Pre-Season Wrap: What did we learn?

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Biggest Surprise?

  1. Butters is Reggie Miller with better hair

    2 vote(s)
    5.0%
  2. Zach Collins might just have been worth moving up in the 1st round for after all

    25 vote(s)
    62.5%
  3. Jake is a legit Snake!

    9 vote(s)
    22.5%
  4. Biggie continues to amaze

    5 vote(s)
    12.5%
  5. They are who we thought they were

    11 vote(s)
    27.5%
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  1. TBpup

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    FWIW....Pre-Season stats. What is 'about as expected' and what was a surprise, both a pleasant one and a disappointment?

    Scoring:
    Lillard - - - 19.2
    Nurkic - - - 14.0
    McCollum - 13.4
    Collins - - - - 9.5
    Turner - - - - 8.8
    Leonard - - - 8.4
    Harkless - - 8.4

    Rebounds:
    Swanigan - 6.8
    Nurkic - - - 6.6
    Leonard - - 5.8
    Aminu - - - 5.8
    Davis - - - - 5.2
    Collins - - - 5.0

    Assists:
    Lillard - - - 4.0
    Turner - - - 3.4
    McCollum - 2.8
    Briscoe - - - 2.3
    Pat C. - - - - 2.3

    FG%:
    Leonard - 53.8
    Harkless - 53.3
    Collins - - 51.4
    Turner - - 50.0
    Layman - 48.6

    3-pt FG%:
    Leonard - - 71.4
    Collins - - - 55.6
    Layman - - 53.3
    Turner - - - 50.0
    Swanigan - 42.9

    It's only pre-season and only a small 5 game sample from which to choose from. For the most part, Scoring, rebounds and assist went about the way most of us probably somewhat expected. It's the shooting percentage numbers that surprise me. What in the name of Butterswish is going on? And to have Collins in the top-3 in both FG and 3-pt percentage came as a surprise as well.

    Also nice to see Layman finally hitting some shots. If he can develop some confidence, he has multiple skills that along with his shooting could more than replace Crabbe if he earns minutes.
     
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    AFTER ALL WHAT FFS ! one and a half summer league games ?
     
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    We learned Leonard is going to hit 71% of his 3s this season.
     
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    Leonard has the highest shooting percentage? WTF!?!
     
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    Right? That to me constitutes a big surprise especially since he had the highest % in both shooting categories. I don't expect anywhere near those numbers in the regular season....and pre-season is a small sample size to gauge, but it's a lot better than him looking continually and totally lost.
     
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    Jake Layman would be an All-Star in the Israeli League.
     
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    Meyers, Zach, and Jake are the foundation of the tallest boy band ever. Nurk wants in.
     
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    All good boy bands need a bad boy, so Nurk gets my vote.
     
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    Pat Connaughton blames his parent's genetic contributions for his inability to be in the 'Tall Boy' band.
     
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    They'd call him the rabbi
     
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    No option for "We should play isreali teams to boost our confidence when it's down".

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    Apparently we learned that none out of Briscoe, Morrow and Goodwin was good enough, because the team waived them all.

     
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    Or "all the above, except the first one."
     
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    Suprised briscoes not getting a 2 way
     
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    Collins is legit. His footwork. His ability to get off, and make, a shot around the basket under pressure. His shooting touch. His court awareness. His basketball instincts, especially his defensive instincts. He's a third year big man trapped in a 19 year old body.

    :cheers:
     
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    Pat looks a whole lot better playing with legit NBA players as a glue guy than he does playing with scrubs in Summer League.
     
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    To be fair he did look good in the games against NBA scrubs too. After so many games where every other aspect of his game looked better than his shooting, I think he proved his outside shot could eventually be legit in the NBA. At least good enough to hold on to him.

    Also he might never be a lockdown defender but he certainly is not a liability on that end either. I went from high hopes to no hope, back to some hope.....that Jake can contribute meaningful minutes eventually.
     
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