nope, but let me put it this way... Im pretty sure Swanigan is already stronger than Meyers, aand while Collins may not be, Im sure hed give more fight on the court, and guess what, theyre fuckin' rookies
Threads like this further prove to me that many of you are clueless bitter little sports fans. Why you wouldn't want and hope a player on your team improves is beyond me.
I was really just going along with Robot's "on another team" post; what I really hope, of course, is for Meyers to come into camp/preseason as exactly the kind of backup center we need behind Nurkic, and for our big man rotation/depth to suddenly become one of the strengths of this team. Honestly, I don't want him as a 4 because I don't think he has the lateral mobility to effectively defend at that spot, but I do think he can be not-a-liability at the 5.
Because it would mean they were wrong about someone can't have that. I'm HOPING I'm wrong about Meyers. I'll go in public and scream I'm an idiot if it means an improved Meyers, and thus an improved team.
We all mostly want it, but few of us expect it. Quick is sounding like MB, or perhaps the 3rd sequel to "The boy who cried wolf". I say mostly, because there is a very real chance that he balls out for 10 games, sucks for 40, we play the rooks for the rest and squeeze into the 7th spot. Then the rookies play well, but not great in the playoffs and we lose 4-2. Then I have to listen to a tumult of "I told you the rookies were going to be good, but it would take them a year or 2" when the reality is that if Biebs sucked for those first 10 games, he'd be benched and the extra 40 games experience in the season would have helped the rooks to ball out come playoffs, helping us to a first round victory and optimism for the 2nd round.
When Aminu was hitting 3s, the analytics were clear (according to Neil), our most successful lineups had Aminu at the 4.
Look. When anyone is hitting threes. The Blazers play better. Teams beg Aminu to shoot 3's. BEG HIM!. They sit back cover passing lanes and wait for him to make a decision. Then it happens. He starts clanging away. After a while he quits and starts trying to drive. We all know what happens then. TRAIN WRECK! Aminu is good as a defensive specialist in certain occasions/situations. Not as a starter EVER.
He shot over 36% from outside his first season in Portland so that's not true. His defense is also super valuable on a team that doesn't really have any other above average defenders outside of Nurkic and maybe Turner.
It sounds like you're saying Aminu will never shoot 37% from 3, and that hoping he will is just folly. I don't necessarily disagree with that.
