Notice Jusuf Nurkic says Trail Blazers have to fix their 'trash' defense, become 'bad boys'

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    Well Luke did slug Dawkins in the back of the head.
     
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    That wasn't dirty. What Dawkins did was. He got exactly what he deserved.
     
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    wow, BGD, I've never seen that whole clip before.
     
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    Didn't know if the Blazers' current defensive metrics necessarily deserved a new thread, but I thought this would be a good place to point out (and perhaps track going forward) where the Blazers rank league-wide in several key team-defensive metrics:
    • 3rd in points allowed at 99.2 ppg
    • 3rd in points allowed per 100 poss at 101.6
    • 4th in opponent FGM/g at 36.6
    • 3rd in opponent FG% at .433
    • 2nd in opponent 3PM/g at 8.6
    • 3rd in opponent 3p% at .321
    • 4th in opponent PPS at 1.19
    • 2nd in opponent adj FG% at .484
    • 1st in opponent assists at 17.2/100
    • 1st in opponent % assisted 2pFG at .370
    • 1st in shot blocking at 6.5/100
    Honestly, I'm shocked at how many categories have the Blazers in the top 5. Who knew that the Blazers would morph into the Utah Jazz?
     
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    And in my opinion, this is why we have struggled so much on offense. It's a lot of hard work to be good at defense. Your team has to be deep....... I myself would rather just outscore the other team than try to stop em.....more fun to watch. Proud of the above numbers though regardless.
     
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    that might be true, but Im not sure thats the reason why Dame & CJ dont drive more to the basket
    they NEED to do that more, especially when their shot is off
     
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    Dame is doing that:
    9E9B297F-A03B-4A28-90CF-7D49382639CE.jpeg

    He’s shooting more often from 0-3 feet and less often from 3pt than at any time in his career.

    CJ is a bit different:
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    He’s shooting more 3pt than last year but given he’s nailing 52% of them, that’s probably fine.
     
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    Not in the slightest!
     
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    Portland is 21st in pace, so their defensive numbers are a little exaggerated, but... At least Portland isn't setting records for shitty defense.
     
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    Most of the figures I listed (%'s and per-100 numbers) are pace independent. Only the pts/gm and fg/gm values above are affected by pace.

    Don't try to discount it; they really have been excellent defensively.
     
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    True. If you add in the rebounding numbers, I think it will look even better. This team has had some dumb losses this season, but it's good to see the defense improving. It gives one hope.
     
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    I'm not trying to discount it, I'm happy Portland isn't setting records for shit ass defense.
    I am however being consistent. I guess that's a bad thing to some...
     
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    Also at least 8 of the categorys you listed can be effected by pace one way or another.
     
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    I'll bite--which 8? I see 4, technically 5 if you count blocks (for which a slow pace is actually a hindrance, so it's not relevant to your argument).
     
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    If "being consistent" equates to unreasonably and exaggeratedly downplaying one of the few things we can actually be positive about in this early season, then yes, I think is safe to say that it's a bad thing to some.
     
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    You're not a true fan... Hide your head!!!!
    :tongue:
     
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    Yeah no... How'd that work for Pringle Man's Suns?
     
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    Luke was such a badass! God I miss that guy!
     
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    You could argue that their problem is "chokage":

    Games decided by 4 or less points: 2 wins, 4 losses
    Games decided by 3 or less points: 1 wins, 3 losses
    Games decided by 2 or less points: 0 wins, 2 losses

    Hopefully this will balance out, or even move into our favor. However, this does (at least partially) explain how we can have an excellent +/- , and yet be only 1 game over .500.
     
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