That's very disappointing. The guy has a non-guaranteed contract and is fighting for a roster spot. You think he'd be out there busting his ass. Sounds like he already has one foot through the door to retirement. I expected more. BNM
Maybe it's because it's the first pre-season game and vets like him 'play their way into shape'. But IDK. I imagine the coaching staff will sit down with him and voice what they expect of him. As someone mentioned in the game thread. 'Morrow didn't look pleased to be coming out of the game'. Hopefully he realizes that just because he's a vet, doesn't mean he's going to make the Portland Trailblazers.
He's a veteran role player. He should know by now that roster spots are earned, not given. It will be interesting if he seems a little more motivated in the next game. BNM
Okay, you've got your one, highly subjective stat to back up your opinion. I'll counter with three: Defensive Rating - Ranked #203 DBPM - Ranked #100 DWS - Ranked #108 LOLminu's defense is the most overrated thing about the Blazers. He's NOT good at it, he's just versatile because of his length/size. He can guard several positions, but he doesn't guard any of them better than average, and that's probably a bit too generous.
This is my list, I was just going to post it but guess I don't need to now. I would have Leonard at 6 but I considered him at 4 instead of Wilcox.
You realize that your screen shots suggest that Avery Bradley (196th in Drtg, 111th in DWS)--universally recognized as one of the league's top perimeter defenders--is basically on the same level as Aminu, right? That fact alone pretty severely undercuts the point you're trying to support. Understand that I'm not saying that Aminu is necessarily all that great a defender, and I don't buy into Rasta's (and ESPN's) DRPM either; just saying that those other metrics pretty well suck too.
If he makes $18M and he accepts a $9M buyout, the $9M counts against the cap and he's off the books for next year. I don't see it happening, though.
I think one of Aminu or Davis goes, and the rest can stay and it won't matter who we keep or cut at the end of the bench.
Yes, I do. I thought I had alluded to that when I said I'd counter Rasta's "highly subjective stat" with three of my own. I think these "advanced" stats are largely a lot of noise. But with a 3:1 ratio, there's a bit more cut-through in my noise. Stats be damned, Aminu just isn't a good defender. And he's certainly nowhere near good enough to offset how awful he is on offense. If he were a Ben Wallace, Worm, Posey, Bowen, etc on defense then you could live with his awful offense. But he's not even an Evan Turner on defense.
