Yeah maybe it's because he's a Duck? Also we are supposedly going to overhaul the roster. I sincerely doubt he's going to be part of that but if it's for the vet min I would think he'd be cool to have for depth, even though I can't stand him.
I think Dillon will get past this, I am just not sure if it will happen with his next team. Often for players who think they are starters but are not, it takes a couple of teams before they come to the realization of what their role really is. I think by his 3rd team he will be ready, but it will take the right coach and teammates for him to succeed.
https://apple.news/AYCWlmlMqROuYMDozp20B1Q So....the Rockets hire a guy who was fired for workplace misconduct and then turn around and fire one of their own for workplace misconduct. Sounds so very Texas........
Dillon Brooks is a decent defender but he is a real long ways from elite he plays with intensity and sometimes that can look like he's defending great. But the results are not great. Brooks has consistently posted defensive ratings 2-3 points worse than his team. And he has a negative DBPM. An elite defender would not have those results by contrast, Matisse Thybulle...a truly elite defender (twice named to the all-NBA-Defense 2nd team) has consistently posted defensive ratings 3-4 points better than his team. This season he was 3 points better for Philly, then came to Portland and was 3 points better here. And while Brooks has a career -1.0 DBPM, Thybulle has a career mark of +3.3 which points out that there is no reason, at all, for Portland to consider Brooks when they already own the Bird Rights to Thybulle. And unlike Brooks, Thybulle knows enough to stay in his lane. He's actually a better shooter than Brooks with a TS% of .551 vs Brooks at .512. But Thybulle only sports a career 10.1% usage rate. Brooks is at 23.2%. For chrissakes, Brooks actually has a higher career usage rate than Anfernee Simons some other factors as well: Brooks is a crappy rebounder for a 6'7 wing. His career rebound rate is 5.9%. 6'2 Damian Lillard who lives on the perimeter has a career rate of 6.2%. And he's a poor passer and facilitator. He has a career assist rate of 11.1%. Trendan Watford has a rate of 15.4% so let's review Dillon Brooks: * an inefficient high usage chucker who apparently has no control or shame about his chucking. A career TS% of .512 when the NBA average is .550 * a career PER of 10.9 when the NBA average is 15.0 * a career winshare/48 0f 0.033 when the NBA average is 0.100 * a career BPM of -3.8 when the NBA average is 0.0 * a career ValueOverReplacemt of -4.6 when the NBA replacement level player has a -2.0 * a poor rebounder and a weak passer * comes with a ton of personal baggage if Portland re-signs Thybulle, there's no room on the roster, IMO, for two offensive non-factors
if this is to be believed, he’s a pretty near an elite defender although I don’t personally think he is elite lol
I'll use the eye test....He'd be a fantastic acquisition for us if you wanted to toughen up your team on the defensive end, plain and simple.
Agreed, would love to have him. Not just defensively either. I think he could change the mentality all around. Make some of our other guys a little more ballsy on the offensive end by going against him in practice.
Wow! How much have you done for me lately. Got to believe there's some sort of riff with players. He led them to a Championship.
And Giannis was hurt. I think they wanted to fire him the year that he won, but he won and they couldn't fire him.
