Do you literally have to start shit with every post you don't like? Dude, just ignore him. It's ironic because you berate him for posting things a certain way and you're doing the same exact thing.
Relax that is PapaG's MO he acts like an intelligent fan until you read his work, to save time I will summarize, LA shoots jumps shots did not know that, +- is the best stat in the world next to PER/USG. Well maybe we should just let LA shoot 50 times a game as long as he scores 30 a night its fine and his +- is not the worst on the team. PapaG's posts are the exception that prove the rule, 9 out of 10 posters post intelligently and realize that shooting your career worst and taking the most shots of your career from the lowest percentage spot on the floor is not the best plan and then there is PapaG's post. By his logic LA should just start shooting half court shots they are worth three points but they are a lot lower percentage than getting the ball closer and say shooting a corner three or shooting around the basket. Hey at least he will be open though.
It always amazes me how somebody can post paragraph after paragraph of OPINIONS and SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT... and then finish the post with: "those are the facts". All credibility is lost when one doesn't know the difference.
Prove me wrong, cause last I checked the NBA was not doing it, pretty sure Wade and Lebron are great floppers, pretty sure they whine about calls, pretty sure Shane Battier plays dirty and pretty sure they are defending world champs. Show me how LA taking the most long jumpers of his career has not led to a career worst in FG% you cannot so until you can it remains a fact.
Yes. I do. I find this poster's posts to be literally mind-numbing, as in every time I read one, I can actually feel myself feeling bad for the guy because of his stupid posts. An opinion isn't "The Truth."
Once again, your entire post could have been "LMA shoots too many jump shots." Instead, you added a bunch of other nonsense for some reason. You're a one-trick poster. It's "The Truth!"
I am the doctor because I can see things clearly, I noticed that LA scoring 28 points on 27 shots is not the most efficient form of basketball. Especially when people like Lillard scored 21 on 13 shots or Matthews who struggled with his shot still put up 26 on 15 shots. You know who else took over 25 shots and 10 FT's in that game? James Harden and all he managed to score was 41 on 1 more shot. Boo hoo that your favorite player happens to have some flaws in his game.
Hey look Batum took only 10 shots and had 7 turnovers maybe just maybe he needs to shoot a little more and handle the ball less. I mean even Jason Quick was able to figure that out. Hey look Portland is 6-2 when Batum scores 20 or more. Even last year when we were not very good we still managed to go 10-4 when Batum scored 20 or more. Hey look we are 1-6 when he has 5 or more turnovers. Funny we went 13-2 during the month Batum took his most shots and 8-6 the month he took his least. As far as Lillard goes his turnovers in traffic, ability to finish in traffic and defense need to improve. If you want to argue and debate something then start with why the Blazers should continue to avoid flopping, arguing with the official, and playing dirty when the NBA has clearly shown that all of this acceptable. Even the great and mighty Spurs do this, Duncan and the rest of the Spurs whine about calls as much as any team in the league, Parker and especially Manu flop, they relied on Bruce Bowen's dirty tactics and Duncan's greatness to win titles in 2003, 2005 and 2007. The Heat follow this same model and won 2 titles Mark Cuban has spent more money complaining about the refs than most of us will make in a lifetime. This has been Kobe's MO since entering the league and he got 2 more titles doing it. Celtics won with the same model. Shaq basically committed an offensive foul every time he touched the ball in the post, he and Wade were also notorious whiners. Detroit I guess Rasheed never took a cheap shot or complained about the officials. Shaq and Kobe Lakers with Fisher and Fox two of the biggest floppers in NBA history 3 titles. Maybe the last legit team to win a title was the 99 Spurs and I am spit balling here because I barely remember that season.
Yeah I understand, but this is an internet forum. Everyone is entitled to make a post about the Blazers and not get attacked personally, so long as they follow the forum rules. So why not just ignore him if you don't like his posts instead of picking on him so to speak.
I didn't want to quote the whole thing, but: I believe two of those 3 things have been better since the AS break... you can guess which one hasn't, though. lol.
His ability to finish in traffic has improved since the all star game, still find him over dribbling in the paint too often or making a careless pass too often, but Lillard's issue is 90% defense. While frustrating I can live with the occasional 4-5 TO game from Lillard but watching Hill go for 30 and Rubio score over 20 should never happen again.
That was a step in the right direction. Lillard was aggressive and finished in traffic or got to the line tonight. Allowing him to put up 32 on an otherwise pedestrian shooting night. Batum shot a little more getting off 13 shots for 15 points and 0 TO's. Problem was LA, 23 shots for 19 points is just not going to get it done. This was especially problematic on a night in which Wesley struggled all night with his shot. Also don't look now but I think Mike Conley forget that you all thought him and the Grizzlies were terrible. On the bright side we are only 4 and half games away from the eight seed and being able to play the Spurs.
