Stan Van Gundy Calls Damian Lillard ‘The Biggest Star (Fans) Haven’t Seen A Lot Of’

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    Re: Stan Van Gundy Calls Damian Lillard ‘The Biggest Star (Fans) Haven’t Seen A Lot O

    Lillard won't and should not make it with a FG % <= 40
     
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    Re: Stan Van Gundy Calls Damian Lillard ‘The Biggest Star (Fans) Haven’t Seen A Lot O

    And this year Lillard does, yet his DRtg is identical to Conley's. So...make of that what you will.
     
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    Re: Stan Van Gundy Calls Damian Lillard ‘The Biggest Star (Fans) Haven’t Seen A Lot O

    That's not a good thing, especially when you used defense as the reason why Conley should make the All-Star team.

    Lillard is most definitely not a defensive stalwart, and as much as I like Lopez I don't think he's even remotely in the same realm as Gasol. I just find it interesting that they have virtually identical defensive advanced stats. What is not identical is the clear advantages that Lillard has on offense. The only glaring hole is his shooting percentage.
     
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    Re: Stan Van Gundy Calls Damian Lillard ‘The Biggest Star (Fans) Haven’t Seen A Lot O

    I don't understand the West Coast excuse. Lakers and Clippers play on West Coast. People know those players.
     
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    Re: Stan Van Gundy Calls Damian Lillard ‘The Biggest Star (Fans) Haven’t Seen A Lot O

    Lopez is better than Gasol. Both of them actually.
     
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    Re: Stan Van Gundy Calls Damian Lillard ‘The Biggest Star (Fans) Haven’t Seen A Lot O

    You're misrepresenting me a tad, but that's OK. What I said is that while you seem to see a wide disparity between the two in their statistical performance, I see it as very close. Since I see them as statistically similar, I look at defense as the thing that puts Conley ahead in my eyes. I don't see him as an all-defense-team member, but I do see him as better than Lillard. And you can keep pointing DRtg out all you want, but I've already indicated that I put very little stock in that stat, so it means nothing to me.
     
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