Is it just me, or does Martell Webster actually seem to be regressing? He was 0-6 shooting tonight. I repeat, 0-6. This is the guy who supposedly has the sweetest shot on the team. The only reason he was drafted was because of his superior shooting. His entire career has been based on his shooting ability, and yet he's had a pretty miserable success rate in the pre-season. I haven't looked at his stats for every game, but I do recall a recent game when he was 3-9 or something like that. This is Webster's fifth year. How long do we let this guy ride, before we just give up and cut him loose?
We need to get rid of him and Outlaw. They are great guys, but we need to move them and someone else for a good 3 to help Nic and Dante grow. The Outlaw\Webster experiment needs to be over!!!
Exactly--people expecting greatness out of him immediately should just think back to Oden last year. It wasn't just about the "2-year microfracture recovery period"; it also simply takes a while to get back to where you were after not playing for an entire year. Webster will more than likely not be particularly effective this year, and that's OK.
Well, I am not expecting greatness. Just not suck. But as I said in my game recaps, I do appreciate he is trying.
While I understand it takes time to get back into shape, etc. I'd most certainly expect that he is effective by the last 1/3 of the year. If he isn't then I think it may be time for him to find a new home, and not LMA-style.
One bad game and he must be traded. One great game and, lime mm states, he's headed to the Hall. I thin this forum needs something for it's bi-polar syndrome.
No bi-polar here. I have always thought Webster was nothing more than average. It's others that claimed he was the answer to our SF needs.
No, I understand that. I was just commenting that, in general, everytime a player has a bad game, 90% of the forum wants the bum traded and when a player has a really good game 90% of the forum thinks they walk on water. This is a screwy group.
Roy has been playing pretty bad up until last night and so has Miller...You only commented on his scoring too. This team needs guys to step up on defense and improve toughness. From what I've seen/heard, he has definitely contributed. When Rudy goes cold he gives you absolutely nothing and yet more than half of this forum think he's "untouchable".. When Martell is cold he can still play defense and rebound. Doesn't make sense.
no doubt. It's preseason and this young team is probably entering contender status. As bad as they were just a couple years back, an outsider would probably guess the Blazer board would be bubbling with the possibilities, yet posters are still wetting the bed over trivial matters like this on a daily basis. Martell has years left on his cheapish contract. He's arguably the 4th option at SF. Coming off injury he isn't going anywhere soon regardless of how well (or poorly) he does in meaningless tuneup games. meh... STOMP
Webster needs to calm down and let the game come to him a bit more. He seems to me to get really excited when he shoots and has a tendency to miss long. WE have heard since he was drafted, that he is such a phenominal shooter, but he hasn't yet in his career proved to be so. Batum last year was about like Marty has been for his career.
My original post is about Webster's performance in this entire pre-season, capped off by his awful performance last night, in the final game. It's also about his pretty dismal play throughout his career in Portland. The guy has been a huge disappointment ever since he was drafted, and now, 4 years later, we're still waiting for him to start showing us something. This bit about his "recovery time" is a bit weak, in my opinion. He had all of last season to recuperate; it shouldn't take all of this season as well for him to get in peak condition. He's just a very erratic shooter, unfortunately. He looks great in the gym during practice, and then he chokes when he gets on the court. That is the one constant about him, year after year.
Well don't know about the others but as I stated in my post, if he's not doing well by about 2/3 of the way in then, yes, the bum should be traded. You can only hold on to the "promise" title for so long...
Wasn't he cleared for full scrimmage just a few weeks before training camp? Your theory holds no water in light of that evidence. He's still very young and the team doesn't need him to perform up to the expectations that you place upon him for the team to be successful.
