Baddy Chuck wrote:BigO wrote:ShootingtheJ wrote:In his 4 full games this series, Bobby Portis is averaging 18.3 points, 12.5 rebounds, and the Bucks are +51 when he's on the court in those games. He's also been outstanding defensively on Siakam when given that assignment.
Can some of you print this out and put it on the mirror in your bathroom?
I jus read a post that praises BP for his game yesterday and says it makes up for the rest of his play in the series.
I should let it be after last game but since the guy who said he was going to stop complaining about people complaining about (valid) Bobby Portis criticism 3 months ago and at no point did I'll throw some back.
His first four games of the series he had a TS% of 47, Siakam is shooting 58% guarded by him this series, the Pacers are shooting 79% against him guarding the rim and he got ejected a game.
Most certainly most of the "making up" is directed at that ejection in a pivotal game where his team needed him the most and could have almost entirely swung the momentum of this series. Nobody is arguing he's not an important member of this team right now. And do your victory lap for that last game for sure but you live in a world where there isn't valid Bobby Portis criticism and that just isn't this world.
This is pretty disingenuous. Valid criticisms are one thing. The vast majority of the "criticism" is is "trade him, bench him, give him up for clearly inferior players, et al". If that's valid criticism to you, we have disagreements.
I said I wouldn't go back and worth with a particular poster, who I tend to agree with on other issues. But I said I wouldn't ignore the crappy analysis of BP that continues game after game.
As to TS%, I have no faith in that stat and months ago I listed the top players for that and it didn't meet the eye test at all.
If his TS% was a big deal to the team, he wouldn't be playing the second most minutes and he wouldn't have been chosen to a USA team. The experts side with me.
There have been valid criticism of BP, but they are few and far between unfortunately.