Great players aren't allowed to have bad games? They all do.... http://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/jordan-records-worst-performance-in-16-years-1.286007 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...t-shooter-outside-paint-during-2015-16-season http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/worst-performances-kobe-bryant-career-article-1.2424571 Because these guys didnt play great 100% of the time, should we not call them great either? Again. Nobody is perfect and everyone has had a bad game, bad series, bad stint. Nothing wrong with critiquing, but lets be partial when doing so. Lillard has been far from invisible and the posts back that up by many knowledgeable members. Threads praising Lillard are much less prominent than threads bashing him or the team. and when they are created, its usually by as homer on the heals of dealing with all the bashing in order to counter and provide some positive. I've watched it happen. If were gonna bash Lillard, then lets keep it in context of what other greats do on their bad days?????? Where was the thread when Lillard scored 30 in game three???If there was one I certainly missed it....Did you create it Binx?
Wow. There are some panties in wads around here. Is Lillard invisible this series? Absolutely not. The Clippers are completely focused on him y not letting him have anything easy. Has he taken some ill-advised shots that could be reduced? Definitely. An easy comparison is Chris Paul. I don't remember him taking any horrible shots and he doesn't force things. Lillard is awesome but that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement.
I'm saying that nobody criticizes him when he is playing well. Nobody was on here talking shit after his 32 point performance. His usual critics took a fucking vacation when he was stringing all those 30 point games together. But if he has one sub-par game, the critics come out in force.
People complaining about Lillard should take a look at Kyle Lowry. That dude is shooting 31.4% from the field, and 18.8% from three for the series. What's his excuse? The Pacers don't have Chris Paul.
This thread is ridiculous. Lillard didn't have a bad game, he had a very good game, and we won because of it. No one "saved" Lillard. Random Old Man story. You tend to like the team that was good when you were a kid. For me, that was the Steelers. You know who didn't have the most sacks for the Steeler's great "Iron Curtain" defense? Mean Joe Greene. He must have sucked, letting his team down, right!?! Not at all - he was double teamed (or triple teamed!) every damn down. The Steelers defense played 10 on 9 every down. Everyone understood this, and Joe got accolades galore. So, now Plumlee, Aminu, and Harkless get to play 3 on 2, but these guys "saved us???" Kudos to those guys for learning to take advantage - but blaming Lillard seems silly.
Have you seen the movie Concussion? I'm just curious, because it seems to be centered around that great Steelers team.
on the to do list. I'm uncomfortable with the ethics of watching football, but the little kid inside watches anyway. Concussion may turn that around - and I don't think I'm ready to watch baseball instead.
It's a really good movie.... but as a fan of football, it's a little depressing. Still, you should definitely watch it.
Why does Lowry shooting 31.4% mean that Lillard didn't, IMO, a few too many ill-advised and bad shots?
That's an interesting point Blazerboy30. Let's take a closer look at my post. "People complaining about Lillard should take a look at Kyle Lowry." Well, I'm not really seeing anything in there specifically about Lillard and ill-advised and bad shots..... maybe in the next sentence? "That dude is shooting 31.4% from the field, and 18.8% from three for the series. What's his excuse? The Pacers don't have Chris Paul." Hmm..... nothing in that sentence referencing whether Lillard did or did not take ill-advised and bad shots either.... Are you sure my post was specifically about Lillard taking ill-advised and/or bad shots? I'm not really seeing anything in that post about that topic..... at all..... or even a little bit. I mean, you quoted that post specifically, so I'm assuming there's something in there about Lillard taking ill-advised or bad shots, otherwise your post wouldn't make a lot of sense, right?
Counter-Confirmation Bias? You are compelled to see all sides of every issue? Nah. More likely you are just a contrary cuss!
People were discussing his bad shot selection. You said people that are complaining should look at Lowry and his shooting percentage. Not sure what you're talking about or why you're in a tissy.
You conveniently left out Dame's shooting percentage, yet you highlighted free throws which is the most obvious sign ever that you yourself know you're spewing b.s. stats. Free throw percentage is a reflection of a defender's ability? Give me a freakin' break. 11/05/13: 7-17 FG 12/12/13: 1-10 FG 1/20/14: 7-17 FG 3/09/14: 7-13 FG http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lillada01/gamelog/2014/ That's a total of 22-57, or 38.6%. I'd say Beverly was pretty effective, especially through the first three. '14-15 was after Beverly had been slowed by injury. He's never been the same player since, although he added some semblance of a 3-pt shot to remain somewhat relevant.
Yup. People complaining about Lillard should take a look at Lowry and see that it could be a LOT worse. I guess if you want to find hidden meaning in my posts, go right ahead
Only one of those games had Lillard below 20 points or below 40% from the field--the 1-10 game on 12/12. I'd say he was "pretty effective" in that one game, and average at best defensively in the other 3. Oh, the one game that Beverly was so great in--Dame was +20. Oddly enough, that was the only game of the 4 that we actually won.
And again...just because it could be worse doesn't mean people can't hope for and look for improvement. Not sure why that hurts you so much emotionally.
I think Nate is trying to point out that there are other star players playing much worse and nobody is going to play a perfect game so the look for improvement is probably going to leave alot of people disappointed. Dame has improved his game every single season. Why not just accept him for who he is and if he doesn't play perfectly, look forward to the next game or something?
You can ask the same thing about pretty much every thread on this forum. Don't talk about the draft or trade deadline because you should just be happy with and accept the team as-is? No need to look at ways to improve, right?
Ha! You love to look for conflict. It wasn't even a post directed at you, unless you think you're complaining about Lillard? You're trying to create some type of slight when it was a generic post, not pointed directly at anyone. The only person around here who seems to be hurt emotionally is you. Did you think I called you out BB? Did I hurt your feelings? Why are you in a "tissy?"
Apples to Oranges man. Drafts and trades are a part of the game. So are players ups and downs. No one is ever up all the time, so the expectation that he should be by some around here blows my mind.
