trying to do too much and once he calms down he will be better on his feet.

 

1. Joel has shot 83% through 14 games, you cannot compare him to Wilt. Especially when there is a lot of basketball left to be played this season. In fact If he was to go down today he would not be listed as someone who shot 83% on the season because he has not played enough games for it to count yet.

2. Joel only plays about 24mpg.

3. Joel does not score nearly as much as Wilt did, he is currently averaging about 6ppg.

This man is in no way deserving of Wilt comparisons.

Is he really? Is it hard for a center to know that they belong in or near the paint? Is it hard for a center to know that when a guard penetrates it is his job to be near the hoop so he can receive the pass or collect the rebound? Absolutley not, I play pick up ball with guys who have that knowledge. Joel is not doing anything extraordinary, only what he is supposed to do.

 

Correct. Which is why you shouldn't feel bad when I say "Jurassic" sucks. Especially after your ridiculous take on Przy in this thread.

 

I did not say Joel = Wilt. I'm old enough to remember watching Wilt play. There has never been anyone else like him.

There's a lot of room between being Wilt and sucking. Since when does doing what you're supposed to do, and doing it very efficiently, mean you suck? Yes, it's only been 14 games, but if what Joel is doing is so easy, why isn't every center in the league shooting 80% from the field, or even 60%? Why is Andrew Bynum shooting less than 50%? I guess, by your definition, every center in the league sucks.

For a guy who has so much knowledge, your comment that Joel sucks seems very uninformed. He's always been among the league leaders in rebound rate and a good interior defender. And now he's scoring at an extremely efficient rate and doing "what he is supposed to do". In exactly what way does he suck?

BNM

 

First of all I am a Blazer fan, just in case you guys hadn't figured that out.

Second, why does anyone deserve credit for doing what they are supposed to do? Wally Sczerbiack hits open shots, but nobody is on his nuts like you guys are on Joel's. It's not a big deal when a player gets a hot start, espcially when he is just the beneficiary of assists from a bunch of other people and teams ignore him.

You're right, compare him to a young player who is back from an injury for and getting used to playing with Gasol, that makes sense. Bynum's game is not polished, and besides, Bynum is creating his own shot a lot more than Joel, that is a horrible comparison.

Why isn't every center in the league shooting 80%? I'll tell you why.

1. None of them are playing with Roy, Rudy, Outlaw, and Blake who has been hot as of late.

2. A lot of other centers in the league are averaging a LOT more than 6ppg. If Yao Ming averaged 80% shooting and still averaged as many points as he does, he would win the MVP.

3. Joel has always underacheived on the offensive end, teams have no need to pay attention to him yet, he is just now making a name for himself.

It's kind of like how great the Hornets were last season, it's because they snuck up on people. This year teams know how good they are and the honeymoon is over. That's what Joel is going through.

 

You give me a headache Jurassic. Your logic in this matter leaves a lot to be desired.