Dame Powell Simons Nance Nurk more ball movement moves CJ to bench and allows him to hog the ball on 2nd unit. Nance provides everything Roco does but better movement and passing. Simons has been our most consistent guard.
That would be worse (and I'm a big fan of Simons). The team needs to trade CJ for Simmons (Im back on the "on again/off again/on again" bandwagon). Norman is a better fit, and I think Powell and Simons are enough of a good combo to makeup for any perceived offense that they'd lose with CJ. But good lord, 3 guard lineups aren't working. Nor is invisible Roco.
Never in a million years will CJ come off the bench. Zeller should start for Nurk and Nance for Roco. But it would be nice to have Snell in there too.
One of three things needs to happen. Either Powell comes off the bench and they replace him with Nance or Little CJ comes off the bench and they replace him with Nance or Little (and swing Powell over to the SG spot) OR they trade Powell or CJ for something.
Agree. And I don’t think Zeller has near the talent of Nurk. But Nurk needs to get the message, quick. Roco is damn near useless.
Stop. This is the nba your not going to sit a near max player for a young kid whose still on his rookie deal. I’m not saying it shouldn’t happen but it would never happen
There's nothing wrong with this team right now other than Dame being in a very unusual shooting slump as the Blazers continue to find their way through a very different philosophy of offense and defense. Look around the West. All but two teams have at least three losses already. We spotted Sacramento and Cleveland a quarter and lost those two games by six combined points. If we win both of those, we're tied for third. We don't need to panic and make changes right now. Give them a couple of more weeks to see what coalesces. Three games ago CJ was the bright spot of the team; now we're benching him or trading him again, oy vey.
Dame/Ant/Smith Powell/Ant Simmons/Little Nance/Simmons/Brown Nurk/Zeller More length, more passing, more defense....and more shots for guys who are actually making them.
Glancing aT the numbers, based on the shots attempted if dame made his career average(not going crazy, his normal Dame) we would have won every game except the clippers blowout.