This 2 PG lineup with Maynor running the offense and penetrating and taking so much of the pressure off of Lillard has done wonders for both their games. Even with Eric starting off alittle slow, so far this tandem is producing in a major way. In the games Maynor has played in Lillard is averaging: 22.8 PTS 50.5% FG 44.1% 3FG 85.2% FT 5.6 AST 1.8 TO And while he started out slow, Maynor's been very productive off our bench: 8.5 PTS 50.0% FG 41.6% 3FG 75% FT 5.2 AST 2.0 TO To go from Felton and Nolan, to this all in one year is pretty damn amazing.
And this is why I've been saying that I think Dame's shooting was suffering from exhaustion. Now that we've got Eric Sermon on our team, Dame can rest more and has less pressure to handle the ball all the time. Now his shooting percentage is climbing.
...amazing what a real "PG" can do for a bench/team, huh? Hopefully they can keep this momentum and continue to build on team chemistry!
Is that you Chad Buchanan? Does one person really a bandwagon make? More like a band skateboard, if you ask me. BNM
The Mavs won a title with Jason Terry and Barea. The NBA is moving towards more undersized SG. Id like us to add a shotblocking big and wing defender but otherwise our roster has as much potential in 2-3 years as anyone outside Mia/Okc.
Cost wise, if we could sign Maynor for 3 or 4 yrs at 3.5-4 mil per it might be a great deal as it allows Lillard to play SG a good bit and Maynor is proving very effective. A Lillard-Maynor-Wes main guard rotation would IMO be very good and very cheap the next 2-3 years. Wes averages 7 mil the next 2 yrs, Damian 3.2 and if Maynor gets lets say 3.5-4 per that's around 14 mil for a very good guard rotation.
No, I just think the player evaluations are off. Nolan Smith could be a very good player in this league, but he's going to have to be given a chance at SG to develop his confidence. He hasn't had the chance. I've fallen off the bandwagon because I now no longer care if he gets the chance because our current 3-guard lineup is playing well. I think the other bench players need to be reevaluated too. For example, IMO Barton >> Babbitt. However, it may be that Maynor + Babbitt > Maynor + Barton. I don't know and I don't think anyone will know unless it's tried.
So he's a combo guard sometimes. Big deal. He runs the team 30 out of the 40 minutes a night that he plays. Doesn't that make him more PG than SG? Besides, what do we want out of our PGOTF anyway? Scoring? Passing? Gotta sometimes pick one or the other because of the effort involved in each. Maynor's siphoning off some of Lillard's assists, but both are making plays out there for Batum, JJ, and LMA. Basically, it seems like Lillard's playing PG until he gets too tired, then he lets Maynor play PG, and goes SG for a bit. Big fucking deal.
But, is a combo guard a guy that can play both or neither of the guard spots? Does the phrase "combo guard" have negative connotations? Is Lillard a "combo guard"?
It seems like shorty SGs forced to play point are often called Combo Guards, and so the term's gotten a bad name. But a PG who can play some SG? That might be the good kind of Combo Guard.
IMO most combo guards are defined that way cause they really aren't very good as PG's, however we have the luxury of having a rookie who is already a very good PG that can also play SG very well, and then a guy (Maynor) who can penetrate and kick out really well making that our combo guard (Lillard) so very effective for outside, and he is now showing how effectively he can take it to the hoop - this is causing other teams mightmares IMO..
