Tonight is a reminder that Lowry is still terrible

[Rob Diaz]

His playmaking doesn't matter much to me, pass-first PGs don't move the needle in today's NBA.

The key with Lowry is making 3s, that's it. With the addition of Gasol and Siakam's emergence, this team doesn't need Lowry to be able to penetrate/attack the rim like he used to. But he HAS to make 3s, Danny Green can't be the only reliable shooter.

[LBJKB24MJ23]

tonight was the bad and good.

[Huffman]

The guy probably didn't sleep much last night. He played his ass off and looked pretty happy at the end so I'll cut him some slack.

[PseudoFan]

Maybe save this post for the night he doesn’t get 15 assists and help lead the team back from a 17 point deficit to 21 pt lead with an 8 man rotation minus our best player and following a potentially moral dipping trade

Yes i know that’s a run on sentence. But there was a lot to be said

13 points on 13 shots is brutal efficiency. Wasting that many possessions against a team that isn't Atlanta will bury you.

I don't think people realize this enough or ever have when it comes to Lowry and the playoffs. This isn't something you can brush off as oh well he does other things okay after all the years, how much more evidence do people need.

I actually agree with you guys that he needs to shoot a lot better, and I think he will.

But you guys are complaining as if he's a liability out there, which he's not. In fact, he has a major impact all across the floor regardless if his shot is falling.

[alienchild]

His playmaking doesn't matter much to me, pass-first PGs don't move the needle in today's NBA.

The key with Lowry is making 3s, that's it. With the addition of Gasol and Siakam's emergence, this team doesn't need Lowry to be able to penetrate/attack the rim like he used to. But he HAS to make 3s, Danny Green can't be the only reliable shooter.

There's nothing much of sense in your post. Switch to hockey.

[hsb]

13 points on 13 shots is brutal efficiency. Wasting that many possessions against a team that isn't Atlanta will bury you.

I don't think people realize this enough or ever have when it comes to Lowry and the playoffs. This isn't something you can brush off as oh well he does other things okay after all the years, how much more evidence do people need.

I actually agree with you guys that he needs to shoot a lot better, and I think he will.

But you guys are complaining as if he's a liability out there, which he's not. In fact, he has a major impact all across the floor regardless if his shot is falling.

He's the team's highest paid player, no one needs to remind anyone at what he does well to okay to mitigate what he does that's terrible. Just be good, you get paid the most. That's it.

[KrazyP]

Yet Kyle avged 17 and 9 shoot 50% FG and 44% from three on over 6 attempts last year's playoffs.

That was last year. Lowry was fantastic last year (no one is disputing that). He's been awful this year though, and that's a problem.

He's hurt for god's sake and he's playing through it. Kawhi was hurt last year too and missed the entire year....does that make him a scrub?

[PseudoFan]

I don't think people realize this enough or ever have when it comes to Lowry and the playoffs. This isn't something you can brush off as oh well he does other things okay after all the years, how much more evidence do people need.

I actually agree with you guys that he needs to shoot a lot better, and I think he will.

But you guys are complaining as if he's a liability out there, which he's not. In fact, he has a major impact all across the floor regardless if his shot is falling.

He's the team's highest paid player, no one needs to remind anyone at what he does well to okay to mitigate what he does that's terrible. Just be good, you get paid the most. That's it.

So you're telling me he wasn't good?

[vaff87]

Lowry wasn’t terrible, jeez.

[Rob Diaz]

His playmaking doesn't matter much to me, pass-first PGs don't move the needle in today's NBA.

The key with Lowry is making 3s, that's it. With the addition of Gasol and Siakam's emergence, this team doesn't need Lowry to be able to penetrate/attack the rim like he used to. But he HAS to make 3s, Danny Green can't be the only reliable shooter.

There's nothing much of sense in your post. Switch to hockey.

Guards who can't shoot are virtually useless in today's NBA, this isn't 2003.

[hsb]

I actually agree with you guys that he needs to shoot a lot better, and I think he will.

But you guys are complaining as if he's a liability out there, which he's not. In fact, he has a major impact all across the floor regardless if his shot is falling.

He's the team's highest paid player, no one needs to remind anyone at what he does well to okay to mitigate what he does that's terrible. Just be good, you get paid the most. That's it.

So you're telling me he wasn't good?

He was average. Did one thing really well and one thing really bad. They hid him on defense and he got some good rebounds with a little mix of stat padding rebounds. Not close to where he should be and no where close to his pay grade.

[Yogatti]

This is why Masai wanted to trade Lowry for Conley.

Lowry just puts up bricks majority of the time

[vaff87]

Before tonight, Lowry was 19-47 for .404% from three over his last six games.

[KrazyP]

Shooting efficiency is more important than passing.

No its not and if you think thats true, you're going to hate Gasol.

[Kurtz]

15 Assists

Some fans can only see the game in PPG. This boss PG plays D and can rebound. If his shot comes back hes a monster

When his shot was falling early in the season, he was an MVP-caliber player. He does so many positive things on the floor that can make up for his shooting woes. People that complain about shooting while ignoring everything else don't really know basketball and deserved to be ignored imo.

This is basketball. The ability to score a ball into a hoop is literally the central tenet of the sport. It's never been more important than in today's high scoring NBA.

You know the phrase "central tenet", so clearly you're not an imbecile.

So why do you keep making so many senseless threads/posts? It just pollutes the board and makes your posts intolerable.

[binjumper]

Gasol & Siakam are nice.
However it's a guard oriented league in the clutch come playoff time.

Kawai had not shown it yet.

Not sure who will on this team

Kawhi had not shown it yet.... Are you serious? How do you win a FMVP without showing it.

[Raps in 4]

Yet Kyle avged 17 and 9 shoot 50% FG and 44% from three on over 6 attempts last year's playoffs.

That was last year. Lowry was fantastic last year (no one is disputing that). He's been awful this year though, and that's a problem.

He's hurt for god's sake and he's playing through it. Kawhi was hurt last year too and missed the entire year....does that make him a scrub?

If he's hurt, why are we letting him play through it? Playing through it will mean he's even more beat up by the time the playoffs roll around.

[Johnny Bball]

His playmaking doesn't matter much to me, pass-first PGs don't move the needle in today's NBA.

The key with Lowry is making 3s, that's it. With the addition of Gasol and Siakam's emergence, this team doesn't need Lowry to be able to penetrate/attack the rim like he used to. But he HAS to make 3s, Danny Green can't be the only reliable shooter.

Lowry didn't have a great game, but he had a good game and shot badly. I would hardly call it bad all around.

But this is a clueless opinion on what's important in basketball now or what's important to our team. Lowry hitting his shots is important but not driving and distributing and having him be a spot up shooter is just an awful idea.

[Raps in 4]

When his shot was falling early in the season, he was an MVP-caliber player. He does so many positive things on the floor that can make up for his shooting woes. People that complain about shooting while ignoring everything else don't really know basketball and deserved to be ignored imo.

This is basketball. The ability to score a ball into a hoop is literally the central tenet of the sport. It's never been more important than in today's high scoring NBA.

You know the phrase "central tenet", so clearly you're not an imbecile.

So why do you keep making so many senseless threads/posts? It just pollutes the board and makes your posts intolerable.

This isn't a senseless thread. Our PG not being able to hit his 3s is a huge problem, especially when you consider that:

1. We are one of the worst 3pt shooting teams in the league (we shot 32.5% again tonight)
2. Lowry was supposed to be our most consistent 3pt shooter this year

[KrazyP]

That was last year. Lowry was fantastic last year (no one is disputing that). He's been awful this year though, and that's a problem.

He's hurt for god's sake and he's playing through it. Kawhi was hurt last year too and missed the entire year....does that make him a scrub?

If he's hurt, why are we letting him play through it? Playing through it will mean he's even more beat up by the time the playoffs roll around.

So you are saying he's faking his back injury?