Trendon Watford

He can't shoot from the outside.....yet. Even though he was only 4-16 in the summer league, his shooting form from deep looked pretty good. I would be surprised if he didn't become a decent 3pt shooter by next year.

 

Trendon can shoot, and is much bigger, no I wouldn't compare them.

Good question though, I'm not sure. Reminds me a bit of some roles Shawn Marion played for Dallas; but obviously Marion was more athletic and as an all star just on a much higher level.

Has some Gerald Wallace in his game; but again not as athletic.

Sticking with Blazers; maybe 36 year old Juwan Howard?

Or Stacey Augmon (although Augmon was more a guard than center)

Detlef Schrempf?

Rubean Patterson similarly had some versatility but was a way worse shooter; although probably quicker to guard smaller players.

Jerome Kersey might have some similarity; he would probably play a bigger position in today's NBA.

Overall just shows Trendon is a unique type of player.

 

Glad to see him working on his outside shot. If he can become consistent out there, it will open his driving and floater game a lot.

 

I like Watford. I think he could be an important piece for us.

 

He has that Josh Hart "dawg" in him...if he gets his 3 pt shot percentage up, he'll earn minutes. He's not the "go to" guy in the 4th qtr though...and tanking he had to do that ...he's also not a center. Like to see him get his rebounding up as well. Affordable swiss army knife guy coming off the bench is good to have.

 

Nice to see him working on it and that they recorded only the makes. Would like to see his wind up/release get a little quicker. Currently, that is allowing a defender to close a lot of space to challenge the shot.

 

His rebounding numbers would go up, if he wasn't always so worried about boxing out. Sometimes he seems so intend on boxing out he missed the board. Hopefully that improves with age. I think he can be a good bench player.

 

It is a slow release but I care more about his percentage from 3. He won't be a high-volume 3 pt shooter. He will take them when he is wide open and if he is guarded by a PF and they rush out to block it, he has the handles to drive right past them. So as long as his release helps with his accuracy...keep it. Love his floater

 

really small sample sizes but last season, Watford shot 60.2% on two's, (which was 2nd on the team-rotation players, behind Eubanks), and 39.1% on three's (2nd on team behind Grant). Even with the advisement about sample size, that's still pretty encouraging. And, with a 12% rebound rate and a 16% assist rate he demonstrated decent offensive versatility. And, he's still 22 on a real bargain contract

 

Cheap contract. If nothing else, he outperforms a dirt-cheap deal. Can’t say that about most players.

 

I’m so happy to see all these guys working on shooting. Defense and rebounding are going to win games, but who cares when you can make a jump shot

 

I think it's hard to display defense in the off-season. Firstly, is difficult to tell if your player is good or the opponent is bad. Secondly, you generally are playing against your own teammates in the off-season so you'll make your teammate look bad. Lastly, good defense is more than steals and blocks and doesn't make for "clicks."

But I know you're making a deeper point about what our team needs to work on.

 

Yep. Defense is the team aspect of the game. Players work on offensive moves and strength/conditioning in the off season.

 

Watford is a gamer. His skillset is developing nicely. I'm hoping he's around for a long time. His shot has really developed . He's the Swiss Army Knife of the team. Very good facilitator.

 

So long as he does a good job boxing out, chances are another Blazer gets the board, and I'm happy. Duckworth never got stellar rebounding numbers but it was no accident the Blazers were perennial league leaders in rebounds when we had him.

 

See if he can be a repeat Summer League MVP!

 

He sold the ring and the trophy don’t you know what those are worth?

 

@SlyPokerDog been all over EBay

 

That camera work was really terrible.