Saying someone is playing a card is playing a card in itself. You've bee a Dame hater from the beginning... Bringing up BULLSHIT stats like Assists to missed shots... An unheard of stat that nobody except YOU uses to judge PG play...
Ha! Well it was common when I played. I have explained it enough, so I guess you don't like it. I can see why.
Saying someone is playing the race card simply deflects from the truth. It's a card in itself that YOU sir have at the ready...
I dosen't matter whether you call basketball fans racist or hater when your intent is to shut them up. You are still the same.
This reminds me off when I was about the first to talk about my dislike of McMillan as a coach. Hater and Racist were used then too.
If you could provide some examples of PGs who had average court vision and play-making abilities when they entered the NBA, and then developed those skills afterwards that might be more likely to change my opinion rather than just saying "Jesus...". Perhaps it's just another example of NBA myth-making, but court vision and play-making are largely regarded as things you either have or you don't, not something that can be taught. I'm very open to debunking NBA myths, but you've gotta provide some evidence first.
I know you don't think Lillard should be Nash dviss so this isn't @ you. I just don't want to look up MarAzul's and others previous posts. Another reason why Lillard isn't leading the league in assists or to some seems to have below average, or average play making abilities.... could revolve around the Blazers offensive scheme. It's another way of thinking about it. Lillard doesn't have the ball in his hands all the time like CP3, and Lillard isn't a ball hog stat gobbler like Westbrick. He certainly doesn't have his hands on the ball as often as Nash did... Lillard plays within a system, that is designed around another player. Rondo's assist rate went down when he went to the Mavs. Did he lose his play making ability? No. The ball isn't in his hands as much.. Which is prolly the best statement ever.. Being that Dallas runs a lot of the same stuff the Blazers do. Point is Lillard has to at the very least give up half of the Blazers possessions for Aldridge because well.. It's Aldridge's team and the Blazers are better with Aldridge than without due to the offense being designed around him. It doesn't matter if you like the offensive system or not. It's designed around Aldridge. Stotts was brought in to maximize Aldridge, not improve Lillard's play making and turn him into the next 20/10assist pg.
Um ...I already did. A lot of those guys average around 8-10 assists a game now http://www.sportstwo.com/posts/3601451/
@blue9, @Boise Blazer provided Parker, Conley and Curry from his link. All averaged less assists per game in their third year than Dame but now average higher assist numbers.
